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I should have seen this coming. I have never been the best student and I have recently been diagnosed with ADD. I have been getting by making the bare minimum in my nursing classes, and honestly, it's a miracle I made it this far. I always got raving...

I am an ASN student going into my third semester of nursing school and have just recently gotten a couple of job offers at a local hospital for work as a Patient Care Technician. One is for a PRN position as a Medsurg tech and the other is a full-tim...

I am a student in my second semester of RN school and have been considering getting a tech job PRN. I applied around and haven't heard back (contrary to people telling me I'd get hired quickly as a student) from any community hospitals in my area. I ...

Well, I am in a training program in Alabama and as far as I can see we as students can essentially perform any skill that an RN is capable of doing so long as there is supervision and someone to claim responsibility for the students aka the Clinical ...

So I seem to be always questioning things I see happening in the hospitals I do clinicals at. Between seeing blood products being thrown away in the regular trash and complete disregard of sterile technique for sterile procedures there is a laundry l...

Oh I don't mean for you to misunderstand. This is definitely a field that I am passionate about. I may have originally posted my comment on one of my more broken days, but I didn't choose nursing for anyone but myself. I say "go back to computer sci...

Im sorry to hear that. Sadly im in a similar situation. I feel like all of this is too good to be true. I have support from my classmates but honestly, I didn't have the best grades and somehow got in through the cracks. My study habits have gotten b...

Be careful getting into CNA work as a student nurse. Not to talk poorly about CNA work, it is very important, but be careful with certain hospitals, nursing homes, and health agencies. They will work you to near death even as a student. Say what you ...

I won't say much for the first part of your response since I already stated in my first post that it mainly is boiled down to the RN population in your area and what type of position you are applying for as a new grad. However I will say that living ...

I think a lot of these nurses suggesting that grades matter during the hiring process have been in a position for a long period of time or just work in an area congested with RN's. My mother is a nurse, two of my uncles are nurses, and two of my best...

I have yet to become an RN but I am more cognizant of the harsh realities of nursing than my peers. My mother is an LPN, two of my uncles are RN's, and two of my closest friends are RN's. I have seen their quality of life have its ups and downs. Alth...

ADN student here! I was curious to know how you as a nurse approach your patients pain management in the hospital. I have seen plenty of nurses disregard their patients pain despite their medication being past due. I even had a case where a patient o...

These are very serious allegations, almost to the point of abuse. Have you talked to your instructor about these situations Unfortunately I am not confident enough in my "official" instructors ability to accomplish tasks to bring this up to her, how...

I'm curious to know if other nursing students have had similar clinical experiences to my first one. I am in my 5th week of my ADN program and our program focuses extensively on Nclex style questions and the theory aspect is very subpar. As far as ou...

@maggieellis Our clinical instructor at this hospital has never been on campus to do anything directly with the students. We have another instructor at a different facility who assisted with our labs and validations but I have yet to have a clinical ...

@neonn965 For our Med Admin validation we essentially just demonstrated that we were able to properly draw up and administer different types of injections.

@rnhopeful82 We were at school for 4 weeks learning hand washing, putting on gowns, and how to mix and administer medications but we had no open lab hours so any practice we got happened the day of the lab. We haven't had any sort of nursing home or ...

@Triddin Our school is one of the top tier schools in my state for their NCLEX passing rate. It's almost 100 percent. However our program focuses primarily on critical thinking tests and problem solving questions rather than practical skills. Head t...

I know this is a topic that has been touched upon a couple times but I feel that the original posters came from different types of service than me. I am a server at a local barbecue restaurant that generates a LOT of business. Im not a buffet server....

Thanks for the feedback. My biggest concern was maintaining some source of income so I wouldn't fall into any negative financial situations but I also have heard experience in healthcare helps with clinicals and possibly finding positions later on. I...

When applying to other programs they make you send in transcripts from all of the schools you've been to. Unless you apply as a freshman and nobody realizes you're a seasoned student I guess you could start over. However all financial aid will requir...

It is possible but will be very time consuming. You will need to retake a good volume of the classes your scored poorly in and then apply for academic forgiveness at the school you are attending. In Alabama the board of nursing here made it mandatory...