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I was just hired today at a local hospital. YEAH!! I am required to do several rotating night shifts throughout the month from 7P-7A. I think most of them will be weekends but I may have to do one sometime during the month on a weekday. I have class ...

Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to play around with my schedule today since my school gives out whole 8 week schedule in advance. The hospital does self scheduling and the NM told me that as long as I have my 24 hours for the week then everythi...

I live off my loans. I filled out the paperwork for FAFSA and then that gets sent to your school. They will give you paperwork back with the pell grant eligibility and also stafford loans. The stafford loans you have to pay back but those are what I ...

If you find out let me know. I have been filling out online applications for Barnes for a little while. How long did you wait before they hired you? Also, do you have to take any kind of course to be a PCT there and how long was it? I'm starting back...

you should be able to work with no problem. Many students in my class have a jobs and they're all doing just fine. Most work weekends and maybe 1 shift during the week.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm actually leaving today for a week so when I get back here I'm going to call the hospitals and see from there. I guess I'm just anxious to start working.

i'm not sure if there is a wait list for the LPN bridge program. You can call there and talk to Sam the registrar and he will let you know if there's a wait.

I started last august. The program is pretty good. I am finishing my med-surge rotation and it gets easier. I thought that Fundamentals was the hardest class because there was alot of random information thrown at you. You'll start clinicals around th...

i am currently a student

I guess i want more experience with IV's, hanging piggybacks and everything else.My last rotation was on a med surge floor where there were alot of dressing changes, tube feedings, and IVPB. I felt lost when I was doing those things but I really enjo...

I feel the same way with my clinicals. I feel like a tech who can pass meds. I do assess the patient and pass meds but that is it. I clean the room, change the sheets, bathe my patient, order their lunch and take vitals. I am on a telemetry floor and...

I'm a nursing student and wiping butts is one of the things I make sure I do. I'm paranoid that nobody else is going to do this. If this doesn't get done then there are some major problems that may occur becuase of this. I know alot of people don't l...

I have been hearing recently how helpful saundres NCLEX comprehensive review book is. I went out and purchased it. My text scores from the first semester were usually between a 78-84. I've had the book for my last two tests and they have improved dra...

2 times a week from 7:00am until 3:30 pm. Our second year we do 12 hour shifts twice a week.

I feel the same way. I'm a second semester RN student with no prior medical experience. As far as the bookwork and exams go I'm okay but in the clinical site, I have little confidence. I feel like everyone in my group knows what they're doing and I'm...

Hello fellow nursing students! With my break I feel so relieved. I've done nothing but sleep. I can't believe it. I went out and purchased my med-surge book hoping to read the first few lectures but I have yet to open the book. This is my time and I ...

I feel like nursing school is making me crazy! I am constantly stressed out and putting my boyfriend through hell. I can't hardly sleep at night so I've started to take naps all day long. I haven't gained any weight..actually lost weight. I am also ...

I'm in a diploma program and in our second eight weeks we spent one day a week at the hospital from 7:00 until 12:30. These next eight weeks my schedule shows us at the site from 7:00 until 3:30 two days a week. Later on in the program I know that we...

Des Peres hospital in St. Louis is offering $20,000 sign on bonus with a two year contract. It is on their website.

I have the successful problem solving book and it has been helpful. The book teaches you how to read test questions.

my mother is 53 and works the 7p to 7a shift 4-5 days every week. She is an ER nurse and seems to be doing fine. She is exhausted though by the end of her week and feels that she only has one day off because the first day off she spends sleeping. I t...