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  1. Certification in Infection Control (CIC) Examination

    I talked with the IC dept at the large teaching hospital I work at and was told "absolute min. of BSN plus 2+ years in ICU, OR, or ED experience" before they would think of hiring me there. Good luck in your career goal!
  2. Hi! I am finishing up my last semester of nursing school and have been lucky enough to be offered a job on a busy M/S Intermediate Care/Step Down floor at a large teaching hospital. The ratio is 1:3 for step down patients and 1:4(5 if they are havi...
  3. Hours of Nursing school?

    In my first semseter I have lecture 4 hours a day for 3 days, lab for 4 hours 1 day and clinical for 3 hours 1 day. After fall break if will be lecture for 4 hours 1 day, lab for 4 hours 1 day, clinical for 6 hours 2 days, and 3 hours for hospita/cl...
  4. I highly second the teaching part. First off, I make sure I am the only one home (or at least that others can't hear me). Then I pull out my text and class notes and read some corresponding sections. When I'm ready, I look around and see if my dogs a...
  5. Second Week

    I feel your stress! We just had our first test and I actually did well on it. I couldn't get through all the readings either, just read over my notes and skimmed until something in the reading related to my notes/lecture then I read that. I've nev...
  6. Prospects after graduation?

    Do you have a tech job anywhere? I've seen those students go on to get hired after graduation (either on their floor/unit or at another hospital). Others I've seen have to search and search and settle for something outside the hospital that they do...
  7. Setting up a Mentorship Program for an ADN school

    My program has it set up where the final semester students are paired with volunteer mentees from the first semester students. I have only met with my mentor once since it just started yesterday (they drew for us since there are more of us than them)...
  8. pct/nurse tech wages

    13/hr with one year experience plus shift diffs. I can do everything a CNA can do plus blood sugars and there are additional classes offered for foleys, blood draws, swapping O2 equipment (not changing it), peripheral IVs, and wound dressing changes...
  9. Good place to get first stethoscope?

    If there are any stores near you that let you try them out before buying that would be the place to go to. I did that for CNA class but when I went again a couple weeks ago they wouldn't let me try them out again. Otherwise I second what anonymouss...
  10. What color is your uniform?

    Mine is a royal blue landau scrub top where the small for too short for my long torso and the medium looks like a potato sack and it is barely an okay length. I got royal blue cargo pants to match but could have gotten white (no way). We had to get...
  11. being young!

    If it were my first degree and I was able to, I'd just go straight for the BSN. With the pre-reqs it could take 3-4 years to get your ADN. I'm going for my second degree at the ADN level now and even though money-wise it works for me, I still wish ...
  12. Official nursing student fall 2011 stand up!!!

    Congrats to all! I am starting in exactly 5 weeks at WTCC. Some of my classes were transferred from other schools but I earned mostly As. I'm finishing up patho and micro (last two pre-reqs) this summer in online and hybrid classes. I expect an A...
  13. Waiting on ADN letter from JCC...

    LOL yeah I was tired of pre-reqs and not being in a program. My husband said he knew I would get in but I still worried. Wake Tech uses a different one....http://www.studentscreener.com. It was 28 for the background check and 78 for the drug scree...
  14. Waiting on ADN letter from JCC...

    Congratulations to you as well! I'm not sure...I've already paid for the drug screen/background check at Wake Tech though and the mandatory orientation at JCC comes at a time when I will be out of the state. I also got into the sonography program I...
  15. Wake Tech or Watts?

    I've been told both are good. I know someone about to graduate Watts and I myself was accepted into Wake Tech. I ultimately chose to go the ADN route for the money (that much debt scares me at Watts) and Wake Tech admits 2x year (spring and fall). ...