JHansen

I am just curious, how long are your clinical days? 4 8 or 12? and how many days a week are you doing clinicals? Thanks in advance

I'm curious, at my hospital only one in every five nurses I would say answers call lights, and one in particular will stand, literally stand, infront of their patients room waiting for a CNA to walk around the corner wondering why the call light is s...

Sometimes you have to let your ego/pride get a little bruised there are people out there who will make your life a living hell, just because you tried to prove them wrong. I was like you for a long time, if I was right I wanted the other person to kn...

We have SNA. Its kind of a club I suppose.

When burping Colostomy bags, Vick's Vapor rub is your friend. Learn to touch people Never turn your back on any patient (learned that one the hard way-Elderly man attacked me, Alzheimers)

Not sure if you want to pursue this in any way, but if you do get failed (i just read this first paragraph btw) the syllabus is considered a legal binding document. A professor can change dates around; students have to be notified and a reason given,...

Diplomas are usually given when you are taught nursing in a working environment, like apprentice to journeyman type of thing. These are really not done anymore. Most of the time you go to school for an Associates of nursing to become an LPN, and the...

Just curious at what point did you start clinicals in school?

I wonder how far into BSN clinicals usually start

hmm tough call, if it was me given the information you have provided I would not take this new job because of the commute time and another associated costs.

in your post you said 24 hours, 9am-9pm, did you mean 9am to 9am? Also how did they advertise that kind of pay? ultimately it is up to you, you also have to factor in drive time, and if you get a hotel room you can kiss 50-150 bucks from your pay eac...

well, good thing for you there are still nursing shortages all over the US, another good thing you said was that you liked rural areas. But my suggestion would be look for a state or city you want to move too, then look at some online job sites, also...

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Registered_Nurse_(RN)/Hourly_Rate tons of information you can gather from google search. One of the great things about nursing is it is so varied. However after reading your last line about having a bad back a...

Yea, I suppose the only cool thing about that is the colostomy is considered non sterile, so they usually let you in a bit closer and are a bit more chatty about whats going on. Also there are a ton of different kinds of hernias so thats pretty open ...

Nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back, sometimes you are the only one who will do it. So go to town with congratulating yourself, I know I do when I deserve it.

Sometimes they unscrew, and if you have narrow ears the smaller peices might get them farther in, and thus making it louder. Another thing, some people just have louder hearts.... lub dup am I right?

please don't take this the wrong way. What are you asking?

Read the material first. then go to lecture. It helps a lot trust me. Also if you want record the lectures so you dont miss anything. I usually recorded lectures so I could listen to them live and then I would take notes from the recording.

Me personally I don't discuss anything I don't feel comfortable discussing. Grades is something I really have no problem discussing, like you I do very well. In my experience people get the grades they earn, if I study 10+ hours for an exam I expect ...

I was talking with a few people about this and it got me wondering, what do you as a nurse prefer to work and why? Me, I love working nights. Usually a lot more autonomy(depending on your unit) Not nearly as many distractions and I'm just a night owl...

Im assuming Nursing is your current or last major. 60 credits is usually the last 2 years of school. They do this for a couple reason first they want to see how you do in nursing courses in general, they want to see what your previous credit load was...

They look at your cumulative GPA. So all of your credits, but they pay special attention to your last 60 credits usually. May I direct you to https://allnurses.com/forums/f16/ Use the pre-crna forum the student and the CRNA forum. and just a heads up...

Lets see, you will chart, toilet, change linens(sometimes) get water, transport patients if need be(I did a lot of xray runs). Sometimes you will only have one patient because they have special needs(usually a very boring day), chart, get bp, O2 sat,...

Gosh I hate to ask this, but are you receiving Pell Grants? I know I get about 5k a sem. You don't have to apply(other than the FAFSA). Just another source of free money. Just thought I would throw that out there.

groups, tutor, professor. You can also go to ratemyprofessor.com to see if your prof isnt very good. Main thing is don't give up