NICU_Nurse_Casti

NICU_Nurse_Casti BSN, RN

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  1. Does prestige of program matter?

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to ad2020's topic in General Students

    The state BON is where I looked. I know all schools try to bolster their stats to recruit

  2. Does prestige of program matter?

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to ad2020's topic in General Students

    I do not necessarily agree with this. I attend a for-profit school and I can tell you our NCLEX pass rates for the BSN program are on par with the national average. It is a more expensive school,...

  3. TriStar Nurse Residency Summer 2020

    NICU_Nurse_Casti posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello all! Just wanted to create this little blog to see who else was going to be interviewing at Tristar for their New Grad Nurse Residency program for Summer 2020. I have interviews on Feb. 27th...

  4. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Update! I had not realized it had been nearly a month since my last update. So, there is a lot to unpack, but I will try to keep it short and sweet. I have taken two exams in my Leadership lecture...

  5. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Update! OK, so a lot happened this week. I had Leadership Clinical on Monday and Integration Clinical on Wednesday. Both were very long days. The information and activities were great, but sitting...

  6. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    @Kimmy00 Yes, I am going to Orlando for my NICU job! I love Nursing.com, but it is a bit pricey in comparison to some of the other resources out there. I think Picmonic helps with the various...

  7. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    @Kimmy00 Alright, so there is a lot to unpack here! haha Communication: Some professors were great with communication and would respond very quickly. Some professors responded in a fair amount of...

  8. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    @Kimmy00 This is definitely good news! I was worried about it at the beginning of the quarter, but after reading the Florida Nurse Practice Act, it says that up to 50% of all clinical hours can be...

  9. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    @CoeurCommeHepburn They are pushing back start dates at other schools!? That's unfortunate. I haven't heard if Rasmussen is doing that, but I imagine that since they were able to shift everything to...

  10. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    @MJT_BSN2B Thank you! Yeah, last quarter flew by. So, I can only imagine this quarter will, as well. I am looking forward to finally going to work as an RN and getting to help those little babies!...

  11. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Update! Alright all you cool cats and kittens! ? I have made it to my final quarter! Woo woo! I finished last quarter with 2 A's and 2 B's and now have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.46. Now it is...

  12. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Hey @CoeurCommeHepburn So, I will explain my experience: I attended a Nursing Information Session at the campus and then spoke with the "presenter" (I can't remember her official title). She took me...

  13. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Interesting. Since I am in the BSN program, I am not sure how the ADN classes are set up. But when I first started, I had "Health Assessment" and I took 3 exams in that class. In fact, several...

  14. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Hey @tketzu I have never had just one exam for any of my courses. Some courses do not have any exams, but most courses have 3 exams, not including the

  15. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Hey Kimmy! Thank you so much for following and the kind words. I was also curious about how clinical requirements would be met for the FL BON with everything going virtual. It turns out that one of...

  16. Any RN student clinicals cancelled because of COVID-19?

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to llg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We just found out today that all clinical rotations will be moved to a virtual, online clinical simulation. Not really looking forward to online simulations when we are going into our last quarter...

  17. Vanderbilt Summer 2020 Nurse Residency

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to Hals10's topic in General Nursing

    As of now, Pearson Vue has suspended testing until at least April 16th. So, all tests scheduled from now until then have been unscheduled and they have extended any ATTs that would have expired by 6...

  18. Any RN student clinicals cancelled because of COVID-19?

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to llg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I received an email from my school yesterday. Our quarter ends next week, so they said the rest of the quarter will finish out as scheduled. We then have a two week break from March 21-April 5...

  19. TriStar Nurse Residency Summer 2020

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in Nursing Career

    CONGRATS to all who got

  20. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Oh no! That’s horrible! Yeah, this reaction to the virus is a bit extreme. We don’t have any more in-person meetings for the rest of the quarter except for our final exam next Monday. As far as I...

  21. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    Alright, alright, alright! So, I took Exam 2 for Mom/Baby today and my Nursing Care of Children ATI today. I only scored a Level 2 on the ATI. I am happy I passed, but I was really hoping for that...

  22. Vanderbilt Summer 2020 Nurse Residency

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to Hals10's topic in General Nursing

    Nice! Fingers

  23. Rasmussen University - Fort Myers

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to NICU_Nurse_Casti's topic in School, College Programs

    If you have finished all of the gen ed courses for the ADN, then you should be able to complete it in about a year (4 quarters), or maybe 5 quarters. Here is a link to the course catalog for the ADN...

  24. Vanderbilt Summer 2020 Nurse Residency

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to Hals10's topic in General Nursing

    That weekend differential is nice at Vandy! But the $50/mo for parking is unfortunate. I ended up not interviewing at either facility, but the hospital I accepted a position at here in Florida...

  25. What do you do to study? Share Your Tips

    NICU_Nurse_Casti replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I've only made a couple of concept maps, because I do not find them particularly helpful. But that is just me. I know other people who love them. The way I was taught to make a concept map was to...