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I was just wondering if there were any other students taking the ADN program at College of the Sequoias in Visalia California. I picked up my syllabus for N161 and want to know what ya think....

I am almost done with the program (graduate in May), I had managed up until this point to not ever have a really bad day at clinicals. But yesterday was so bad I went and cried in the bathroom. My nurse was from the float pool and she and I didn't cl...

I have a question. I work full time and am finishing up my pre-reqs for nursing. When I get into nursing school will I be able to handle the school full time and work part time or should I just quit? How hard was it for you guys?

I am sorry that that happened. We are a rural ER without a psych facilty as well. But we have a few more beds. Our policy recently changed regarding 5150's. We were told by our hospital that we cannot physically make a 5150 stay for medical clearance...

I feel your pain, i hate the pdbs. I am a new grad and had to take pdbs during orientation. I sucked bad, I didn't put down enough detail about what I would do. Some of the stuff I had no idea and for me to make a suggestion as a new grad?! I didn't ...

We just had a big meeting about this the other day, Thankfully our current administration finally listened and we are getting a new group of docs in (the last bunch was horrible, 2 hours for medical screening exam for urgent pt came in with back inju...

As TazziRN said ASK QUESTIONS! As a grad and a new ED nurse I can't tell you how many questions I ask on a daily basis. Like today, I asked many questions because I was unfamiliar with something or didn't know how to approach the doc family orders et...

Lurksalot, I am in the same boat with you. I am a new nurse and am on my own now. I didn't get much precepting due to the staff shorted but I did extern there for about 7 months. It definitely feels weird to be called the nurse now. Also If I ever ha...

OMG these are so true! I had one of those days today! Thanks for the laughs

I live in San Joaquin valley in CA. New grad ip nurses start out at 19.11. When I take boards and hope pass, it will be bumped up to $28. Another hospital nearby pays $31 for new grads....

Our orientation is lengthy. We have 2 weeks of class stuff (hospital orientation, wound care, pain mgt ect. We Even got certified on peritoneal dialysis). The some of us have even longer class time (acls, Pals, Critical care course every thurs for ne...

crzmomof3boys I know how you feel. Every time I even think about boards I get a little panicked. I have 4 books to study from and a couple of programs. I feel like all I am doing is studying. Hopefully it will payoff. But even though I do all these ...

I am taking hurst review tomarrow. Our school told us not to take Kaplan becasue of the problems in the past. The class before us had arranged for Kapalan to come to our campus. On the first day, the woman was late, and when she was questioned on som...

congratz!:balloons: :monkeydance: :mortarboard: My pinning was yesterday. I am sad now but will see some of my classmates again for the Nclex review. i start orientation for my new job next Thurs. Not working yet, kind of in IP limbo at this time. Go...

"let it be" by the Beatles is nice. It's what we are using for our pinning ceremony. Also using beautiful day and I believe I can fly... Everything is so close to being finished I can't believe it!

Ugh we had vidoes all the time in my first couple of semesters (peds and psych). We had to watch them on our own time. It sucked becasue you couldn't take them home, they were only available in the library to watch on thier tvs and only 2 students at...

try this link: http://realnurseed.com/abg.htm

I was told a position was being held for me in the ER were I am curently externing....

I live in cali (central valley), my adn program does sometime in the ICU and ER. In fact thats pretty much the whole focus for the final semester except for a month of leadership.

Glad I am not the only one out there who feels like this. In fact the closer I get to graduation the more freaked out I am getting. I mean, I still feel like I don't know anything. I can't even remember stuff from my 2nd semester that well! Yeesh I a...

I would love to work in the ED when I graduate! I currently work there as an Extern, with graduation only three months away they are training me as a nurse. So hopefully I will just slid into an RN position when I pass boards. Hopefully I will get a ...

This is why I luv you guys! You totally understand where I am coming from. After talking to a lot of fellow classmates, I have finally agreed I am not a moron and I had a bad day. My nurse just wasn't a great teacher. This is a teaching hospital and...

I am at in an extern program at a rural hospital that is closer to my home. It's in the dept I wanted (ER) and in the hospital i want to work at. Do you want to work in a specialty area or no? Sometimes there are no student extern positions at some h...

Bwahahahaha :roll that was funny! What we wear to our pinning is spelled our for us in our student handbook as soon as we get accepted to the program. SKIRTS! Black I believe, and there is even a specific length! No Minis! Of course this is also the...

I just plopped the j.rubios shoes into a search engine and didn't find nuthin. Ya got a website for them?