krsmarie

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1. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

   krsmarie replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

   1. State you work in - MN 2. Years of experience - new grad BSN 3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc) -, hospital, General medical surgical unit, straight night 8 hour shifts. 4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary - $32.17 ...

2. Overcoming obstacles

   krsmarie replied to Dtermnd2Bgreat's topic in General Students

   Nursing school was a challenge but nothing compared to what was going on outside of class.. Right before I was accepted to my program a very close friend was killed by a drunk driver. First year my mom became very Ill and stayed that way through nurs...

3. NCLEX ready or not ?

   krsmarie replied to hannah.banana's topic in NCLEX

   I took My Boards yesterday 27 Jun 2013. I PASSED with 75 questions in about an hour and 10 min. Last week I searched all over this page to see if people with low kaplan scores were passing.. I was so worried because my scores were low... QT 1) 43 QT ...

4. First cpr experience

   krsmarie replied to Lpn1226's topic in General Nursing

   I am still a student. My first code was a couple weeks ago. I did compressions and like the others have said its not Hollywood, the feel of the ribs giving below my hands was not what I expected. It was very hectic and I had no clue what else I shoul...

5. I hate my pharm book!!!

   krsmarie replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

   Micromedex is my favorite. I have the iPhone app very easy to use and just the basic info you need for each med. The hospital i have my clinical at (one of the top 5 US) also use it.

6. I need advice on school

   krsmarie replied to CUPCAKE111's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Mayo does hire ADN's especially those who go to RCTC. But looking at the website for open jobs they are starting to move toward BSN only in some areas. Mayoclinic.com job search will let you see current jobs and will list the requirements for each. H...

7. Conflict in point of view with teachers

   krsmarie replied to suzieq1989's topic in General Students

   Ashley- Thank you for replying to this. I think you wrote in a way that shows respect for the op but explains Why the pt needs to be in a high fowlers position. I hope that you choose to be a preceptor someday to give this type of advice to the new...

8. Amazing Classmates

   krsmarie replied to runforfun's topic in General Students

   So Awesome of them to help You out! That is one of the things I hope transfers to the real world of nursing, I think is great when everyone works as a team. I'm also lucky to have amazing classmates. Last semester I had to spend a few days in the h...

9. Working together to pass!!!

   krsmarie replied to Sapple's topic in NCLEX

   Great idea! Would be nice to find all of the Information in one place! 9 months left until test time ... Need to start reviewing!

10. New Student Laptop

    krsmarie replied to OriginalWingNut's topic in General Students

    I have a hp touchsmart tablet laptop bought it for nursing school because a lot of our work is online.. It's not worth the cost (800.00). It's slow and not always responsive to what you are writing. I bought a MacBook air a couple months ago and am ...

11. Please help - Costs of nursing school, & debts!

    krsmarie replied to bluecloud's topic in General Students

    The program you are discussing seems very expensive, are you adding up the total cost of the program including living expenses? If its just the cost of school check out the accreditation of the school and see if it is a for profit school (they seem ...

12. University of Minnesota Rochester?

    krsmarie replied to bsarver's topic in Minnesota

    Congratulations on being accepted!! You are right, the class sizes are small. Each class is 30 students in Rochester, 100 on the T.C. campus. We attend class 1 or 2 days a week on campus over ITV (the profs are in the cities and we connect to them v...

13. How do you work nights and go to school?

    krsmarie replied to WannaBNursey's topic in General Students

    you have to really want it! I'm a full time student (12-17cr/semester) when I started the program I also worked full-time nights 10p-0630Aa. The start of junior year forced me down to 20hrs/week. My classes start at 0900 so I go to work. study before...

14. Med-Surg ATI

    krsmarie replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in General Students

    Sorry they are all like that. I thought the Med/S and the Psych ATI's were nothing like the practice exams. Do you all get the hard copy ATI books? We didn't at first but had the school get them from ATI (i'm sure there is an added cost to you or t...