Hi- I had a 3.85 GPA for my BSN. I have to be honest. There is a general trend that it seemed the smartest people, the people I envied most in nursing school, totally and completely fell the heck apart in the real world. I was quite glad I struck ...
all time favorite? the lady who stood outside of the room watching us intubate a crumping family member complaining that we weren't take her dad to his med/surg bed fast enough.
VICEDRN replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in NP Students
Its a combination of both. Each semester the combination changes a little bit. The first semester, there aren't very many clinical hours but there are a lot of written assignments, discussion boards and certainly a lot of studying (and a very tedio...
VICEDRN replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in NP Students
I've never heard anybody say that they wish they had chosen a different route. I think this is particularly true since the only real difference is who your advisor is and a slight variation in the variety of clinicals you are in. I don't want to pro...
VICEDRN replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in NP Students
Hi- I am in the acute care program. The intensivists take most of their classes as a part of the bigger acute care group with the exception of their clinical coursework. I don't think you will find the application process very difficult. Its mostly...
VICEDRN replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in Emergency
In the Ers I have been in, the phlebs and RNs work nicely together. The phlebs do report some trouble with med surg staff and some icy but polite behavior from ICU staff. When questioned, I find that the phlebs complain that the floor RNs are hard...
I've worked days nights and mids in a couple of different facilities. I have seen day shifts that refuse to come together, complain about everything and throw each other under the bus. I have seen night shifts where everyone there seems to be there j...
I am also a second career nurse. I am glad that there is increasing acceptance of criticism of the profession from those of us who are second career RNs. When I first started as an RN, people on Allnurses would tell me I am unrealistic or that peop...
You constantly say but of course ignore that no study ever really directly links anything to anything else and in this case, it would be impossible to do so because doing so would be unethical and impossible given the complexities of every single ind...
Agree that its just scape goating the ACA. A local hospital here just went on a hiring freeze since they projected a $50 million shortfall next fiscal year due to fewer payments for chemotherapy that was billed as inpatient but reimbursed as outpati...
A student xray tech told me the worse job in the hospital must be RN because, he said, "The answer to everything is get the pt's nurse." He even remarked all wide eyed and newbie like, "And everyone says the same thing about the nurses!"
VICEDRN replied to thenursemandy's topic in NP Students
Every time I say I'm gonna drop out of this expensive program, in fewer than three of my friends who have made the switch tell me that they never regretted it and neither will I. Lots of bedside nurses I know look down on it for the limited scope of ...