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I must agree here with you 100% except for the crying part because I am a man of course. I am tough guy and (ha-ha) don't cry unless given a 18 gauge in the A/C! The next best thing was last night when our family and people who helped us get finish...

i agree and disagree. i agree on principle but i had a strange expirience during one of my clinicals last year. btw i will graduate in 6 days yahoo! i was working with a client and he was talking to his wife on his cell phone and stated his dr. wa...

I did, am working F/T right now. I am not working in a related field. The ADN program I am about ready to graduate from does offer evening clinicals and classes but the evening clinicals are usually done by 6 or 7pm. I may be one of two f/t studen...

We are very similar :) Things done so far: Clinical (done), Preceptorship (done), HESI (done) Things yet to come: 2 classes, 1 Exam (Derm and Burn), 1 Final, Pinning Ceremony!, Cap and Gown!!! Then Boards here I come. I think that a beach should c...

Seems like I was in your exact shoes about 30 months ago. Honestly it feels like it was last month. I have been going to a ADN program in the midwest and will be graduating in 2 weeks and it feels like it has absolutley flown by! All I can say is ...

I saw one today on a lab report in ICU. I had only heard about in on my med surge Oncology Rotation. It was explained to me that not only could it mean infection but could also mean a transition to certain types of cancer. I will explain what I saw o...

This is a great topic. One I wish I could have found more "in depth" discussions on prior to my first rotation this semester. I will have to play the devils advocate and say that my personal experience was fantastic to say the least. That not a si...

I was also told not to work or work I do record lectures mainly to listen during own times. This would be considered to be used when its inappropriate to drag around 50# books. Like soccer games or practices or sporting events etc. I only live 1...

About 20 years ago I was med level 1 certified and took care as a tech MR patients with dual diagnosis of different varieties. 8 men in a long term facility and most were explosive type disorders. This 9 month job had help me gain some idea of wha...

I had a really tuff (mentally) 2nd semester. I did manage to make it through and can say I am now a level 2 student nurse. Only 11 more months to go till graduation and the opportunity to take RN boards. Another hurdle in itself hehe. Enjoy the sum...

I work full time to support family. My wife and I are both in the same ADN program together. We will both graduate next May. :) She is doing a internship at a local ER with a level 1 trauma center. She said its swamped every night. We have about ...

80 students, 2 theory classes, 1 lab, and 1 clinical. 21 students looking to re enter next years program, some looking for a spot in the LPN program. Zero with a 4.0. It may be great to strive for perfection. I will begin to strive for perfectio...

I just turned 41 in Oct. My younger bride is also in school and together we started our first semester of 2 yr ADN program. She was working part time but is the manager of our household and quit work recently. I still work 40-50 hrs a week in sale...

15 pages later...Yes I read the entire thread. Of course not all in one sitting. Seems we have a discussion about due process. Due process and chain of command are implemented for a reason. These things bring consistency and order. Otherwise you...

I am starting my first semester of ADN program have 21 months left (yipee) and 4 ttl semesters. I was reading through the nursing program policies and they use a different grading scale then regular school/classes. Ex. 78 is the lowest C you can ge...

OK yours is more steep than mine. I will stop complaining. He-he :imbar

I expect my previous classes to stay as transferred in. I guess I need to re-word my question. Since the grading scale has been tuffened up 92=B, 85=C , when I have my current transcripts looked at by a future prospect will they take in effect that...

I love analogies. This is a good one. The most important lesson with this analogy is that "practice does not make perfect." If the center fielder throws to second base every time eventual speedy gonzales will burn him/her and take third base via t...

I will try to keep this story as short as possible I can be long winded when emotional. I first empathize with anyone who has ever been fired. It is quite humiliating and takes some time to recover from. I now feel its maybe the best thing that has ...

This was a great story for me and my wife. My first childbirth (as a coach of course) and her second was awesome. I still remember her name. "Nurse Judy" St Lukes Hospital in St Louis. She made us feel like we were the President and the First la...

I am not exactly sure but I am sure it changes as some retire and graduates enter into the field, but I read somewhere the average age in most CRNA classes in in mid to high forties. I would think most of you youngins' will do just fine. I wanted t...

This is a valid reason to start in ICU. You should know in first year whether you are cut out or if thing become easier. I have a question or two related to this post. If someone has ulterior motives for starting in ICU do they put this on their ap...

This is a valid reason to start in ICU. You should know in first year whether you are cut out or if thing become easier. I have a question or two related to this post. If someone has ulterior motives for starting in ICU do they put this on their ap...

One question. What is the average income tax that a person pays (%) if he/she works in a country that provides free healthcare for everyone?

Hi all, I have a simple question yet the answer will probably vary. I have read and re read a lot of the negative stuff regarding RN new hires. It seems that either expectations where either too high or hazing the new grads was more than one could b...