kllyhlls replied to nursesaideBen's topic in General Nursing
:yeahthat: Good attitude. Keep up the great work and ignore the med tech. I'm sure he/she is just very proud of passing the course. It is a bad situation though when someone thinks they are above...
I would have to take out loans as well. Did Vandy's fin aid dept help you get all of it ready? I've been reading about the "alternative" loans, other than the 10,500-18,500 available through...
I think working as a PCA will make me a better nurse someday. I can guarantee I won't be one of those nurses that chase down someone to remove a bedpan. As far as technical jobs as a PCA I do the...
ROFL!! Only in the male nurse forum. Funny. I have a BS in Business Management and start my accelerated BSN program next month. I might go that route too after a while, but for now I'm more...
Yeah, not a PhD.. a clinical doctorate. Funny though, I don't think they've even decided on a name for it yet. Doctor of Nursing Practice, Clinical Nurse Doctorate?? WHAT? lol I personally don't...
I personally would LOVE to go to the vandy MSN bridge program. How the HECK do you come up with $30k/year to attend. If I could figure that out, I'd be applying instead of typing this.
My hospital accepts new RNs directly into ICU, but most of the RNs I've talked to that did this said they were scared @#$%less. I'm hoping I'll get lucky and have some great experienced ICU nurses to...
At my hospital all PCA's have to wear dark teal. Nurses are required to wear white pants but can wear any top they want. The dietary, secretaries, etc. wear dk blue only. I think it works pretty...
Does anyone know of information on loans to cover the cost of living? I can get a normal loan for enough to cover tuition, books, etc + a few thousand more, but I really need a loan that will help...
I think it's cool that there's a "male nurse" section on this board. We have a lot of issues that arise specifically because we're such a minority in the field. It's nice to have a place to discuss...
whew! Just got my grades. Everything's good... I was a little worried about Chem. Microbiology is officially my last pre-req to pass then nursing school in July!