Nurse SMS MSN, RN

Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development

You did what you knew how to do; when you knew better, you did better. - Maya Angelou

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How do nurse clinical usually work?

Nurse SMS replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

Yes...that is the research I referred to in my post :) There is a lot of research going on these days on nursing interventions and their effectiveness. You will access a lot of it during your nursing...
How do nurse clinical usually work?

Nurse SMS replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

We also have a worksheet we fill in along with narrative chart notes, which is basically a blank sheet of paper. Everything done is recorded on these pages - the worksheet is pretty much for the head...
Sharing your survival tips--How do you prepare each semester?

Nurse SMS replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

Allrecipes.com and recipezaar.com are good sites. Other students are usually a good resource for recipes
Does anyone have homework already???

Nurse SMS replied to sch1109's topic in General Students

Yep. Classes start August 23. We have exams on med math and pharmacology the first week. Tons of reading, 25 new drugs plus skills review and exams the first week
How do nurse clinical usually work?

Nurse SMS replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

Actually it is both logical and educational. It teaches us about disease processes, how they affect the body, how pharmacologic intervention affects the disease process as well as the body, how each...
How do nurse clinical usually work?

Nurse SMS replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

It may have variations at every school. At mine, we were assigned our patient the night before. We had to go to the hospital, look up labs, record what meds the patient is on along with their...
Pet peeve

Nurse SMS replied to Up2nogood RN's topic in General Nursing

Techs and nurses who talk over/around the patient during patient care about the patient, as if the patient cannot hear or understand....as in the telling of stories of or editorial commenting about...
Most ridiculous patient requests?

Nurse SMS replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

Nurse extern here, sitting for a suicidal meth addict, who asked me to take him out for a cigarette. On the ROOF. Told him firmly "Not on my watch". Then he wanted me to look at his genitals and tell...
How often to do you think about quiting?

Nurse SMS replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

Never. I worked too hard to get here and quitting would for me be a failure. Failure is not an option. I do not let myself even remotely entertain that
Done with prereqs but can't get accepted!

Nurse SMS replied to cnro's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

Brookhaven is one of the most competitive programs in this area. You will need to apply to El Centro, Collin County, maybe even Tarrant County and Grayson County. You may have to look at four year...
Tired of the CNA Lecture *Mini-rant*

Nurse SMS replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

I don't have a CNA and was hired by a local hospital for a nurse externship after my first semester was completed. Much of what I do is the same stuff as a PCT/CNA. I agree that not having a CNA will...
Grades don't matter! Are you sure??????

Nurse SMS replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

Grades DO matter and it is a trend that will continue as employers seek to find the best new graduate candidate for the couple of openings they have amoung the hundreds who apply for those. The...
nursing scool in dallas TX

Nurse SMS replied to 8674's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

I am in the nursing program at Collin. I didn't study for the PSB. Do a search on PSB study guides on here and you will find threads posted about it that list
Jobs while in nursing school

Nurse SMS replied to coolpeach's topic in Texas Nursing

I am headed into my second semester as well and interviewed for and was granted a nurse extern position with PRN scheduling to accomodate school. This hospital hired two of us out of many many...
Bizarre family member behavior

Nurse SMS replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

People are inundated these days by the news, Readers Digest and other sources about the importance of advocating for yourself or your loved one during times of illness. It is very popular in the press...
Leaving full time job to go to nursing school...

Nurse SMS replied to Krazy4pedsRN's topic in General Nursing

I am in nursing school now. I work part time (about 6 hours per week during the semesters), increase hours in the summer time, utilize my life savings to supplement as well as loans, grants and...
Hospitals no longer hiring nurses with their ADN?

Nurse SMS replied to Sandrizzle86's topic in Texas Nursing

Thank you for the link. That is actually something I would be very interested
Half of class excused from HESI and the other half not

Nurse SMS replied to farmgirl40's topic in General Students

Sounds like you need to put the energy you are putting into fighting this...into studying for it. Fair or unfair isn't the point. You have to do it to graduate and it sounds like that is just the way...
Finding a job... should I be worried?

Nurse SMS replied to css62's topic in General Students

There is a difference between being worried and being proactively aware. Don't ignore the fact that there is a severe dearth of nursing jobs for new grads, but don't let it paralyze you or change your...
Signed Contract as a new nurse

Nurse SMS replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in General Nursing

$3K is very worth it for a position that furthers your career goals. Think of it as having been a short term loan. See if they will work out installments with you for it. And take the job that makes...
Incoming GPA for ADN programs?

Nurse SMS replied to Mideast100's topic in General Students

Our ADN program is highly competitive. How high the GPA needed to get in though largely depends on the pool of applicants, which there is no way to really know. I had around a 3.8 at the time of...
i dont understand..

Nurse SMS replied to vccorscc's topic in General Students

Yep. There is no nursing shortage right now. They can afford to be choosy. It is expensive to orient and train a new nurse and often just after orientation and a year of experience are completed they...
I just ordered a Zuca bag for school

Nurse SMS replied to JackieBRCC's topic in General Students

Shopping now - Overstock.com has some very nice looking roller briefcases with good reviews from other college students at pretty reasonable prices. I may go with something from
Help with anything for nursing school

Nurse SMS replied to angelaforrester's topic in General Students

The more ways you expose your brain to the material, the better your comprehension and retention are going to be. So yes, you do need to read the chapters. Then do the review questions at the back....
I just ordered a Zuca bag for school

Nurse SMS replied to JackieBRCC's topic in General Students

This is probably too bulky for my needs, but I do want a rolling bag of some sort. Anyone have any others they really

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