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I am going to graduate from an ASN program this May (2009) and I loved my OR rotation!! I am 40 years old, worked as a CNA for 16 years, 5 of them in an OR, and I am not sure what to say to nurses(esp. instructors) when they tell me to do a year of ...

speeding is speeding and not worth the ticket or a crash!!! No one should be exempt..although I do know police officers who allow "professional courtesy"..but reckless driving- never. An accident isint going to be avoided just because you are a nur...

No..grades only show how well you did on the exams given to you in school...Nursing school Cs are way different than a C in any other college course. I am proud to say that I am a NURSE who worked her butt off and walked away with a C..I also scored ...

Just curious...all the NCLEX prep books I have say that if it shuts off at 75 you passed...as you answer each question, it determines what question to give you next based on your answer being wrong or right...once it determines that you can answer qu...

THANK YOU!!!!! the fact is in my case I was Deans list until nursing school..its a whole different arena..I also have to laugh about it because some of the self proclaimed A students in my nursing class scored lower than me on the ATI predictor test...

I registered with Pearson online last week and mailed my paperwork with state last week..hoping the school sends our transcripts soon...want to take NCLEX and get it over with!!! I would definitely follow up if 3 months went by..I would follow up a...

interesting post..it saddens me that some people can be so nasty and opinionated. I was a C student in nursing school( Deans list before that)..I had to balance 4 kids, a job..blah blah..you know, we all have our crosses to bear. A few weeks ago, bef...

Really?? that is quite an assumption..care to back it up with any real references on this alleged info..???

While it is a profession, there is nothing wrong with a ceremony . We have been planning ours, we have a couple of the instructors who are class advisors and we pretty much planned it based on what was done in the past. We have a keynote speaker, the...

I am sorry that you have been mis informed..but that is a pretty good start pay...and its the going rate anywhere..give or take a dollar or two...

you are a part of a TEAM..help out..maybe talk with the student to see if there are any issues outside of school. Be a friend. Do your best to help but make it clear that you wont miss out on any opportunities ..the school should have a Lab for helpi...

Congrats!!! I am also a soon to be graduate. May 2009 and just got offered a position as an OR nurse! I cant believe it because it was quite an interview, I had to convince the managers and director to hire a new grad to the OR and I succeeded. I hav...

I graduate from Nursing school In May 09..I see posts all over for salaries at different hospitals in Ct. Maybe we can try to get this info in one post. Thanks!!!!:redbeathe

should they? NO do they? YES

take that bad habit and throw it out..no room for it in nursing school..a couple of close calls with papers and a couple of bad grades cured me of that!!!

first, take a deep breath and slow down..like everyone else said on this post..talk to instructors to get specifics of areas of improvement. We have weekly written evaluations..our clinicals are not graded..its pass or fail. When I get on the floor, ...

mea culpa mea culpa!! Thanks for setting that straight.. I went from thinking I knew it.. to being confused again!! LOL

the question doesnt say there is more than one order for the ns and kcl..its asking what the intake is for a 24 hour period..150ml isint multiplied by 24...the 150ml needs to be divided by the iv fluid amounts and its saying the kcl is in ns and we a...

for #2..I am wondering why it is asking about fluid intake for a 24 hour period..if we assume the NS is a 1000mL bag and it runs at 150mL/hr it would run for only about a little over 6 hours...because the KCL is running at mL/hr ( and thats how IVs r...

re read question very carefully..it asks about what you would NOT do...you would NOT-- AVOID humor..if you pick A then you are saying that you would avoid humor..so you dont include "avoid humor" for your careplan...reading through a question quickly...

low grades are not always attributed from not studying enough or not knowing one's own way of learning..as someone else stated, some people are not very good test takers, but great clinicians..My class average is about a B- there are plenty of C stu...

Agreed. I don't like people assuming anything about me either. Nursing school is not easy. I cant wait until its over and we are all working and GPAs wont matter anymore!! :redpinkhe

I most certainly do not believe that all A students are arrogant. I am very sorry that I have obviously been misunderstood here. Like i said, I can spit out my life story and the hardships I have had to deal with before and during nursing school, but...

wow..first of all I did not say that i "had a life' and I was not generalizing about all A students, I am , and have been talking about an A student in my class. I DO NOT have shortcomings as you implied..that would be the mean spirited comment. My ...

I am fully aware of the definition of arrogance..and there are plenty of people who fall into that category and grades dont always play a part in arrogance..arrogant people THINK they are smarter than other people. The only basis for that belief is t...