cherubhipster

cherubhipster

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  1. Bayonne School of Med or Holy Name Hospital?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I understand your apprehension about picking a school based on the pass rate only. I would like to add to this and say you should not pick any school based on any one fact at all. I will tell anyone...

  2. Can an RN student from another state extern in TX?

    cherubhipster posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hello friends, I currently go to school in NJ but I am interested in finding an externship in Austin TX. My first question is...can students even do that? Next, does anybody have any hospitals that...

  3. Can an RN student from another state extern in TX?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hmm okay. Maybe externships don't exist in TX like they do in NJ. Here you can work in a hospital before you graduate in a special program for students that lasts 8-10 weeks, not affiliated with...

  4. Bayonne School of Med or Holy Name Hospital?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I ended up with Holy Name, and I DO NOT regret it!! It's a stellar

  5. Bayonne School of Med or Holy Name Hospital?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    More like stupid ridiculous than hard ridiculous..though some parts of the test are so subjective you can't really call it easy. It just isn't a very good measure of actual intelligence, in my...

  6. Bayonne School of Med or Holy Name Hospital?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Is that the test they have you take for Bayonne? If yes, then there is no way to study for it! It's like an IQ test...it was quite

  7. Did anyone find anatomy easy?

    cherubhipster replied to smellyacres's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It hasn't been easy...I mean you definately can't just show up to my class and do nothing and get an A. But I do find that I am not working hard as other people in my class, and my average is higher...

  8. Funny Nursing Related Stories

    cherubhipster replied to nursejanefw's topic in Nursing Humor

    Um, wow, I am really glad for this story because they didn't get up to this in school yet! Now I will not yell for a doctor if I ever see

  9. Did you ever scare yourself as a student?

    cherubhipster replied to rcclover00's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my lord yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. But let me tell you- I have only been in school since August and I have learned SO much that most of that feeling of being intimidated is...

  10. I was told that Psych Nursing is "too depressing"...

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in Psychiatric

    I had an experience in school last friday that I thought might be appropriate for this thread. I am currently on the neuro/stroke floor of our hospital, but last week I was assigned to a pt who really...

  11. I was told that Psych Nursing is "too depressing"...

    cherubhipster posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi everyone! I am about to start school to become an RN and I am looking into some of the specialties I am attracted to. Psych nursing is one of them. I used to be a special ed teacher, and while...

  12. Let me Shadow you in Peds, NICU, L&D, and/or Psych!

    cherubhipster posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hello! I am a first year student at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck. It's only the beginning of school, but I have a few specialties that I am gravitating towards in my imagination. Namely, working...

  13. Tips for surviving adult floors when you want to be in peds?

    cherubhipster posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've only had three days of clinicals. I used to be a teacher, and almost every job I have ever had since I could work was working with kids. Right now I'm on the adult oncology floor. I think there...

  14. Pharmacology question- adding sterile water?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Definately memorize those conversions!!! Luckily our book is pretty good and lays them out well. I made flashcards with all the conversions and just did them over and over. You don't have to really...

  15. Pharmacology question- adding sterile water?

    cherubhipster posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Our professor didn't go over how to do this problem in class, but it showed up in my practise problems: The M.D. orders Kanamycin 0.2 gram IM q12h. The vial of Kanamycin is labeled, "add 5...

  16. First clinical day on friday- OMG Jitters!!!

    cherubhipster posted a topic in General Students

    I've only been in school for a month and I am going into my clinicals on friday. Half our class started today, and I spoke to a few of the other students. We all thought our first day would be...

  17. Day in the life of psych NP/CNS

    cherubhipster replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would also really love to see a response to this

  18. Pharmacology question- adding sterile water?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you guys!! It was defintately the sterile water screwing me up. I was thinking of the part of the formula "volume on hand" in terms of the entire concetration of the bottle, not the volume on...

  19. nursing process question- Etiology

    cherubhipster posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just want to make sure I understand etiology correctly- In Diagnoses, etiology is basically the objective assesment

  20. nursing process question- Etiology

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So..it is the cause of the chosen

  21. Tell me about working in hospitals in Bergen County?

    cherubhipster posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hello, I am doing research on my new career in nursing (I am waiting to hear from schools now) and I just finished a great book about the state of hospitals in the 90's. I am wondering though how...

  22. So...do you really use this stuff in the hospital?

    cherubhipster posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello friends! I just started school to get my RN. Now that I have started school I feel like: Before- I didn't know what being a nurse entails but I thought I did. Now- I have scratched the surface...

  23. So...do you really use this stuff in the hospital?

    cherubhipster replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    wow, what great responses!! This has been really helpful. I found the "learning to walk" metaphor particularly so, as I can easily remember it when I am in the midst of all my textbooks, wondering...

  24. Is it a good idea to be a CNA before being an RN???

    cherubhipster replied to SweetLadyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I relate to how you are feeling. I had thought about doing the same thing when facing my last few months at my old office job. In the end, I decided it wasn't worth it. I also decided that my...

  25. New graduate RN jobs outside the hospital?

    cherubhipster posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Guys! I'm starting school tomorrow..woo! Anyway, in my never ending research about nursing jobs, I was wondering if there are any kinds of RN jobs outside the hospital that one can get as a new...