marktheawesome

marktheawesome specializes in Telemetry.

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1. new RN - income questions

   marktheawesome replied to sheryl1304's topic in New Nurse

   After taxes, insurance, retirement, etc . . . I'm netting $16-17/hr. I just started at the VA here and my pay is the bottom of the totem pole.

2. Clinic nurse vs hospital nurse

   marktheawesome replied to esthomprn's topic in General Nursing

   I'm *guessing* you mean LPN as clinical nurse and RN as hospital nurse? RNs can start IV's, write care plans, etc . . .The LPNs have a few clinical limitations. Anyone certified can draw blood, even techs can do it so that is not LPN/RN specific. Aro...

3. Is it CNA,then LPN, then RN??

   marktheawesome replied to lina.561's topic in General Nursing

   Not all schools have an LPN option. They just push you through and in two or three years you have an RN and possibly BSN. For example my program is an RN (non BSN) program. After the first year you are a GPN and I have a diploma for it. I can sit for...

4. What is the name of the college you will be attending?

   marktheawesome replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

   Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA. I will go to the University of Iowa to get my BSN which will only take me a semester post ADN graduation.

5. drug cards?

   marktheawesome replied to marktheawesome's topic in General Students

   those are all great suggestions but I know the two-ring binder and the large rings won't fit in my little pockets (my scrub pockets SUCK). I'll look into a pony-tail scrunchy (?) with a cloth case. Thanks!

6. How hard is it to get into a nursing school?

   marktheawesome replied to Otm777's topic in Indiana

   it's not hard to get in but VERY discouraging... took me 4 years of gen ed and waiting to get in. I spent 2 years on my gen ed classes and another 2 years waiting... To give you a timeline, I graduated high school in 2004 and I'm in my first semester...

7. drug cards?

   marktheawesome posted a topic in General Students

   I am making some drug cards for clinicals. My instructor gave us a big list as well as a list of drugs my PT. is taking. I had planned on just writing them down on note cards but I was thinking about trying to keep them all together. I know a rubber ...

8. I have a Pathophysiology Question

   marktheawesome replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

   electrolyte imbalance? I am not sure what your teacher wants with the lack of information given. I know Hyperkalemia and Hypocalcemia can cause tachycardia but I have no idea if the pulse would be weak or strong. Do you have a nursing diagnosis handb...

9. CNA or LPN? What is the difference in Iowa?

   marktheawesome replied to ckhamill's topic in Iowa

   Licensed Practical NURSE vs Certified Nursing Assistant. One is a nurse, the other is simply an assistant to a nurse.

10. FINALLY made it...

    marktheawesome replied to marktheawesome's topic in Iowa

    Thanks! I appreciate it. I am absolutely stoked. I cannot WAIT for January to come... I have seriously been waiting on this for 4 years.

11. FINALLY made it...

    marktheawesome replied to marktheawesome's topic in Iowa

    I DON'T have my CNA which is why I could not get any jobs with a hospital or anything like that. The certification I do have is with the board of pharmacists to legally be a technician in a pharmacy.

12. Kirkwood TEAS test

    marktheawesome replied to Newstudent08's topic in Iowa

    TEAS is a Test of Essential Academic Skills

13. FINALLY made it...

    marktheawesome posted a topic in Iowa

    after 2 years on the waitlist I finally made it. I start the nursing program at Kirkwood in January. It's been a really frustrating journey for me. I started off at the University of Missouri and spent 2 years goofing off and really screwing myself o...

14. Kirkwood TEAS test

    marktheawesome replied to Newstudent08's topic in Iowa

    I just barely scooted past this. I got a letter in the mail telling me I HAD to take this test. So I called and talk to someone in the health sciences department and found out I did NOT have to take it. I was grandfathered in. I was accepted in Augus...