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Hey I am not sure about your community colleges in your area, but for many nursing schools that I looked at in New mexico before i moved closer to family had competitive wait lists, where students...

hey after about 3 months of searching I was able to get hired on PRN at a home health agency and about a month after that a hospital called me for a full time position on a med surg floor, after a...

Thanks for the advice, I found it very useful, now to see how well it works :)

I wouldn't turn them down quite yet, I graduated in December, and am having issues with hospitals who require 1 year or more experience, so I'd make sure you have somewhere to go before turning them...

For that you'd have to talk to the instructor and/or whoever wrote the exam to see when they rounded as well as what answer the expect in the box, and if they will let you "challenge" it if they...

mmm good points, sorry for going off topic

hehe so true, however in my very limited experience and stories I've been told, if you aren't willing to get a little "mud" on your boots so to speak, you won't have the respect from your techs/CNA's...

i'd recommend do all your multiplication and division then round, early rounding within the problem or truncating can lead to a very different answer if you can save rounding to the very end, then...

my headache is primarly in the area i'm trying to apply there are tons of jobs for experienced RN's, and I believe that they are even flying in traveling nurses, it seems to the point that they have...

my prayers for both you and your patient

well, not sure about all nursing schools, but mine had a 16 hour work limit restriction in place to remain in the program, though they didn't catch everyone who worked more than 16 hours a week in...

I'd have to say nursing would be a "hybrid" of the two, our work at the nurses station documenting care, making care plans, assessment, would seem more white collar I would think, however when called...

What i had to do for my first few assessments is take the sheet i had to turn in and do it at bedside, so if you miss anything, patient is right there for you to reassess so you don't forget...

There are also LVN/LPN and RN programs at community colleges (the 4 year state schools also give you a RN title for job placement) and then you are able to go LVN > RN and RN > BSN (the 4 year...

first one i got the same answer, though in your work you left out the 60 minute/hour conversion, but apparently remembered it when you used your calculator as you came to the same answer for the...

I've been doing the frantic job search for my first job recently as well, and yes for new grads, not a lot of openings that I have been able to find... however seems there are a ton of openings for...

not sure if this is the best technique, but one i observed very early in my student clinicals at a nursing home in the alzheimer ward, is the cna would weekly (as it was the policy every resident...

... you get that 2 am call from a worried friend and or relative and don't hang up until you've made them feel better or convinced them to call 911 if it is a true emergancy

Hey for your dosage... I highly recommend you learn dimensional anaylsis. Its a method I learned in physics/engineering courses at the start of my college career, though many nursing instructors...

describe what you're going to do to the lady before touching (less backhands this way gentlemen), then lift and apologize great suggestion about asking your patient to help, will have to remember...

did you check out your candidate performance report? Not entirely sure where to get it, but should give you a good idea what areas you need to study and what areas you are already strong in, check...

Also used in NM, from what I understand, the HESI is actually more difficult than the NCLEX, however the students that pass the HESI have a tendancy to pass the NCLEX from what my instructors said,...

my nursing class had from new High school grads, to a lady who was in here 60's, never too late, have you possibly done some research into flight nurses? i understand they sometimes blur that line...

Thanks for the support, encouragement and ideas, I'll have to get right back in the saddle tomorrow and keep on trucking!

Hello I am a new grad with my RN in hand, applying to many locations around the Dallas/Fort Worth region, and a universal theme I'm starting to notice in this region, with much dismay, is 1 or...