pnkrocdevil

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1. Question About Full Time vs. Part Time

   pnkrocdevil posted a topic in Nursing Career

   Hi everyone! I'm hoping to get some insight to this general hospital employment question. I will be a new grad as of next week (yay), with no hospital experience except for clinicals. I am fortunate...

2. Interventions for Impaired Parenting Dx

   pnkrocdevil replied to pnkrocdevil's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Thank you so much Daytonite for your help! I'm still going in 100 different directions with this careplan. As I said my pt. wasn't sick anymore when I began taking care of her. The only reason I am...

3. Interventions for Impaired Parenting Dx

   pnkrocdevil posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I have been racking my brain for the last 2 days trying to come up with feasible, pertinent nursing interventions for for a diagnosis of Impaired parenting r/t young parental age AEB mother is 17, and...

4. Tattoo Cover Makeup?

   pnkrocdevil replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Students

   During my clinicals we had to cover our tattoos up with bandages. For 8 weeks I looked like I had attempted suicide d/t the bandages I had on both of my wrists. Another girl had a large tattoo on the...

5. What To Do...lpn Or Rn

   pnkrocdevil replied to spoiledbrat0627's topic in Indiana Nursing

   Ivy Tech doesn't have wait lists. They accept students to RN and LPN in fall and spring semesters. They award you points for your pre-req's and TEAS score and admit the top scores each semester. You...

6. Brown Mackie Merrillville

   pnkrocdevil replied to tggrwilliams04's topic in Indiana Nursing

   I would be wary of this school. I just started my clinicals and the director of the unit we are in said she won't hire any Brown Mackie graduates. She also added that she doesn't even allow Brown...

7. Alternate for nursing program question . . .

   pnkrocdevil replied to tlofflan's topic in Indiana Nursing

   Nursenessa, I just started the Gary ASN this semester. Let me tell you, Gary takes their sweet old time getting those letters out. Don't drive yourself nuts, I did this summer. They were supposed to...

8. Anyone @ Ivy Tech Gary??

   pnkrocdevil replied to WendiAnnn's topic in Indiana Nursing

   I'm at Ivy Tech Gary. I'm about the only one though. I just started the ASN program

9. Appalled by lack of respect and tact from hospital staff...Very long post

   pnkrocdevil replied to pnkrocdevil's topic in Indiana Nursing

   Sorry I haven't updated...Trying to get everything set before school starts (just had orientation last week so we only have 3 weeks for physical/labs/cpr/uniforms etc) and I'm leaving for Mexico next...

10. Appalled by lack of respect and tact from hospital staff...Very long post

    pnkrocdevil replied to pnkrocdevil's topic in Indiana Nursing

    The ups and downs when it comes to the care of elderly patients is enough to make anyone crazy. Things aren't looking as great as I initially expected, and am very frustrated with the hospital admin....

11. Appalled by lack of respect and tact from hospital staff...Very long post

    pnkrocdevil replied to pnkrocdevil's topic in Indiana Nursing

    You were right canoehead! My grandmother's prognosis has changed drastically. Yesterday morning they said they would be preparing to discharge her to a care facility because they felt she would not...

12. Appalled by lack of respect and tact from hospital staff...Very long post

    pnkrocdevil posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

    I'm having a difficult time right now understanding why some healthcare workers remain in a hospital setting when they are no longer (or never were to begin with) compassionate. On Sunday evening my...

13. Grrr. Ivy Tech: SO confused!

    pnkrocdevil replied to dizze98765's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I would not recommend either of those programs to anyone, as they are not accredited by the NLNAC. Completion of an accredited program is often the first thing that potential employers look at....

14. Last pre-req class tomorrow!

    pnkrocdevil replied to 2bNurse Elizabeth's topic in Indiana Nursing

    2BNURSE, I didn't think MAT 118 was too difficult. I also took it in the accelerated 8 week format. Just a lot of memorizing formulas for things like interest on loans and mortgages, probability of...

15. Last pre-req class tomorrow!

    pnkrocdevil replied to 2bNurse Elizabeth's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I just finished my online MAT 118 too last Friday! Did you by any chance have Karen Howard for your instructor? I loved that class and am such a dork now figuring out mortgages and things. Although I...