Natingale

Natingale EdD, RN

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  1. yeap!!! thats what i said, one plus is our books are going to be the books we use for the whole program. not one semester, and your uniform you can always wear after schools
  2. TOURO College Nursing Program

    Well they only admitt students once a year. Their website is really informational, I think the first semester is somewhere around 7 grand. You have to take the NLN exam, and to be honest .. If it...
  3. want2beanurse -- Dont let it bring you down, we all come across a bump in the road one point or another. Look at the bright side, you have 6 months to practice your math skills. If it doesnt happen...
  4. I am currently enrolled in the day program, K2 If you are in section G6 or G7 (Franklin Hospital) and you will like to switch with K2 (Glen Cove Hospital) Contact me ASAP! Thank you soooooooooo much!...
  5. Is an associates degree enough for me ?

    Basically youre going to be starting from scratch, look into the curriculum and see what classes you already have under your belt. There are some people with a Masters degree, that went to an ADN...
  6. NCC vs Stony Brook

    Are you applying for the Spring 09 term in ncc? I dont know much about Stony Brook. I went application crazy recently and applied to 5 schools. I got into 2 so far! Still waiting to hear from the...
  7. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    This is a national problem LOL..I feel like ED Nurses across the country work in one big hospital. You guys go through the same issues, I dont understand why they cant take report and let the patient...
  8. ACCEPTED to Nassau Community College Fall 08

    Im in k2 - what section are you in? Im going to Glen Cove. I dont know much about that hospital Anyone for that matter, if youre in the G section im your girl if you wanna switch Congrats everyone,...
  9. Unit Clerk in NYC

    St francis is always looking for a unit clerk ...so are some other hospitals in LI i think they start u on
  10. NCC Students -> Good Luck Today!

    I have prof.
  11. we had to get our scrubs from doveapparel.com--the top alone was 45$ --plus we get it engraved women must wear stockins even if theyre buying the pants. Sometimes the hospital will make us [students]...
  12. Medical Terminology course before A&P

    its not a requirement but its really helpful..the healthcare field is like learning new language. the class is super
  13. Yeah I heard great things about the Palm -- Ive actually got the idea from the PDA forum section The other thing carlos was talking about sounds cool too, but 300 dollars Yikes! lol Im going to load...
  14. NCC Students -> Good Luck Today!

    yikes ..wear it in the car on the way there then take it out after u park im gonna be there at
  15. Statistics

    i took stat. for a winter mini session (3 week course) ...and the professor did NOT cut corners. We had quizzes everyday, 2 exams that were 25% of our grade ..graded our homework and everything. Its...
  16. Oooo yeah I got a PDA too ..I invested in a Palm E2 (130 bucks ebay baby) for that same reason Keep tabers (medical dictionary) as well as other programs to help with charting and lab
  17. A lot of schools require that My fiance bought my sprgue steth (pink) for our anniversary when I was "sweating bullets waiting for an acceptance letter" LOL I was like OHH NOO you jinxed me. Now I...
  18. Medical Terminology course before A&P

    Medical terminology will help in the long run. Its an extremely easy class. They take the words apart, so when you see it you know what it means. Dys = difficulty cyt - cells itis - inflammation..etc...
  19. LOL Everyday is NHDD Theyre really ridiculous, last night we had a 89 male come in because he was agitated. Know what he did the whole 5 hours he was there? Sleep. He was discharged from a regular...
  20. has anyone recently applied to ny schools??

    OMG LOL Go to the New York section maybe you will get more responses there. You have to give people more than 30 minutes to respond, responding to your own posts over and over again will deter...
  21. New ED nurses who "know it all"

    We actually had step down nurses come to the ER and they were soo unfit for the E.R. ..I dont think we can generalize new grads, and say X amount of time on X floor = better ER Nurse. Ive seen...
  22. im going to NCC in september and they dont require the NLN Really the NLN is similiar to the SATs ..If everyone is applying to a certain school its to screen out whos got a certain strength and...
  23. Are there "well staffed" ERs?

    OMG Our ER is terrible then, we have literally 4 nurses on average at night. That includes the charge nurse who does triage, ambulance triage, and charge. We have 25 beds, and a few chair patients...
  24. Yeah we had one of those but he couldnt even like walk. It was still on, they did an xray and it looked like it was in his sacral area LOL The WORST would be this guy who tried to circumcize himself...
  25. Mass Exodus from ED

    good idea