NurseRebe2015

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1. Does nursing ever get easier?

   NurseRebe2015 replied to Red_Diamond's topic in New Nurse

   I was like you when I first started out as a nurse. I'll tell you orientation is hard, I cried every day after work. Then my first month on my own the nerves would make me feel like puking, after a month things started getting better and over the nex...

2. New nurse-what do I bring daily for work?

   NurseRebe2015 replied to Kebby1016's topic in New Nurse

   I bring my stethoscope, scissors, hemostat, and a pen. I have a tiny flashlight hanging on my name badge that I bought at the store, it works much better than a pen light. That's it. You can get spare scrubs from OR, tape from the hospital, and as fa...

3. Where in the US do they need RNs really bad?

   NurseRebe2015 replied to Nazzerena's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing jobs are hard to come by in the city if you have no experience. I ended up applying for a position in a small town in Iowa. Within a couple days of applying I had an interview over the phone, and was offered a position right away. Iowa is one...

4. New grad RN mayo clinic

   NurseRebe2015 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Minnesota

   Thanks for the help! I completely forgot about this post, so I'm just now seeing your response. I ended up getting a job offer in Iowa, thankfully I'll still be near family.

5. New grad RN mayo clinic

   NurseRebe2015 posted a topic in Minnesota

   I'm currently in my last semester of nursing school in Texas, and have decided to start looking for a position. Texas has so many RN'S it's difficult to get a job if you have no prior experience, so I'm looking elsewhere. I'm really interested in may...

6. Help for collin college nursing program

   NurseRebe2015 replied to bhumikamehta's topic in Texas

   I'm currently in the program, my class was the first to go through the new program. I'll tell you it is a work in progress, as they find things that don't work so well they tweak them, so if you do choose Collin understand that your experience may di...

7. Collin College ADN Spring 2015

   NurseRebe2015 replied to KristineMB's topic in Texas

   You're welcome! The skills pack is filled with a lot of stuff, some of which are: syringes, foley cather, IV start kit, IV tubing, trach care kit, bandaids, scissors, and so on. My class has made some recommendations on what they should add and leave...

8. Collin College ADN Spring 2015

   NurseRebe2015 replied to KristineMB's topic in Texas

   They typically give you the skills pack first week of school, but you'll pay for it at orientation. Make sure you save everything in the bag, you'll reuse it every semester. Your uniform is the only requirement from Meridy's, anything else is optiona...

9. Collin College ADN Spring 2015

   NurseRebe2015 replied to KristineMB's topic in Texas

   Hey guys! I'm currently in the program finishing my 3rd semester. I saw where a couple people were asking about whether or not they needed to turn in their blue cards, the answer is yes. Make sure you turn it in before school starts in January. I was...

10. Changes to Collin College Nursing Requirements???

    NurseRebe2015 replied to kbrewer7's topic in School Programs

    I'm currently in the program, my class was the first group to go through under the new grant. Basically, the state of Texas is trying to change all nursing programs to fewer credit hours, instead of an ADN program being 72 hours it will be 60. It hel...

11. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

    NurseRebe2015 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas

    I thought I joined the facebook group but I can't seem to find it and the link in the email is no longer working. Am I the only one having issues with it?

12. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

    NurseRebe2015 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas

    I tried to sign up with UHC student insurance through NSNA, but our school isn't participating. I ended up getting Humana's cheapest policy for $96 a month, all of the other insurance companies wanted to charge me almost $200 because I had gone throu...

13. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

    NurseRebe2015 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas

    I received mine today finally! I just tried to sign up for my classes and got errors on two of them, so I sent them an email asking for assistance. As for the dentist his name is Dr Grinsfelder, he's located in Dallas and his phone number is 214-349-...

14. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

    NurseRebe2015 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas

    I wonder why it's taking so long for them to email us. Do you guys know if we can go ahead and do the background check?

15. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

    NurseRebe2015 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas

    I called the nursing dept last Friday, they told me we would get the email this week, but I still haven't received anything either As for your question about the dental work, it does have to be completely fixed before orientation. I know a great den...