manna BSN, RN

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    Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    manna replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Can I say - it was a spur of the moment decision? I'm still a student, but before I began the nursing program I was working full-time and ready to get out of my dead-end job. I had all the classes...
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    help with term paper!!!

    manna replied to amgo24's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from a state affected by Hurricane Katrina. I think an interesting paper topic would be somehow related to the ethical duty of nurses to provide care for patients when in a natural disaster...
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    SNA Convention in Vicksburg?

    manna replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Oh.. okay! So you are talking about the state MOSA convention? (I think that's what it's called - MOSA?) Sorry, I was confused! I don't belong to MOSA, so I kind of forgot about it. Oops!
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    SNA Convention in Vicksburg?

    manna replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I thought the MSNA convention was last semester - in Philadelphia at Pearl River Resort... Am I confusing it with something else? Blame it on my senioritis! LOL
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    Meridian MS RN pay

    manna replied to shen's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, didn't realize this was such an old post! Sorry for the VERY late reply.
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    Meridian MS RN pay

    manna replied to shen's topic in General Nursing

    I hear Rush starts new grads out about $16.50/hr + $1/hr for BSN + shift diff for nights/weekends. I only know this because a gal in my class is planning to go to work there. Sorry, I have no idea...
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    Hi all... I'll be a BSN student at Alcorn in Natchez in the fall.

    manna replied to MS Kathy's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! Good luck with school.
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    16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

    manna replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    It's true! Had a career fair at my school yesterday... St Dom, Baptist-Jackson and CCMC all start new grads out at $16.50/h plus shift diff. Some have special pay for ACLS (I know St Dom offers...
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    Holiday Pay

    manna replied to aktransplant's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of a sore subject. Not a nurse yet, but my brother is an ER doc. He makes time + 1/2 on any legal holiday he works. The nurses? Straight time.
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    Shadowing a hospice RN

    manna posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm a senior nursing student in a BSN program with a heavy community health emphasis... Next week, I'm scheduled to ride along with in-home visits with a hospice RN as part of my community clinicals....
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    Group project rant

    manna replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Students

    In our program, we have TONS of group work. We actually have a system in place where you group members can sign off on if a certain person did not do their share of the work and that individual's...
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    Anyone from the Meridian area?

    manna replied to pedrn's topic in General Nursing

    I live about 60 miles north of Meridian. Took some classes at MCC one time... Almost went there for rad.tech instead of going to nursing school. :chuckle My brother and his family live in...
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    16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

    manna replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

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    16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

    manna replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, duplicate
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    Non-Traditional BSN Students

    manna replied to gwt's topic in General Students

    I'm a mere 28 - mom of 2. Worked and took classes for 7 years until 2004... when I took off to start nursing school. Just finished my junior year of a BSN program. I also commute 140 miles a day....
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    Mom's And Nursing School

    manna replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    I was very immature when I graduated high school - went to college, partied alot, dropped out, got pregnant, had a shot-gun wedding that is now ending in divorce. I worked an office job for 7 years...
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    CRNA Programs in New England for Non-nursing majors?

    manna replied to drthomasjay's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It was my understanding that the standards for admission are not set by the schools themselves... but by some sort of regulatory commission, maybe? I thought it was an absolute MUST that you be a RN...
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    Mom's And Nursing School

    manna replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    I am soon to be a divorced mother and nursing student. My boys are 6 and 3, I commute 120 miles/day, and I am set to graduate in May 2006 (I hope)! :chuckle My husband and I have been separated...
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    Offered a seat in P.A. school-torn

    manna replied to Maggie in NC's topic in Nursing Career

    Critically evaluate your own career goals... were you really interested in pursuing anesthesia? Would you prefer to work as more of a primary care provider? etc, etc, etc... Contemplating those...
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    Need help deciding which school to attend

    manna replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! and.. good luck! :) :)
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    Student nurse externships

    manna replied to manna's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the externship I'll be participating in pays $11/h and I'll have to complete 320 hours of work over 8 weeks. I'm assigned a practicing nurse, so I work whatever shifts she does. No, an...
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    Student nurse externships

    manna replied to manna's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing my externship at NMMC this summer! Can't wait!
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    CCNE accredited, not NLNAC accredited, is it a problem?

    manna replied to rhp123's topic in General Students

    Actually, the CCNE board has been here in the last two weeks - and actually came and spoke to our students, asking our opinions on what in the program needed improvement, etc. The faculty and all the...
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    CCNE accredited, not NLNAC accredited, is it a problem?

    manna replied to rhp123's topic in General Students

    Our program is transitioning from NLN accreditation to CCNE. I have not heard anything but good things from the faculty, and expect to have no problems in the future. Good luck!
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    What did you buy yourself for a graduation present

    manna replied to Nightcrawler's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Graduation for me is still 13 months away (lord willing!), but I'm already planning on trying to take myself and my boys on a week long Disney vacation as a graduation gift!