Mia123

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1. Nursing Shortage?

   Mia123 replied to gapeachRN2009's topic in Georgia

   I can say that several of the students I graduated a BSN program with 3 months ago cannot find jobs. They are applying at several hospitals and would accept any department, so they are not being too picky. Some hospitals are on hiring freezes, and...

2. Have you ..developed/are developing.. close Friendships in Nursing Program?

   Mia123 replied to NurseOhLa's topic in General Students

   I am not exactly sure how other programs schedules work, but in my BSN program, we have the same people in every class for 2 years. I have made some very good friends. Friends who are going through the same things as I, friends who "understand" nur...

3. Taping Report

   Mia123 replied to WAstudent's topic in General Students

   I am precepting in ICU, and I have to give report on my two patients. In ICU, we only have two patients and the reports tend to be more in-depth than on a med-surg floor. I made a worksheet (but did not save to word) and I fill it out when I get re...

4. Why so competitive?

   Mia123 replied to LittleTraumaQueen's topic in General Students

   It might depend on what you are asking, also. I have a student who sits by me who does not do assignments, and the day it is due always asks everyone the answers. Sometimes she says she wants to compare our answers to hers, then we see her copying ...

5. Student Loan Repayment by Hospital

   Mia123 replied to mnscotti's topic in New Nurse

   It really depends on the hospital. Hospitals in the Atlanta area, from what I have found, will help pay anywhere from 10k to 15k. There may be hospitals here that will pay more, and some that pay less, but the average I have found is 10-15k. This ...

6. Can someone help me interpret my TEAS exam scores??

   Mia123 replied to BabyNurse_PJN's topic in General Students

   I took my TEAS test a few years ago, but these are my results. Adj Individual Total Score= 83.5% Mean-National= 68.4% Mean-Program= 74.5% Percentile Rank- National= 94 Percentile Rank- Program = 85 I believe this is what the scores mean, but I am not...

7. Great opportunity but confused????

   Mia123 replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Students

   Just a word of advice- I am in a part-time BSN program. Many people think part-time nursing school is a few hours in the evening. However, our classes change from semester to semester and clinicals are on different days each semester. During the s...

8. Found this out today...wonder if others thought this was fair.

   Mia123 replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   A few years ago, I did not really care for "older" people. I mean, yes, I had a grandma, I was nice to older people, but I really did not want to be around them too much. I then got a job at a retirement center. I was not really happy about it, bu...

9. I need a voice to text recording software program?

   Mia123 replied to shoebottom's topic in General Students

   I have the Dragon Naturally Speaking, and I used it for a while. I stopped using it because I realized I REMEMBERED more of the notes if I actually typed them. When I would read the notes to Dragon, I would not retain the information as well. When...

10. What makes nursing school so difficult?

    Mia123 replied to GaMBA's topic in General Students

    Like others have said, NS is a completely different type of learning than the pre-reqs. You cannot simply memorize facts or diseases. A typical question on a nursing test will ask a question, and then give you 4 answers to choose from, but most, if...

11. Sabotaged by my school

    Mia123 replied to light4Him's topic in General Students

    I am a Senior in a BSN program. I have a great friend who is also in the program. She studies just about 24 hours a day. She has hundreds of notecards....different diagrams....anything you can imagine. She can spout off information on any subjec...

12. Summer Hospice Clinical

    Mia123 posted a topic in Hospice

    Hello! I am a senior nursing student (graduating in December 08). My clinical rotation this summer will be working with hospice. I start clinicals in two weeks, but I was wondering if anyone could share some information. I am wondering what a hosp...

13. A little worried

    Mia123 replied to lovebug1's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I, too, went to college late 80's/early 90's and could have cared less. I failed classes, stopped going, did not withdrawl. My GPA was in the gutter. In 2001, after my 1st son was born, I decided I needed to go back to school and set a good exampl...

14. Failed... Want to transfer to a new school. Please Help!

    Mia123 replied to Butterfly83's topic in Student Assist

    By blaming your failing on instructors who, you say, hate you.....And calling your clinical errors "three small incidents"(when the HIPPA alone was HUGE), you are proving you have not claimed responsibility for your lack of judgment. Everyone makes ...

15. Why did I fail?

    Mia123 replied to nicki123's topic in General Students

    You need to take responsibility for failing those classes and skills. A teacher cannot fail you because they do not like you. I have had several teachers who may not have liked me, but I did the work and completed the skill, so there was no way the...