New Horizons

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1. Please don't eat your young.

   New Horizons replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

   i am a second career student and have had my share of work experience. during clinicals i have run into some nice nurses and some not so nice nurses. i go into my clinical experience with two things in mind, to #1 get an education and #2 to ...

2. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

   New Horizons replied to Freedom42's topic in CNA/MA

   at one time i would have agreed with you, but i'll tell you why it makes a difference to me now. one of my physicians has a very large practice. a matter of fact he is considered one of the best in the city. they have a about 7 or 8 mds on staff, ...

3. NYC and Long Island Hospitals for Recent Grads

   New Horizons posted a topic in New York

   I will be graduating soon and am considering hospitals in NYC (5 boroughs) and Long Island. I'm looking for hospitals where the nurses are somewhat safisfied with their overall working environments - management, patient -staff ratios, and benefits...

4. Concept Maps vs Care plans

   New Horizons replied to Princess74's topic in General Students

   My school calls it a concept map but it is a full report that combines data compilation, the concept maps with care care plans and psychosocial reporting. We come up with at least 5 problems from our concept map and we have to create a care plan for...

5. The Cold Hard Facts?

   New Horizons replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Geriatric

   I really empathize with you and understand the difficult choices you have to make. I am also single with no children. One of my grandmothers died when I was in my late 20s. She finally died died after a year with COPD. During that year she was i...

6. The Cold Hard Facts?

   New Horizons replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Geriatric

   I hear people say this a lot. I don't think the "community" actually took care the elderly, I think it was more of the individual's family. I think it would be great if most families could still do this, but a lot of families don't, not because th...

7. how to deal with a difficult classmate

   New Horizons replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Students

   I wouldn't confront the women personally. I would have a meeting with the Dean and the instructor and have my seat changed. You might be able to get by by saying you find her very difficult to get along with and prefer to sit away from her. Als...

8. Wrong reasons

   New Horizons replied to oldshoes's topic in General Nursing

   Actually some people DO go into teaching to get the summers off.......:uhoh21:

9. Salary question??

   New Horizons replied to joe134's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Fonenurse, Is the 32,000 in pounds or US dollars. If the figure represents pounds, it is the equivalent of 56,400 US dollars.

10. Working, school, family

    New Horizons replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

    Hi ChayaN! You are not boring us. This is why we are here. Wa all have things going on in our lives and its nice to have a place to bring them to. I wont lie - nursing school is a big commitment and requires A LOT of sacrifice and I can see how i...

11. Do schools give preference to minorities?

    New Horizons replied to Alpha13's topic in General Students

    EXACTLY! It's the arrogance to think that you (not meaning you personally) are sooo exceptional that, that you should automatically be accepted into the program of your choice. Even if you have a 4.0 and/or perfect SAT/LSAT,GMAT/MCAT scores it does...

12. Nursing School Musings

    New Horizons posted a topic in General Students

    I just started semester 1 of 4 and wonder what the He#$ am I doing. It feels like we've been thrown to to wolves. The first day of class you get three syllabi. Essentially two for lecture and one for clinical; I'm still not sure how they are work ...

13. Do schools give preference to minorities?

    New Horizons replied to Alpha13's topic in General Students

    AMEN! Some call it the good ole boys network! I think its easier for people to say that the reason they didn't get ____ (job, admittance into college, etc...) is because of that wolf called Affirmative Action. Honestly, in this game you can't w...

14. Im sooooo excited!

    New Horizons replied to MsDrea03's topic in New York

    Yesterday was my last day of freedom. Semester 1 of 4 starts today!

15. Do schools give preference to minorities?

    New Horizons replied to Alpha13's topic in General Students

    Yeah, this is one of those lightening rod topics. Every person that doesn't get into the program they wanted to get into will assume it went to a "minority" (usual thinking is the black person). The next thought is that the person was not quali...