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  1. Comments about our choice of profession

    Well, I can feel bad sometimes that I didn't take to clinical nursing. I hear things like "It takes a special person to be a nurse" and think "Hey, I'm special, too, aren't I? Am I a lesser person for...
  2. Adventure or safety?!

    I agree with Daytonite that a variety of experience can only be a good thing overall. However, six weeks in a completely new environment at the end of your accelerated BSN program may or may not make...
  3. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    I agree that there are problems with government setting the prices, etc. However, there are ALSO problems with leaving it all to the free market to set prices and offer services. For example, if...
  4. Bachelor's in Psychology to Nursing school?

    While one's college degree may not lead directly into a career - such as an accounting major becoming an accountant - no degree is completely useless! I think you're on the right track to see how you...
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  6. Why so many fail out of our program?

    I agree here. Though with the current situation of many people competing for one space in schools, schools can be pickier about who they let into their programs. If they are STILL having a *very* high...
  7. Government Recruiting Foreign RN's/MD's!

    Couldn't the military make nursing jobs more appealing to its own citizens? Eg better pay, better benefits, not overly-long overseas deployments? When the reason that an organization "can't find...
  8. Having children while getting education

    First off, if you really want to be a nurse, you'll figure out a way, one way or another!!! People have managed to make many different situations work for them. So, no, going to school and having kids...
  9. Dorming versus not dorming

    That sounds awesome! I don't think any of my nursing classmates lived in on-campus housing. Most shared an apartment near campus or commuted from home. But mine was a big commuter school and as I...
  10. Being a PCT should be a very good experience for you! Congrats! As Suesquatch said, you've got some time to figure this out. I don't suggest planning to take 2-3 years off to get your RN and *then*...
  11. Being a nurse could certainly be an asset to your business! Just FYI - Working for a couple of years in a hospital is highly recommended by many. That's partly because unless nursing schools go back...
  12. There are several variables here so I can see how confusing it would be to try to plan. Consider your financial situation. Are you currently using grants and loans? How much debt are you willing to...
  13. I'm wondering what your main motivation is to make such a major career change. You successfully completed the education for teaching and successfully made the transition to become a competent...
  14. Dorming versus not dorming

    First of all, could you increase the size of the font in your posts? It's really hard to read. Most schools should have some sort of housing office that can give you some info about on and off campus...
  15. Dorming versus not dorming

  16. A - definitely the sunglasses... I wondered at the part about operating machinery but if your eyesight is impaired in any way, it's good
  17. I'd go with A. You'd want this info when you talked to the MD & to document in the records. The vision problem could be side effect of a drug. I did a quick web search and sudden vision loss...
  18. # of residents in LTC

    I'm late to this discussion, but, seriously, one hour for 30-35 residents? I'm guessing that means that not all of those patients actually receive meds during the 1 hour med pass referred to....
  19. So uhh...stockings?

    running tights should work the same way for support, worn under your work
  20. Isn't part of the problem here expectations? Students are often reassured by instructors that they will have plenty of time & support to learn what they need to know during their...
  21. Anyone else frustrated with 12 hour shifts?

    Ten hour shifts make sense to me as they allow for more than just a tag team approach between shifts. I can see in stable environments where a long overlap between shifts would be pointless and...
  22. I'm a Registered Nurse

    Awesome!
  23. Thinking about going back after 13 years!!

    I just noticed it's been a few months since the OP first posted... any updates for us,
  24. Thinking about going back after 13 years!!

    Does the refresher course also offer a clinical component? It will be hard enough to get a job with so much time away and having some recent clinical experience will only help. Just FYI, as you look...
  25. Test Taking Strageties...

    If you otherwise understand and know the material, then it may be a matter of looking at the test through the test-writer's eyes. In order to make the right answer not too obvious, it seems that some...