ReinventingMyselfAgain MSN, RN

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I've done a lot in my 30 years as an RN. Looking to do more.

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    any instructors or such out there

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

    If all you did wrong the entire semester is failed to look at the patient's nameband on the last clinical day, you would not have failed. As an instructor (at least where I work), you have to prove...
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    any instructors or such out there

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail right on the
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    any instructors or such out there

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

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    any instructors or such out there

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

    Once again the evil instructors go back to school and plot and scheme about how to fail the students That's my favorite part of my job, and the only reason I got into this, you
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    any instructors or such out there

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

    Good post, Daytonite. I would not have been so brutally honest, lol, but what you say makes perfect sense. Mom- I know it is frustrating to see the way people behave. But being 45 yourself, this...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi new grads!! I am trying to gather some real life information to bring back to my clinical students. I don't want this to be a bashing thread about your instructors (because it's never OUR...
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    Magnet Hospital Status

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to 1Tulip's topic in Nurse Management

    :yeahthat: I totally agree with
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    Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers School of Nursing - Queens

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to rsantos718's topic in New York Nursing

    It's sort of like a 'seal of approval', if you will. Like Magnet. basically, the National League for Nurses is saying that they think you are a good nursing school. It doen't mean that you are not...
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    Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers School of Nursing - Queens

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to rsantos718's topic in New York Nursing

    NLN accreditation and the entrance exam are two different things. SVCMC has a different entrance exam, not the NLN. They used to use the NLN exam but have switched their entrance
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    Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers School of Nursing - Queens

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to rsantos718's topic in New York Nursing

    They are not NLN accredited. This does not mean the college credits are non-transferrable. NLN has nothing to do with college credits transferring from one school to another. The state of NY has...
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    Pregnant, new grad ,need advice..

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to jazzinitup's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't tell them. As you already know, they cannot use it against you, but you don't want to give them any ammunition. Obviously, when you are hired and go for your physical, it'll come out. But it...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I get the theoretical basis of all that. But again, it boils down to time. There aren't enough hours in the day/week/semester for it. Back in the days of diploma programs, students did much more...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know there is a huge communication gap between my world (the academia world) and the staff education world. one of my colleagues recently came from a career in staff ed, and, as she put it, it all...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, I didn't know I was asleep . You lumped 'lack of skills' and 'experience with the patients' in the same category. While I am certainly not minimizong the need to know the skills, the...
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    Does your school say you to pass the HESI to get your degree?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to KBoo's topic in General Students

    I know that seems like the logical solution, but it is much much more than that. I'm not sure about nationwide, but I know that my state's pass rate has gone down this past year... in ALL the...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I went to the school where I teach. When I was a student, we got our assigment the day before, and had tome to look up the meds and the disease process. We did not have to have a CP ready, but...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here is my EXACT point of this thread. So tell me, what did you do for two years, since you did NOT do all the skills? Please tell me you learned something. Do you know how to assess, chart,...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OMG!! I NEVER heard a student say this!! :bowingpur I'm sooo glad you saw the point. I did see your point beyond that as well (if you didn't have the patient). Sadly, there is nothing we can do...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    And there you go!! You just saw the big picture, and prioritized!!! As my old boss used to say, there's a method to our madness!! In order to prioritize, you need to grasp the 'big picture'. How...
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    Does your school say you to pass the HESI to get your degree?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to KBoo's topic in General Students

    I really do not know much about HESI except that it is meant to be an indicator of NCLEX success (and that nobody looks forward to it). We do not use it where I teach. However, I was informed that...
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    Failed out of nursing sch. waited a yr and they are not accepting me again.

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to newleaf0704's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Regarding your denial back into the program I have one word for you.... POLICY. Did they give you a reason for denying you? What is the policy for re-admittance back into the program after failing...
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    The long term effects of being fired

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Poochee's topic in General Nursing

    I was "asked to resign" from a position during orientation. It was 2 months into it, but had already been thrown to the wolves. They put me on my shift and my 'preceptor' was the ony other nurse on...
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    What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you!! I really do love what I do, and I want to see all my students succeed. I know I cannot teach them everything, and it takes time for them to get it together, but I try my hardest to...
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    I failed my first clinical!

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I know what state she is not in, lol. No school that I know of would take someone after failing a clinical (or a theory portion, which, when you look at a transcript, it doesn't specify why the...
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    Questions about clinical skills labs-IV & NG Feeding tubes

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to noellelynn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You have the basic idea of what goes on where. As for the specific skills you learn, it is up to the individual school. All of my students are so disappointed to find out that they do NOT insert IVs...