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Are there any medical schools out there that accept Nurses without the pre-reqs laid out by the majority of North American schools of medicine? Eg. Physics, Organic Chem Thanks.

Hello, all! I'm a third year RN student working as an LPN. I"m thinking of going into medicine once I graduate with my RN degree, although I will need to return for at least two more years of pre-reqs for medical school. I'm starting to wonder why ...

Good day, I am in the process of finishing my BSN program. I am considering the NP route later on down the road and was wondering if any Canadian NPs could provide experiences, pros, cons, and stories of their job. I find scarce information regardi...

This is definitely not a drama queen post. Alcoholism is a mean disease and it is awesome he has the support he needs.

Waht do I wish for in my break room? Natalie Portman. Though in a more semi-realistic way, I'd like to have a cocktail bar... that'd be nice. It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

Absolutely not. Depression is a clinically diagnosed syndrome. Unless it affects the safety and well-being of others, you should not be impeded. If it does, appeal it. Depression is a syndrome. They wouldn't exclude you if you had ACS would they?...

I'm an RN student that challenged, and successfuly, passed my LPN exam. We have the opportunity to challenge the LPN exam after our second year of the BSN, which is kind of nice to gain some experience and much needed money. I find myself using all ...

This is a rant. [rant: on]So a 20 year old girl was admitted to my ward yesterday with a fractured tibia sustained in an MVA. She was t-boned by a drunk driver. She had emergency surgery to fix it (forgot the name of the surgery). Anyway, she deve...

I guess I should shave my legs. lol PS. I'm a guy.

Wow! Thank you for the overwhelming response. One of the main reasons I love this community. Thank you to everyone that shared their stories - they are definintely not easy to talk about. It was interesting to hear some stories from nurses talking...

I'm still in school and I work as an LPN on the weekends. So I work roughly 24 hours per week while taking four classes and a practicum this semester. I can't say it's too stressful considering I'm posting here right now, can I? :)

I work as an LPN now whilst I finish my RN degree (we can challenge the LPN exam in our 2nd year of the BSN). It's tough to really see the difference between scopes of LPN and RN besides the IV and critical care stuff. Although, RNs do get a lot of...

Thank you for replying. I am in my third year. It seems to becoming progressively worse. Today, in our mental health seminar, she referred to schizophrenic patients as "those crazy people with wild visions." My jaw dropped. A classmate piped up ...

I have a fellow student who is ....interesting. She is shockingly rude, insensitive, and generally disrespectful. I don't mind it as much to the rest of the class, but she is disgusting to placements and patients. Here's a truncated list: 1) We have...

According to BCNU, they foresee RNs adopting a more administrative/education/resource/advanced practice (coming soon: suturing) role in the future.

I lol'd quite loudly.

:O Would this cause the pt. to have a cardiac arrest? Or massive contraction issues in the heart?

Group projects are awful when other members don't pull their share. I'm going through it now and was fortunate to have a good group. My previous 3 were absolutely atrocious. Grit your teeth and perservere!

Not necessarily a funny phrase, but this is my ice breaker with patients: Pt. wakes up in his room after surgery with the blinds closed. Pt. asks the surgeon: "Why are my blinds closed?" Surgeon says: "There's a fire outside your window, and we didn...

I just can't believe the student didn't have any remorse.

It's a sad reality that nurses are overworked, underappreciated, and used. But it shows our character when we perservere and still are there for our patients. Kudos to us! PS. At the hospital I work at, nurses scold other nurses for not taking bre...

$22.94/hr as a 3rd year nursing student.

Good question. As a student, I find that preceptors enjoy someone that have open channels of communication. Basically updating your nurses on the status of your patient throughout the day, etc. I've found some preceptors really enjoy it if you let...

I'm a 3rd year BSN student. I was going to post this question under the student forums, but I figured I'd like to have a healthy mix of student & senior nurse feedback on my charting :) Please be as critical or brutally honest as you can be. I ...

SpookyCat, can you give me your verdict on that book once you get a chance to read through it? I'm interested in buying that exact same book but I am definitely short on the funds!