lukeslichy

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1. Does anyone have any leads?

   lukeslichy replied to pepehugoboss's topic in General Nursing

   I work at the Minneapolis V.A. as an ADN. Anywhere will tell you BSN is preferred. It may be hard to get a job right out of school but get some experience at LTC or TCU and keep applying, you will...

2. Any Minneapolis/St. Paul folks out there?

   lukeslichy replied to Skips's topic in General Nursing

   Hello! Welcome to MN. Eagan is a great area tons of hospitals and healthcare facilities around to apply at. I graduated two years ago, in general what I have seen from my classmates is it takes about...

3. Moving to Minneapolis, need suggestions!

   lukeslichy replied to jj224's topic in General Nursing

   Suburbanite here... Personally I enjoy living outside the city in a southern suburb so I will give you my opinion. Houses are cheap. The downside to that is having to commute in to the city. I work at...

4. Textbooks for first semester of MANE program

   lukeslichy replied to virgo7598's topic in General Nursing

   This might be too late for you, but when I was in nursing school I just bought one edition older of each book. It worked for me. The page numbers didn't line up (there is rarely new information in...

5. Inver Hills Nursing Program

   lukeslichy replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

   Literally work as hard as you can. If you struggle on the first exam then start going to the teachers for help. Don't wait till the end of the semester where you have to get a 95% on an exam to pass...

6. Inver Hills Nursing Program

   lukeslichy replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

   Yep, that's exactly the Saunders book I meant. It's tough because they expect a lot of you. And it's hard to know what to study and how to study. You need to know the content and then be able to...

7. Advice needed for admission to the University of MN Entry level masters degree

   lukeslichy replied to momof 3&student's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have any advice specifically about U of MN but I did have a similar experience. When I was looking into schools three years ago I called them and wanted to get some information. They were not...

8. Inver Hills Nursing Program

   lukeslichy replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

   I'm graduating this May from Inver's program. It's tough. My best advice is to try to focus just on school. If you have a job be willing to cut back on hours. If you have kids be prepared not to see...

9. Tips for Overnight Preceptorship

   lukeslichy replied to lukeslichy's topic in General Students

   Racer15- Thank you for the hints. You gave many similar hints to IamKosher so I am hoping the ice water/multiple days works for me! Thank you for your

10. Tips for Overnight Preceptorship

    lukeslichy replied to lukeslichy's topic in General Students

    Thank you ImKosher! I am really excited about going to SICU. I cannot wait to start. Thanks for the info about the nap, I will definitely do that. Ice water is a good idea. I will try that too....

11. Tips for Overnight Preceptorship

    lukeslichy posted a topic in General Students

    Hi! I am just wondering what people who have been through a similar experience to mine's advice would be. I just learned that my preceptorship (which starts next Thursday) will be 12 hour overnight...

12. Normandale Nursing Application Decision

    lukeslichy replied to easalden's topic in General Nursing

    Feb 1st. That was 2 years ago now! It was seriously the hardest wait ever. I think it's best to just keep telling yourself you won't hear until April so you aren't disappointed every day you don't get...

13. Normandale Nursing Application Decision

    lukeslichy replied to easalden's topic in General Nursing

    Elizabeth- If it's anything like Inver's process I definitely wouldn't hold my breath about knowing before April 13th and be prepared for it to possibly take a little longer than that. They told us...

14. Inver hill community college

    lukeslichy replied to kcarter181's topic in General Nursing

    I just started my 4th semester in the Inver Hills nursing program on Monday. I realize that I'm not exactly a "new" admit but no one else has replied so I'll answer ya. The pre-reqs are pretty...

15. decision between Med surg or tele RN positions

    lukeslichy replied to hottchaca's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me with a new baby and still being in school I would take the Med/surg part time position. Unless there is some dire circumstances where you need the money you are going to burn yourself...