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I was once told that with qualifications being equal between applicants that the decision of who got the job and who didn't was based on the rapport with the interviewer. So I guess if the interviewer has a prejudice against chubby/full-figured/large...

Hi Shannon-- I'm a nsg student in MD, but I grew up in Dallas and I was a volunteer in Parkland when I was in college. Needless to say, since I was a volunteer I can't give you the nurses point of view of working in Parkland, but I can give you the v...

I like medspub.com. It's a pay site, but it has lots of general and specialized ques.s. You take the tests on there and it grades you and then you can review the test, see which ones you missed and it gives you explanations why you missed them. A lot...

CinCin--I agree with your opinon that chance of infection is minimal w/ blood on intact skin. Hopefully though, right after you noticed the smear you went right away to wash your hands well w/ soap and water and notify your instructor. They like to b...

Now you study more, and more and more and more. Right? There's no giving up and like the OP said, You can do this! The only thing is that now you realize that it's going to take a lot more than you've been giving it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not tryin...

Hi Icor-- I don't have any GREAT wisdom, but I saw that your question was up there for a while and nobody had responded yet, so I thought I'd throw out a few suggestions. Hope they help :nuke: 1. Find out what book they'll be using for the course. Ge...

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There's a girl in our class in her 50's...and she's getting some of the highest grades in the class. Don't wait. You'll never get any younger than you are right now! Good for you!! :yeah:

I have always thought of it as patient until I started nsg school this semester. On the first day of classes they told us it is now client. Seems like a silly semantic argument to me. If I were sick and in a hospital I think I'd be much less concerne...

please leave your attitude at home. i know that you are the all-knowing, all-seeing, omnipotent nurse (with an infinite, whole, entire, 3 years experience) and i am but a lowly amateur who you have benevolently sought to teach out of the goodness of ...

[color=gray]got my letter in the mail, first word was "congratulations!" [color=#808080]so excited! [color=#808080]i've reread the letter about 10 times just to make sure i read it right. :trout: [color=#808080]don't know what to do with myself--so ...

Thanks for your post, llg-- A couple of the things I was responding to specifically were the statements, "I think that being an RN should afford you the ability to drive a decent car..." and "provide adequately for their families". Please pardon my p...

I think that a lot of nurses see nursing this way and that's part of the altruistic, self-sacrificing attitude that keeps nursing salaries down. I think outside of the nursing community there are a lot of Americans who want more for themselves and th...

:yeahthat:This is what I've heard also. I've even read an article that stated that the average wage for RNs was >$80k/yr in my area (MD). Yet there is a shortage of instructors for nsg schools. Also, in my area an MSN is the minimum required to te...

hi web! first of all, congrats on your recent graduation!! (i'm applying to nursing school this semester and hope to one day be a graduate like you.) second of all, i don't know very much about where the nursing jobs are in some of the states you lis...

i saw this on the news last week (yes, real, legitimate, respectable news) and can't get it out of my head... has anyone heard of this??? are these people faking/have some kind of psych related problem or is this real? http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pa...

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hi spring! i had a counselor say something similar to me (but with a bit more clarity.) i'll explain: i had a b.s. from a previous university, now i'm going to cc to get my adn. what i was told was that my previous classes that i'd taken (for my b.s....

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:yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: i know exactly what you mean...

sorry, another : i understand that you feel badly for her b/c she's failing. there are people that are dropping off like flies in one of my classes too and i feel badly for them. but i try to tell myself that this is the way it goes in classes. some...

here's my : if i felt like it would help me to reinforce the info into my own head to tutor (which is essentially what you'll be doing if she's failing and you have an "a") her then i would do it. b/c sometimes it helps me to really understand the i...

great site, thanks gt!!!

this was great...especially the one about biting.

hi everybody! looking for some opinions... i'm taking a psych class this semester as a pre-req to nursing school. i'm also taking micro. well, one of the girls in my micro class asked me if--when the semester is over--she could have my notes from my ...