RainbowDash

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1. AP1, any tips?

   RainbowDash replied to RainbowDash's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Our classroom IS our lab, IE: line of microscopes on a back L shaped table that covers two walls (the end comes up right behind my chair so i am smashed like a sardine, LOL) and we have some of those enormous posters of the skeletal and muscular sys...

2. Does nursing school costs scare you?

   RainbowDash replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   My current private school is going to cost me in the realm of 45k .. for an ASN. Bridge will be paid for by my health system, but that's a LOT of money. They're the preferred choice for new nursing grads in my area though, and that is the only reason...

3. AP1, any tips?

   RainbowDash replied to RainbowDash's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for all your suggestions! And yes, it IS crazy doing this in one month - and it's not some watered down, hackneyed version, but the real deal, terribly difficult and absolutely saturated with information. On the one hand, I'm happy that I don'...

4. Im SUPER depressed! :(

   RainbowDash replied to Success88's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Can be, depending on the program you are applying to, as each one has its own minimum requirements, and then you are usually competing with a ton of other people, so it will depend on how your score stacks up to theirs. My program required a minimum ...

5. AP1, any tips?

   RainbowDash posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi there! I'm currently taking AP1, we just started Monday. Mine is a private uni in which we take our pre-requisites one at a time, in a one month format. This means, for AP, I am in school Monday through Friday, 9 am to 1 pm, with study group direc...

6. Clinical Failure

   RainbowDash replied to student1919's topic in Student Assist

   I hate to say it, but I don't think you really have any reason to file a grievance. The fact that your test was over two WEEKS late because you were "stacking copies" for your grievance is especially worrisome. You may want to reevaluate your priorit...

7. Becoming a Tech

   RainbowDash posted a topic in General Students

   I frequently see that it is a good idea for us to get a leg up on future RN employment prospects by trying to secure a tech job at our facility of choice while still in school. I would like to do this. My question is, when do I qualify? I do not have...

8. I'm tired of looking like a zombie

   RainbowDash replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   I would like to say Erase Paste is good, but Benefit Eye Bright is a true miracle worker. It normally comes in a pencil form, but when I go to Ulta I buy the combo pot of Eye Bright/Boi-i-ng. Even though the Boi-i-ng is the wrong shade for me, it's p...

9. Anyone else have a problem with this ad?

   RainbowDash replied to rawlinz's topic in General Nursing

   Now that I think on it, I don't know which is worse, the ads with the terrible pictures, or the ones that loudly proclaim that the US nursing situation is in dire straits and that, if you go to nursing school, facilities country wide will be throwing...

10. Wearing Black Scrubs in Pediatric Hospital

    RainbowDash replied to Soliloquy's topic in Pediatric

    At one of my health system's hospitals it seems that every single RN in the whole place is in plain black scrubs! IMO there is nothing even remotely morbid about a black background with cute characters on it. If you're allowed to wear it go for it, I...

11. What are the best shoes for nursing?

    RainbowDash replied to chemisttoRN's topic in Uniform/Gear

    Can anyone recommend a good shoe for someone like me with amazingly large feet? I'm a women's twelve wide, and I'm not sure which shoe to choose. My dean informed me my pumas with the pink and lime green accents are not white enough today, so I need ...

12. TEAS V score

    RainbowDash replied to sacnurse's topic in TEAS

    AIS of 84% with no pre-requisite completion and a grand total of six days study time, combined with the stress of an accident that totalled my van (gotta love those folks who confuse the gas for the brakes!). It can be done! Best wishes to you :)

13. Lost my first nursing job... now how do I find another?

    RainbowDash replied to 071911's topic in ADN/BSN

    I'm a long way from graduation, so I cannot give you pointers on job applications. However, I can tell you that confidence is EVERYTHING no matter what you do. If you keep telling yourself you CAN, you will find that you WILL. Fake it till you make i...

14. Anyone else have a problem with this ad?

    RainbowDash replied to rawlinz's topic in General Nursing

    I do believe she might be. The come-hither stare isn't helping matters. Good Lord. Real nurses look so much different than this that I can't do much but laugh. "Time for your bed bath..." Get out of here with that picture TCN. What a monstrous joke.

15. Overweight issues; uncomfortable with being practiced on by another student

    RainbowDash replied to molybdenum's topic in General Students

    As a big girl myself I can totally empathize with you! I was very upfront with my nursing dean about the possibility of having to strip down to my skivvies for the purpose of learning. Thank God she looked at me and said "why on earth do you think we...