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  1. New Grad moving to Raleigh, NC and need advice, please!

    birthrevolution replied to newgraddec's topic in Nursing Career

    I got one phone call for one interview, went in and got a second interview and then got that job. I got absolutely no response from any other hospital in the Triangle. What hospitals did you apply to?...

  2. More than one job application to one HR dept?

    birthrevolution replied to Scooter321's topic in General Students

    Apply for any and all jobs you are interested in. I didn't and it was only by luck that I actually got an interview for the job I was interested in (long complicated

  3. Practicing NG tube insertion?

    birthrevolution replied to want2banrn's topic in General Students

    We practiced on our mannequins and they didn't throw

  4. PN pay for UNC hospital and shift diffs...

    birthrevolution replied to JRockey76's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I don't know about experienced nurses, but at UNC new grads start at $20.50 an hour with the following shift difs: $3.75/hr extra for weekday evenings/night $10/hr extra for weekend days $13.75/hr...

  5. Moving to NC from WI

    birthrevolution replied to javawren_23's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Isn't Hendersonville near Asheville? I know people who got new grad jobs at Mission Hospital in Asheville and like it there. You might also have better luck at the smaller more rural hospitals in the...

  6. Feeling really discouraged....

    birthrevolution replied to stefanyjoy's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Do you have another Bachelor's degree? If so, you could do a second-degree program. Or, if you don't you could do classes towards a bachelor's instead of prereqs for an ADN program and then more...

  7. Which topics in microbiology are the most useful in nursing?

    birthrevolution replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

    I was thinking the same thing! My micro class was absolutely fabulous! I use all the info I learned about antibiotics and how they work, antivirals/viruses, the immune system, how bacteria grows,...

  8. I am confused on priority on nclex. DKA, Renal Fail, Head injury?

    birthrevolution replied to jcutler's topic in General Students

    I am also confused. I need the context of the full question. Who has decreased LOC? Who has a K+ of

  9. When to ask about medication questions?

    birthrevolution replied to JBMmom's topic in General Students

    Honestly, that's the kind of thinking they are looking for and I would absolutely bring it up! Also, as a nursing student I have caught important medication errors. One time I had a patient have a...

  10. UNC-Chapel HIll School of Nursing

    birthrevolution replied to exploringnursing's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Welcome to the School of Nursing! Congratulations! They word it like that because officially only the University can accept you into an undergraduate program. They can only officially recommend you...

  11. Duke LDRP/Duke Birthing Center/ICN

    birthrevolution posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Anyone have any insight into Duke's Labor & Delivery or Intensive Care Nursery? I'm looking at applying there and am trying to do some research. Oddly enough, it's the one hospital in the Triangle...

  12. Gabapentin?

    birthrevolution replied to IaCountryGirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Migraines? I swear, every time someone has a random neuro type drug with no (charted) relevant PMH it's for migraines! Why don't you just ask the patient why he's taking it? I assume you're doing...

  13. New TEAS V Science Section

    birthrevolution replied to nepthea's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Agreed! My school gave it to us after we were admitted just to find people who were in need of extra tutoring. Mine is a second degree program so they assume that if you already have a Bachelor's...

  14. UNC-Chapel HIll School of Nursing

    birthrevolution replied to exploringnursing's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    24 month, but I'm pretty sure they send out the letters all at once. I heard around this time last year. I'm sure you'll hear soon, she just got it on Saturday. Mail only takes a day to get to us from...

  15. UNC-Chapel HIll School of Nursing

    birthrevolution replied to exploringnursing's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Some letter have been sent, a friend of mine got hers and was

  16. List of must-have skills/procedures for Med-Surg?

    birthrevolution replied to greenbeanio's topic in General Students

    It really seems to vary from floor to floor! I know I'm afraid I'm going to leave school never having started an IV except on that fake hand! All of my patients have either had their IVs placed in the...

  17. New LPN Down and out in NC: Where are the jobs?

    birthrevolution replied to myperads's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I'm not sure where you are, but I was just on Duke's website and there were quite a few LPN openings, in both hospital and clinic

  18. UNC-Chapel HIll School of Nursing

    birthrevolution replied to exploringnursing's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    My understanding is that the letters for January start will go out at the end of

  19. Broke Foot=withdraw from nursing school

    birthrevolution replied to tattooedlilfreak's topic in General Students

    In my school there are classes that don't have a clinical portion, do not have certain clinicals as prereqs and can be taken independently of clinical courses. For example, my friend did not pass...

  20. Anyone going for IBCLC?

    birthrevolution replied to MamaRose's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Lactation Education Consultants They do trainings around the

  21. Broke Foot=withdraw from nursing school

    birthrevolution replied to tattooedlilfreak's topic in General Students

    There's a difference between making you withdraw from clinical and forcing you to withdraw from the whole program. If I wasn't able to make up my clinical hours (due to my broken toe) I would have had...

  22. ABG help

    birthrevolution replied to phimusister's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The first one, if you don't know the answer you should go back and review basic physiology. The second one, like the previous poster said, you would know the answer to if you understood the basics....

  23. Broke Foot=withdraw from nursing school

    birthrevolution replied to tattooedlilfreak's topic in General Students

    Your school didn't offer you any options besides withdrawing? I find that disappointing. You weren't able to stay enrolled in non-clinical courses to get ahead on those? Also, they don't offer...

  24. bookstore = constant PAIN

    birthrevolution replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    I rarely use the campus bookstore except to buy college gear like t-shirts and gifts Make friends with the people a class ahead of you and borrow or buy their books for a discount. We also had an...

  25. Anyone going for IBCLC?

    birthrevolution replied to MamaRose's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm enrolled in a program that will allow me to sit for the IBCLC exam in 2011. I absolutely love it, I come home from breastfeeding clinical so happy. It can be really frustrating at times, but it...