jesswus

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1. NCLEX results= FAIL :(

   jesswus replied to Short-Stuff 23's topic in NCLEX

   A lot of people I know took hurst review and passed. I found saunders a joke, the questions are so easy. I didn't want to spend much money so I went to the ncsbn website (people who actually write nclex) and paid 50 bucks for a 3 week online review, ...

2. What's the issue with med surg?

   jesswus replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

   All these posts are sooooo true. I have never regularly worked m/s but float there quite often. My fellow icu nurses are always bewildered when I tell them the nurses I have the utmost respect for are m/s nurses. The only advantage an icu nurse may h...

3. A little "pick me up" for students and new grads

   jesswus replied to MICUBSNRN's topic in New Nurse

   Curious how big your unit is? If you average a code and death per night, which means basically two codes a night something is wrong- weather it be physicians or nurses. I work at the biggest hospital in our state in SI. Our MI has 20 beds with very s...

4. How many other nurses do you work with?

   jesswus replied to rob4's topic in General Nursing

   20 beds 12 RNs or more in SICU

5. ICU duties?

   jesswus replied to jfpruitt's topic in MICU

   Perhaps I have a different perspective but I think if ICU is what you want to do, you should go for it right out of school. Med-Surg nursing provides an excellent base, especially for time managment but little else in relation to ICU nursing. I gra...

6. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

   jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

   "In fact, LSU will not hire NSU grads straight out of school to work in their ER, but routinely hire fresh Panola grads. We graduate with ACLS straight out of school. That's just one example..." I now work at WK, but have worked at LSU and have sever...

7. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

   jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

   Most right around 20 give or take and goes up with completion of ACLS and Telemetry if you don't already have them within the first month. If you don't need health benefits, can increase by as much as 6 an hour, not really sure how all that is gonna ...

8. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

   jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

   Remember, NSU instructors are tough, they do not babysit you, there reputation is for putting your future patients first, not you, and you will be better prepared because of it. I am not going to knock other schools, but I can tell you from my perso...

9. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

   jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

   Second level is by far the worst. 3rd level is like a vacation, but the OB stuff is so boring you will be falling asleep in class. 4th level is challenging for some, the cardiac stuff presents the most problems and the pedi stuff is pretty basic an...

10. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

    jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

    Wow, I am sorry you had such a negative experience with NSU. The difficult thing about nursing school is the instructors are trying to teach you a different way of thinking. It is called critical thinking and it is a skill that takes practice, some...

11. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

    jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

    Like I said, I was not trying to be rude. As a graduate of both LSU in business and NSU in nursing, please understand that it is human nature to defend one's alma mater, so nobody on this board should post things about either LSU or NSU and not expe...

12. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

    jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

    "hmm...I haven't really heard anything about the shreveport/bossier hospitals giving preference to NSU grads" Look up the NSU/WK partnership program. Regardless of your opinion of WK, they are the leader in healthcare services in this area, and they...

13. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

    jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

    "Hospitals will except NSU grad before panola... maybe so but that needs to be stop as well because I feel all of NSU students can still not know everything but be judge just because of the school they attend... what about those who struggle but stri...

14. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

    jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

    Again, I am not sure where "here" is, but I don't feel like that is the case in the S/BC area, as most of the RN's working in hospitals in this area were educated at NSU. I Graduated from LSU and attended NSU, and it is truly a mess as far as admini...

15. opinion about nsu shreveport vs panola in carthage...

    jesswus replied to polishgurlrn2b's topic in Louisiana

    I know, and have worked with people from both the Panola and NSU program, and I can tell you without a doubt the NSU program is better, and considered so by many of the hospitals in the S/BC area. WK has a stipend program with the NSU folks, if the p...