paulaking1978

Thank you for your advice!! I have 2 youg children of my own, and was a little worried with the Pediatric aspect of the Er. I know as a mother how I feel when my children are sick. And working with this population in the Er is what makes me somewhat nervous. But I hope to turn this into an aspect that makes me a good nurse in the ER when it comes to working with Peds. And absolutely, the techs will have my utmost repsect!! They sometimes know as much as RN's!!!

This is all great advice!! Keep em coming!! LOL Whether good or bad, I want to hear it all!! Only way I will know!!

Thanks for the replies!!

I currently work on a heart and vascular intermediate care unit and have been a nurse for 1 year. We do take ICU pt's at times. My main concern is the change in atmosphere. What to expect? How to deal with pediatric population/and families of. And anything else you want to throw at me! Thanks!

This is the end my first semester in nursing school. We are taking a Hesi exam next week :uhoh21:. We were told by our instructor that there was no certain way to study for the exam, other than go over every thing since the beginning :icon_question:. YAY

I am definetly in.......I just had a baby in October 2006.....and due to the fact that I craved any type of sweat I could get my hands on, I gained 60 lbs....WOW......Plus I quit smoking about 3 months before I got pregnant....which made everything double tastey....LOL......I have already started walking a mile or 2 every day.....and I have cut my portions of eating in half and have added more veggies to my diet.....I began the diet part about a month ago and the walking part about 2 weeks ago and I have lost almost 10 lbs. I figure since my father has had a heart attack and 2 stents and my mother has had a heart attack and 3 stents.....I should start taking better care of myself....My goal is to loose the 60lbs I gained.....

So you had to be on call to work ICU....I had thought about trying to get on at kd after I finished school....and had thought about ICU..... when u hired in you had to sign a 2 year contract?.....I am new to how they hire....i was going to try to do the student loan forgiveness program....but I don't know if the hospitals around here offer it.....what was your starting pay?? I was told that OLBH starts out more money????

Which part did you work at KD......Any certain reason why you left?

Has anyone taken Microbiology on-line and if so, through which school? And how was the course, easy, hard, ?????

My 2 beautiful daughters......And being accepted in to Shawnee State Univ. Nursing Program..........

:yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: It is a shame we all don't live in the " Radical Right-Wing" world. :trout:

WOW.....What is you grade in this class......Are you half way through... You must have a prof from hell And It's not the end of the world if you drop the class.....you have a heavy load with the other 2 classes you have. If you think that you are going to fail this course...then definetly drop it....and take it again when your course load isn't so heavy.....I am suprised that your advisor didn't warn you about how difficult your course load was going to be.....Taking A&P, Micro, and Stats, in the same semester would be very hard.....I would think??? I am taking A&P II beginning in April's quarter....we are in quarters at the college I attend....and going to semesters starting this summer.....I am going to take my micr this summer....but the summer quarter is shorter than before because of the change to semester....so that will either be good or bad....anyway....don't worry if you have to drop the class....main concern is your GPA, You definetly want to keep up your GPA....

Rumor is that at the school I attend, they accept around 80 students.....and locally there are 3 other colleges that have nursing programs....

This was through the state in which you lived in? Was it given to you during school? The plan I am speaking of pays your loans after you are out of school.....if I understood what I read correctly? I live in KY, I don't know if the state has such a program here.

If you go to the US Human Health and Services Resource link on the web, then go to the finacial aid page, you will find the Nursing loan and education repayment program....... I was wondering if anyone has looked into this?????

Has anyone done this before????? Give me some input>>>>

For ADN probably around 10 g's couting books....But I want to go on to get my BSN....So probably another 8g's or so for that.....I am going to try and do a Government nurse Repayment plan.....I have read some about it on the internet....in a nut shell, if you work at certain places...such as a rural setting, state funded hosp, federal funded hosp, and a bunch of other criteria, they will pay back 60% of student loan, for the first 2 years, and then you can apply for a third year and they can pay up to 25% that year. I thought it might be worth looking into towards the end of my college career....I have stafford loans .... plus I had contemplated about trying to get on at a VA Hospital.

Thanks for advice....I am finishing up my prereq courses this summer....i only have Anat and phys II, Health and Wellness, an elective (human sexuality....only one open...) and microbiology.....taking micro in summer, the rest this spring....I am going to try and get head start on bsn pre-reqs during the next 2 years....the biol 325 and 350, math 150, 2 cult perspect classes, fine arts, and 1 ethic course....sheeewww....I am going to try to get into the bsn.....do you know how the courses are going to be structured since the change to semesters??? I can't find anyone who knows?

Anyone else with any suggestions....

That is where I will be going starting this spring....start nursing school in Fall 07.....Have any pointers or suggestions for me....LOL:nuke:

Thanks....these comments are really helping me out....I don't know many nurses who can tell me the in's and out's.....My children are 5 month...and 5years.....my program is 2 years, but I want to go on and get my BSN....I had also thought about nurse teaching....and may consider it.....my husband works swing shifts and a lot of ot.....so I need something more days for now....your comment makes me feel better about this....

I am not a nurse yet, but hope to be soon.....My fascination with the medical field started when I was young. I had an uncle who was parapallegic. My grandmother cared for him until he was 50 years of age, she was 70. They had to be put into a nursing home. My father has Parkison's disease, which I know that one day he will need me. These life experiences have definetly had an impact on my decision to become a nurse. I have 2 young daughters, whom I want to be able to know what to do incase they need me medically. I want to have a job that is rewarding, and feel that I have done something awesome for someone. I have worked for a steel mill for 5 years....the pay is good, but the job sucked....plus I never knew if I may loose my job due to job cuts.....which has happened to me before.....Not fun:crying2: So.....Hopefully I will find my rewarding path of nursing. I am dedicated to becoming a sucessful nurse....and I believe that I will enjoy my career as nurse...:nuke:

I am not a nurse yet, but hope to be soon.....My fascination with the medical field started when I was young. I had an uncle who was parapallegic. My grandmother cared for him until he was 50 years of age, she was 70. They had to be put into a nursing home. My father has Parkison's disease, which I know that one day he will need me. These life experiences have definetly had an impact on my decision to become a nurse. I have 2 young daughters, whom I want to be able to know what to do incase they need me medically. I want to have a job that is rewarding, and feel that I have done something awesome for someone. I have worked for a steel mill for 5 years....the pay is good, but the job sucked....plus I never knew if I may loose my job due to job cuts.....which has happened to me before.....Not fun:crying2: So.....Hopefully I will find my rewarding path of nursing. I am dedicated to becoming a sucessful nurse....and I believe that I will enjoy my career as nurse...:nuke:

Any other takers???

Since I am new at this, and pre nursing student, it seems that most of the comments made about Med/sug isnt good.....Cans someone tell me why? I'm just curious....I went partially through surg tech school about 8 years ago....I had started my clinical rotation when I had to quit....So I didnt get to see everything....especially from an RN point of view???