jhaf07

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1. Lancaster general or HACC

   jhaf07 replied to ninuraj's topic in Pennsylvania

   Hi there. I am not a nurse but I am a nursing student currently at HACCs york part time program and I actually have experience with both HACC and LGH. I started at HACC years ago and completed all of my pre-reqs there. A few months before I was to ap...

2. Interview question: Tell us about a mistake you have made...

   jhaf07 replied to PchezRN's topic in Career Support

   I am pretty sure this question is the one that made me bomb the interview I had a few weeks ago. I gave them a time when I had a patient fall when the call bell fell of the bed because it didnt have a clip on it. It was truly the biggest mistake in m...

3. another new grad that can't find work.

   jhaf07 replied to missLissRn's topic in New Nurse

   If you're near Lancaster, are you close enough to Lancaster General? I just had an interview there, now granted, it was for a nursing assistant position, but there were a few other people there for interviews as well, my guess is some of them had to ...

4. HELP with interviews

   jhaf07 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I need help big time, need some tips on how to do well during a job interview. Some background: I have been a SAHM for 5 years, been in school all that time working on RN degree on a part time basis (and took a yr off when while pregnant with my last...

5. Should I settle for a job I'm not happy with?

   jhaf07 replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Career Support

   I have not worked in 5 years, I left the LTC facility to be a SAHM and start working on my degree. The past two years or so Ive had the itch to go back to work, Im starting my clinicals next week and I REALLY want to work at a hospital. I totally get...

6. Hospital CNA

   jhaf07 posted a topic in CNA/MA

   Hi. I am a nursing student, beginning the clinical portion of my program in 2 weeks (yay!). I have been applying for a CNA position in a few local hospitals, and actually got called for an interview at the hospital where I'll be doing my clinicals (t...

7. starting Fall 2011 - who we are

   jhaf07 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Students

   1. when is your start date? august 15 2 what state are you in? pa-attending lgcnhs 3 program (lpn,adn,bsn)? adn 4 what is the one piece of advice you are holding onto right now? it's not really advice, more of a reassurance: school has never been har...

8. Why does anyone go into nursing?

   jhaf07 replied to guineapiglover2011's topic in General Students

   When I was 8 I wanted to run away to Alaska and live, unmarried, with my team of sled dogs. I think that stemmed from reading White Fang and The Call Of the Wild one too many times, lol. This evolved into, I want to be a veterinarian until an 8th gra...

9. 22 yr old guy going to Lvn school

   jhaf07 replied to MaleNurselvn's topic in General Students

   Prepare for PMS lol. My husband is a nurse (LPN), and the only issues he has with his job is dealing with feminine cattiness and attitude problems (but he is a supervisor so it's his job to keep the peace, he, as a man, cannot understand why some of ...

10. Pre Nursing Student Needs Advice and Encouragement!

    jhaf07 replied to devyn renee's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I was 21 when I started pre-reqs and have only taken two classes a semester since I have 3 kids and wanted to make sure I maintained a 4.0. I remember when I started how far away actually applying to clinicals was and then I ended up taking a whole y...

11. Could I be the only reformed misfit in nursing school?

    jhaf07 replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    Six years ago I began working in a local nursing home as a CNA and fell in love with my charge nurse. He was the nicest, most competent nurse in the building. . .and he also happened to be covered in tatoos. His history was a mystery to me until we s...

12. What color is your uniform?

    jhaf07 replied to MILOBRI's topic in General Students

    We have navy blue scrub bottoms, with the cargo pocklets, and a white polo shirt with the school logo sewn on. We have two lab jackets, one long professional looking one to wear over dress clothes when we go into the hospital to prepare the night bef...

13. Official nursing student fall 2011 stand up!!!

    jhaf07 replied to adorable42181's topic in General Students

    Yay! Im starting next month at Lancaster General College in PA, I just got my uniforms in the mail last week and am really excited :) I have a 4.0, transferring from HACC. We were scheduled to take the TEAS, but they dont use it as a tool to test bef...

14. ADN Fall 2011 Hopefuls!!!

    jhaf07 replied to VannVann2008's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I was at HACC and applied to LGCNHS after they had already chosen the applicants for Fall 2011, so I didnt really think I would get in, they are sifficult to get into even if I would have applied on time (my friend who transferred last semester final...