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I'm currently a BSN student, and hope to be an acute nurse practitioner some day. You must have a full year of clinical experience before you enter into a NP program, but is that really enough? I'm wondering if immediately starting a NP program only...

I've had nothing but positive experiences, especially in the clinical setting. Patients usually have an impressed look on their face when I tell them I'm a student nurse. Then again, I am from Canada where society tends to be quite liberal leaning. ...

This is more of a nurse-ghost story rather than one with patient experiences. A sanatorium named Fort San was built in 1917 to house people with tuberculosis. one night, a nurse wrapped a bed sheet around her neck and hung herself. The place was clos...

I'm currently taking my BSN through the University of Saskatchewan's NEPS program which is offered through a community college. There were multiple nursing programs in the province, so they decided to lump them together and offer the same program at...

I bought unisex scrubs from walmart. they do the job

Nursing student here- I drive a black '97 Acura Integra which I like a lot. Soon I'll be dropping it a few inches, and will probably buy new rims when I become an RN.

the word "nurse" bothers a lot of men because it's stereotyped. I have to admit, when I first went into nursing, it bugged me a lot. Now...not so much. It's funny to see the reactions from people when they ask what program I'm enrolled in at unive...

I'm going to be starting my 2nd semester of year 2 nursing and I work almost every evening, and 24 hours on the weekend. It's doable, but my grades suffered.

OK, I have a big beef here. I'm currently in my first year of nursing, and I feel like I have to say something regarding nurses complaining about their pay. Reading these boards, I just came across someone who said they make $34 an hour in Ontario, ...

I'm so frustrated right now :angryfire if anyone can hear me out and maybe suggest something, i'd really appreciate it. I don't really know what to do. For starters, I've always wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. The pay wasn't t...

thanks very much for all your replies. I've done a lot of thinking...actually, to be honest I'd have to say that this is ALL i've been thinking about. I'm going to try medicine for now. the way i see it, there's absolutely no point for me to conti...

I was searching the boards and found this topic and felt I had to reply, even if i'm a bit late :chuckle I was wondering the same as you, so I did a lot of digging and found some answers. Depending on where you apply, having worked as a nurse befor...

Im in first year nursing, and we were watching a documentary in class. In the documentary, when a patient goes code (is that what you call it when their heart stops?) a code team came in and got to work saving the patient's life. We were never told ...

Hey everyone I'm a male student graduating from highschool right away, and I've been accepted into NEPS (Nursing education program of Saskatchewan) and, when I graduate, I will be an RN. I'm really interested in Perioperative Nursing, but I'm kind of...

cramming works quite well for me actually. I work part-time while in school, and recently had my A&P midterm. I worked at my job way TOO much, and left little time to study. So the night before the test, I brewed 2 cups of coffee (yes, I drank b...

Hey everyone well the first semester of school is coming to an end, and I am studying for my midterm a&p test (chapters 1-17, worth 30% final mark) my question is--what is the best way to study? What I'm doing, and I'm not sure if it's going to w...

ofcourse everyone's metabolism is different, but when I was overweight, I just ran. Ran, ran, ran, and ran some more. It didn't matter if I was tired and had no sleep, I ran, and then ran some more when i couldn't run, i walked. It didn't matter...

people can't blame ER about some people having bad views of nursing. ER has shown pletny of idiot doctors who don't know ANYTHING, and yet the general public doesn't think they're stupid. Nurses have had, and will have, to put up with people conside...

I've noticed this as well. In school, the girls are always talking about other girls. Who they dated, what they saw them wearing, how zitty their face is. Me and the other guys in the class (who sit together) just roll our eyes. It's getting VER...

Hi everyone So for one of my nursing classes, we have to select an issue that effects both the nurse and the patient, and discuss how the nurse and the patient deal with that issue. for example, if I were to do how a nurse cares for a patient with c...

lol, I found that funny as well. actually, she got puked on, THEN the pt. brought out the dead rat that bit him. yeah they did kind of play on the 'dumb blonde nurse' stereotype, but hey, that show does a lot of that and I'm not offended. They rag...

OMG that is one GREAT topic...I'm actually shocked I didn't think of this on my own, because someone I met a while ago was in a car accident. He would have lived, but since he was a Jehovah's witness, he couldn't accept a blood transfusion, and he d...

It would be really conveniant for you to have some type of a computer. I use mine for everything--research, papers, email, pulling class notes off the web...I don't know where I'd be if I didn't have my computer! I don't own a laptop, and would neve...

wow hold off, no need to get snippy, I'm merely asking questions...and yeah sorry it did kind of floor me when I heard someone making $34 complaining, guess i didn't consider some things. but anyway, the people griping and 'being offeneded' by me say...

I don't understand why some of you don't be NP's if you want more money. The course is only 30 weeks (at lots of schools) and you don't have to be super smart to complete the program. and since you have more experience being RN's, you'd be MUCH mor...