peytonsmom

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1. Mercy College of Northwest Ohio

   peytonsmom replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Ohio

   I second the skills lab! There's no way to really study some things at home and knowing the procedure doesn't necessarily mean you now how to do the skill (or pass the checkoff!). My advice is to take it seriously right from the beginning. It's ea...

2. Anyone graduating Dec 2011 ?

   peytonsmom replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   I graduate in December as well. I go to a nights program and we have summer classes so by the time December gets here I will have done 10 straight semesters of school (a whole 3 years and 4 months!). I am SOOO over school at this point and ready to...

3. ADN to BSN to CRNA = Realistic Goal?

   peytonsmom replied to ILstudentnurse's topic in SRNA

   A lot of it will depend on where you live. We are super saturated w/ nursing grads in my area so there aren't any ICU's that hire new grads period. All of the ICU's require at least a year of med surg, some of the bigger hospitals (and therefore hi...

4. CNA, Medical Assistant or other - fastest way to a hospital job?

   peytonsmom replied to Edie618's topic in General Students

   I don't know of any hospital system in my area that hires CMA's. We have several STNA's on the floor and the rest of us that work as aides are just nursing students. In the major hospitals in my area if you are currently enrolled in nursing school ...

5. How to explain how hard you have to work in nursing school

   peytonsmom replied to guest10's topic in General Students

   I'm with most of the people that say don't even bother trying. They're not going to get it unless they've been there. I think this especially applies to people that have been to college for things other than nursing. I have a business degree and I...

6. Mercy College of Northwest Ohio

   peytonsmom replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Ohio

   The new ADN uniforms have a flipping zipper instead of buttons. They also have a collar and princess seams. blah. They are very formal and professional looking though, I just think the new tops really are kind of uncomfortable and like the old but...

7. Mercy College of Northwest Ohio

   peytonsmom replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Ohio

   I agree w/ LoveANurse. If you're able to knock out the BSN right away i'd do it. Like she said, jobs are scarce right now and hospitals can afford to be choosey. If there are plenty of qualified BSN grads out there, they're going to get first pick...

8. Beginner's guide to dosage calculations

   peytonsmom replied to ky_grl82's topic in General Students

   Yep! It does ratio/proportion, formula, & DA.

9. Beginner's guide to dosage calculations

   peytonsmom replied to ky_grl82's topic in General Students

   I second Calculate w/ Confidence. We used that in our program and I found it pretty straight forward. I also second (third, fourth) using DA. I was very anti DA going in and was sticking w/ the ration/proportion method. I was getting the right an...

10. Failure of non-required classes 5 years ago?

    peytonsmom replied to Warrior504th's topic in General Students

    I had a few issues on my transcript from my first go round in college when I was also dealing w/ some tough personal issues. When I applied to nursing school 5 years later, I had to write a letter explaining the grades and situation and it went to a...

11. Test Questions, your thoughts?

    peytonsmom posted a topic in General Students

    This is half vent and half to see if i'm not just using the correct thought process here. The question was "List 2 complications of a cast extremity" I listed foot drop as one of my answers and it was marked incorrect. I submitted our form w/ the ...

12. Did/does Anyone Work while doing ABSN?

    peytonsmom replied to GoalsInTransition's topic in General Students

    I work a full time job, have a 27 y/o "big kid" husband , and a 4 y/o son. Dh is assistant coaching our nephew's pony league team and our 4 y/o has horse show and tball season starting. Did I mention my husband is also working full time and finis...

13. What do you hate the most about nursing school?

    peytonsmom replied to Jewl's topic in General Students

    YES! We have a few of those in our class and I would die of embarrassment if I were their relatives!!

14. What do you hate the most about nursing school?

    peytonsmom replied to Jewl's topic in General Students

    The time commitment! I knew what I was getting into beforehand but it doesn't make me hate missing out on time w/ my son and important activities. Our last clinical of the semester is the same day as his first horse show of the year so i'm going...

15. Mercy College of Northwest Ohio

    peytonsmom replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Ohio

    sreed - I'm taking the classes a little bit out of the order they have listed just because of the way scheduling ended up for me. Just be careful to note which classes have pre-reqs so you don't miss a pre-req and end up shut out of a class you need...