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  1. Oncology vs med-surg experience

    I've worked the BMT floor for a year+ now and came directly out of nursing school. I can see that med-surg nursing allows a nurse to get the basic feel of everything, but if your in med-surg and are hating it your not doing yourself nor anyone else a...
  2. Day shift vs. Night shift in Oncology

    I have to agree with you tinderbox. I had five weeks of orientation on day shift for the BMT unit I work and we were busy but now that I am on night shift we are still super busy. You can't learn as much from the docs at noc because they are not ther...
  3. NCLEX question..............

    Actually you just have to wait on the school to send their info into the ISBN. When you send your money order in to the ISBN it's a pretty quick turn around and so is the Pearson part too. Our class graduated in December and we had one person take i...
  4. How did you continue on from your ASN degree?

    Hey everyone, I just recently graduated from Ivy Tech with my ASN degree and am wanting to continue on for my BSN and eventually my master's. I would consider going straight for my master's if I could figure out the evolving doors of online educatio...
  5. Ivy Tech Richmond

    I just graduated in December from Richmond Ivy Tech, ASN program. They just recently switched to solid green uniforms for both the PN and ASN programs. For my uniform (they were ugly tan) it was around 90$ for a whole uniform (pants and bottoms), but...
  6. Brain tumor dx

    I'm not a nurse yet, but as long as I pass this last semester I will have my ADN in December and be ready to sit for boards. Only 11 weeks left! I was dx'd with a brain tumor in 2002. Anaplastic Astrocytoma grade III, had surgery and chemo and went...
  7. Just hired to BMT unit HELP!!!!!!!!

    Hi! I can't really give you any advice since I am an actual week into orientation on the BMT unit where I work, but it's awesome! The only the that I can suggest that I wish I did more of is read about the transplant process and what a 'typical' pat...
  8. Anyone start their new job yet??

    This is my almost fourth week at my job. The first three were filled with a week long central nursing orientation, week after that was NCLEX review classes that they paid for, and the next week was computer classes (and my NCLEX which I passed!!!! Ya...
  9. How did you continue on from your ASN degree?

    I'm not saying that Ivy Tech hindered anything.... I was just looking to see what other people have done for there BSN as they may have understanding as to which program requires less of the pre-reqs when you have attended Ivy Tech. Thanks for your ...
  10. Correct address for identification purposes?

    Thanks everyone! My sister is the one that made me start worrying about it (secretly I think she wants me to be super freaked!! Haha!) Good luck to everyone testing soon!
  11. Correct address for identification purposes?

    Hey everyone, I've got a question for *anyone* that could possibly relieve my worries tonight. The ATT says that you have to have proper identification.... I have that my driver's license, BUT my driver's license has my *old* address and my ATT has...
  12. They called the cops!

    Never got the cops called on me, but I did have a co-worker banging on my door getting ready to call the cops one time. I had went on a blind date and was late for work first time in the four years that I had worked there... My co-workers knew what ...
  13. I am so grateful...

    For being alive today. For having wonderful friends and family that support me. For having wonderful nurses and doctors that take care of me. For graduating nursing school! For instructors, mentors, and "seasoned" nurses that have helped me down a p...
  14. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    I've been a CNA for 9 years and just recently graduated with an ASN and will soon be working as a graduate nurse in one week... So my opinion is only that of a CNA in a LTC. It seems that CNAs have changed a lot over the past 9 years. JMO. It use to...
  15. Where will you be working when you pass NCLEX????

    I start in one week on a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. I'm soooo nervous and excited! Good luck to everyone!
  16. Taking the NCLEX in January? Stop in here...

    Got my ATT yesterday and I will be testing on the 24th. My job pays for Kaplan review so I had to work around that. Good luck to everyone here!!
  17. Waiting on ATT letter...

    Got mine today too! Literally had to remind myself that I still have to sign up for the test and *now* isn't the time to be having a panic attack! Oy, still not sure which date, but probably third week of January, god willing. Good luck to everyone...
  18. Aaaaarrrrrrggggggh!!

    There have been plenty of times as a CNA that I've worked 16 hr shifts (days and evenings) and have known that it would be me and another girl for the whole 16 hours for around 55 patients (Alzheimer's at that and behaviors). Usually the two of us wo...
  19. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    I guess the nursing school that I went to was different.:uhoh21: We didn't have any pre-clinical day assignments, but had paperwork that had to be filled out during the day. The class at the beginning of the semester would vote when it would be due u...
  20. "regulated health occupation"

    Hi everyone! Just a quick question in hopes that someone can help me so I can mail my State Board of Nursing Application in tomorrow morning! There is a section on my state board of nursing (Indiana) that says "List all states, including Indiana, for...
  21. New Grad- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

    Hey everyone! I will be graduating in 5 days (but who's counting!) and have gotten a job in the bone marrow transplant unit that starts in January. I am very very very excited, but also scared about entering the real world. I want to learn as much a...
  22. Stethoscope as Graduation Gift?

    You might want to make sure that she doesn't have a stethoscope already as many nursing students have already gotten one that they plan on using once they start practicing. If she doesn't have one then it would be a wonderful gift! :)
  23. Waiting on ATT letter...

    I myself haven't because I haven't filled out for it yet (it's an emotional/psychological block that I have got to get over!), but my sister who graduated with me received her ATT and is scheduled to take the test tomorrow. Another friend of mine rec...
  24. Do you have a best friend at work?

    As a CNA I've had a co-worker buddy for close to 7 years. It's been the best 7years of my life because we can read each other's minds and know exactly what each of us is going to do. (She gets the patient snuggled in bed, I clean the room up).. We ca...
  25. Feelings about graduation

    Tomorrow is my last final and I will be done. We had our pinning ceremony Saturday and truly I wish I could go back and watch it from a corner to see it again. For 16 months our class has been together and I really would like to go back and have a d...