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  1. 3.25 GPA required for new grad position???!!

    kristak replied to wildsmile24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If it makes anyone feel any better, my GPA isn't getting me anywhere. A job as a CNA/PCA would have,

  2. Volunteer while in school?

    kristak replied to MayGirl2013's topic in General Students

    As an unemployed new grad, my advice is that you get into that hospital now and volunteer your butt off. A lot of hospitals will employ you as a CNA while you are in nursing school - I recommend...

  3. Hartford Hospital questions

    kristak replied to CTRNTOBE's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    If you heard from the nursing recruiter, you are doing better than

  4. Hartford Grad Nurse Residency Program

    kristak replied to GuatericanNurse's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    No, and it is causing me some serious anxiety. I miss the days when potential employers let you know that they DIDN'T want you, too. Then I wouldn't have to

  5. the most stressful thing I've ever done

    kristak posted a topic in General Students

    So, I graduate from my ASN program in May. I'm attempting to write my first cover letter. So far I have gotten to:...

  6. Just curious...

    kristak replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    I have wondered, though -- since exams themselves (taken in school) are not standardized, I would imagine that some schools are just harder than others - so it may be harder to pass a test at 74% at...

  7. RN to BSN - is it as hard as the RN was?

    kristak posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I am currently an ADN student; I will graduate in May. I am thinking of applying to an RN to BSN program for the fall, but I intend to go part-time as I need a paycheck! Are these programs as...

  8. Applying for grad nurse position-question about application?

    kristak posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I started to fill out my first application for a graduate nurse position - I'll be graduating in May. The application wants me to account for my employment gaps - and there is a big fat one...

  9. RN to BSN - is it as hard as the RN was?

    kristak replied to kristak's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thankfully, I've pretty much covered all the liberal arts stuff in my prior life as an art history major, and the science stuff - chem, micro, etc. - were all prereqs for my ASN, too. So all that is...

  10. Colleges spitting out new nurse without any training?

    kristak replied to fulzgold's topic in General Nursing

    I've been doing 15 hours of clinical/week since I started nursing school. Now I'm about to finish my 3rd semester. I've done a zillion IVs, given innumerable heparin/lovenox/fragmin injections, done...

  11. Nursing School Vent-Inconsiderate Classmates and Flighty instructor

    kristak replied to Teacher2RN's topic in General Students

    Wow, yeah, the texting/internet thing in class is incredibly rude and childish. At least the people capping their highlighters came to class to

  12. RN to BSN - is it as hard as the RN was?

    kristak replied to kristak's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Glad to hear it, 'cause I don't think I could do this again. Research sounds sort of relaxing in

  13. When will you/did you start applying?

    kristak replied to rencontrezmoi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've wondered the same

  14. only in nursing school

    kristak replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Students

    I gotta add - only the children of a nursing student would get their kicks from inflating, deinflating, inflating, deinflating... the practice foley I had for

  15. Central vs Capital

    kristak replied to tmah21's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hey, I would say go for the BSN. It is untrue that the only reason to do this is if you want to be a nurse manager or go on for your Masters. The pay difference really doesn't even exist. BUT, your...

  16. hows CapitalCC???

    kristak replied to ready2getoutofCT's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hi, I am a senior in the nursing program at Capital. It is difficult, but if you put in the time you can do it... The school has a preschool program, called The Laboratory School, for children who...

  17. How's the flu around you?

    kristak replied to juliedhl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My daughter came home from school today and told us there were only 10 or eleven kids present from a class of

  18. guilty mom

    kristak posted a topic in General Students

    If I'm not studying (and I need to be judging from my my last two test grades), then I feel guilty because I'm a bad student. If I am studying, then I feel like a bad mom because my 4 yr old and my 6...

  19. WHY exactly are you on this?!

    kristak replied to ginnisa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    upper urinary tract

  20. need idea for teaching goal

    kristak posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, my patient tomorrow is a 23-month old who came into the hospital for a shunt revision to treat hydrocephalus secondary to a neonatal meningitis infection. I have an educated mom who has been...

  21. need Postpartum Nursing Diagnosis for 13 year old

    kristak replied to Skyfel's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Breastfeeding diagnoses are only for people who are breastfeeding, or attempting to do so. Risk for impaired parenting r/t young parental age is fine. Knowledge seeking behaviors would be a nice...