mmccluskey

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1. CAPSTONE Start: 11/4/2013

   mmccluskey replied to chicagoRNlove's topic in Texas (UTA)

   6 weeks and DONE!!! (As long as I pass Algebra too!!)

2. NURS 4465 - Vulnerable Populations (starting 8/12/13)

   mmccluskey replied to Meriwhen's topic in Texas (UTA)

   Grade is on my transcript today...

3. ekg certification worth the time and money?

   mmccluskey replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

   I would have to say that they are fairly expensive courses, and often provided by your employer. I also agree that if it is not something you use on a regular basis, it is easy to forget it all! I worked on a telemetry unit for 2.5 years, and a few...

4. RN License plate

   mmccluskey replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

   So I'm thinking that it might be appropriate in CA, then...but it's still not legal in NY...it just struck me as really funny/stupid...and to the poster who commented about the car belonging to the person who interviewed me...it wouldn't matter, as t...

5. NURS 4465 - Vulnerable Populations (starting 8/12/13)

   mmccluskey replied to Meriwhen's topic in Texas (UTA)

   My last contact with Professor ****** was on 9/13, when she emailed me back and stated that she would "consider my request and discuss it with the other professors." Prior to that, I have exchanged a couple of emails with her, indicating that I feel...

6. RN License plate

   mmccluskey replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

   So I was parking in the lot at a facility where I was interviewing...parked next to a car with the plate that read "420 RN" The "RN" was the special plate designation. Seriously?!?!?!? Even if it was by accident, I'd have had to send them back!!

7. Health Promotion Across the Lifespan

   mmccluskey replied to Shara2RN2012's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I'm in the 9/23 start for this class too...as well as Leadership and Mgmt...

8. UTA Online RN-BSN---how do the clinicals work?

   mmccluskey replied to heddi's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I live in NY and will be done with UTA RN-BSN in December (3 nursing classes left), and there have been no actual clinicals to date. I have also heard that there is some shadowing necessary for the Leadership and Mgmt class, but I won't know for sur...

9. Two Job Offers.... Which to Take?

   mmccluskey replied to DemosthenesRN's topic in Job Hunt

   I'm guessing that you have limited experience at this point, based on your initial post, so my answer was geared towards the thought that med-surg experience is absolutely INVALUABLE at the beginning of your career. To be offered a position in a mag...

10. LPN-CRNA

    mmccluskey replied to Court85's topic in SRNA

    As a former LPN who is now an RN working towards her BSN, I can say that it can be a lot of work. Many of my classmates spend a much greater amount of time than I do working on classwork. I think that a lot of it depends on you and your personal si...

11. Will my criminal record keep me from getting licensed

    mmccluskey replied to Steener83's topic in Criminal

    I think that it all depends on the standards of the BON in the state where you apply for a license. One thing that I can say for sure is that a friend of mine just got her RN, after a h/o DWI several years back. One of the things that her professor...

12. Class ring?

    mmccluskey replied to ldawn79's topic in Texas (UTA)

    I have a beautiful gold ring from my first BA...and I did wear it for a couple of years. I am actually pretty sure that I can send it back to Jostens to get it changed to a BSN, but honestly, I have not worn the ring in several years now, and I have...

13. Online Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

    mmccluskey replied to PaTexasGal's topic in Texas (UTA)

    I really wish I had seen this thread about a year ago!!! I would have LOVED to take patho and pharm, instead of the BS electives I took!

14. Leadership and Assessment together?

    mmccluskey replied to MBrickle's topic in Texas (UTA)

    I think that if you were comfortable doubling and tripling during the rest of the courses, know that it won't be a walk in the park, but that it is possible, IF you have a lot of time on your hands for paper writing. I am taking Leadership and Healt...

15. Is it age, or is it overwhelming to be a nurse?

    mmccluskey replied to Munimula's topic in General Nursing

    So, like to OP, I chose nursing as a second career, as well. I became an LPN at the age of 31, and completed my RN two years ago. As an LPN, I worked on a telemetry floor for a few years as my first position in nursing. After that, I left the hosp...