CiCigirl

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1. Question...what's your HONEST opinion?

   CiCigirl replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

   I was once told that with qualifications being equal between applicants that the decision of who got the job and who didn't was based on the rapport with the interviewer. So I guess if the interviewer has a prejudice against chubby/full-figured/large...

2. Parkland (Dallas, TX)

   CiCigirl replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

   Hi Shannon-- I'm a nsg student in MD, but I grew up in Dallas and I was a volunteer in Parkland when I was in college. Needless to say, since I was a volunteer I can't give you the nurses point of view of working in Parkland, but I can give you the v...

3. First Test Failed: Pls refer me any critical thinking reference book.

   CiCigirl replied to shakshi's topic in Student Assist

   I like medspub.com. It's a pay site, but it has lots of general and specialized ques.s. You take the tests on there and it grades you and then you can review the test, see which ones you missed and it gives you explanations why you missed them. A lot...

4. skin exposure to HIV positive blood ;(

   CiCigirl replied to cincin1's topic in General Nursing

   CinCin--I agree with your opinon that chance of infection is minimal w/ blood on intact skin. Hopefully though, right after you noticed the smear you went right away to wash your hands well w/ soap and water and notify your instructor. They like to b...

5. i failed my first med surg exam for second semester. now what?

   CiCigirl replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

   Now you study more, and more and more and more. Right? There's no giving up and like the OP said, You can do this! The only thing is that now you realize that it's going to take a lot more than you've been giving it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not tryin...

6. Help with Refresher for Biology to prepare for Physiology

   CiCigirl replied to ICor9:24's topic in Student Assist

   Hi Icor-- I don't have any GREAT wisdom, but I saw that your question was up there for a while and nobody had responded yet, so I thought I'd throw out a few suggestions. Hope they help :nuke: 1. Find out what book they'll be using for the course. Ge...

7. Why wouldn't you chart this??

   CiCigirl replied to Poopsie Gigglebuns's topic in General Nursing

   :yeahthat:

8. am I to old to start?

   CiCigirl replied to mrs_truesdell's topic in General Nursing

   There's a girl in our class in her 50's...and she's getting some of the highest grades in the class. Don't wait. You'll never get any younger than you are right now! Good for you!! :yeah:

9. "Patient" or "Client"?

   CiCigirl replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   I have always thought of it as patient until I started nsg school this semester. On the first day of classes they told us it is now client. Seems like a silly semantic argument to me. If I were sick and in a hospital I think I'd be much less concerne...

10. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    CiCigirl replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    please leave your attitude at home. i know that you are the all-knowing, all-seeing, omnipotent nurse (with an infinite, whole, entire, 3 years experience) and i am but a lowly amateur who you have benevolently sought to teach out of the goodness of ...

11. Giddy, Silly, Crazy Happy: I'm In!!!

    CiCigirl posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    [color=gray]got my letter in the mail, first word was "congratulations!" [color=#808080]so excited! [color=#808080]i've reread the letter about 10 times just to make sure i read it right. :trout: [color=#808080]don't know what to do with myself--so ...

12. What do you think should be the starting salary for nurses?

    CiCigirl replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your post, llg-- A couple of the things I was responding to specifically were the statements, "I think that being an RN should afford you the ability to drive a decent car..." and "provide adequately for their families". Please pardon my p...

13. What do you think should be the starting salary for nurses?

    CiCigirl replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    I think that a lot of nurses see nursing this way and that's part of the altruistic, self-sacrificing attitude that keeps nursing salaries down. I think outside of the nursing community there are a lot of Americans who want more for themselves and th...

14. Nursing shortage: A myth?

    CiCigirl replied to blacksea pebble's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:This is what I've heard also. I've even read an article that stated that the average wage for RNs was >$80k/yr in my area (MD). Yet there is a shortage of instructors for nsg schools. Also, in my area an MSN is the minimum required to te...

15. RN positions in NC

    CiCigirl replied to webstaluv313's topic in Career Support

    hi web! first of all, congrats on your recent graduation!! (i'm applying to nursing school this semester and hope to one day be a graduate like you.) second of all, i don't know very much about where the nursing jobs are in some of the states you lis...