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    Good grades = job?

    Music in My Heart replied to Remeran's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends on what you mean by experience. If you mean as it pertains to "experience required" in a job listing then pretty much only RN work counts as
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    Good grades = job?

    Music in My Heart replied to Remeran's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Though these days, simply holding an RN license is not likely sufficient to obtain a
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    Good grades = job?

    Music in My Heart replied to Remeran's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Grades matter but mostly on the negative side (that is, lousy grades impede the job hunt but good grades don't by any means ensure a job). Volunteer experience can be an asset but actual work...
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    Please help me..

    Music in My Heart replied to kenpochic's topic in General Students

    If you can afford to, I would take the time off to focus on PT and recovery. Back injuries, left untreated, have a tendency to become more severe over time - particularly in a field which demands so...
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    What exactly is a CNL? Comparing the BSN and CNL program

    Music in My Heart replied to KBJ0426's topic in Maryland Nursing

    It's not RN or CNL... The CNL is an RN who provides care at the bedside in addition to addressing and working to optimize issues in the system of providing care. Very few hospitals have, as far as I...
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    Nursing Shortage?

    Music in My Heart replied to mboulis's topic in Ohio Nursing

    The Fed has openly stated that they expect no significant growth for at least the next 2-3 years, hence the unprecedented move of their promise not to raise the prime rate for at least two
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    ED vs. ICU -- goal of transplant or flight

    Music in My Heart replied to ghostchili's topic in Nursing Career

    I've a friend who's a manager for a large regional pre-hospital air transport service. She told me that they generally hire ICU nurses over ED nurses. Most of the flight nurses that I personally know...
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    Nightshift vent

    Music in My Heart replied to teleRN08's topic in General Nursing

    I switched to NOC shift about 8 months ago and it's a challenge, for sure (and our differential SUX). My strategy includes: 1) Foregoing caffeine within 8 hours of bed time. 2) Staying up late...
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    Nursing Shortage?

    Music in My Heart replied to mboulis's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Over the last several years, there have always been jobs... just not nearly enough for all of the grads seeking them out. If you're a less-than-optimal candidate - or unlucky - or poorly networked -...
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    It's Not MY Responsibility to Get YOU Home...

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Emergency

    This post is equal measures vent and question. First, the vent: In a variation of something that happens with some regularity, a patient arrived by ambulance in the middle of the night for something...
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    Pharmacology Flashcards (drug cards)

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That may be part of the complication... I had them set to print Landscape on cards that were 5" wide by 3" high... and that setting was in Word... you have to "ignore" that the margins are outside of...
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    Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

    Music in My Heart replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, it certainly helps with population
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    Pharmacology Flashcards (drug cards)

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're quite welcome. I added the light circle to the template in order to help align the words outside of the hole-punch (I have 'em on rings, by group). The circle should be light enough not to show...
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    Pharm, help!!!

    Music in My Heart replied to sweet_von's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To whom it may concern: Reading this thread and notgivingup1's willingness to share his/her materials has prompted me to follow suit and post my pharm flashcards for public consumption. You can see...
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    1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    Music in My Heart replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    High attrition rates are often an indictment of suspect admissions policies, IMO. I'm aware of no other field in which you can gain admittance to a program simply by meeting some minimal requirements...
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    Question re: Pearson VUE

    Music in My Heart replied to Parkster's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    In California, that's not likely. My experience and that of others with whom I've discussed it has been 5-20 working days (1-4 weeks, that is).Your feeling of peace should be bolstered by the fact...
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    IM multiple med compatibility & technique

    Music in My Heart replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    Two syringes taped together sounds like a recipe for disaster, either for the patient or for the nurse - particularly with regard to increased risk for needle sticks. I've never had trouble giving IM...
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    New grad interview questions

    Music in My Heart replied to smiggers's topic in General Nursing

    Specifically do NOT ask about wages, benefits, vacation, etc. Those questions are only appropriate when directed to HR in response to a formal offer... and even then, unless you're going to attempt...
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    What scares you most as a rn?

    Music in My Heart replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Call me selfish but what scares me *most* is what could happen to me. Currently, my biggest fear is getting sucker-punched in the head by an out-of-control tweaker or drunk followed closely by getting...
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    1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    Music in My Heart replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    We were not permitted to repeat any courses or terms. Fail a course and you were done. There also was no tutoring. That was fine with me. I think there's far too much remediation and hand-holding...
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    Can I ask a few dumb questions?

    Music in My Heart replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Students

    Let's nip this one in the bud right now. A generic nurse is no more a "her" than is a generic physician a "he."Plenty of us y-chromo types running around the
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    Can I ask a few dumb questions?

    Music in My Heart replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Students

    The short answer to all of your questions is, it depends on your program... We were not taught any of it explicitly. It was more a matter of looking things up as they came along. We were simply...
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    2nd degree student, having financial aid issues--anyone else?

    Music in My Heart replied to NurseMaybeBaby's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The reality is that there's just not enough money in the bucket for all the hands being held out and they're tightening requirements. Second-degree students are in the cross-hairs, I'm
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    Pharm, help!!!

    Music in My Heart replied to sweet_von's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Consistency and repetition. Study multiple times throughout the day... better off to have 4 15-minute sessions than one 1-hr session. Flashcards are your friends Write out lists over and over and...
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    How important is being physically fit in Nursing?

    Music in My Heart replied to IntelCorei72600k's topic in General Students

    I see a great many nurses who range from mildly obese to severely obese but they seem to manage (though their paces are sometimes limited). When it usually catches up to them is if they remain at the...