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  1. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    fragino replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the slam on small towns. I used to live in a big city. I GUESS NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HAPPENS IN THE BIG CITY CAUSE THEY'RE MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN US SMALL TOWN

  2. "Nursing students with C's are still nurses".. ?

    fragino replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    What I feel I am seeing here is a lot of "I have witnessed myself, "C" nurses make some of the best nurses around. I have seen the "so called GPA through the roof nurses that once they get on the...

  3. "Nursing students with C's are still nurses".. ?

    fragino replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    What? We can be the most caring people in the world, but if we don't have an understanding of what we are doing and why we are doing it, we will be the most caring and dangerous people on the floor....

  4. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    fragino replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    I live in California also. I also live in one of those "rural" areas that the original poster was probably talking about. There is only ONE hospital within reasonable driving distance that is...

  5. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    fragino replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    I think those that offer these programs have had their own share of "negative-reinforcement" when they spend time and money on new grads to train them to be ICU nurses and they walk out on them with...

  6. I'm due to deliver a week before clinicals start. Should I take a semester off?

    fragino replied to Hamik24's topic in General Students

    I'm also a man and I will never have any idea of what you're going through and what you're going to deal with. But my perspective is from someone who had a lot of things going on in his life and...

  7. "Nursing students with C's are still nurses".. ?

    fragino replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    I think a point that is being missed here is NCLEX. The whole reason for going to school is to get permission from the state to take the NCLEX exam. A C average may be an indication of not having a...

  8. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    fragino replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    Well, now you know. One the one hand, ICUs usually won't hire anyone directly to their unit unless they have two years experience in med-surg, one year experience in ICU, or have undergone an ICU...

  9. Eww white uniforms??

    fragino replied to jla623's topic in General Students

    Coming from 20 years of facing the task of walking from one end of of a crowded carrier to another in polyester whites, where every surface seemed to be covered with a thin film of grease, wearing...

  10. at what age did you start studying nursing?

    fragino replied to cksl's topic in General Students

    45 after retiring from the Navy. ADN by 47 (hopefully). At this rate BSN by

  11. what shoes do you wear...

    fragino replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I was really leery also but I really didn't have much of a choice. The local stores that sold nursing shoes said that they would order a pair for me to try on but they didn't seem to take me...

  12. what shoes do you wear...

    fragino replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My program requires "nursing" shoes and I have wide feet. I found a great pair at Standing Comfort. I don't usually like to buy shoes from a website but the pair of extra wides that I got are great....

  13. Hey guys....How do you all support yourselves?

    fragino replied to Brian 77's topic in Male Nursing Students

    1. Montgomery GI Bill 2. WIA Act that pays for ALL my school expenses, including parking and gas. Automatically qualified as a veteran. 3. Retirement (or transfer to the fleet reserve) from the...

  14. study NCLEX books while in school?

    fragino replied to sum07's topic in General Students

    Yep, gotta get them. It didn't really help me out at first because we were learning the Nursing Process, Legal, etc. etc., but now that we are starting to cover specific clinical areas, they have...

  15. California gold rush

    fragino replied to bawlermore's topic in General Nursing

    Not when you live in California, or Nevada, or

  16. Need your help, Which one should I get...

    fragino replied to jnmoore02's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If you know computers and know how to move around the Windows environment, then get the IPAQ (PocketPC), if you don't know a lot about computers or don't really know how to move around Windows, then...

  17. male nurse haircut rules

    fragino replied to albert6jed's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Gee, I wish I had HAIR so that I can worry about things like a regulation haircut for the next couple of years...Actually, this whine has a point, the point is, whatever the program wants, go with the...

  18. Where to get cheap books at?

    fragino replied to Brandi8's topic in General Students

    One place you might want to try is your school's nursing department office. Students sometimes leave, or donate their old books as they leave the program. It's also a good place to get used NCLEX...

  19. What have you guys done about the prereqs?

    fragino replied to salsaking's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It all depends on what state you're in, what program you want to get into and whether you go to a private or public college. In California, at my CC, the competition is based on the four pre-reqs...

  20. California Nursing programs

    fragino replied to Orthonurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    All the two year community college programs in California have only four pre-requisites. You may need other classes to complete an Associates degree but you won't need them to take the NCLEX. They...

  21. what would you do?

    fragino replied to chill65's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As someone who had to postpone going to school for 20 years, I advocate taking the class you can now. If you have to drop back because of missing too many classes when you have your baby then drop...

  22. Is Human Anatomy eating anyone else's lunch?

    fragino replied to myhour's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I sympathize. Anatomy was the hardest subject for me out of all the prerequisites. It was pure memorization. What drove me the battiest was the test on the skeletal system. It was not enough to know...

  23. Recent Honorably Discharged Veterans...Have the county pay for your nursing school.

    fragino posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most recently discharged veterans probably already know this info but some may have fallen through the cracks. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) which is implemented by the counties here in...

  24. Which shoes should I buy?

    fragino replied to jbjints's topic in Male Nursing Students

    For us guys with wide feet and who are required to have "real" shoes as opposed to "sneakers," there isn't a lot of choices. I have a bad back and bad knees. I found a great pair of white men's...

  25. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-RN Good/Not Good?

    fragino replied to watchthis22's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have both Lippincott's and Saunders on my desktop and pocket PC. I use both and I like both. I didn't like Saunders during my Peds rotation though because unlike Lippincott's, it did not break...