HYPEractiveTTU

Hi all, First, I'd like to thank everyone who has helped others on the path to informatics. It is difficult finding resources due to how new the field is, so I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that the advice from experienced informaticians is...

I cosign Larry's endorsement of bigshears. They are definitely not sissy. They are the Chuck Norris of trauma shears.

I'm a recent BSN graduate of the first half of Columbia's Entry to Practice (ETP) program, and currently in the ACNP program. Columbia doesn't have a minimum GPA because they realize that there are other qualities that make an excellent pracitioner....

How is everyone after the first couple days of nursing school? Art

I don't think the Acute Care program is dysfunctional. I spoke with the new director on several occasions and she seems extremely enthusiastic about the program. She answered all the questions I had, told me about some of the clinicals locations, ...

The facebook that the SON does has nothing to do with the website facebook.com. It's just your photo, uni, interests, specialty, etc... with some info about yourself that is uploaded into a password protected portion of the columbia SON website. p...

you're gonna be on your feet a lot in some of the rotations, so make sure that the shoes you pick are comfortable. It really doesn't matter what kind they are, just as long as they are all white (they do uniform check!!!). I just wear New Balance s...

There's no dress code at Columbia, THANK GOD. I'm so exhausted knowing that we're almost done with the BSN portion (along with a small case of "senioritis"), that I just wake up, brush my teeth and head to class... just like I was an undergrad again....

The housing is for New York Presbyterian employees, so we aren't eligible for that. The shuttle is free and leaves on the hour. The students who had rotations at Cornell frequently used that since it was free. Housing in NY is expensive. But the...

Many? you mean more than half of the class right? lol Thanks for grouping me in with the "small town" folks! I forgot how Houston is only the 4th largest city in the nation... is it even on a map? :trout: have you ever thought about being a re...

I agree with Ar... i mean Fluffhead. Get the CPR done ASAP. If anyone asks, you gotta be able to present the card. I forgot if they had a preference, but I got the American Heart Association certification for "Healthcare Provider". I have a Bache...

It's normal. Sometimes, the nurse your shadowing is more uncomfortable than you! I knew that my OB rotation might be the only time I would ever see a birth (i'll probably be on the "support" side when I have my kid), so I was very exited. The thing...

Well, it's kind of like what Mah...--i mean Yogagal said. People usually don't post here if everything is awesome. It's like a restaurant. If you enjoyed the food and service, you usually won't go out of your way to post about it (well, most peopl...

wow, congrats to y'all Just like my classmates above has stated (it was just yesterday we were on the other side of the screen asking a million questions... WOW, where did the time go), you're going to hear a lot of opinions, just don't take them to ...

I think this was stated earlier, but the letter is just a thin envelope. I was offered a spot on the wait-list for the 2005 class (mailed in a thin envelope), and was ultimately rejected but encouraged to reapply. I reapplied the next year and saw ...

I can't believe it's been a year since I got that acceptance letter... Congratulations to everyone that received their letter. For those that haven't, know that ours was a THIN envelope (I was expecting a packet). So if you get a thin envelope, don...

sorry for going a little off topic, i was just addressing what the previous post about how the hospitals would unfairly treat nurses if there were a mean pay increase (which the poster said would happen if more men were to be hired), and how if it wa...

I completely agree, but a name change would definitely allow these kids to take a second look rather than shutting it off completely. Instead of, "nah, i dont want to stop by that club... it's for nurses." The thought process may change to, "what's ...

There is a marketing campaign right now, that is mainly directed towards women ("I'm a nurse..."). At the end of the day, don't you ALSO get women dropping programs that ALSO just end up taking slots? Ad campaigns aren't bad, it's done to encourag...

I really understand many of your points how changing the title of Nursing is somewhat insulting, taking away the years that many of you gentlemen have put in... ...but it's already happening. There are men out there that refer to themselves as "RN"...

I think there is a lot of "preaching to the choir" when many say that if you don't like the job title, then don't enter the field. There are gentlemen who have posted here who have been through years of the stereotyping, and have helped pave that ro...

Well... they're here...

Ok, so i'm hitting this topic a little late (by about a year), but because i know people do searches (forum search, google search, etc...) about the topic, I think it's still relevant. It seems that when SOME people hear the word "Ivy," it hits a ner...

:stone...great, i cant wait

first day wasnt bad. second day beat me up. 11 hours of lecture.... thats something that requires getting used to. We didnt have clinicals the first week, so most people went out to explore the city. Me? I'm spending my day figuring out a new wa...