riceberry

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1. Summer work

   riceberry posted a topic in School

   Hello all, this may have been asked ad naseum but...I am considering applying for a position as a school nurse. Do any of you work during the summer to supplement your income? I currently work in Med-Surg and it is killing me physically so I want to ...

2. what did you do in your former life?

   riceberry replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

   veterinary technician and stay home mom

3. Tell all about Arkansas!

   riceberry replied to military spouse's topic in Arkansas

   I live in downtown Little Rock because I prefer to be around many types of people and the arts. I am a hard-core liberal and Christian, and have many friends of the same persuation. Our kids go to a public magnet elementary school that provides an ex...

4. New Nurse In Tears...

   riceberry replied to RNNURSE23's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain, I graduated in May and you have described my shift and doubts to a tee. I have been told that it will get better and I will find my pace. Thankfully I have great charge nurses who help and are there to lift me up. I try to watch ...

5. Magnet and Teaching Hospitals

   riceberry replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Med-Surg at a teaching hospital in Arkansas and the ratio is a maximum of 1 to 5. ICU is 1 to 2.

6. I Passed (unofficially)!!

   riceberry replied to DeanG's topic in NCLEX

   How did you get results on Pearson Vue? I have looked all over the site for it. I took my test on Friday the 7th and I have to wait until Tuesday to get official results from the State Board of Nursing. Bummer.

7. How hard is it to get into UAMS?

   riceberry replied to booklovinrn's topic in Arkansas

   Cummulative, you can retake courses and use the higher grade though.

8. How hard is it to get into UAMS?

   riceberry replied to booklovinrn's topic in Arkansas

   I just graduated from UAMS and was discussing this with an instructor a few weeks ago. She said they usually have around 300 applicants and admit roughly 110. It is determined strictly by GPA and everyone in our class had a 3.0 or higher.

9. Transplantation Nursing

   riceberry replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

   I am interested. I start work on a kidney/liver transplant floor as a new grad in July.

10. Best Hospitals For Nursing Students To Work!

    riceberry replied to ethom57124's topic in Arkansas

    UAMS and the VA have programs for nursing students to work in. I did a summer externship between my two years and got paid almost 11.00 an hour, not to mention great experience.

11. Finally, finals are over!!

    riceberry replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Students

    Took my last final today in Peds, gonna take the HESI next week, passing it is required to advance to senior year. Then.....it will be over for a while and I can relax!

12. Question for "older" students

    riceberry replied to lgreen's topic in General Students

    I am 40 and just started in a BSN program. If I had tried this in my 20's I would have never made it, I was too painfully shy and would have never survived check-offs. Now I have confidence and already have a heads up on the younger students when I...