1styear

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1. Do I need a Year of med/surg before going into oncology

   1styear replied to gn04's topic in Oncology

   I graduated in May and started working at Sloan Kettering in June(every floor is oncology). I would say that so far I'm very happy with my decision to start my career in oncology. My only advice is to pick a floor that has a lot of surgical patients ...

2. Do you live in the City or Upstate?

   1styear replied to CashewLPN's topic in New York

   I grew up in long island, just moved into Manhattan via hospital housing now that I'm working for Sloan Kettering. The city has been great so far, a lot of interesting people and I keep meeting folks that moved here from all over and are kind of star...

3. Anyone Here from Nassau County?

   1styear replied to MJ-12's topic in New York

   Tracy, did you ever enroll in Nassau's program? I'm in my last semester there and still tell people it's a good place to go :)

4. Stonybrook university

   1styear replied to MsDrea03's topic in New York

   I'm graduating this May from Nassau community college and will continue on at Stonybrook for my BSN via the online program. If you want information or to get a good feel for the nursing program-- there is an information session held every friday afte...

5. Any hospital with maxillo-facial & plastic surgery units in NY?

   1styear replied to suplado23's topic in New York

   North shore Long Island Jewish(LIJ) has a well known and respected oral-maxillofacial & ENT(otolaryngology..... not sure how to spell it). I just a rapid pallate expansion done over a year ago and had a great experience there, in addition any doc...

6. nursing educator advice

   1styear posted a topic in Educators

   I'm currently a nursing student and will be graduating this May(2005). I've really enjoyed my semesters in various units but can't see myself standing behind a med cart for too many years. The jobs that most interested me while in school were the one...

7. Who believes instructors can be out to get you?

   1styear replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Students

   Our schools funding is based on our Nclex passing rate not on the passing rate of the students while in the program. This creates an atmosphere where teachers really try to weed out the students who aren't great instead of helping or encouraging them...

8. adoption birth mom care plan?

   1styear replied to NurseWeasel's topic in General Students

   Coping or anticipated grieving? I would go with grieving depending on the perceived loss

9. Does anyone ENJOY nursing school?

   1styear replied to JoniL&DRN's topic in General Students

   I'll be finishing my ADN this year and will be a little sad when it's over. I haven't worked while in school and have no children so I have really taken advantage of getting to know other students and had a great time laughing throughout evertything(...

10. rent in nyc

    1styear replied to szccdw's topic in New York

    To answer your question on how people are making it --a lot of friends I have who have recently moved into their first aparments in Manhattan have all done the same thing to save $$$. They all wanted a nice neighborhood with a doorman building so the...

11. My entire class is having difficulty with our new instructor

    1styear replied to mom1ST's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't go comlaining till you've explored all options. Perhaps a letter stating some of you concerns without signing your name to administration would prevent any potential backlash against you. In a great world you should be able to voice your c...

12. Besides BSN what degrees couple nicely with an ADN?

    1styear replied to agent's topic in General Students

    Legal nursing is pretty interesting, in NY and a lot of other major cities(I see you're from Chicago) lawyers hire nurses as consultants when they are working on medically related cases. So if you were hired you might be consulted as to how you would...

13. Besides BSN what degrees couple nicely with an ADN?

    1styear replied to agent's topic in General Students

    Law for Legal Nursing, Chemistry if you think you might want to work in a lab one day, business if you think you might want to work for a drug company, education for perhaps a future in patient education. What kind of nursing are you interested in pu...

14. we learn from mistakes..no matter how bad

    1styear replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Students

    Oh speaking of that, just an FYI tip: If you have a pt with a Ileostomy or Colostomy bag and you're a gagger with bad odors ---before you go to the pt, take a sniff of an alcohol prep pad --it works everytime to numb the smell for a few minutes(work ...

15. A&P I

    1styear replied to Maisie's topic in General Students

    Actually it says in the description that it is for people who want to become a nurse. I wasn't being snide, it just seems that questions about algebra and AnatomyI usually mean pre reqs and should be shared with others doing their pre reqs --clinical...