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    Nursing school double standards?

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

    for that, i'm sorry for you. i have some real disappointments with my program, too, and i feel like i could've gotten a whole lot more.on the other hand, i passed the nclex with 75 questions and...
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    Was suspended but reinstated - should I resign?

    Music in My Heart replied to doglover45's topic in General Nursing

    Since they could only come up with the very weak, generic "critical thinking skills" then it sounds like they really suspended you as the sacrificial lamb in case the feces hit the rotary ventilator....
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    Should I walk away from this?

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

    Or you could work in the NICU... very small butts and (for the most part) not very
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    Repeating Pre-Reqs

    Music in My Heart replied to swirlygirl09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your most reliable sources of information are the programs themselves. Call 'em up and see what they
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    Online CPR

    Music in My Heart replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    I did my AHA BLS/AED recert through nursing education at one of the local hospitals... cost $40 and was scheduled for 3 hours... we were out in
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    A&P II please help i need some advice

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

    Take it in the spring as scheduled and use the 3 months between now and then to review diligently, preferably out of the book that you will use for A&P II. Personally, I'm not a big fan of...
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    Nursing school double standards?

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

    When I was in high school I was taught that you should expect to spend 3-4 hours outside of class for every hour that you spend in class, even for lab classes where you typically have 3 contact hours...
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    New Grad - Offering to Work for Minimum Wage?

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

    Of course not.Once I've garnered some experience and have shed the "new grad" label then I'd expect to be paid the prevailing market wage. If the present employer were unwilling to do so then I'd...
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    New Grad - Offering to Work for Minimum Wage?

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

    You may not be joking but I think your clinical judgment is in question.The reason that new grads are working as interns or considering working for absurdly low training wages is because (a) the vast...
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    New Grad - Offering to Work for Minimum Wage?

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

    Absolutely, 100% Do you realize that most new grads are unable to find
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    New Grad - Offering to Work for Minimum Wage?

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

    Because, presumably there would not be people willing to work for that wage for an extended period of time. In my case, it would simply be the means to undercut the "we can't afford to train new...
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    Is this common? Would you take this position?

    Music in My Heart replied to RNgrrl09's topic in General Nursing

    Beyond being a tool to facilitate communication between the two parties, the offer letter is meaningless and can be revoked at any time for no reason at all. Even if you get an offer letter and accept...
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    Most useful Pre-reqs

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

    If your program doesn't require a class then it's probably not really needed in order to be successful. Real biochem and o-chem are upper division chem classes (1 year each) that are WAY beyond the...
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    2 Tests down 2 Fails Need Help!

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

    It sounds like for sure you need to be spending time looking at questions with rationales more than you need to be writing out information. I'd get as many test-bank references as I could and start...
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    Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

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

    The medscape link says "page not found" and the Cambridge link doesn't even provide an abstract. Please, if this is for real, can you provide some real info. I'm not being sarcastic, I'm being...
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    Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

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

    I'd love to. Could you provide the
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    Hey Sunny California! New grad in Oregon looking for work

    Music in My Heart replied to JuliaC~RN~'s topic in California Nursing

    You and about a thousand other people.Mercy is loaded with volunteers who are new-grad RNs just hoping to get an "in" there. I'd guess that most of the other hospitals are, too. (I know that I've just...
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    Hey Sunny California! New grad in Oregon looking for work

    Music in My Heart replied to JuliaC~RN~'s topic in California Nursing

    I'm in the greater Sac metro region and I can tell you first hand: The openings are few and the competition is FIERCE. Sutter Sac has a sort-of hiring freeze and isn't hiring new grads. I just applied...
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    Med Math Help. mcg/min

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

    You're not lacking knowledge or skill, you're lacking self-confidence. You've got the idea and you've got this problem. Good job! Edit: BTW, here's a HUGE pat on the back for posting your work and...
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    Looking for LPN school in Colorado

    Music in My Heart replied to phines8098's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Do you have a detailed budget that covers the duration of the program and a few months after while you look for work?If not, make one NOW. In Spanish the word for "to hope" is the same as the word...
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    2 Tests down 2 Fails Need Help!

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

    I would think you need to work on doing more questions. My suggestion would be to get an NCLEX review book and review all of the questions and rationale for the pertinent chapters. Have you analyzed...
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    URGENT: Need Ideas for a Teaching Project on Measuring Vital Signs

    Music in My Heart replied to Shantrisse2499's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well first, who is the target audience? A presentation to nurses is very different than a presentation to patients. How 'bout things that can result in incorrect readings? Or, even just something on...
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    Fluid and Electrolytes

    Music in My Heart replied to STL2008, RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Try this: The ocean is hypertonic... if you spend a lot of time in the ocean you become dehydrated because the water in your body is drawn into the hypertonic solution (the ocean). Distilled water is...
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    Topics for Clinical Question Paper?

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

    What is the benefit of meticulous oral care for CVA patients or others with compromised gag reflexes or impaired swallowing? Actually, I think your example question is a great
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    Advice to Students: say "thank you"

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

    You are right on the money, of course. It's pretty disappointing that such advice even need be given. I'd have hoped that that would fall into the "no duh" category. I got on famously with the staff...