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  1. Dead end job

    SCSTxRN replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    I go in with a grin and leave the same way. :) But then, I just got into this game.... so who knows how I'll feel in a couple of years - or decades... That being said, you can always go back to...

  2. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    SCSTxRN replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm glad that I don't work in one of these hospitals - I was raised to never, ever cross a man's picket line (very traditional upbringing - I don't think my daddy ever got used to the idea of women...

  3. Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    SCSTxRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm all for color coding - but I don't think ANYONE should have to wear white. 'course where I work, everyone wears whatever they want - so we have to work hard to look better than housekeeping. :)...

  4. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    SCSTxRN replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I just finished my ADN - my job will pay for me to get a BSN or bridge to a MSN. I can get my BSN online in one year for 5k. While working... or do the ADN - MSN bridge in 4 years; also while...

  5. How to Document

    SCSTxRN replied to foreverhopeful's topic in General Nursing

    I would document on the new admit assessment that pt. has a (red area, scratch, bruise) on (For example) left hip that measures 2 c.m. by 6 c.m. Pt. states that injury is the result of a fall while...

  6. help me with answers to test

    SCSTxRN replied to RobynL's topic in General Nursing

    See - not infallible - only pedi experience is four kids, one class, and two clinicals... so don't rule out strep on my advice. :) Good luck,

  7. help me with answers to test

    SCSTxRN replied to RobynL's topic in General Nursing

    1. I agree - stool. 2. You have to pick three - I'm not recalling any pneumonias caused by strep. HIB, Staph, and pneumococcus would be my guesses. 4. I just sold back my obi pedi book - so not...

  8. med errors

    SCSTxRN replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is a supervisor. Not a nursing supervisor, but a very acute profession. He has been in a position twice where he told someone that he supervised to consider the mistake rectified and over...

  9. how many nurses have two jobs?

    SCSTxRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I have two jobs - one nursing, one teaching. I am trying to pay off student loans and the extra money helps, and I love my teaching job and didn't want to leave it. I also homeschool my

  10. LVN-ADN Transition Vernon College Wichita Falls TX

    SCSTxRN replied to tx15's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yw. BTW, if you go to the Vernoncollege.edu link and look in the upper left hand side, there is a scrolling menu. One of the things on there is Associate Degree Nursing. Click on that and you go to...

  11. Quick results or Pearson Trick?

    SCSTxRN replied to whippoorwill's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The PVT thread also says - at the end - that the trick has been abolished by Pearson because they want people to pony up the dough. People got the good screen and failed, the bad screen and passed......

  12. How would you handle this?

    SCSTxRN replied to PurpleLily's topic in General Nursing

    If I weren't married, I would absolutely date a doctor from my hospital.

  13. Worried about hiring requirements..........

    SCSTxRN replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated today with my ADN. Total cost - about 20K, but that includes student loans taken out for things like um.. daycare, and a new transmission, and a new refrigerator. The tuition and such -...

  14. What purpose does the HESI test serve?

    SCSTxRN replied to fencikboy's topic in General Students

    To protect NCLEX pass rates. 99% of my school's graduates pass NCLEX. 59% of people who start the nursing program become RN's. There are a total of 6 chances to pass before you wasted the last...

  15. Help! I quit nursing school and I might want to go back.

    SCSTxRN replied to Nguyenap87's topic in General Students

    I graduated today from a school that consistently has a 99-100% pass rate on the NCLEX. It is not because they do such a super job educating everyone who comes in. Passing is a 78. Fail a class,...

  16. New Job and Pregnant

    SCSTxRN replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you're asked, you should answer honestly. If you're anticipating complications - you should bring that possibility up. If you're not? Hmm.. nope, I wouldn't say oh - by the way - I'm...

  17. hard time getting back into nursing... any advise?

    SCSTxRN replied to Grnrn's topic in General Nursing

    WOO HOO!!! Congratulations.

  18. LVN-ADN Transition Vernon College Wichita Falls TX

    SCSTxRN replied to tx15's topic in Texas Nursing

    I graduated from VC's ADN program today. They have 2 avenues - LVN transition and Generic. I graduated Generic, but have several friends who went the transition route. To do transition you have to...

  19. So, has hiring picked up for everyone else??

    SCSTxRN replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it's fair to say that those who are starting nursing school now may find it much more positive by the time you graduate... they were doing 15k sign on bonuses when I started... now the only...

  20. So, has hiring picked up for everyone else??

    SCSTxRN replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ADN here, with non related B.S.

  21. So, has hiring picked up for everyone else??

    SCSTxRN replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Guilty - I live in Wichita Falls, the middle of nowhere, about 2 hours from Dallas and 2 hours from Oklahoma City - dead center. Speaking Spanish is helpful here, but not really any more so than it...

  22. RN to MSN or BSN to MSN? Which is faster?

    SCSTxRN replied to loopylicious's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a non nursing B.S. degree and will finish the final exams leading to my ADN Tuesday 5/11. I have a different opinion than most here in that my ADN will let me work CCU (they hire new grads,...

  23. So, has hiring picked up for everyone else??

    SCSTxRN replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Come to Texas. The jobs, at least in my area, appear to be plentiful and interesting, and (at least in my area) the cost of living is relatively

  24. Any RN's applying to MSN/NP prog without a BSN???

    SCSTxRN replied to khrissi17's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm looking at this program: TWU - College of Nursing - Post Baccalaureate RN to MS Program They have FNP, ANP, and Education, as well as nurse management as options. They also have an option...

  25. So Frustrated! "think like a nurse"

    SCSTxRN replied to glovedgoddess's topic in General Students

    I'm the one everyone looks at when the instructor asks a question no one knows the answer to. Notice, I didn't say I'm the only one that knows the answer. That being said - if your clinical...