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    Options to joining Nurse Unions

    ArrowRN replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    thanks, I'm in florida and we all know how much they dislike unions down
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    Got Accepted to Nursing School and Prestige Factor

    ArrowRN replied to sevenup0307's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Mainly from my dad I got the look then the stereotypical question...Nursing School??? ohh really? "that's uh good. be what you want to be" . With that reaction its no wonder in my journey, I've seen...
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    Nervous/Anxious about starting Nursing Program!

    ArrowRN replied to nursingstudentjess's topic in General Students

    Really, if you been a good student in the past, just apply the same principles to nursing school times 100% :) and you will do great. Most times people who fail out of the program either was allowing...
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    Answer asap plsssssssssss

    ArrowRN replied to stephanie11's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As students critical thinking is being hammered into our brains...we should not be handed down answers. I have not even done advance stuff yet and even I could figure at least that firstly the person...
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    Grants/scholarships

    ArrowRN replied to zuk1000's topic in General Students

    That happened to me last year December, but I still took the scholarship orientation course and TABE because the courses valid for 6 months. Once I was done I kept bothering them every 2-3 weeks with...
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    Grants/scholarships

    ArrowRN replied to zuk1000's topic in General Students

    Workforce Investment Act...Yep get some of that "stimulus" money that's still floating around. You can get about $8000 without paying it back as long as to pass your classes plus they help you find...
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    fundamentals ati practice??

    ArrowRN replied to learningbutterfly's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hummm...Below is grading criterion DIRECTLY from ATI. Anyways Level 3 level 1 none of it matters ATI is just a reference. Level 3 and level 2 means the candidate EXCEEDS expectations if they were to...
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    fundamentals ati practice??

    ArrowRN replied to learningbutterfly's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Our school used the ati fundamentals test at the end of the first semester. I never used the practice test but I got 65% They called that level 1 which is a pass, of which level 3 was highest raking....
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    Getting a job after challenging CNA exam

    ArrowRN replied to Nurse2b87's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well based on my wife experience, its hard to get a CNA job even with formal training. Potential employers have this silly 1 year required and its near impossible to get a CNA at a hospital without...
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    Would like more information about becoming a nurse.

    ArrowRN replied to shaynarenee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This would be a great time to try to volunteer at a facility, its a great way to meet and learn from people working in nursing. Later you can try to get a mentor to shadow on the job to see what they...
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    2013-2014 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Program

    ArrowRN replied to driven2012's topic in General Students

    to those who know more about this scholarship, mainly for loan repayment, I just checking on this the search for eligible facilities link http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/ and having a problem. Many searches...
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    Nursing scholarships?

    ArrowRN replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in General Students

    HRSA Scholarship Program has scholarships for all types of nursing students. Application period in is spring
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    How many of you practice on your family members?

    ArrowRN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    there's that cartoon caption but then there's the relatives are now constantly coming to me for medical advice and I gotta hide from them...I know nothing people, I'm just a
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    Each university have different pre-requisites

    ArrowRN replied to youngz93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    that's why I always suggest to people to complete their AA degree first because within that you can do several prereqs and still be working towards your goal of getting a BSN. My AA had like 76...
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    Why the heck do I have to be assertive???

    ArrowRN replied to JaRoJoCT's topic in General Students

    I agree there is a time and place to be assertive, but I think most introverts or shy people (yeah I know its different) can take that stand when the time comes to advocate for the REAL patient. But...
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    Why the heck do I have to be assertive???

    ArrowRN replied to JaRoJoCT's topic in General Students

    Totally agree with initial post...but to pookyp I ask...why do we even have to "come out of our shell"? I facing the same problem in nursing school and its really quite bizarre that one has to be loud...
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    University discrimination - what do you do when you fail 4th year?

    ArrowRN replied to shattered's topic in General Students

    WOW WOW It's true..nurses do eat their young :) Anyways thanks lots for twisting my words but I did not say anything about MEN ARE THE SOLE SOURCE OF CHANGING THE FACE OF NURSING....and for you to...
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    University discrimination - what do you do when you fail 4th year?

    ArrowRN replied to shattered's topic in General Students

    I agree with this...sometimes the best way to fight something is from the inside. Finish your degree somewhere else and become a professor in that school and you will be able to assist your men that...
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    Need some opjnions on my AA Degree.

    ArrowRN replied to palamino98's topic in General Students

    Seems like you more woried about the pell moving to the nursing school. To answer your final question. NO having an AA is not for the job market. Its for progression to BSN. That is the route I took....
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    Any tips on how to succeed in nursing school?

    ArrowRN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    do not procrastinate!...like I'm doing now. I guess allnurses.com could count as a nursing research excuse to
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    University discrimination - what do you do when you fail 4th year?

    ArrowRN replied to shattered's topic in General Students

    I love it when people say "that don't sound like discrimination to me" when they are the ones who are not in the situation. It's obvious something is going on here. Even in my University and all...
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    Any advice, on taking pathophysiology. We are using the book. By lachel story.

    ArrowRN replied to Bri :)'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My patho class has been combination of applied and knowing definitions. Our text is Huether and McCance, Understanding Patho. Thus far the teaching method did not work for me so I had to do additional...
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    Were are you going to work when you graduate???

    ArrowRN replied to francoml's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Ever considered peds? I'm yet to have my clinical in that area but I'm thinking working with kids might be cool. I got kids of my own and they seem to make easier patients than the wife. On a serious...
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    Were are you going to work when you graduate???

    ArrowRN replied to francoml's topic in Male Nursing Students

    wow trauma internship right after graduating is not bad at all. I still have one year left in my program. I hope to get into ER...but eventually I thinking of working in OR where patients can't talk...
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    education assistance

    ArrowRN replied to sk01's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You'll have a better chance of transferring to a BSN program if you have an AA degree, not just the prerequisites. The additional courses will help boost your GPA if you focus on getting only A's from...