RodeoRN

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1. Grants: To anyone who has ever applied for a grant

   RodeoRN replied to TinaCMT's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Tina, I feel your pain. I've had my own credit struggles. However, there are many ways for getting funds for nursing school. (You've heard there is a shortage?)Your best ally should be the counselors and financial aid office at your school of choice...

2. NG tube question-please help!

   RodeoRN replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

   When I saw the posting that the clinical instructor had written up this student I recalled a similar bright moment in a clinical instructor's career that my students related. It seems that their classmate had spent half of the night before clinicals ...

3. Meds. off floor taste YUMMY!

   RodeoRN replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

   ]I gotta go with YUCK! There are a lot of things I might do with my own medication, in my controlled chaos at home, but never with a patient. I recently had a nursing student report that is exactly what she saw a nurse who had bragged she had over 20...

4. Solution to ADN vs BSN--Revamp Nursing Education?

   RodeoRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! What a can of worms we have opened! I love the discourse. Having time is a luxury, though. I really didn't have the time, I just had to find a way to stretch a lot more. My partner used to remind me to "be a willow, you can bend." So, since we ...

5. Solution to ADN vs BSN--Revamp Nursing Education?

   RodeoRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   ]Marie, First let me congradulate you on pursuing your RN. In Texas, the Nurse Practice Act severely limits the scope of practice for you. I think that's a tragedy. I have been fortunate enough to work with several very smart LVNs. The smartest of t...

6. Solution to ADN vs BSN--Revamp Nursing Education?

   RodeoRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   ]Hello oldiebutgoodie, I can see where the idea of Tracks would be good if used in the last semester or as an added semester or at least as an elective. I started as an ADN, partly from an economic standpoint because it was a second career and start...