cardschicarn

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1. Pay break down

   cardschicarn posted a topic in Travel

   Ok, I was going over this pay package and am confused. The breakdown is: -$17.59 taxable -$35.00 in meals/incidentals untaxed(which would be taxed for myself due to lack of tax home) -$150 per month insurance stipened -company provided housing separa...

2. Tax home?

   cardschicarn posted a topic in Travel

   I am taking my first travel assignment beginning next week and am having second thoughts and possible regrets about quitting my staff job. I believe i am considered an itinerant traveler because I do not have a "tax home". I have been living with m...

3. Cardiology NP.. ANP or ACNP?

   cardschicarn posted a topic in NP Students

   I would like to be a cardiac NP who does a combination of inpatient and outpatient care. Do you think the ACNP or ANP would suit this goal better?

4. NP's working at teaching hospitals

   cardschicarn posted a topic in NP

   How is the role of an NP at teaching hospitals? I currently work at a teaching hospital as an RN and I do not see many NP's hired due to the abundance of interns and residents. If they were hired I am guessing they would get little respect and get ...

5. Do nursing student feel like they may fail EVERYDAY ?

   cardschicarn replied to LeesG's topic in General Students

   I feel like that every single day. We always have a written test, some other test we have to pass, or a skills test. I hate those skills tests. I swear they will be the end of me!! LOL!! I also feel my school is cliquish so I also worry about fit...

6. help on tissue perfusion

   cardschicarn posted a topic in Student Assist

   Ok so I need some help on my nursing diagnosis of ineffective tissue perfusion. How do I determine if it is arterial or venous in nature? This directs my interventions. The reason I am doing my diagnosis of ineffective tissue perfusion is because t...

7. New approaches of studying for nursing EXAMS

   cardschicarn replied to ttt-n's topic in General Students

   Where are you guys getting your NCLEX questions? I am in first semester now and I would like to do more but I don't have access to them. I have the cd in the book but that only has max 18 ?s. I also have the NCLEX book but nothing we are doing is i...

8. radial pulse

   cardschicarn posted a topic in CNA/MA

   Hello, im having some trouble getting the radial pulse! I was comped on it today and I failed because I was two off before multiplying by two. For example, I got 32 when the teacher got 30. I think it was do to the fact that we started and stopped ...

9. What did your first nurs. test look like?

   cardschicarn posted a topic in General Students

   I am taking my first nursing test ever next week generally over fundamentals and head 2 toe assesment. Do any of you remember yours? Any specific ?'s you remember? Hard or no? Basically any tips or anything about preparing or the actual test would...

10. Day One in the Life of a Nursing Student

    cardschicarn replied to MachoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is great and now I am even more scared to death to start nursing school!!! I thought your story was hilarious-- keep em coming!! Nursing students have to stick together.

11. First day of nursing School *unleashed* post yours

    cardschicarn replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    CSantos.. are you in an ABSN program? I start my ASN program the 20th. I have a CPR class and orientation though next week. I am actually enjoying my time off before I start HELL! lol. I'm sure it will be interesting but also very tiring, time con...

12. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    cardschicarn replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    The only thing I want is to land a good job as a new grad with no prior working hospital experience. That is what I pray for each day. After that I plan to buy a car, just an inexpensive used one that will last me a long time. I then will live frug...

13. President's List winners :-)

    cardschicarn replied to baldee's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I am not on the Presidents or Deans list because my school only does that for people with 12+ hrs. I would be on the Presidents list tho.

14. Hi, I'm screwed

    cardschicarn replied to Snowii's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I don't think you are a failure at all. Your grades are good for the course load!! I would have never passed Anatomy with another science course. My advice to you is to simply cut your academic load down. Take one science course (maybe two only i...

15. Curving in A&P

    cardschicarn replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in Pre-Nursing

    no curve, no extra credit, zilch