angelac1978

angelac1978

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  1. Returning from LOA

    I didn't take a leave of absence, but I did have to take a year off from school and start all over again. All the things I had learned in my first semesters came right back to me, I am relieved to say! I was a little rusty at my skills at first, bu...
  2. Burnt Out and showing it

    we had a tech like this at the children's hospital that I work at. She was loud, mouthy and just really unpleasant to put it nicely. one night she got into with an ED nurse who reported her behavior to his sup. A bunch of us were also required to ...
  3. my brain is about to explode!

    i am in a radiology tech program, not nursing, so that may make a difference in having oral exams. I haven't heard of other rad tech programs having orals though. It's just very stressful, because instead of stressing concepts, which I have a prett...
  4. my brain is about to explode!

    This week, I have oral examinations going on. I have a list of 125 questions, some of them very in depth, that I have to write about and also talk about! Basically, what we are told to do is get a copy of notes from someone who has graduated and st...
  5. How to dress for Orientation

    IMO, that is too dressy. I wore khaki pants, a red polo type shirt and sandals. Most of the other people were wearing jeans or shorts. No one at my orientation was dressed up. A
  6. 77% Rule

    in my program, all of our major tests had to be passed with a 75% for the first year. In the second year, we have to pass the tests with an 85%, If we don't pass, then we are allowed to remediate the exams which involves a lot of extra work. The ...
  7. Nursing Blog anyone?

    okay I was inspired to start a blog as well. I am a radiologic technology student. I am starting my second year on Monday and will be going on to nuclear medicine school after that, I hope. I will try to update my blog as much as possible. I woul...
  8. Simple Spanish Phrases?

    one that I have picked up working as a student x-ray tech is asking women of childbearing age if they are pregnant. The phrase is "embarazada?" and I ask it in a questioning tone with my hand over my lower abdomen. There is a list of questions and ...
  9. White Uniform Pants

    LOL Most of the guys in my program wear white boxers. They are long enough that they kind of blend in. Don't be like one guy though and wear red and white striped ones! He got sent home real quick! :chuckle A
  10. White Uniform Pants

    I ended up buying Cherokee Workwear pants for my uniform. They had to be white, but I liked that they were boot cut. The pockets showed through these pants so what I did was sew the pocket opening closed with my sewing machine and then I just cut t...
  11. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    MOnurse, I totally agree. Nurses in the country do not get paid enough for all that they have to deal with. Right up there with teachers. (my sis teaches 4th grade and you wouldn't believe some of the stuff her students have come up with!) Also, c...
  12. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    If this isn't a generalization, I don't know what is! The post that I replied to seemed to imply that nursing is very difficult (which I know is true) while radiography was a piece of cake, which is not the case. My feelings were not hurt, not sur...
  13. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    is this really necessary? I am about to finish my first year of rad tech school and it is tough. We have the same pre-reqs as the nursing students do, with the exception of micro, but in its place we have to take 2 semesters of physics. Right no...
  14. Tricked into Nursing

    if you want to go into diagnostic imaging, you should know that there is shortage in most of the modalities and many hospitals overwork and underpay their imaging techs. If you think that ultrasound would appeal to you, then more than likely you wil...
  15. residual ACT test

    I took the residual ACT for my school and it was the exact same test booklet as the standard ACT. The only difference was that they graded the forms right there and I walked away with my scores instead of waiting weeks for it. If you are nervous, g...