You would have to check your local hospitals, but around where I live, the county hospital will hire an ASN or BSN ER nurse right out of school. In a bigger hospital north of here, you have to have 2 years Med/Surg Experience before you can work in ...
You can work as an RN in the ER with an associate. I have been told the main difference between an ASN and BSN is that you have to have a BSN to get into management (nurse manager, case management). If you get your ASN and decide to go on with your...
For all of the ups and downs that I have been through in school (I graduate in May from an ASN program) it has definitely been up there in the most rewarding things I have done in my life. For every bad moment, there has been a wonderful moment to t...
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The assignment is to research a culture outside your own as it relates to the cultural practic/beliefs related to child birth and child care. I chose Hispanic because it is the fastest growing minority population in the United States. I had actuall...
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I have been to my local library and being in a small town, they have nothing. The majority of their culture books are in the children's section and none relate to childbirth. I am thinking of making the hour trip to my school library (I attend clas...
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I have used google (of course) and EbscoHost, Medline, LexusNexus, etc... I have tried Hispanic pregnancy Hispanic childbirth hispanic pregnancy traditions hispanic motherhood hispanic nursing care and others that I can't think of b/c I am so tired ...
miss_pitty_pat replied to jrosemoore's topic in General Students
My program is the same way. Everyone just keeps saying "It's the nature of the beast!" We didn't have grades curved, but 2 different instructors offered major extra credit. My Complex Med-Surg class the entire class failed the first 2 exams. The ...
I am writing a paper focusing on cultural aspects of childbirth and parenting of the Hispanic culture. Sources cannot be older than 2004. I am struggling to find sources pertaining to my topic. Are there any websites that would have good nursing a...
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This is wonderful information! We have a new clinical instructor this semester and if we have post conference (we don't have a certain time that we leave the floor, it's just whenever she shows up and says its time to go), she uses it to sit and go...
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Oh, she is reviewing the exam. She said that with the grades that everyone got, she knows there was some sort of mistake somewhere and she is going to make it right. She is a lovely lady. I enjoy her lectures and feel like I learn from her and tha...
I am in my second year of an ASN program. We are in Complex Med/Surg. Our instructor for the lecture class is the program chair in our area. She is very unorganized! According to our calendar, we were supposed to take Exam 3 last week and we actu...
miss_pitty_pat replied to Nicole2010's topic in General Students
We actually spent a day in the hospital's orientation for students. We learned the IV pumps and were shown the glucometer. After that we were thrown to the sharks! I definitely feel lost and confused most of the time. I just keep being told "You ...
I need help! I am doing my care plan for Med/Surg II. Last semester my instructor told us that Actual diagnoses are always prioritized above RIsk for diagnoses. My list is as follows: 1. Acute Pain 2. Anxiety 3. Diarrhea 4. Deficient knowledge 5. Ris...