nuadvtur4oldjulie

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1. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   graduated from nursing school at 48

2. Health insurance for nurses

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to bluejumperbunny's topic in California

   watch this http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/view/

3. Health insurance for nurses

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to bluejumperbunny's topic in California

   We have family practitioners but as a women your primary physician would probably be an oby/gyn who will act as a gatekeeper or traffic director to refer you to a specialist as needed. For minor illnesses we have urgent care centers. Unless you ave...

4. Testing for the 5th time

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to ikedinachi1's topic in NCLEX

   I used learningext.com its written by ncsbn the same people that write the nclex test. check them out. good luck! peace

5. Thinking About Starting Nursing School at age 50

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to Candyy's topic in General Nursing

   Hi I just graduated ADN May 2009 and I'm 48 soon to be 49. I say go for it! If you have the resources to stop working for 2=3 years and dedicate yourself to lots of hard work. And there seems to be at least one soul crushing Clinical instructor bent ...

6. Shadowing tomorrow - Would like the Position - But there are other candidates

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in New Nurse

   sucking up has it's place. bring a snack nurses love pot luck !!! good luck. peace

7. new to this site starving for info on LVN-RN program in S CA area.

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to learner's topic in California

   check out cerritos college, norwalk and saddleback college, mission viejo

8. Nursing instructor putting student through embarassment and singles out

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to mjacobs's topic in General Students

   welcome to nursing school....from what I hear there's at least one bully on every campus. I had a similar problem and found this website by bob sutton very useful http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/the-latest-tips.html it's about workpla...

9. Don't know what to do. I just CAN'T. TAKE. THIS. ANYMORE...........

   nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

   filing for bankruptcy is not the worst thing that can happen to you. ask the Donald he's done it lots. Its made for people like you who despite their best efforts cant seem to dig themselves out and who need a clean start. some people stop paying th...

10. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to wonderwomanchels's topic in New Nurse

    "too confident" that's a good one! I don't know why they don't just say 'I don't like you' I had a clinical instructor who said I was 'too jovial' which I am not. whatever. let's just remember this when we have some control or a new nurses liveliho...

11. Failed NCLEX - study/answer tips?

    nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to munkee4me's topic in NCLEX

    Sorry to hear about your setback. The same people who write the the NCLEX sell an online review course for 50-70 dollars. Way cheaper than kaplan. I loved the rationales given for the correct answers. Its good for 3-5weeks. I used it and passed. Goog...

12. New Grads and Temp Agencies

    nuadvtur4oldjulie replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad in so cal and out of desperation looked into temp agencies. They can't get off the phone with me fast enough when they find I have no experience. All for the best I suppose I need experienced nurse within in earshot for a while. that i...