ylbourda

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1. What is your schedule like?

   ylbourda replied to Soneshine's topic in General Nursing

   I work three 12's a week on nights 7p-7:30a. We self schedule, with very few adjustments made by our NM. We also can pick up extra shifts when they are vacant and get called in on a rotating basis when census in high. When that happens we get a bonus...

2. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

   ylbourda replied to ashfost's topic in New Nurse

   northwest michigan a little over $20 plus shift differentials.

3. How many in your class Started/Finished

   ylbourda replied to carilyn's topic in New Nurse

   With our ADN program there is a long waiting list for 30 first year seats. Second year there are 40 seats. We graduated with 12 of our "original" 30 and 19 total. Our instructors could be very brutal at times! The school is WSCC in Scottville/Lud...

4. Does a patient have the right to refuse to allow students to witness their procedure?

   ylbourda replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   I have to go along with widi96. of course you have the right to refuse, but having gone through nursing school yourself, you know that students need all the exposure that they can get to procedures that are performed. never know - they may learn so...

5. First interview, first job!

   ylbourda posted a topic in New Nurse

   Just wanted to drop a note of encouragement to my fellow new grads (I graduated May 11th) I was very nervous and unsure of what to expect and what to do in looking for my first job. I have no previous healthcare related experience because I have only...

6. Venting..

   ylbourda replied to KimmieKoo72's topic in General Students

   I can completely get where you are coming from! I believe this goes on at every college (maybe not to your extent!). We all have the people that I would not trust to take care of the stray cats that show up at our barn, let alone my young son, and ...

7. Are students in the way?

   ylbourda replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I am going to quote this from my Med-Surg III syllabus- The student: a) does not practice on the instructors license. b) is permitted by state law to perform tasks that generally only a licensed RN can perform ...

8. Michigan Anyone?

   ylbourda replied to marathon's topic in General Students

   Final exam Tuesday for Med-Surg 3 at West Shore Community College in Scottville!! Then just clinicals and a couple of papers before ADN graduation in May!! (Finally!!)

9. Illegal Alien- frustrated!

   ylbourda replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I am a student nurse, one semester to go. Does that make me idealistic and to have blinders on? No, it doesn't. I have my eyes wide open and I live in area with a large hispanic population (many of whom are undocumented). At one of my clinic...

10. Illegal Alien- frustrated!

    ylbourda replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Silly me, I thought nurses were supposed to be compassionate. I'll have to watch for the questions on checking for a persons greencard before giving them treatment when I take the boards this spring. You have really opened my eyes!! I was foolish...

11. Who believes instructors can be out to get you?

    ylbourda replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Students

    I have to add my two cents to this subject. I am in my 4th semester of a 5 semester ADN program at a community college. We started out last year with 30 students and by the third semester we were down to 14 of the originals. We, of course, picked ...

12. Greetings from a newcomer! Please advice!!!

    ylbourda replied to Chloe Narcisse's topic in General Students

    Hi there. I'm 34 and I, too, felt completely overwhelmed last year when I started nursing classes. I'm now in the fourth semester of a five semester ADN program. I'll tell you what helped me, but it is going to come down to what works best for YOU...

13. NLN results

    ylbourda replied to noele1213's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It isn't a question that other people can answer for you, if your GPA is good enough for you and is high enough to get into the program, who cares what other people think? I think that a lot of people who post on here may not be giving us the "whole ...

14. I'm loving Nursing School, how about you?

    ylbourda replied to EMTandNurse2B's topic in General Students

    Great Post! I, too, am doing okay in the program. A lot of others are having trouble. I think it helps me in that I don't feel the need to push everything else aside to get that God-almighty "A". I am more than satisfied to take the time to spend...

15. Anyone from Devos?

    ylbourda posted a topic in Pediatric

    Just wondering if anyone who works at Devos in Grand Rapids, Michigan comes to this site. I am a student nurse, who is really interested in learning more about this facility. My son was a patient there when he was born a little early, and our stay pr...