BlessedRoseRN

Good luck in finishing nursing school and the continuation of your education.

You know what I just applied and got accepted. There was no test to take to get in the RN-BSN program. It's not like regular nursing school there are no set number of spots. I think you have to have at least a 2.5 GPA with all your prerequisites for ...

SHSU does not have a nursing program i went there for 3 yrs and then to nursing school. They have a Pre-professional nursing program which is basically the pre-req's for nursing school. They only have 1 hospital and it's not that close to the univers...

I wish our charge nurses did all these things ya'll speak of. Our's just usually sit at the desk, check labs, make bed assignments, they only do admissions if an LVN is getting an admission (since they are not allowed to do admissions) and only help...

I was getting a pt settled back in bed from dialysis and he was still be NPO for a procedure later that day, when he arrived back to his room he had a lunch tray in his room, so I took the tray out and told him he was NPO and he stated "Ya'll said ya...

At the hospital I work for in Texas our nurse patient ratio is 1:5-6 depending of if we are full or not. I don't like it all our patients have multiple morbidities and it's hard. Our charge nurses are lazy and don't know how to organize the patient n...

I am an petite nurse 5'0, 95lbs. I don't even try to lift patients with out assistance. I workout a few times a week. I see nurses who weigh more than me who can't lift more than me. You will do fine. Petite nurses can fit in small spaces and I don't...

I didn't have to sign a contract when I started my nursing job earlier this year. If i had to I wouldn't be working there now. I think alot of those contracts are unfair. A few of my friends did go somewhere and had to sign for like 2 years and if th...

Hello All, I need some examples of Benner's Theory in clinical practice. I have searched and searched and have yet to find some. Can anyone recommend some sites I can use? Thanks. BlessedRoseRN

I am going part time. U can take as many as 4 classes a semester going full time and graduate in 3 semesters. I graduate May 10, so that's 4 semesters. Thanks for the luck!!

I started at TWU in Spring 09 in the RN-BSN program I paid like 1500 the first semester for 2 classes and books. The credit is $158 per credit hour but they add all these extra fees, like the gym, student services, computer service etc. I like it so ...

I need to find examples of Benner's Theory used in clinical practice. I know alot of hospitals use it but I only found one hospital so far that has it documented and how they use it. I need a few more examples. I will try the nursing literature like ...

Hello All, I was wondering what do ya'll use to handle the awful smells of BM, Vomit, etc. I heard some use Vicks, but I don't see the rationale behind that, I thought it opens your nose more. I had a pt. with C. Diff we had to change and I almost lo...

I have yet to experience the smell of a GI Bleed, but if it's anything like the smell of C. Diff or worse I'm in trouble. I will have to try the Vicks under the nose.

I tried breathing through my mouth and the smell just went in my mouth and it just made me sick to the stomach. I don't want to be the nurse that thinks she's better than the other nurses b/c I can't handle the smell of certain things. My mom is the ...

Hello all! I graduated from an ADN program in Aug (well Nov b/c I had to retake HESI), took my Boards in Dec and passed and have yet to land a job. I don't know what else to do I have applied from Houston on up to the Conroe area. When I call the Nur...

Hello all, Just wanted to let everyone know that I received a job at Methodist San Jacinto on the Med-Surg Floor. So my perseverance paid off! Good Luck to all in your job hunting. Apply everywhere and call those recruiters.

Thanks to everyone who has replied so far. Your stories help me get insight of what a BSN offers. I knew it would help get some management positions but I didn't know you could be a clinical instructor. I might have to look into that. I graduated in ...

hello all, i was wondering if i could get some feedback from some of the adn or diploma nurses who went back to get their bsn. i have to do a paper for my rn-bsn class and since i am not working and don't know any one who has done a rn-bsn i thought ...

I attend TWU- Houston for my RN-BSN. It will take 3 semesters full time and 4 or 5 semesters if you do part time. I am currently doing part time. I hope this helps.

I graduated from HCC recently. I enjoyed it at first but we lost a couple of great teachers which made it hard on the staff and us students. The Hesi Exit test was poorly executed alot of us failed the first few times and some failed out (3 times). I...

Thanks so much texancanadian! I will call on Monday! :wink2:

Thanks so much for replying. This sounds like the route I may have to go.

I would get 1. house 2. help pay for my wedding 3. new cars for the honeybun and I, a cadillac cts for me and whatever he wants or an suv of some sort. 4. Pay off student loans if hospital doesn't pay for them. 5. Save for NP school 6. Save for reti...

Since I start my RN-BSN in January I pray to be finished with my BSN and NP in 5 years. Hopefully working in an ER somewhere and doing traveling nursing. In 10 years maybe have my own clinic as an NP hopefully a family clinic. Only god really knows w...