SummitRN BSN, RN

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    Nursing Job Forecast In Colorado

    SummitRN replied to ashaffer's topic in Colorado Nursing

    It's easy to make projections 8 years out. Nobody will remember your prediction in 8 years unless you bring it up because you happen to be right. There are too many variables to predict with...
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    Denver School of Nursing--BSN experience

    SummitRN replied to mbw5680's topic in Colorado Nursing

    DSN won't let their students take NCLEX unless they pass a HESI that pretdicts a very high chance of passing NCLEX. That is even if a student otherwise passes their courses. And what percentage of...
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    I know nothing about Colorado...

    SummitRN replied to beckster_01's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Aspen is a small community hospital. I don't think there are any nursing union hospitals in CO. CO is not a union friendly
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    I know nothing about Colorado...

    SummitRN replied to beckster_01's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Colorado is beautiful in the mountains. Denver isn't the mountains. There aren't big hospitals in the mountains. UCH is a 2 hour drive from most of the skiing on a good day with no traffic. 4 hours...
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    Nursing specialty with a lot of math?

    SummitRN replied to dsingson5's topic in Nursing Career

    Maybe RadOnc? Although the Health Physicist probably does everything interesting. There is no hard or interesting math in nursing. It's all elementary or middle school arithmetic. The only slightly...
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    Attendance policy at your school

    SummitRN replied to lelafin's topic in General Students

    Attendance policies are asinine for college students except for clinical. Tests and papers are your grade. Labs should have competencies that must be proven. Everything else is middle school....
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    Is there a CO school WITHOUT a wait list?

    SummitRN replied to jgs284's topic in Colorado Nursing

    There are NO MULTI-YEAR WAITLISTS ... for any Colorado BSN program. They are all merit based admission: everyone applies, then the school takes the best applicants. If you don't get in, you reapply...
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    Platt college?

    SummitRN replied to tbahde's topic in Colorado Nursing

    NLNAC is a nursing cred. This is good. ACCSC is a vocational school cred. This is bad for trying to go on to higher education. I wonder where most of their clinical placements are for MOST students. A...
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    Help decifer an ekg

    SummitRN replied to carleah's topic in Critical Care

    This website does not offer live medical advice. Please contact someone in your chain of command who can help you or dial 911. Or be smart enough next time to phrase the question so it isn't so...
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    What have clinicals/nursing school taught you about yourself?

    SummitRN replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    That there is so much more for me to learn. That, if motivated by the final goal, I can make myself spend a lot of time jumping through pointless hoops like Care Plans, papers about how I feel (in APA...
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    Career change and moving to CO, advice welcome!

    SummitRN replied to pdxwildcat's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Get As in all your remaining prereqs and you could be competitive. There are no waitlists, only merit based entry Regis is by far the best choice economically and career wise, but having that school...
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    rural nursing job market new grads

    SummitRN replied to redisblue's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nursing school will burn you out just as bad. There are reams of information to memorize and comprehend. In addition, expect hours of busy work. That's all before you get to skills/sim lab and the 24...
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    Does VA pay 40 hours for 36 hour weeks (in 12 hour shifts)?

    SummitRN replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Government, Military

    no fte1.0=40hr worked .gov rules
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    Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    SummitRN replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    It sounds like you are frustrated about the learning experience you received from what you consider subpar clinical placements. I would be VERY upset in your place. My BSN program has us on acute med...
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    National list of summer externships or internships

    SummitRN replied to WorldTravelingYogi's topic in General Students

    If you like the VA and already volunteer there, look up the VALOR program. That is the way to go, though it is competitive. Everything is competitive. There is no list. Opportunity must be
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    Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan

    SummitRN replied to KareBear0609's topic in General Students

    The cost of education has gone up at a rate FAR exceeding the cost increases you mentioned. It massively exceeds the rate of inflation. WHY? Two simple reasons: 1. Students "can" bear the burden...
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    My Instructor is discriminating against me

    SummitRN replied to ouyangxiaoxue's topic in General Students

    I had one clinical instructor who was very hard on me. I was told that she often brought students to tears (not me). She was always on my case, peppering me with questions often in the middle of a...
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    Modified self-scheduling has to go (IMHO)

    SummitRN replied to edogs334's topic in General Nursing

    You know what's worse than not having a fixed schedule? Having a crappy fixed
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    Kicked out of nursing school. Now what?!

    SummitRN replied to HWG312's topic in General Students

    If OP didn't want to get crucified, then OP should have provided a lot more information than just "I got kicked out for falsifying medical information." Users can only take the OP at her word. If it...
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    Apathy in nurses and students

    SummitRN replied to freki's topic in General Students

    The ANA has huge dues and does very little. That's my
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    My CNAs dont seem to respect me...

    SummitRN replied to CCFCP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Execute one with a machete in front of them all. The rest will fall into
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    How far would you drive to work?

    SummitRN replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your shift length. For me, my limits are: 8s: 45min 12s: 80min 24s:
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    A "dating female students in your class" post

    SummitRN replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    All the guys in my class are occupied. Everyone gets along. There's great camaraderie amongst all 70 of us, male and female. When NS is done, I'll sure miss all the eye
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    attending vs resident PhD

    SummitRN replied to ading's topic in General Nursing

    With few exceptions, MD vs DO education are completely identical as are their privileges. Just like DDS vs DMD. DOs have residencies and can be attendings. That is why corrected your correction to...
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    attending vs resident PhD

    SummitRN replied to ading's topic in General Nursing

    You listed the degree that physicians had. Physicians are MD or DO. It's like saying "Dentists have a DDS" without "or a