stopthepenguins6

stopthepenguins6 has 3 years experience.

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1. Freshman question lol.

   stopthepenguins6 replied to FaithGurl93's topic in TEAS

   ACT, SAT...either way, it's pretty much the same difference. Both test general skills and try to predict how well you'll do in a college environment. If you get through your basics and pass, you'll have absolutely no issue passing the TEAS. It's the ...

2. Pulled to other floors?

   stopthepenguins6 replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU

   From our ICU we can be pulled to anywhere the "critical care" nurses work in our hospital...namely PCU (max 4 pt a nurse) or to the ER. We never get pulled to a med/surg floor. Our PCU staff will go to ICU or they will go to telemetry. And our ER...w...

3. Freshman question lol.

   stopthepenguins6 replied to FaithGurl93's topic in TEAS

   If it's the same TEAS I took, as long as you graduated high school, you'll pass. Seriously, the questions on there for math and English were things covered when I was in 8th grade. Basic algebra, basic word association, etc. Did you take the SAT? It'...

4. As a nurse will I be exposed to dead patients a lot?

   stopthepenguins6 replied to Mrs.Davis's topic in General Nursing

   Apologies, with the med/surg floor I worked on, I saw maybe 1 hospice/comfort measures patient every few months. I didn't think about the fact that maybe that was unique to my floor :).

5. What kind of money does a nurse REALLY make?

   stopthepenguins6 replied to oldeddieboy's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm actually in a smaller town, however we're about 30/45 minutes away from an area with several large, well known hospitals, so our hospital tries to stay competitive as far as payment goes. As far as staying awake on night shift, It really depends ...

6. As a nurse will I be exposed to dead patients a lot?

   stopthepenguins6 replied to Mrs.Davis's topic in General Nursing

   You can never guarantee that you won't see death, as we are healthcare providers and things do happen, but you can help to minimize your level of exposure, as it's all in where you work. If you work in a critical setting, an ICU, an ER, hospice, onco...

7. What kind of money does a nurse REALLY make?

   stopthepenguins6 replied to oldeddieboy's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Ok, gonna stick my salary info in here for consideration, as I don't know what the differentials in your area are. I also live in the south, and just graduated, so this was my base pay info as a new nurse with an ADN. You'll also have to consider you...

8. ATI mock nclex

   stopthepenguins6 replied to ejm123's topic in NCLEX

   I got a 99% and past with 75 questions my first time. I'd say they helped and were pretty accurate as far as the types of questions. You get the same feeling, the "uhhh...did I just pass that?" and hold your breath until you get the score. You'll wal...

9. What becomes of them?

   stopthepenguins6 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in NICU

   My husband's niece suffered a seizure in the womb, and was diagnosed with hydranencephaly. She was breathing on her own, despite having very little that had developed of her brain. The doctors wished to withdraw care and basically let her starve to d...

10. ICU yuck

    stopthepenguins6 replied to ginaw623's topic in MICU

    I've been a tech for three years, and I start my first RN job (ICU, panic!) next week. I can tell you from personal experience (I've worked LTC and orthopedics in those three years, so geriatric is a huge part of it) that you get used to poop. When I...

11. Aiken Technical College Students are You there?

    stopthepenguins6 replied to Lis71683's topic in South Carolina

    Well, I was looking around on this website a few days ago, and saw a couple people had mentioned on different threads that their school had gone to requiring CNA before entrance to the nursing program, so I wonder if that's something that's going to ...

12. Aiken Technical College Students are You there?

    stopthepenguins6 replied to Lis71683's topic in South Carolina

    I wanted to add a little update to my last post: If you look at the ATC nursing application, on the last page of it, you have the spreadsheet with the possible points you can earn from the classes you take, etc. If you look at the very bottom, it sho...

13. Aiken Technical College Students are You there?

    stopthepenguins6 replied to Lis71683's topic in South Carolina

    I don't know which advisors said it; I had never heard it prior to the course, and it's not the reason I'm taking it, but another of the students in the class said she was told that by her nursing advisor. I have no idea who her advisor is, and mine ...

14. Aiken Technical College Students are You there?

    stopthepenguins6 replied to Lis71683's topic in South Carolina

    I'm in the CNA course right now, and what they actually told us is that within the next year they're actually going to start requiring the CNA class before you can into the RN program. That's what the prof. teaching the class said and that's also wha...

15. Is it late for me?

    stopthepenguins6 replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    If you're a lover of online forums and support groups, Sparkpeople.com is a great place for people trying to lose weight. They have lots of groups you can join (nursing ones as well :) ) as well as people in your area so you can get yourself a suppor...