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Okay I am in my last semester of my 1st year of nursing school to be an RN. I LOVE it and I am making very good grades. The workload I don't have to say is HUGE!!! I'm not crying or unable to do my work with lecture or clinicals. I have ONE y...

I am starting my college classes to get an associate degree, in one month. I've read several books and watch alot of discovery health and TLC shows. I come onto this allnurses.com site often and want to know WHAT DOES A RN DO, in a days work.

You are a RN - yes as Rn's we have to do all sorts of work (i.e. cleaning up poop, dumping trash god forbid if it's running over and no one else empties it, do lots of paperwork and yes yes yes VITAL signs) BUT as I said - YOU ARE A RN - sounds like ...

Only you know yourself and what you can handle. Working in the ED will test your strongest self limits. :uhoh21: I have been a RN in a ED for one year, I have been a RN for one year - I had to do 3 months of med-surg which at first I hated but realiz...

I feel that experience in the ER is going to be the best. You do have 6 years on other units - that is going to be a big plus!:wink2: I have been in the ER as a new nurse for one year now and I feel that everyday I feel alittle bit better about my ...

[banana][/banana] :lol2: i love it - the quote about the phone in bed with you - i do that all the time!!! and the other thing is i wake up around 4-5 pm and go in my kitchen and see the answering machine blinking with 3-4 messages!! and i say....

I'M WITH YOU FRIEND - I AM 34, NO KIDS, AND I GET THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME, WITH THE SCHEDULE AND JUST WITH LIFE IN GENERAL. MY SISTER SOMETIMES MAKES ME FEEL LIKE, OR TRIES TO MAKE ME FEEL LIKE, I AM LESS OF A WOMAN OR I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME TH...

I can't believe they made you come in sick. I also had a similiar problem, I am hoarse, can't speak, aches and temp, I called in christmas night, I felt bad about doing it- I never have done it in the last year myself, but I had too, when I called t...

Welcome MissLola!! I love this site and know you will find it useful and enjoyful thruout your nursing school/nursing career. I started my pre-reqs right around your age, I'm 34 now and a RN since 5/05. I love it!! I congratulate you on your cour...

That's good if you do - I speak of not only of nurses but people in general, YOU have to be assertive in your own life, as a general rule people only help you so much, some don't at all. I always tell newbies to EDUCATE yourself. Don't go by what s...

I work on a med-surg unit currently, we are always being pulled to other units: OB, ER, PEDS, PCU, ICU, Telemetry. We have a book that is kept showing which nurses were pulled when/where. We go by the book on who's turn it is to be pulled. I am ...

You cold also check with your local rescue squard - if you volunteer for them you can become an EMT (emergency medical tech) and/or get your ACLS certification (most of the time almost free for volunteering). I think it's good that you want to do i...

HI, Sounds like you have experience in the ER. I hope maybe you can give me some advice.....I graduate in May. I have a PT job as an RN Extern in the ER in a small hospital. I have seen everything so far except a GSW - I do everything they want m...

i have a friend that is 54, will be 55 in august 05. hopefully we both will be graduating rn school in may 05 (i am 34) she is a cardiac tech now and hopes to work in the tcv as a rn. i certainly dont' think 50 is too old -unless you have pro...

I am VERY GRATEFUL for the good responses I've gotten from you all. Thanks so much for taking time out to help me. Your responses make me feel like I'm "normal" and it's not just me. It helps to know that other's have been thru it. You all seem ...

Hi Jason I am from Virginia and I started college at age 30. I will be 32 this summer and I am awaiting right now to see if I am accepted for the nursing program this fall. I have completed almost all of my pre-reqs. and just have the nursing cla...

When I posted my reply, I forgot to say that the $6000 is only for classes & books. It will be the total (estimate) for the 4 year program, but IT DOES NOT INCLUDE boarding! I am a home owner with a husband and a family. So I guess depend...

Hi, I'm Tammie, I am a new student. I just finished A & P I, this past semester, and heading for A & P II in January! If I am accepted into the program this year, as hoping, I will finish my associate degree in May 2004! Good Luck to all!...

I don't know where you live, but $ 30,000 is way too expensive!! I am going to a community college and it's going to be less than $ 6000, when I'm finished, including books and uniforms. I am NOT going to a BSN program, but there are some in my co...

:roll I JUST READ YOUR POSTING AND I WANTED TO SAY "CONGRATS" TO YOU! REMEMBERING EVERY LITTLE WORD IS HARD, I AGREE. I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT YOU HAD "VIEWS" TO YOUR POSTING BUT NO "REPLYS"........A JOB WELL DONE, DESERVES TO BE NO...

I have just started (as I've already said before) I am going into my second semester....... taking sociology and psychology, I have a semester or 2 before I get to anatomy and physiology AT home I have a few books (of my own) about anatomy and it's ...

Hello, Thanks so much! Will you please advise of the site you are talking about.....my email is [email protected] Thanks!!

Laura , I am from Virginia also, I am in nursing school now, just started this year, and I also feel the same way you do. I am so scared that I won't know everything when I do (hopefully) graduate. I thought maybe you could give me some pointe...

WOW!!! Thank you so much for replying. I don't think I really thought about how much information that question required when I asked it. BUT IT DOES help me out, and surely answered my question. Thank you so much for your time, and everyone who r...