WDWpixieRN

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  1. Am I Too Old?

    WDWpixieRN replied to JerseyGirl1's topic in Emergency

    Good luck with your decision and thanks for your enthusiastic reply!! I am making a career change to nursing after being the business world the past few years....what I liked about getting my RN were...

  2. Cannot Stand.........

    WDWpixieRN replied to HeartJulz's topic in California Nursing

    Hang in there....as with all things involving humans, it takes all kinds. We had one gal this semester who really stepped in it for the next 2 semesters with the group she was in clinicals with....she...

  3. Interesting Newsweek Article...

    WDWpixieRN posted a topic in Emergency

    I didn't have time to read it all as I've got to get some last-minute cramming in for finals, but thought some of this board might find it interesting....I'm so interested in ED after graduation, but...

  4. What's your pick for the perfect nurses watch?

    WDWpixieRN replied to MShell's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I went to the Timex store and bought one with a gray plastic strap....it has large numbers and good-sized second hand I can see well and also lights up (Indiglo)....I had reviewed quite a few online @...

  5. STLCC at Meramec supply list

    WDWpixieRN replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't use the bandage scissors or penlight and didn't need really until this semester....I think the penlight is VERY optional, but could come in handy....the scissors I wished I'd had a couple of...

  6. Weird habits you've picked up since starting Nursing school

    WDWpixieRN replied to Kiringat's topic in General Students

    Oh, ROTFLMAO!! That's me, too!! The hot wings smell good, the hamburgers and french fries are tempting, but I'm looking for the food item that does NOT require eating with my

  7. Weird habits you've picked up since starting Nursing school

    WDWpixieRN replied to Kiringat's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat: I've gotten just AWFUL!! My daughter was telling my 5-y/o granddaughter to "go make me a sandwich" with the deli meat I had just bought. I had just made cookies w/her the day before and...

  8. STLCC at Meramec supply list

    WDWpixieRN replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know that it's changed much since last fall when we started, but you're right about the pants and shoes. The scrub tops can be bought in the bookstore. There's a polo top or a scrub top that...

  9. "How to talk to Doctors"

    WDWpixieRN replied to labfreak's topic in General Students

    You're going to run into crabby, cranky, holier-than-thou folks no matter what profession you're in. The one thing that was pounded in to our heads over and over during simulator exercises this...

  10. St. Louis Community College

    WDWpixieRN replied to maggijo's topic in General Nursing

    I had heard they might be discontinuing the ADN program....too bad they don't have the evening program anymore....that was a terrific option for folks who really had to work full-time or had childcare...

  11. Am I Too Old?

    WDWpixieRN replied to JerseyGirl1's topic in Emergency

    Thanks everyone!! What a great place allnurses.com is for

  12. St. Johns Mercy

    WDWpixieRN replied to christmasjmt's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that joining the union is optional. Unlike most union facilities, it is not mandatory to join the union to work there. I'm not looking to start a war about union v. non-union and how...

  13. Am I Too Old?

    WDWpixieRN replied to JerseyGirl1's topic in Emergency

    Oh, yippee!! I am glad to see this thread!! I am 51 and finishing my second semester of an ADN program. I have been hired for an internship in an ED for the summer, but have wondered if age could...

  14. Nursing school, setting you up for failure???

    WDWpixieRN replied to kstec's topic in General Students

    Oh, duhhhhh....that's what I get for trying to think during finals week!! That's a pretty big drop from his previous GPA....a few points might be understandable....I know my GPA dropped from like a...

  15. Should I Stay Or Go

    WDWpixieRN replied to RN IN KY's topic in Nursing Career

    best wishes and congrats!! as the poster above me points out, your kids grow up so fast!! my "baby" returns from his freshman year of college today.....i think it's a good thing i have ns to worry...

  16. Nursing school, setting you up for failure???

    WDWpixieRN replied to kstec's topic in General Students

    I was curious about how a 3.75 GPA student dropped to a 2.71 in his first semester at a university? I'm guessing that's for the course load he took while he was there, but what the heck happened? I...

  17. Should I Stay Or Go

    WDWpixieRN replied to RN IN KY's topic in Nursing Career

    Intimidation is not the same as inability or lack of interest....do you have any interest in this new job? Are you doing it merely for the change of shifts or is it something you can see yourself...

  18. Anyone planning to start SCCC in August of '08?

    WDWpixieRN replied to vaileheart's topic in General Nursing

    Hi vaileheart and welcome!! Congrats!! And best wishes!! Have you taken that dosage test yet? Do they offer a class teaching you what you need at SCCC? Just wondering as STLCC has some EXCELLENT...

  19. Will I ever graduate????

    WDWpixieRN replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    3rdgen: It took me a little over 2 years, part-time to get through the prereqs (I was working full-time)...I have a previous bachelor's that I just finished in '99 -- and realized I HATED the business...

  20. Sallie Mae - Private Loans

    WDWpixieRN replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in General Students

    Are payments due on this loan while you're in school? What type of loan is this as I'm sure there are lots of us who would like to look in to

  21. Sallie Mae - Private Loans

    WDWpixieRN replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in General Students

    Congrats and best of luck in school!!! Study hard and you'll do

  22. scared of final!!

    WDWpixieRN replied to RNmom08's topic in General Students

    that seemed to be true last semester (our first), but we're not banking it for this semester, lol.....hard to tell with different instructors, different grades at this point, etc. wow, do i wish i...

  23. Nervous - Internet classes

    WDWpixieRN replied to ahartvigson's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've taken several internet courses, including an 8-week summer chemistry class (so I could register for NS without waiting through the fall semester), and found them very do-able. They do require...

  24. Sallie Mae - Private Loans

    WDWpixieRN replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in General Students

    I agree with this....I've spent time looking both for myself and my son who was a freshman this year, and without doing a complete genealogical background search on both sides of the families going...

  25. Sallie Mae - Private Loans

    WDWpixieRN replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in General Students

    Sallie Mae "Tuition Answer" is a loan you apply for and can get to help with living expenses....it's been a school-year since I applied for mine, but they ask some questions about tuition, etc., then...