MyReign1

The order was incomplete, it does not have a time frame. What if she/he needs the percocet every hour. The doc probaly couldn't even read his own writing.

Could the circle with a dot be a Q, the 8L=8h, and the PNN = PRN? So it would say "Q 8h PRN" = "Every 8 hours as needed." Just a suggestion. Remember to clarify, though.

Discrimination does not seem to be an issue here. Either you falsely documented patient care or you did not. If you did not then you have a case against the facility. The race of your coworkers is irrelevent and should not be brought up. It only makes you look like your fishing to put the blame and focus elsewhere. Focus only on your specific situation.

I had a BS before I started nursing school. I was required to take the NET.

Marilynmom, Don't let what you hear about med/surg scare you. Med/surg was one of the best clinical rotations for me except for leadership which was on a med/surg telemetry floor, ER and ICU. Med/Surg is where you learn your skills. I didn't care for most of the other clinicals, like psych, L&D except NICU, peds, or community. THey were all cool in the most part but they were all slow placed, atleast when we were on the floor. I enjoy being busy and learning so much. Once you've done med/surg I feel you can do just about anything else. Med/surg has such a bad rep because some hospitals have ridiculous nurse to patient ratios. I interviewed at one hospital where the ratio was 1 nurse to 7-10 patients. With 10 patients there is no way I could do all that needed to be done for my patients. Med/Surg involves alot of the skills you learned in fundamentals, like foleys, dressing changes, med passes, patient education, NG tubes, etc. It also involves plenty of oher things you'll learn later, like fluids, IV's, blood draws, iv meds, drains, picc lines, feeding tubes, etc... Go in with a open mind and if you get the right nurse you could learn a lot and have a good time doing it. MyReign1

I also received a C in anatomy. I was pledging a sorority that semester. I was accepted and graduate this Friday.

I was offered a position at a hospital that is paying for the review for me. I probably wouldn't take it otherwise but since it's free, I definately won't pass it up.

Definately follow up with a phone call. I did the very thing at one hospital, comes to find out they had misplaced my app. The recruiter was so happy that I had called that, the day I interviewed, I was offered the job on the spot. Good Luck!!

I graduate in May. $85 application fee, $200 test fee.

The base starting pay is more like $17/hr + differentials. I interviewed in Tulsa though where it is only slightly higher. New grads are able to work in ER in some hospitals although it isn't recommended. I eventually want to work ER so I'm starting on a telemetry step down unit to get cardiac experience, since you will see alot of cardiac in ER. If you do decide to go directly into ER, I would recommend getting an ER nurse tech position so that you become comfortable with the environment. Clinicals days are generally tues-wed, they may be wed-thurs. In critical care they are tues-wed and you go tot he hospital on your own on monday to pick out your patient and get all of his/her info and complete the paperwork before clinicals the next day. In Leadership the clinical days are tues,wed, & thur. The hours are either 7am-3pm or 3-11. Comm I & II and Leadership have to be during the day. If you have further questions pm me and I'll give you my email address.

The paper is supposed to be 20-25 pages. But this semester we had to do 3 papers. The other two were group papers and had to be atleast 25 pages. Our research II paper ended up being 53 pgs. Tips: It is a definite transition from regular test to nursing test. I already had a BS in biology when I started the program but fundamentals was the hardest class I had had because there simply wasn't a right or wrong answer. It was more like pick the best answer. Once you become comfortable with those type of questions though it does get better . Purchase the Saunders NCLEX-RN exam book. It is a big blue book in the bookstore. It wasn't recommended until senior year but it would have helped so much in the junior year especially for med-surg. It'll help with info as well as practice with nursing school questions. In your 2nd semester of the junior year you'll hear about "Enrichment Points" start on them early. Do not wait until the senior year or you'll be scrambling for points. Congrats on making it into the program.

I attend UCO.

Hey Marilynmom, You may be in my class. I also attend UCO. Are you a senior? If so have you finished your leadership paper yet? I'm such a slacker, I'm still only 5 pages in. I plan to have it finished by Thursday though. That's my goal.

That isn't true at all. If the only difference were prerequisites then a community college could readily confer BSNs, since most prerequisistes are sophomore level classes anyway. You guys have about 37 hrs of nurse only curriculum where as we have approx. 63hrs of nurse only curriculum. Excluding any type of prerequisites we have 24 more hours of nursing theory. We have a 6 hr leadership class that teaches us about the role of nurse manager and hospital staffing and such. We also have a critical care class, research I and II, and community I and II. These are roles that are primarily or in some cases may only be held by BSNs so these are not taught at the ASN level. Not trying to start an argument just wanted to correct your statement.

I believe that you can atleast make that if not a little more. I'm a new grad graduating in May and my offered salary isn't too far from that more if I include my differentials. Plus I was told I would recieve a raise after orientation and a second raise after completing my first year. I'll also receive a $7K sign-on bonus. Where are you relocating from? Have you already moved here? **Edit** I was referring to the $41k mentioned in your post not the $55K.