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    Starting NS w/ no prereqs = suicide?

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

    That sounds like a very manageable load to me. I wouldn't stress
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    Older students after graduation

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

    Old is a subjective term. There are old 50-year-olds and young 50-year-olds. I don't think the latter have any unique trouble (meaning that they struggle to find that first job just like everybody...
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    military time vs real time in documentation

    Music in My Heart replied to supernurse1230's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Too true. Point, set, and match to Marvin :0 Of course, it was still 24-hr time before ISO ever came to
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    military time vs real time in documentation

    Music in My Heart replied to supernurse1230's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    FWIW, it's not "military" time... it's simply the 24-hr
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    military time vs real time in documentation

    Music in My Heart replied to supernurse1230's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The 24-hour clock is preferred... actually required everywhere I've looked... And should be wherever it's
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    Santa Cruz and sorrounding

    Music in My Heart replied to jackierocks's topic in California Nursing

    I liked him, too. I thanked him for his candor and honesty. He was a nurse... I think he really understood my frustration and was genuinely
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    I hate when my school ______

    Music in My Heart replied to guiltysins's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hate it when my school/teachers tell me, "No, you must have the new edition of the text" and then it turns out that the reading is basically the same. I hate it when there are 5 books for the course...
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    Santa Cruz and sorrounding

    Music in My Heart replied to jackierocks's topic in California Nursing

    Back in December I went to a job fair where there were two recruiters from the prison system. After the song-and-dance I asked, "Are you hiring new grads right now? I just applied to 6 prisons for...
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    Preparing for the NCLEX

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

    My personal experience was that I should've taken the NCLEX immediately after the ATI predictor. The additional time and study didn't equip me to answer even one more question out of the 75 that it...
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    Just because you are a nurse...

    Music in My Heart replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've never favored hyping anything, particularly something so important as trying to fix our horribly broken health care system.I agree with you that it was a bad bill before and is much worse now....
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    Just because you are a nurse...

    Music in My Heart replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course, using deprecating labels like "Obamacare" is precisely the kind of politicization that you evidently
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    How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

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

    For my last (non-nursing) job, I drove 80 miles each way. I didn't like the commute at all but sometimes you have to do what you have to do in order to pay the mortgage and keep food on the table....
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    Charge Nurse... 1 month out of orientation?

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

    I'm just off of orientation and there's no way I could charge. I am so not ready. 6 months? I don't know about exactly how long but I know that, if your orientation was anything like mine, you're not...
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    Preparing for the NCLEX

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

    Personally, I felt that ATI was more than sufficient for
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    VENT: school still ruining my life after graduation

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

    Based on my experience in the summer, I'd say it's more likely that they just don't have them done yet... that they haven't finished processing the graduation requirements and hence have no final copy...
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    VENT: school still ruining my life after graduation

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

    Getting hold of the California BRN can be VERY
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    VENT: school still ruining my life after graduation

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

    I doubt that "raising hell" or mentioning an attorney will speed things along. You'd be better off to speak to the registrar (not the clerk, the actual registrar) and plead... this is certainly a "you...
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    When coffee is no longer enough,

    Music in My Heart replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    You're young... your feet can take it. Trade up when you can afford it, though. Kudos for the exercise
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    When coffee is no longer enough,

    Music in My Heart replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I agree about the exercise but don't buy the running shoes from WalMart. Your feet need to last your whole career (and life) and cheap shoes are putting them at risk. If you can afford to buy an iPod,...
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    A nurse friend of mine passed away: A WARNING TO ALL

    Music in My Heart replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Some states are "right-to-carry" states and others are "permit-to-carry." In many of the latter, getting a permit is very difficult.Regardless of a permit, though, employers can certainly dictate...
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    Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

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

    We heard for so long about a PRESENT shortage (you still hear that lie repeated on this site) so I have no confidence that "they" know what they're talking about.You are certainly correct that any...
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    my co-worker set me up

    Music in My Heart replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Humbly apologize to the DON and explain that it was a mix-up but still totally YOUR responsibility. Regardless of what happened, don't make things worse by laying the blame elsewhere. Take...
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    Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

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

    Agreed. Ridiculous. I don't have a passion and yet I seem to be doing just fine in my first med-surg job. Most of the nurses there don't have a passion. ROTFLMAO. That is one of the most patently...
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    New Grad, for how long?

    Music in My Heart replied to mia98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most of the new-grad programs that I looked at required applicants to have graduated within the previous 12 months. Therefore, it seems that many folks strip the new-grad label from anyone more than a...
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    How are RNs with Entry-Level MSN degrees received?

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

    OP, just a bit more information... We had multiple students from our DEMSN program get NICU assignments for their preceptorships and a couple of our grads started out in