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    Nursing schools without a certain GPA requirement for admission?

    ashleyisawesome replied to preparing4thefuture's topic in General Students

    its possible she made it into the program with decent gpa, but did poorly in her nursing class which brought down her gpa, making her ineligible to gain re admittance. see my above post.. otherwise...
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    Nursing schools without a certain GPA requirement for admission?

    ashleyisawesome replied to preparing4thefuture's topic in General Students

    st lukes in bethlehem PA. i got in with a 2.4, but i had a very good explanation. you better have stellar references, work/volunteer experience in the field and good grades in your sciences. i had a...
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    Has anyone heard of CARLEEN HOME HEALTH SCHOOL???

    ashleyisawesome replied to PN_wannabe's topic in Florida Nursing

    http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/MQANEPC/SearchResults.aspx just looked it up, it says "approved" which according to the website makes you eligible to take the NCLEX in FL, but im not sure that its...
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    Has anyone heard of CARLEEN HOME HEALTH SCHOOL???

    ashleyisawesome replied to PN_wannabe's topic in Florida Nursing

    find your BON website and look them up, see if they are accredited. sounds strange to me
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    getting a job for new grad nurse with ADN

    ashleyisawesome replied to cococh15's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    NE PA, (think allentown/reading areas) are still hiring adns to my
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    What are your clinicals like?

    ashleyisawesome replied to tintegrate's topic in General Students

    well hopefully they work you up to more hospital experience. if your hospital exposure is minimal, i suggest you are assertive in these situations and gain all the knowledge and experience possible...
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    What are your clinicals like?

    ashleyisawesome replied to tintegrate's topic in General Students

    im in a diploma program and 90% of my clinicals are in the hospital. we did a couple observation days as a school nurse, pediatric LTC, acute rehab, nursing home, perinatal center, low income clinics,...
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    Do any of the nurses here working 40 hr weeks and going to school, have children?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Glowinthedark's topic in General Nursing

    i bet if these people exist, they have no time to go on AN.
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    Do nurses get holidays off?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    i love people that care about holidays. im a single 22 y/o with no kids and not much family. ill take all those double time days and let you guys stay at home with your kiddies while i rake in the...
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    Need to interview nursing students....

    ashleyisawesome replied to mchacon21's topic in General Students

    i agree with pp, i would be happy to fill it out, but what is it
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    Anyone required to do "Hello My Baby" for maternity?--rant

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in General Students

    ughhh. its so annoying. lol its like a board game online with "nclex" style questions where you have like 30 babies to discharge. every question you get right, a baby goes home. it just takes forever...
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    What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    ashleyisawesome replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    i didnt read everyone elses posts, but i wanted to tell you something similar happened to me. my first semester of clinical, my CI was new, this was her first semester teaching. we were in a nursing...
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    MIstakes New nurses MAke?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ad3vans's topic in General Students

    i would guess the most common mistakes would be med related or time management
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    What would you want?

    ashleyisawesome replied to RN1488's topic in General Students

    my school did something like that.. they gave out shirts with the school logo on it, some tote bags with school logo, candy, vouchers to the
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    bad nursing care rant

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in General Nursing

    sdifhaseuifhaeuifhaeui! Just went with a friend to visit her dad in the hospital. i couldnt believe the conditions there, i was pretty disgusted. we walk in and there is a soiled brief on the floor,...
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    How to apply for a job.

    ashleyisawesome replied to Donke's topic in General Students

    if you are handing in an application in person, definitely dress nicely, but i dont think a suits necessary. give them a resume with your app. for the interview dress pants, a dress shirt and a tie...
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    Day in the life of a nursing student?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Looking_ahead's topic in General Students

    Hi everyone. I was hoping some of you could give me an idea of a typical "day in the life" in nursing school including when you study and all that. I am currently taking my pre-reqs and looking for...
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    Do you have PCTs in your CCU?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just got a call for an interview for a PCT position in a CCU at a local hospital. In my experience in clinical I have not seen PCTs on critical care floors. I am interested, because this is the area...
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    what exactly is med/surg

    ashleyisawesome replied to roso614's topic in General Students

    that is a "normal floor". it is probably the kind of floor you are on for clinical right now. nurses usually have 5-6 patients at a time. these patients are sick enough to be admitted and monitored...
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    medication to dry up breast milk?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    sorry if this is a silly question-- im just curious. im a nursing student in my OB rotation and i was doing discharge teaching today on a post partum mom. in the breast feeding section of the...
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    Will nursing grow on me?

    ashleyisawesome replied to lilmissnurse12's topic in General Nursing

    get your bsn and become a community health nurse, school nurse, nurse educator, etc.. lots of places in nursing with minimal yuck factor, but most would like you to have some kind of staff nursing...
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    A Quick Question for Fellow Students

    ashleyisawesome replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in General Students

    fundamentals we learned: all meds (po, sq, im, ivp, IVPB, ng/peg tube, inhalers, topical), insert/dc foleys, I&O, ADLs, transfers, dressing changes, vitals, assessments, glucose monitoring,...
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    Another rant regarding MA's and Nurses

    ashleyisawesome replied to samirish's topic in General Nursing

    anyone else wondering if this "Ashlie" is the "Ashley" who was on the phone with the
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    Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    ashleyisawesome replied to canursestudent's topic in General Nursing

    the beginning of this video made me LOL.. when she took the THC and cannabidiol together. hahaa... but really, that is
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    medication to dry up breast milk?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thats weird, my instructor had me stress to the moms to go buy YELLOW cabbage and freeze it in plastic bags, then apply to the breast.. she told me it has an anti inflammatory property... im wondering...