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    ACLS question

    I'd say take it. As a new grad you need anything you can get in order to set yourself apart from the legion of competition. Having your ACLS shows that you're a go-getter and are doing everything you...
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    Grades- do instructors round up?

    And are you really saying that someone who just scrapes by and barely passes the NCLEX is probably going to be a good nurse just because they're compassionate? I suppose in some fields, perhaps, but...
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    Extern Interview Question..

    Personally, I'd prepare a portfolio for each person. Use tabbed dividers to separate sections (resume = xcrpts =
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    Grades- do instructors round up?

    Well, since they've posted the grading scale to two significant figures then I fail to see how they can look at the score in anything but two significant figures... after all, this is supposed to be a...
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    So sad

    A couple thoughts: 1) If you don't take it again then you're done. You're not going to get into nursing school with a D in A&P. Of course you're going to take it again. 2) I wouldn't head right...
  6. I sometimes hear people say, "I've got nothing for them to take so I don't need insurance." My response is, "Ah, but you do have something for them to go after... you have your future earnings as a...
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    Disturbed Energy Field

    Agreed... don't hock it and don't knock it. It's pretty much just religion so far as I can see, and should be treated precisely the same
  8. While nurses are on their feet a lot, I challenge that "all day" assertions. At the several hospitals I've been to, large and small, nurses generally sit to chart as well as to review patient records,...
  9. You're wise to be reviewing math all the way back to the beginning. Math builds on itself year after year and if you miss some of the foundations then the rest will never really make sense. Make sure...
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    Well, I am DONE!

    Congratulations,
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    Which blood pressure reading is correct?

    Think about it this way: The pressure from the arterial line is a direct measurement of the pressure inside the vessel by a transducer. The pressure from a sphygmomanometer is the external pressure...
  12. It's all relative. Compared to a desk job, nursing is a physical job... compared to a lot of physically demanding jobs I've had in various trades, it's not too bad. The obesity rate among nurses...
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    new student, not what it seems.

    I found 3rd and 4th semester to be easier than 1st and 2nd. The time requirement was actually somewhat less. The 5th (and final!!) one looks like it's gonna be a bear,
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    Does anyone have a form I can print?

    Or you could use one of the free PDF-to-Word converters and save yourself some effort... or get hold of one of the free PDF editors and edit the document
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    Any positive thoughts on nursing school?

    My perspective: 1) While some of the instructors are quite lame in the role (meaning good nurses who aren't so hot as teachers), I haven't seen anything like they're "out to get people." 2) Several of...
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    new student, not what it seems.

    My perspective is that there's nothing particularly difficult about nursing topics; the challenge derives from the pace, not the
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    Got kicked out of an RN program don't know what to do

    That I disagree with; if the standard's worth applying to anybody then it's worth applying to
  18. Her hospital isn't unionized but most of its nearby competitors are so they derive a lot of spillover benefits in order to retain staff and because management is terrified that they will vote in the...
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    Returning to Nursing & Can't Find a Job,,,,suggestions?

    I'm really sorry that you're going through this. It's quite demoralizing, I know. I've been through something similar in my former field. And the frustration you feel when you hear the regular refrain...
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    the smell of code brown

    I think you're on to something with that. I know that for myself, looking at the poop makes the smell much more pungent to me whereas it fades into the background some if I can relax and really focus...
  21. My good friend is a PACU nurse. She loves being on call because she gets $16/hr for being on call, time-and-a-half for reporting, and a guaranteed 4-hr
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    Accounting job first?

    If you want to get answers to those questions about accounting, you should be asking..... um, accountants, not
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    I have the experience, but no BSN!!! Need to vent...

    I don't think the question is "how badly do they want to fill this position?" but rather "are there qualified candidates who meet their requirements?" A non-existent
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    the smell of code brown

    You're not whiffing particles, you're whiffing a gas. To each his/her own, though. Me, I do the mouth-breathing
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    Returning to Nursing & Can't Find a Job,,,,suggestions?

    Sounds like you're facing what all the new grads are: Nobody wants to pay for training. But, my, how they complain about not being able to "find" enough