Isthisforreal?

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1. Older Nursing Students

   Isthisforreal? replied to faithfl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I just graduated at the age of 51 and will be taking the NCLEX on July 19th. Within my cohort (23 peeps), three of us were over 50, four of us were over 40, and about eight were over 30. Of the three over 50, two were women (me), and one guy. He got ...

2. Pre-Nursing Worries - Anyone Else Experiencing This?

   Isthisforreal? replied to usfgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   It is perfectly fine to hate nursing school. It's hard not to hate it. The pre-reqs were grueling, although I did enjoy the pre-req subjects. But, I'm not sure how much I would have enjoyed taking them on-line. Part of what made A&P enjoyable and...

3. Pre-Nursing Worries - Anyone Else Experiencing This?

   Isthisforreal? replied to usfgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If you enjoy your volunteer work, like what you see nurses doing, and imagine yourself liking it too, then that is very good in terms of how much you will enjoy actually being a nurse, which I think, is the most important question. Taking pre-reqs on...

4. There's nothing worse than a FAT nurse!

   Isthisforreal? replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Students

   I think, personally, I would not take the advice of an obese nurse as well if she were attempting to educate me on the necessity of good nutrition and exercise. But nurses have far more knowledge to offer than just on those two subjects. That doesn't...

5. Questions about IV Meds

   Isthisforreal? replied to RN/Mom's topic in Medications

   You rock!

6. Pushed Around..

   Isthisforreal? replied to resumecpr's topic in Relations

   I would have first spoken to the RT and used some assertive communication. I would have simply gone to her/him for a moment of their time and asked them why they felt it necessary to push me away. Maybe they have a good reason, at least a reason acce...

7. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

   Isthisforreal? replied to Isitpossible's topic in Management

   Sorry you are suffering such disappointment. How long have you been applying for jobs? I hear the average employment wait for new nurse is 9 months to 1.5 years. Ouch! I had a friend who was hired in 4 months, but she had a BSN, and the nursing schoo...