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Still waiting to hear on my end. Has anyone else herad?

Kris, My admission advisor called me yesterday to tell me that my application went to the committee for review. She also told me that since the deadline for summer application just passed it may be a few extra weeks (3-4 instead of 2-3) before we h...

I applied for the fall program as well. Just sitting and waiting now, which is the hardest part!!!

I applied for fall 2013, my application went to review a week ago. Now it's time to just wait, the hardest part!!!

While you may get those perks many nurses do not. I work in a hospital with a union and we do not have double overtime ever. Actually the only thing we have is a fairly decent shift differential (4.00 if 50% or more of your shift is worked after 3p...

In my hospital there is no pay difference from unit to unit weather that be med/surg, ICU, OB, or any other specialty. All new nurses start out at the same rate, the only way you can make any more is with prior experience. There is no additional mo...

I would love to own my own bakery. I love baking, however I am afraid, like canesdukegirl, that my passion would then turn into work and I would no longer love it.

We are actually have a rule in place where a door must stay open if the patient is a fall risk, confused, in restraints or any other way not completely intact. I work on a neuro floor so most of our patients have too keep the doors open.

Mandatory and if you do not get it you can not work until you have either a note from an MD stating why you can not get it (which then has to be approved) or you get it. This has been the rule for the last 3 years.

Mittens are considered restriaints in my facility if they are tied down. I work on a neuro floor and frequently we will put them on our patients without them being tied down. Many of our patients are able just to stick on hand under an arm and pull...

The way our hospital (union) works is 1. Those in overtime (which is an issue as it is ambiguous in our contract) 2. The most senior nurse gets the offer of being called off down the line 3. Once you are down to the least senior nurse there is no lo...

I work in a level I trauma center in an inner city and on any given day the latest the cafeteria is open is 1900. Nothing open for overnight staff, we have vending machines but they don't really have food in them just regular vending machine junk.

I work in a hospital on a neuro floor, we have 4 patients each and do verbal report outside the patients room. Night shift comes in at 1915 and I'm usually out by 2000. I have been as early as 1930 but that is when all 4 of my patents were going ba...

We usually have an independant charge nurse, 6 RN who get 4 pts each and 2 PCA's who each get 12 pts. On nights the only thing that changes is no independant charge. I work on a Neuro floor and we rarely have any open beds, sometimes we will get so...

We don't isolate for MRSA either

I just graduated in June and had all of my classes prior to the start of the actual nursing classes. I did take several classes towards my BSN while doing classes/clinicals. I worked the entire time I was in the program. My first year I worked 32...

I work in a hospital in the admitting department. I do all the admissions so I get to learn a whole lot and speak to all of the different MD's. I worked 24-32 hours a week depending on school, and overtime during my breaks. It was great and now I ...

I worked the during my entire program. My school told us at the beginning that we shouldn't work but I had no choice. I worked about 24-32 hours a week and overtime during breaks. Was it easy, no, however it didn't kill me, and my grades were fine...

I have whites so I bleach the heck out of them and wash in hot water with a second rinse cycle. CT Pixie I have never had actual fecal matter on my hands or hair however I have had it on my scrubs, that goes with a lot of other body fluids as well so...

I'm in a 2 year ADN program with 10 week quarters year 1 Fall quarter-fundamentals, we went to independant living facilities where clients had their own appartments/condo Winter quarter-geriatrics in a LTC facility Spring quarter-Med Surg I Summer pr...

Hopefully I will be taking the NCLEX and finding a job!!!!!!

In my program as long as we have another student double check our PO meds we can give them. Most of the facilities we go to have nurse servers that have everything in them except narcotics so we dont need to get in the PYXIS. This has been the way s...

Looking back I don't wish I would have studied or prepared for school. I wish I would have spent more time with my family and friends, worked some more hours, and took a vacation because those are all things I have not had a chance to do since enter...

MassED I work at a level 1 and our shift diff is 4 bucks, not sure if there is a difference on the weekend, also new grad pay rate is 21.50 so new grads working nights with no special certifications (ACLS etc.) make 25.50

At my school summer sessions are shorter so what you would learn in 10 weeks you now have to learn in 5-6. This is alright for some classes however I have found that science classes are very difficult over summer sessions. I would only take 1 or 2 ...