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...
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....
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...