blueharlequin

blueharlequin

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  1. What advice to give?

    Just skimmed through some of these posts. I wanted to add something I think is kind of important (because I'm a second degree RN student in the same boat). You said several made the comment they wouldn't be there had their first career plan worked ou...
  2. Are most people just against nursring as a profession?

    There are certainly doctors that have no bedside manners. I don't doubt that for a moment. That was my point with "constantly being at the bedside wouldn't be an enjoyable kind of care for them." Ultimately, however, doctors DO care for patients in t...
  3. Are most people just against nursring as a profession?

    Old thread, but I thought this was interesting and wanted to comment. I hate saying this about a support system, but don't listen to your family. While there are some rights the profession of nursing as a whole are pushing for that I (pretty strong...
  4. Getting very discouraged 2nd month into nursing school. help!

    good grades has always been important for me, too, but at least you are dealing with an a and a b. my grades have all been right around 75, which is the lowest we can get and still pass. i've followed the tips our instructors gave us and the tips oth...
  5. This is one aspect of school I haven't really been able to figure out. I started working harder, reading every word of the assigned chapters (after the professor's suggestion of skimming didn't help), taking notes instead of highlighting (a suggestio...
  6. My patient's idea of a Halloween costume

    Haha! Your patient wins. I hope you bring him a toy light saber.
  7. A vet tech as a nurse ?

    I'm another "former vet tech" to add to the list, though not for anywhere near as long. I have to agree with past vet tech experience helping out in nursing school. But I also never would have claimed to have been a "nurse." I never heard any of my c...
  8. I don't enjoy nursing school...

    This is something rather bothersome to me, as well (job prospect). I spent 4 years after getting my BA dealing with minimum wage, part time jobs or temp jobs that never resulted in hires. Meanwhile, people were constantly asking me what the crap I wa...
  9. I don't enjoy nursing school...

    I'm actually in the identical position, though for different reasons. I already have a BA, though after graduating in 2006 and having a pointless degree, I couldn't get any kind of job that wasn't part time and minimum wage. After a few years of this...
  10. Feeling lonely

    It's not a mistake at all. It's just cultural differences. I'm actually more annoyed by American attitudes regarding this. There is such a big deal in America about being culturally tolerant and "politically correct", but in actuality it's being cult...
  11. Feeling lonely

    I actually have a Russian lady in my lab/clinical group. It's exciting for me because I've studied the Russian language (only 3 years, so not fluent, and sadly less fluent now because it's been a while and I'm out of practice) and have always been fa...
  12. Patient abandenment and mandatory overtime

    It's been a month, so hopefully things have been resolved, but I wanted to add. If they aren't paying you overtime for an hourly job, then I think that's actually illegal. And if you look at that statement, there are a few things about it that could ...
  13. Best nursing school in GA?

    Wow, if you have the opportunity to go without incurring any debt, don't pass up on that opportunity at all! Sometimes if a private school REALLY wants you and you tell them you are considering another school because you have full scholarship at that...
  14. Does it matter which school to take pre-reqs- PLEASE HELP

    This is VERY good advise that I wanted to second and add to. I'm at GTC and I already have a BA, but they wouldn't accept any of my coursework for GE's (and I got my BA in 2006, so I don't think it has to do with time passage). GTC was not on the sem...
  15. GTC 2011?

    For some reason I haven't been getting any email notifications about activity here. Maybe they're going to my junk mail and I don't notice, but odd still. Anyway, TiaRN, that is EXTREMELY reassuring. Like JKCharles said above, there are so many horro...