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Oh I feel your pain.... I too started a OR residency, and it has been quite the experience. Before getting this job I knew that personalities varied, as it does in life. However, it seems as though that everyone is miserable and complaining about what a person did or didn't do. It's really ridiculous. Anyway, I'm getting off tract.... my emotions are getting me started :0) I consider myself an easy going and friendly person who tries to treat others the way I would like to be treated. Because I am new and clueless I do not feel confident. Like someone else mentioned, as soon as I get the hang of things and feel confident I move on to another preceptor, who tells me everything I learned is wrong. Oh my it drives me crazy. Today, I was yelled at by a doctor because I moved a nanosecond before a 'Time Out,' seriously.... I was spiking a saline bag for the bovie irrigation and my preceptor is looking for the consent to do the time out and the doctor freaks out on me. My preceptor wasn't even talking yet. And God for bid if I don't plug things up, then that becomes another issue. From the horror stories that I have heard from other nurses, this is normal. We just need to plug along. Learn from our mistakes and remember to kill people with kindness. Life is to short to let people walk all over us.

It's been a month since you posted, but I thought I would respond because not to long ago I was in your shoes. I'm a spring 2011 graduate. First year tends to be a shocker for most people due to the fact that how you study and learn is different than studying for a History class. I really can't tell you if you would be able to take English with nursing courses, only you would know that. Personally, I could only handle taking the nursing class, but I'm also a single parent of two boys and not working. There were some students taking a full load of prereq and nursing classes. Do not know how they did it. But to give you an idea I would rather take the English class during the 1st year than the 2nd year. As far as clinical, we spent about a month doing lab type clinicals before starting in the hospital. We only had one day of clinical, which was either Wed or Fri and class on Monday. You will have to also do a couple of check offs that will make or break you. If you don't have a mentor yet I wouldn't mind answering any other questions. My e-mail is [email protected] Congrats by the way!

One piece advice I can give you from someone who had an interview last summer, is take a deep breath and relax. And I know that's hard to do, but you need to be yourself. If you come to the interview all nervous that will not be a good sneak peak of you. The questions that I were asked, and this is from another school. 1. Why did choose this school? 2. What kind of job experiences have you had? 3. Have you ever had to make a decision at work, if so how did you handle it. 4. Do you believe in keeping a patients status confidential; like do you believe in gossiping, that kind of thing. 5. Why do you believe you would be a good nurse? I stressed over my interview too, but I will tell you no matter what advice you get from this post you just need to go in their with your head high and believe in yourself. I know some colleges have advisors that will help guide you through a interview, so you should check with your college. Break a leg:nuke:

Well, I'm nervous and excitied at the same time. My interview is today. I was go glad to get the call I started crying like I was already accepted. I just going to do my best and leave it up to the big man upstairs. Best of luck to you ladies!!! Brooke

Well, how did the interview go?

I want to be a nurse because I have been fascinated with the medical field. But the thing is that not all doctors or scientist believe that this earth is millions of years old. It's all a theory, there are no facts that show or support other wise. See the thing is majority of people believe in that theory, so no matter what job I pick there will always be someone that does not agree with me. I'm choosing a job that I know I would be good at. Besides, I will not and wouldn't discuss and political views with patients. I only have to answer to one person and that is GOD. I'm a christian and I can not believe a theory that has no evidence.

I do not know what's wrong with ya'll I did not say that CNN was reliable either. I just gave a web address that talked about the issue, so you guys could see what I was talking about. Go McCain:yeah:

Well, the thing is that I know personally of a woman who is working with doctors that have done studies that could support the idea. Isn't that normally the case you have doctors saying one thing and other doctors saying another. That's always why I believe in getting a 2nd opinion. But you know what there are several doctors that believe that the world is millions of years old, but the thing is if your are a christian you wouldn't believe the source would you? Well, I'm a christian and do not believe that we decended from monkeys or that the earth is a millions of years old. So, I'm the odd ball. I want to say thank you to you and the other non-believer because it shows that this issue is controversial. I want to write about something that does not cause contreversy at all because the person who reads my essay may believe like you do and it would hurt my chance of getting in. Like, I said before you may want to do a little more research about this topic yourself because I have. I'm an open minded person and before I make any decisions I read both sides of the story, so I do my research I don't just make up mind on something w/o reading the facts.

No I didn't say Larry King was reputable I just said the family was on the show, so if he wanted to look about the girl. Here is the site that you can check for yourself http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/06/vaccines-and-autism/ and if you google government agrees vaccine and autism there are other reliable sources that I think you would listen to. I'm not against vaccines I'm just open minded to the fact the human body reacts differently to every different situation.

Here is the site that you can read http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/06/vaccines-and-autism/ and get some information. Here's a quote from the site "the government has conceded that a vaccine “contributed” to their daughter’s autism symptoms." There is a link between autism and vaccines for some children. And if you google it you can find reliable sources that you would probably listen too besides a student like myself.

Wow, really I haven't heard of that. I'll definetly look in to that. Ultrasounds to me I always that they were like x-rays, not safe. But doctors tell you differently. Thanks:D Brooke

The thing is there is a link to vaccines and autism. Even the government has come out to say that there was. I do not know if you have heard about a girl who was "normal" before she went to the dr.s office to get caught up on her vaccines. The doctor gave 9 vaccines all at once, and I don't know how much time there was between that and when she started acting different I'm rusty on this story. But the family was on Larry King Live and they annouced that there was a link between the two, especially, if a person carries a particular gene. Now, the girl has autism. They are saying that because of the mercury in the vaccines is what caused the autism. But that was done before the made mercury free vaccines. Supposedly, there are thousands of case on this issue.

Nothing has personally affected me, so that's why I was trying to get ideas. And I don't know anyone that has had an healthcare issue. Thanks:D

That's funny, I was going to add how I thought about writing about Autism in my thread, but I was trying to make it short. Yeah, I was thinkning about Autism because I know people who are doing research about the tie between vaccines and Autism. Thanks a bunch

OK, I have to write a two page essay:bluecry1: to send along with my nursing application. It has to be my opinion about a healthcare or social issue. I'm trying to think of topics:confused:, but I want it to refreshing. I do not want to write about a topic that the college has read thousands of times.:zzzzz So, that's were ya'll come in:D. (I'm a Georgian girl:yeah:) Your opinions will help start the wheels turning in my head. And I do not want to talk about anything political because thats just a negative thing to talk about period. :argue: Thanks a bunch:D Brooke

I would say retake the NET. Now, that you have taken it, you now know what to expect. Your results should show what you need to study on. If you don't have the NET study guide, then get it. The study guide will help prepare you for the test. I failed the first time too, but I retook it and passed. GOOD LUCK!!!

I have taken both the NET and TEAS, and I would have to say the hardest parts were the reading section on the NET and the science section on the TEAS. I would highly suggest for you to borrow or buy the TEAS study guide . http://www.atitesting.com/global/students/teas-study-manual.aspx The reading section is really easy. The questions are really basic, you probably would pass without studying the material. It's the writing section that asks about vocab and punctuation. The hard stuff. But if you take the TEAS I would suggest that you get the study guide, that way you will have a good idea what's on the test. The NET study guide is good too. The only thing about the NET guide is that they don't give long boring stories like they do on the test. GOOD LUCK!!!

I thought it was similar.

I was like you last week.:uhoh21: I took the TEAS last Friday, and boy was I nervous. You definitely want to study the ATI guide. I was given a website www.testprepreview.com as another study aide, and its a good refresher;however, I believe that the math questions are a lot harder on the website than they are on the test. The test is really basic, but like the other person said the science portion to me and to other people,was the hardest part. To me there was a lot of material to study, plus not knowing what kind of questions were going to be asked. I find it weird that the science section really didn't focus on A&P or Micro. I took chemistry 3 years ago and I really don't remember much, and I have never taken physics. So lets just say I was worried about that part, but the questions on my test were very basic chemistry and physics. I would love to give you more detail, but when taking the test we had to sign a "Privacy Policy" and we're not suppose to tell anyone what's on the test, which I think is stupid. Of course people are going to talk about the test. Anyway, I would suggest that you look up more about the rock cycle like on google, so you can get a better understanding because the study guide doesn't show pictures. Definitely study all the things in the math section. Know your conversions, fractions, percentage, area and perimeter etc. The math section on the test I think was easier than the guide. Reading section VERY EASY and was the like the guide. English section was just like the study guide. I would also like to make another suggestion. DO NOT buy the practice test on the ATI website. I did and I regret spending $27. At first I was thinking that it would be good to do this because they give 2 online practice test, but what I didn't know was that both tests were going to be the same. Big disappointment:down:

I was like you last week.:uhoh21: I took the TEAS last Friday, and boy was I nervous. You definitely want to study the ATI guide. I was given a website www.testprepreview.com as another study aide, and its a good refresher;however, I believe that the math questions are a lot harder on the website than they are on the test. The test is really basic, but like the other person said the science portion to me and to other people,was the hardest part. To me there was a lot of material to study, plus not knowing what kind of questions were going to be asked. I find it weird that the science section really didn't focus on A&P or Micro. I took chemistry 3 years ago and I really don't remember much, and I have never taken physics. So lets just say I was worried about that part, but the questions on my test were very basic chemistry and physics. I would love to give you more detail, but when taking the test we had to sign a "Privacy Policy" and we're not suppose to tell anyone what's on the test, which I think is stupid. Of course people are going to talk about the test. Anyway, I would suggest that you look up more about the rock cycle like on google, so you can get a better understanding because the study guide doesn't show pictures. Definitely study all the things in the math section. Know your conversions, fractions, percentage, area and perimeter etc. The math section on the test I think was easier than the guide. Reading section VERY EASY and was the like the guide. English section was just like the study guide. I would also like to make another suggestion. DO NOT buy the practice test on the ATI website. I did and I regret spending $27. At first I was thinking that it would be good to do this because they give 2 online practice test, but what I didn't know was that both tests were going to be the same. Big disappointment:nono: