SnowShoeRN

SnowShoeRN

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  1. Am I crazy to plan a wedding going into my final MSN semester?

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    for some weird reason this thread got posted 3 times. I just want 2 of them to be

  2. Failed first semester by very small amount...

    SnowShoeRN replied to hopefulRN23's topic in General Students

    True that. Where's HopefulRN23? Are you still out there? I hope you're feeling

  3. nursing isn't for everyone

    SnowShoeRN replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty much my story. Just replace "in college" with "newly graduated with my BA in Psych" and "Aunt" with "Dad". My Dad said to me when I had moved back home and quit a cruddy waitress job due...

  4. Falsify credentials

    SnowShoeRN replied to cptkathy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm hoping that you, or someone you know, is in a situation where a card expired and this is something you're considering until you can get re-certified. However, if that's not the case, my first...

  5. Finals time

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hey all, I know the majority of posts on this board seem to be about people looking for programs or preceptors, or what have you, but I just wanted to reach out the grad students who are in their...

  6. Finals time

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm taking Primary Care II and our program "helps" (theoretically) with finding preceptor placement, but most of us have to find our own. I too live in a very saturated area and am really nervous for...

  7. First post-mortem today...

    SnowShoeRN replied to SopranoKris's topic in General Students

    I've been out of inpatient work for a couple of years now, but I can truly say that I've never had a death where I haven't gotten a little teary. And usually there is outright crying. Not...

  8. Failed first semester by very small amount...

    SnowShoeRN replied to hopefulRN23's topic in General Students

    1. Nursing school is HARD. I got my BA from an Ivy league school and I maintain that I had a harder time with my 2-year nursing program that I ever did getting my BA. 2. I too agree with GrnTea. It...

  9. Just need to put this out there. (venting)

    SnowShoeRN replied to AtomicxKitten's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If it makes you feel any better, I used to work with a CNA who had a super bad attitude. She lasted all of 5 months at the job. The thing is, as flexible as you have to be with people who have bad...

  10. Studying during break...

    SnowShoeRN replied to rosyariana's topic in General Students

    Well, being that I'll be doing clinicals over break and taking my boards in 6 months (if all goes according to plan), *I* will most definitely be studying. But not during the week of Christmas. We ALL...

  11. Finals time

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know the answer to that question, Renee. But I think you should teach yourself to think critically and not ask the allnurses community to do your homework for you. Best of luck with finals...

  12. Looking for Graduate Schools that do not require GRE for Psychiatric Mental Health Nu

    SnowShoeRN replied to wliebbe's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Don't know where you're living, but I think Regis College in Massachusetts doesn't require the GRE if you take 2 pre-requisite classes there before applying to their program and get at least B's in...

  13. Anyone NOT work during NP program?

    SnowShoeRN replied to MarBug7's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wasn't in school yet when I worked night. I had a tough time focusing on other tasks though during the day and -as an undergrad- knew a friend who quit the associate's program because he couldn't...

  14. How old were you when you made the choice to become a NP?

    SnowShoeRN replied to mmcc26's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Finished my Bachelors of Psych at age 22. Finished my LPN program at age 24. Finished my AAS in nursing at age 25. I knew I was going to go for my NP as soon as I graduated with my AAS. I figured I'd...

  15. comparing apples to oranges

    SnowShoeRN replied to LarryCarter's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't know how many total clinical hours I completed when I got my undergrad degree (I have an associates in nursing as well as a BA in psych), but in my master's program, we are required to...

  16. young FNP student out of place??

    SnowShoeRN replied to fivefeet05NP2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm 33 and when I found out that my best friend in the program was 25 I was blown away. I thought for SURE she was older than me because she's amazing, wise, clever, funny, and truly a salvation. (:...

  17. Question about FNP's in womens health

    SnowShoeRN replied to sweet_baby_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I can't speak from experience, but I go back and worth wanting to be a WHNP or someday CNM, and wanting to be a FNP. I'm in a FNP program right now, but I'm also taking Care of the Childbearing Woman...

  18. Ipad and FNP school!

    SnowShoeRN replied to marienurse18's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have an adroid phone with some great apps (epocrates for instance), but this year we are also required to have ipads. Our school is basically "providing" them to us with a reduced cost to us, but we...

  19. Anyone NOT work during NP program?

    SnowShoeRN replied to MarBug7's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in my last year of my FNP program and left my last job the August before the program started a couple years ago. I find it's so much easier to focus on school this way. Sure, I'm living off loans...

  20. Which schools have Advanced Pharmacology Online?

    SnowShoeRN replied to funfunfun550's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My school only allows them to be taken the spring semester and summer before our clinical year. Anything that has been taken at another facility prior to that needs to be approved by the Dean of...

  21. Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    SnowShoeRN replied to CampNurse1's topic in Camp

    Hi campnurse1, I didn't mean to imply that I diagnose in an official way or work outside my scope of practice. That's why I put "diagnose" in quotes. It's more like I assess a patient based on what...

  22. Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    SnowShoeRN replied to CampNurse1's topic in Camp

    Hey everyone! I just wanted to check in (it's intersession right now so I have a few - wonderful - days off to rest before the next 3 1/2 week session starts). So yeah, I've been working at a camp...

  23. New Camp Nurse HELP Please!!

    SnowShoeRN replied to firstdaughter156's topic in Camp

    Hey firstdaughter156! :) I'm new to camp nursing too. I don't know if there's enough time right now or if your camp has already started (mine starts tomorrow! yikes!), but I got a really great book...

  24. Studying long hours - How do you do it?

    SnowShoeRN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Sometimes I honestly get into a really good groove and I'm able to concentrate for hours at a time. Those tend to be pretty rare though and typically only involve writing papers and topics in which...

  25. Had a doctor give me great advice the other day. Something to think about.

    SnowShoeRN replied to SummerWertz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is wonderful advice. I've actually been in the position where I've found myself saying to doctors - a few times - "sometimes I wonder if I should have gone to medical school." Because I honestly...