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bcyogi

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  1. Jobs not in the hospital setting

    Life is good 1973: Are you in Southern Nevada or Northern Nevada? I am in Southern Nevada. Any openings at your place? How would I locate the postings if so? Thanks for any info. Sounds like a...
  2. I have been working 3 12's 7a - 7p for a year and a half on a busy postpartum unit. I do like it. But I have always thought about doing ambulatory surgery. Any of you out there have info on...
  3. 3 days a week vs 5 days a week

    Thanks for the replies. Change is so hard, especially when you are going from something you still like. It is different when you are fed up at your job and it is time to move on. I would have less...
  4. Transitioning to mother/baby couplet care

    My hospital does not have a nursery at all. We have a separate NICU (totally different department and floor) and we have L&D (sister department but separate floor), but we get all the M/B...
  5. How long should I study?

    I graduated on May 19th and took the test on June 27th. Just found out today that I passed. I used the Kaplan book with CD and the Saunders book/CD. I had a couple other books like Lippencott and...
  6. I passed! Thank God

    Thank you for the good vibes! I found out today that I PASSED. What a relief. Now I can start work tomorrow! Can't
  7. I passed! Thank God

    WOW....I took my test today and your test sounds just like mine. I shut off at 75 as well. I couldn't believe how many SATA I got. Hope my results turn out as well as yours. Congrats. Now I just...
  8. 75 questions!

    Did you use the Qbank online for Kaplan? Or the CD that came with the book? I have been using Saunders and Kaplan with a little Mosby. I don't have the Qbank. I take my test on June 27th. I don't...
  9. Hospital "gift" for mom?

    When I had my kids, the hospital didn't give too much, but what they did was hand decorate (I had girls so there were flowers) a hospital onsie and put all the baby stats on it.... full name, date of...
  10. stupid question about hours

    My husband leaves for work at 5am and I will have to leave (starting work as an RN at the end of June!!!) at about 6am. My mom retired a couple years ago and lives about a 2 minute drive from me....
  11. Moving to Vegas-HELP!

    I am not too sure how the hospitals differ in pay, but I have heard good things about Sunrise and St. Rose. It may also depend on what side of town you are living on, because traffic can be a real...
  12. I think the IRT is "in reference to" or " in regard to". But I could be
  13. Full time nursing students at CSN

    Yes, I did like the program. I became a NAP (nurse apprentice) during the program, and that made getting a job a bit easier. I haven't taken my boards yet, I think I will receive my ATT sometime this...
  14. Full time nursing students at CSN

    I didn't have financial aid, so I don't know how the part-time status would effect that. We only did one class per semester in the part time program (for most semesters), so the cost was about...
  15. Full time nursing students at CSN

    I just graduated from the part-time program at CSN. I chose part-time because I was a SAHM with kids that had never been in child-care centers and I wanted to avoid day care costs because we were on...
  16. MI nurse apprentice at Sunrise?

    If I remember correctly from when I had Maternal/Newborn clinicals at Sunrise, they call their postpartum unit Mother/Infant Unit (MIU). Hope you can find a hospital/unit to NAP for. Being a NAP...
  17. Part time ADN programs

    I am currently in (and graduating in May ) from a part-time ADN program. We don't do a semester of lecture and a semester of clinical, though. We do 7 straight semesters (including summers, ugh) and...
  18. How is 4th semester at CSN

    For preceptorship, you give your top three choices (hopsital and area) and they do what they can to place you somewhere that interests you. You have to do 120 hours (10 12-hour shifts) and you follow...
  19. NST Student Nurse Externs

    I am not sure if they are exactly the same thing, but in my state (Nevada), we have positions called Nurse Apprentice. From what you've described they sound very similar, and what is OK/not OK to do...
  20. how is school???

    I am at CSN, in my final semester :w00t:of the part-time program. I will start my precepting this week and N208-professional topics, will start on Thursday. I can't wait to be done. In some ways,...
  21. Permanent Charge Nurses

    I work as a Nurse Apprentice on a Med/Surg/Tele floor. We have up to 45-50 beds in our unit (depending if cardiac is using one of our halls for overflow). Our charge nurses never take patients of...
  22. NLN exam for CSN - what to study?

    I purchased the study guide book from the book store. It had a review for each section, practice problems, and explanations. I don't know why the test covers physics (I had a lot of electricity...
  23. Anyone else waiting for "The Call" from CSN

    Wow, I hope you get that call! I still remember getting my letter on December 2, 2005 saying "Congratulations!, you have been accepted". I will be graduating from CSN in May. Did you apply for the...
  24. job advice needed

    If you don't want job #2, I'll take it! Seriously, they both sound great. If monthly income isn't the factor, I would definitely choose choice #2. If you need the extra money for bills, then #1....
  25. CSN students

    Oops, looks like dubkaf posted similar info right before my post went up.