MaryEMT

MaryEMT

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  1. OP, you are no less grown up if you want to live near your parents or whoever you mean by "family". You seem mature enough to have a goal, so work to attain it. Having specialty experience would be helpful but if you aren't going to stick with it at ...
  2. A friend of mine was told she would never make it when she decided to apply for the nursing tract at her school. She showed them and not only made but graduated with honors, let me tell that instructor must have had egg on her face. Chin up and ignor...
  3. MCPHS Manchester ABSN

    FYI, not everyone gets a PRECEPTORSHIP, some are in clinical groups for their final rotation. If you do get a preceptorship, you do not pick what hospital/unit they pick it for you.
  4. Georgetown New graduate nursing program 2012

    3.2 is what is stated on the website I believe.
  5. humanitarian mission and nursing

    Nurses without borders, Medical Ministries International (religious base, but great to work with), I believe you can work with Doctors Without Borders, just start googling you will find a ton of stuff! Good luck!
  6. SSparks, it depends when you are graduating. If you will be graduating this December then the deadline has passed. If you aren't graduating until May my understanding is that they will repost the New Graduate Nurse Candidate Position for May graduate...
  7. O my gosh, can someone tell me is Georgetown university medical center the same as georgetown university hospital? It seems to be the same, I hope so because I addressed the cover letter to georgetown university medical center
  8. Connolkm when did you take the battery test? I took mine yesterday and am anxiously awaiting a response (I know it must be a bit early to expect a response).
  9. Calling EMS to pronounce

    Ditto, on the NY thing. EMS are only allowed to withhold lifesaving measures in the presence of a DNR or obvious death (decapitation, dependent lividity and Rigor). We are in no circumstance eligible to pronounce. Even if EMS are, what a waste of mon...
  10. Salary for clinic position?

    I don't live in Mississippi, but I made $11 dollars an hour for a part time job as a cashier in high school, 9.25/hr is far, far too low!!
  11. Question regarding nursing attitudes in L&D

    Thanks for your response. I should clarify a bit. I have found several peer-reviewed journal articles supporting the finding that a nurses' feelings about a patient can impact their behavior. This is sometimes shown to lead to poor patient outcomes a...
  12. Hi all! I'm currently a senior nursing student, in an accelerated program set to graduate in December. I have to do a project for my Capstone class involving a problem I see in nursing and developing some way to address it. The issue I am looking...
  13. Need Advice- Moving to NY

    If your willing to look on LI, they are more new grad friendly or so I hear. Stonybrook University Medical Center is good start it is about an hourish east of Brooklyn. Also try the Northshore-LIJ health system. Again, though LI is not an extremely c...
  14. Medical Missions Trips?

    I just went to Ecuador with MMI, it was fantastic!! I highly recommend it!
  15. I start Clinicals in a little more than two weeks, so I look forward to hearing how things progress for you. If it's any help I was shaking like a leaf my first EMT call for a patient with severe hypoglycemia, just to take the BP was terrifying. I ha...