UPSBossman

UPSBossman

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  1. For the TL;DR crowd, after just half ofmy L&D rotation, I'm having a freakout about ever having afamily. This is me venting/looking for advice. Many of my classmates have alreadyfallen victim to Nursing Student Syndrome - that moment in everystud...
  2. Adult Med/Surg ATI test -- advice? Did you pass?

    I take my first ATI med/surg test next friday (first semester, WOOT!!) I'm hitting the same scores as you... 64% and 61%, so now I'm very interested in how you end up doing :) Best of luck, and let us know how you do! I'm finding studying for the tes...
  3. I'm a student nurse about to finish my first semester. Per my understanding, after semester 1 RN students can (generally) work as techs/aids to gain experience. I want to go this route, but I'm unsure how to go about it. The units I'd like to work on...
  4. moving to SA

    I work for Baptist health system [baptisthealthsystem.com] We're hiring nurses at all 5 of our facilities right now. Its a pretty good system. Pay is a little higher at Methodist, but the employee satisfaction is higher at Baptist (and arguably we ha...
  5. Male Student looking for advise/info

    I decided to go into nursing because my wife is a recent (one year ago) graduate. She was an LVN prior to that (2 years, while we were dating.) While she was working in health care, I worked at UPS and a restaurant, and went to school. My typical day...
  6. Male Nurses that lift weights and stay fit

    You dont have to eat every 2 hours. I'm a hard gainer and used to eat every 3-4 hours. I never managed to put on much muscle, and my lifts never improved much. Since I started eating paleo I now eat 3 times a day, some times I miss a meal (I'm almost...
  7. Official nursing student fall 2011 stand up!!!

    I will be going to Bapstist School of Health Professions (Wife & several friends graduated from there, and I work for the system now) 3.2 GPA (3.8 in field) 88% on TEAS
  8. First RN job & it's pay

    $40k isnt bad money, and if you need more then you can work a 4th shift one week (which would be all OT.) My wife made over $45 last year, and she wasn't working as an RN until mid April. OP, why are you asking? From some of your responses, it sounds...
  9. First RN job & it's pay

    I'm in San Antonio, Tx. My wife is a RN (1 year now) and we both work at the same system. Here, RNs are starting around $21.50, a little more if you have experience (2 years clinical, 3 years non-clinical)
  10. Healthier Living Thread Part V

    i'll chime in i suppose. i was wondering, why are nurses in such bad health to begin with? i'm not yet a nurse, but i work in a hospital doing risk management. so many of the nurses here are obese (to put it "lightly,") smoke, i know of several who d...
  11. Anxiety about ADN and life

    i work with nurses all day... a lot of 'em i can't understand how they became nurses. it seriously is one of those "if she can do it, anyone can" moments almost every day for me. every time i start to feel nervous about the program, i think of all of...
  12. I've been an insomniac for more than 10 years, at some times going 5+ days without ANY sleep at all (my longest was a 7 day sleepless bender!) Changed my diet and got more exercise and it cured me. And on the rare occasion that I still can't fall asl...
  13. I absolutely HATE it!

    i'd have a field day with your classmates. an entire program full of gullible people who take spoken word as gospel? make up an awesome back story for yourself and slowly hint it to them. feed them slowly like you were reluctant to tell the truth. yo...
  14. Did I do something inappropriate?

    My advice would be to wait a week or so for a call, then call the manager back and ask him if they were interviewing yet. Explain about how HR got an attitue with you but you want to work there. He's the one who decides your fait, not HR
  15. Discouraged - looking for new avenues

    Lots of resume services online. My brother writes for one of them from time to time. Prices vary. Look into another job in the mean time. Something disposable to let you keep your apartment and your freedom.