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  1. Just venting

    RN1263 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    my mom was a cardiac perfusionist in open heart surgery and she would come home all upset sometimes, because on more than one occasion a surgeon she had just worked a 6 hr. case w/ wouldn't...

  2. $25,000 for LPN program! Help!

    RN1263 replied to DelanaRN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    the commuter, you do understand that your wages are NOT the norm, right? so, advising the original poster to pay 25 grand when she moves around alot w/ her husband is not...

  3. $25,000 for LPN program! Help!

    RN1263 replied to DelanaRN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    i would never pay 25 grand for lpn....ever! i'm in an rn program and i'll be WAY under that dollar amount when i'm done. sorry, but i just don't think it's worth it!...especially, if you ever wanted...

  4. Question about Getting Into Nursing School??

    RN1263 replied to Srcjknox's topic in Nursing Career

    there is usually a waiting list, regardless of prior schooling. there are 3-4 people in my class who have 4 yr. degrees and they still had to wait. call the school you're interested in and see how...

  5. shift differentials for rn's

    RN1263 replied to RN1263's topic in Ohio Nursing

    now, THAT'S good shift diff. !!!!!!!!! too bad i live in cleveland

  6. shift differentials for rn's

    RN1263 posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm 9 mos. from becoming an r.n. and wondered if anyone from northeast ohio could give me the heads up on what hospital has the best shift differentials. I'm considering working night shift, plus may...

  7. A weird question.....

    RN1263 replied to imn2nursin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    take a look at this website, there are treatment options.

  8. I need some encouragement

    RN1263 replied to taylor21's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i agree w/ the other posters and i might add that i kept "shorter" goals. i would sit and figure out how i could combine the classes each semester to get them done in the shortest amount of time...

  9. how to organize my reading material for study

    RN1263 replied to cclife06's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    oh, i thought of another thing i'm doing that may help. highlight key points from the book "while" you're reading & after you've had lecture add to your powerpoint notes the "key" highlighted...

  10. Would It Be Better To Be A Lpn First, Then Go For Rn?

    RN1263 replied to wannabaRN's topic in LPN to RN

    no, it wouldn't be "better" or "easier", just a shorter time in school....that's just my two cents.... i'm 36 & in my 3rd semester of an r.n. program w/ all my pre-reqs done & it's taken me 2...

  11. I Cant Make Up My Mind Pease Help!!!!!

    RN1263 replied to godsend213's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    sounds like you need to do something in the medical field (even if it's voluteering in a hospital on a medical/ surgical floor) before you decide. don't make the leap into either program until you've...

  12. how to organize my reading material for study

    RN1263 replied to cclife06's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    making your own flashcards is great if you can keep up w/ doing them. i have always made flashcards, but this semester (3rd) i'm going to try getting all key info. on to the powerpoint notes and...

  13. Berated and feeling useless

    RN1263 replied to sn07's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a 3rd semester r.n. student and i can relate to you.....for me it's a matter of trying to "visualize" what type of nursing i'll be doing? if you can't visualize it, how can you become it? being...

  14. And now we wait!!!

    RN1263 replied to Worthless_Nut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    skittlez, don't think the other "floors" will be much different..... now, emergency dept. is VERY different for the simple fact that it's drama & trauma (get em' in & get em' out)...

  15. And now we wait!!!

    RN1263 replied to Worthless_Nut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i worked as an e.r. tech and loved it, so naturally i wanted to be an r.n. so here i am in school for it & let's just say med/surg nursing (req. clinicals) is a polar opposite! not my cup of tea...

  16. And now we wait!!!

    RN1263 replied to Worthless_Nut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i'm in my 3rd semester of a two yr. r.n. program and my best advice for anyone not already in the nursing program is...... work or volunteer at a hospital on a medical/surgical floor NOW, so you know...

  17. shift differentials for rn's

    RN1263 replied to RN1263's topic in Ohio Nursing

    oops! it submitted

  18. shift differentials for rn's

    RN1263 replied to RN1263's topic in Ohio Nursing

    thanks for replying! i think the cleve. clinic isn't paying enough shift diff. for r.n.'s! i made almost $1 more for evening shift as an e.r. tech 14 yrs. ago at huron rd. hosp. (before it combined...

  19. Need Advice, Nursing or Ultrasound Tech.?

    RN1263 replied to nursin4me's topic in Nursing Career

    do the ultrasound route....that's what i was going to do, but choose nursing school instead. i have all my general class and only 5 nursing classes to go and i hate

  20. Confused!!!

    RN1263 replied to moorpark's topic in General Nursing

    reply to moorpark.. i'm 35, married and have one son...oh yeh and i also have m.s....i've been in college for 2 1/2 yrs. and will be finished w/ my adn in one more year... here's my two...

  21. is psych "alot" less physically demanding than med/surg?

    RN1263 replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks for the replies- yeh, i'm not interested in adolescent or gero psych anyway.....plus, i can see how they'd be more physically demanding! i just want to reinerate that i physically could do...

  22. is psych "alot" less physically demanding than med/surg?

    RN1263 replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

    thanks for your reply... i don't have a problem w/ burst of energy- like holding someone down.... it's the "constant" standing, bending, and lifting w/out sitting at all for hours that i can't take...

  23. Mom trying to talk me out of nursing

    RN1263 replied to bioniclewoman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i hope you have someone other than your mom for support???? nursing school is hard and thank god i've had family and friends to help keep me going when it's been rough..... don't try to get her to be...

  24. Question for anyone who just passed chem w/an "A"...

    RN1263 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    well, i took excellerated inorganic & organic chem. last semester and got an "A" ...don't ask me to remember it now, cuz it's a blur, but i did so well, because i used flash cards...they are the...

  25. EEEEEK! Please Help Me! Losing New Job????

    RN1263 replied to rnmom3153's topic in General Nursing

    here's another suggestion..... if you are asked for the prescription (or already have) and it is verified legit, but are turned down for the postion anyway.... then i would tell them you need their...