Duttygal86 BSN, RN

Hi Independentkitty, I am also an out of state applicant applying for the Aug cohort, for Postpartum. Good Luck to you!

I'm doing my Practicum/Capstone in my BSN Program. I start IV's, foleys, EKG, run labs, vitals, triage and chart (w/ sup), pt. Discharge, teaching, give subcut, IM etc... That's the #1 complaint Hospitals have students are not anywhere near ready. M...

I applied to UNC as well and also said I was interested in anything other than Psych/Pulmonary. I also said I would be interested in Hillsborough Hospital. Will that help me? I'm from out of state.

I worked at a MH half-way house in Florida back in the day. I remember passing meds to 20+ psych patients at a time, some of the meds were anti-hypertensives and seizure meds. That scares the crap out of me as a Sr. BSN student looking back. I had 0...

Thanks for the replies!!

Greetings! I am in my Senior year of my BSN and looking towards my job search. I have a question. Back in 2008, when I was 22, I worked as a patient registrar for an HCA facility. I experienced discrimination from my shift manager and instead of foll...

Sorry that you are feeling isolated! You will find out that in the clinical situation, younger students may gravitate towards you because you will more than likely have a better understanding of the "flow" of the floor, politics etc. Also, as the pro...

If there is a summer externship -apply. I utilized that as an opportunity to practice my skills going from Jr to Sr year. Still haven't gotten to do a foley, but I'm sure my day will come.

9 patients on medical at VRMC!! That's bananas! I would guess that most of these patients are 60+ and its not a typical med floor either with a few younger more able bodied patients sprinkled in. Ouch. Was looking forward to per diem once I got some ...

I just finished a paid summer externship at the local hospital. I was amazed at how many of my classmates couldn't fill out an I-9 Form. I went into NS eyes wide open fully expecting to work nights, weekends, holidays. Not sure how some people haven'...

^^THIS^^

In my class its all the 19, 20 year olds who show up late (chronically) those of us who are a bit older, with kids, are the ones who are more dedicated and have higher grades.

So I'm a Jr. BSN student and my commute is so brutal that there is NO way I could dress up for class. I take a ferry and a open air taxi to class, then climb a hill to get to lecture. So, ya I wear yoga pants, flip flops and t-shirts any day that I'm...

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Are we the same person lol.

Reminds me of my 1st day of Fundamental Clinicals when the professor threw a bag of some fluid (dont recall) at me and yelled at me to "calculate the drop rate."

I'm in my Jr. Year of my BSN in another state, headed back home after graduation. There are no young people in the Villages, its a rather large town made up of 55+ exclusively. I know VRMC and LRMC both pay their winter nurses 50/hr with no bennies, ...

The Villages hospital is coverd under the same umbrella as Leesburg Regional Medical Center, so try that website. I grew up in that area so I can tell you that they have no BSN program in Lake/Sumter counties, they hire most of the new grads from La...

What about rural California? I'm out of state too and looking into the Central Valley when I graduate next year so my daughter can get in-state tuition in the UC system. I've done a lot of research and there are some jobs to be had for new grads they...

I was still nervous to give injections at the end of fundentals! I can't imagine being let loose to give meds and insulin unsupervised with no assessment skills whatsoever!

I'm in MS 2 and MH Nursing currently and due to living far away from campus have used study groups only minimally. However, my entire class is on a whatsapp chat to keep abreast of clinical changes, etc.

I commute 4 hours round trip to class and clinical. I take a boat, car and taxi (U.S. Virgin Islands) I do all this because the affordable (income qualified) housing is on one island and the University / Hospital is on another. I see it as a privileg...

Hi! I am a BSN student in the Virgin Islands (U.S.) from what I understand the schools in PR do not prepare you for NCLEX. You can sit for it after graduating from UPR but you wont have done 1000's of NCLEX style questions the way we do over here. I'...

Nrsmom2g1b, I work in a tourist area and recently had an RN from Rhode Island tell me to "come to RI, they'll hire you" I am graduating NS next year with my BSN. Are there really any jobs for new grads? Can't get a feel for it through the RI forum.

A.D.H.D. Nursing Student Here: I left my littman in my backpack pocket, with a banana to keep it company. I live in the Caribbean soo.....long story short the diaphragm front plate fell off. Do you think its worth a call to littman or should I add it...