chijon512

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1. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   chijon512 replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   the essence of nursing is taking care of people who can't care for themselves. if this is not something for you, please do yourself and all patients-at-large a favor, and stay out of the profession. there are other in-demand jobs out there. go do one...

2. Unpaid New Grad training program...

   chijon512 replied to Breezy Girl's topic in California

   That sounds sad and exploitive. I wouldn't like to work for free nor would I like to work for a company capable of carrying out such a program. But I do understand new grad jobs are hard to come by these days so I would only take it as a last resort....

3. Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

   chijon512 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

   Does that program do critical care in the first semester? What does her physical stature have to do with anything? And who cares if what amounts to a CNA isn't well-versed in emergency care? I suggest you calm down.

4. It's all happening so fast....

   chijon512 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

   If you don't want to do it, don't do it. Problem solved.

5. Moving to Cali from Michigan need advice on which college to choose???

   chijon512 replied to rainorshine's topic in California

   what are your ideal "demographics?" which "demographics" are you trying to avoid?

6. Not sure if nursing is for me anymore

   chijon512 replied to nursingstudent_07's topic in General Students

   go ahead and quit. if you dont like it now, you are not magically going to like it 6 months from now. some people might give you a hard time for being just a medical assistant, but if thats what you are cut out for, that's what you are cut out for. c...

7. Doctors with poor English Skills

   chijon512 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   :yeahthat: I've managed to communicate with deaf, blind, foreign accents, speech impediments, etc. If you have the aptitude, try using it. If not, I would like to suggest a job where communicating with people of different capabilities is not require...

8. Male Nurse Just starting RN.. Advice plz.

   chijon512 replied to Reap's topic in General Nursing

   ER or OR...that's where the angriest and rudest nurses are. Outside of nursing school clinical instructor "nurses" anyway.

9. 28 year old male thinking about Nursing as a profession

   chijon512 replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Career Support

   a bsn would sometimes get you about $1 more per hour over and adn, if that. hurdles mostly come from having the majority of nurses being women. eg, in nursing school you might have to bite your lip becasuse a nursing instructor likes to jokes that ev...

10. cheating

    chijon512 replied to chijon512's topic in General Students

    The way I understand it is the instructors don't change their tests. So current students learn which questions are on the test from previous students. In some cases, they have actual copies of the test. It shocks me how seemingly everyone is in on it...

11. cheating

    chijon512 posted a topic in General Students

    is cheating big in your program? i know of an adn program where cheating is an accepted part of the student culture. seems like most students do it, the rest are aware of it. a big thing there was getting in good with the right people so they could ...

12. Online Pharmacology

    chijon512 replied to squirtle's topic in General Students

    I've taken several courses online, including pharmacology. Why wouldn't it be doable? The classifications and concepts are easy enough to learn on your own. The rote memorization of meds you'd have to do on your own anyway. For me the biggest issue w...

13. UnGodly Painfull Class!

    chijon512 replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Male Students

    LOFL! Best post I've ever read at allnurses.com. Hopefully that nonsense will become less common as more males enter the profession.

14. So What Am I Paying You For??

    chijon512 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    just a wild ass guess: maybe youre paying them for the opportunity to pass their program so that you are eligible to sit in on the NCLEX licensing exam. if you don't like your program, the way to deal with it is to go to a program with instructors th...

15. Too nice to be a nurse?

    chijon512 replied to law3576's topic in General Students

    to the original poster, do the world, your patients, and yourself a favor and STAY NICE!!! i've seen way too many bossy, b!tchy, agressive nurses. i just don't think it's necessary or right for nursing. or for life for that matter. the only thing you...