RNgirly07

RNgirly07 has 1 1/2 years experience and specializes in Orthopedics, Med/Surg.

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1. Breaking into aesthetics!!

   RNgirly07 replied to nurseaj2017's topic in Aesthetics

   Hello there! I am an aesthetics nurse working for Ideal Image. I know there are offices in Texas and Colorado (not California for sure). We have hired new grads and the training is completely paid for. Depending on the state, you may need to be an NP...

2. Low acuity nursing job???

   RNgirly07 replied to wilsonra's topic in Career Support

   I agree with the above. You must get your anxiety under control before you can ever be happy in nursing. The first three years of my career I moved from inpatient job to inpatient job looking for a "lower stress" area. I eventually had to face the fa...

3. Can we Talk?

   RNgirly07 replied to bluesblu's topic in Pre-Nursing

   1.Do you feel respected and valued at work? (what type of facility are you in?) YES. I work for a national medical aesthetics company. In my state we are nurse run and have a doctor who comes in a few times a month for chart reviews and is always ava...

4. How many graduates were in your graduating class?

   RNgirly07 replied to micheleC's topic in General Nursing

   My nursing program, a BSN program at a university, admitted 75 students three times a year. I believe around 65-70 graduated. The ACT or SAT was required, and the official GPA for admission was 2.5, but you actually had to have around a 3.5 to be acc...

5. Trying to find my niche in nursing..

   RNgirly07 replied to sophie<3's topic in Operating Room

   I'm basically in the same position as you two. I have been an ortho/med surg nurse for 2 years and hated every second of it. I just started a job in the OR and I'm really hoping I like it. I have considered leaving nursing, but I feel like it'd be su...

6. Night shift and school

   RNgirly07 replied to secretagent2011's topic in NP Students

   If you work Tuesday night try to only sleep a few hours Wednesday morning.....that way you will be able to sleep Wednesday night and be functioning Thursday for class.

7. how much experience needed to become an NP

   RNgirly07 replied to SMRN2's topic in NP Students

   I live in Michigan an have been an ortho nurse for 1 1/2 years. I was just accepted to the midwife program at the University of Michigan. My only L/D experience was a preceptorship for my BSN.