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    HESI question: Please Read all the way.

    NoviceRN10 replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Students

    So what was the result of your meeting with faculty over this issue? You never said whether you benefited from it or
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    Volunteer in Hospitals

    NoviceRN10 replied to dewberrysquish's topic in Michigan Nursing

    All the volunteers I have seen have been elderly, quite elderly, for that matter! The hospitals use them for patient greeters, transport, wheel chair maintenance, etc. There are no longer any "candy...
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    HESI question: Please Read all the way.

    NoviceRN10 replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Students

    When are you taking it again? It looks like your score goes up each time, so you should be fine. I don't know if you'll gain anything by arguing with the powers that be at your school since you...
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    Pinching pennies or student loans?

    NoviceRN10 replied to tracyd77's topic in General Students

    I would avoid getting loans. It sounds like you can make it work keeping your part time position. I have managed to pay for my schooling with our savings, but had to resort to putting my last...
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    I had my pinning this week....here is my take on it.

    NoviceRN10 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Students

    I can't wait for my pinning ceremony, late this year :). I'm curious, where do you live (what region) that they have the students wear white nurse caps and dresses for the pinning? Are you going to...
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    I got an Interview!

    NoviceRN10 replied to MassADNstudent's topic in General Students

    I just landed a nurse tech position after a year of applying for more positions than I want to think about (and landing only 2 interviews during that time)! I think what sold this manager on me was...
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    Whats so hard about the HESI?

    NoviceRN10 replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in General Students

    I did really well on my mid-curricular HESI. I am, however concerned about how my exit HESI will be. I have a whole 12 weeks off this summer to FORGET everything I learned up to this point (three...
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    OB, Peds, and Psych Clinical Rotations

    NoviceRN10 replied to luvbug080688's topic in General Students

    We have 16 wks of med-surge, 8 wks of psych, 8 wks of Maternity, and 8 wks of peds. Plus a semester of fundamentals to start things off (which includes 8 wks on a med-surge floor, just one day each...
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    Polygraph vs background check

    NoviceRN10 replied to sdgirl27's topic in General Students

    What on earth did you get
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    Not sure if nursing is for me anymore

    NoviceRN10 replied to nursingstudent_07's topic in General Students

    I don't know why you think that you will be stuck only caring for acutely ill people with IVs when you graduate? You can work anywhere you want! I wouldn't blow this opportunity when you are so...
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    New to MCC Nursing Program

    NoviceRN10 replied to Momotwins38's topic in Michigan Nursing

    If you don't have a Macomb schedule booklet you can go online and look at how the courses are set up and see how much time is dedicated to clinicals, theory, and
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    New to MCC Nursing Program

    NoviceRN10 replied to Momotwins38's topic in Michigan Nursing

    MCC has an awesome NCLEX pass rate. MCC has awesome instructors. MCC is a great
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    What's the coolest thing you have done or seen so far?

    NoviceRN10 replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Students

    One of the coolest things I got to see was a bedside thoracentesis (it's amazing how much fluid a person can accumulate around their lungs!). I've also observed a heart cath (really cool!), and most...
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    No worker left behind???

    NoviceRN10 replied to god-is-love's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I thought displaced homeakers were women/men who had previously been homeakers and then ended up divorced or widowed and therefore had to return to the workforce. Is that not the
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    I think it is time for the MCC hopefuls to start count down

    NoviceRN10 replied to shannonmarie7's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I thought everyone was told it would be around the middle of April that letters would go out? Why is everyone up in arms when it's only the
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    I think it is time for the MCC hopefuls to start count down

    NoviceRN10 replied to shannonmarie7's topic in Michigan Nursing

    This may be a stupid thought, but isn't it too late to question whether your credits transfer in your favor if the deadline for applying has already passed? Seems like sending people out verification...
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    I think it is time for the MCC hopefuls to start count down

    NoviceRN10 replied to shannonmarie7's topic in Michigan Nursing

    What the heck is a GPA/HESI letter? We never got that in previous years. Isn't your score/grade already set in stone
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    Failed clinical.

    NoviceRN10 replied to student00's topic in General Students

    Some schools/instructors will allow this. Currenly there is a student who is in our clinical group (she failed it or took a stop out and didn't finish) and she has sat in on one of our theory...
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    I think it is time for the MCC hopefuls to start count down

    NoviceRN10 replied to shannonmarie7's topic in Michigan Nursing

    A bit of misinformation above, this is what you need to know: 1. You can use your own insurance to have the physical, drug screen, and titers done, but many will NOT cover it. Mine didn't. I paid...
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    I think it is time for the MCC hopefuls to start count down

    NoviceRN10 replied to shannonmarie7's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I am going to guess they don't use the rounded score. One person could have 94.6, one person could have 94.9. The one with the higher score gets better
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    nails

    NoviceRN10 replied to newleaf2012's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing skeeves me out more than a nurse with unkempt nails! I am surprised at how some nurses keep them. I think tips and enhancements are probably germ
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    Got Accepted, How and Where to get Drug Screening????

    NoviceRN10 replied to MsHall47's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Do you require a physical too? My school does (MCC). I had my physical and drug screen, as well as titers, done at
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    Fending for yourself in clinical normal?

    NoviceRN10 replied to bioniclewoman's topic in General Students

    If your clinical instructor isn't on the floor, how do you pass meds? Our instructors have to look at everything we give the patients before we administer the meds. Our CIs are always on the floor...
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    Need down time...

    NoviceRN10 replied to sh1901's topic in General Students

    I have 12 days off for Spring Break (I'm on day 5) and I am lost. I have that awful feeling that I'm supposed to be somewhere and I'm not there. I can't wait for class to start up
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    May 2009 Grads...and how this economy is going to affect us.

    NoviceRN10 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Students

    I can't see the logic in not hiring ADN nurses based on having to pay for them to get a BSN. If a hospital system doesn't want to pay for tuition, they can just stop offering that benefit. ADN...