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I am taking Conceptual Physics through UC Berkeley Extension. I compiled a list of potential classes that met my needs (had to be online with a flexible timeframe), ran it by the USC staff and got their approval.

Hello everyone, Here are some of my answers and experience. I attended one of the orientation sessions last summer before applying. Dr. Gold and the CRNA department professors are there to give some background about the profession, the program and ...

No, no waitlist.

I got in!! :)

Hello, I attended Loma Linda's RN-BSN program. I loved my experience. I can honestly say that my time there was life-changing. For one, I am becoming more and more vegetarian since I attended. I am not religious but I deeply appreciated their holisti...

Hello everyone, I submitted my application a couple of days ago. Dr. Gold emailed me with some very positive feedback. I am waiting for official transcript reviews and a formal invitation to interview, but Dr. Gold kindly gave me some dates in advanc...

Hello all, I wanted to get some input on letting young children into your critical care units to see their dying moms or dads, especially if the children are at an age when they would normally not be allowed in the unit. I recently had a very sick p...

calivianya hit on a very, very good point. ICU is where I see the most futile care and the most narrow-minded statements about the patients' conditions. Every day someone makes a breezy, happy statement about the brass and silverware on the Titanic b...

Yes! Do you notice you are not as eager to talk about a great day at work or your latest success? I had a friend like this. I have had so many wonderful things go on in my life in the past two years but I could not share it with her fully. It felt ...

I agree with the Supreme Court's ruling in spirit. I am not religious and I am pro-contraception, but I generally agree that a family-owned companies should be able to conduct their businesses in a manner congruent with their beliefs. The applicatio...

Also, please listen when a nurse who deals with a lot of end-of-life issues tells you that a patient may benefit from stopping medical treatment and going into hospice. Everyone makes incorrect calls but, in my experience, it is mostly the doctors wh...

This, in of itself, is a heartwarming post and thread. Thank you for the taking the time to seek advice! In addition to all that has been said above, please take heed when a nurse says something vague but ominous like "I do not know what is wrong, b...

Point taken! Thank you!

I fit the bill. End of July will mark my first year in ICU, and I have worked in step-down, home health, postpartum, newborn nursery and floated to a bunch of other units. What do you mean by highs and lows? Do you mean emotional highs and lows, fas...

Try this one. I really, really, really love this. I want you to see it and bask in its glory.

Perhaps I did myself a disservice by saying I am "plugging away" at a BSN. I can assure you that every step I take in my work and school life is a reward in of itself. Nothing will go to waste even if I do not go to medical school. It has been eight ...

There are plenty, plenty of individual issues discussed at length in AllNurses. For example, the Nursing Issues in Patient Safety is an entire board dedicated to concerns of practicing and soon-to-be-practicing nurses.

Very, very, very odd. You were not scheduled for any shifts? Is there another person in the unit who handles scheduling?

Since you have to deal with this nurse, here's something to cheer you up

I had two jobs during my LVN program. I was an assistant at a real estate appraisal company and a tutor. I worked 20-some hours a week. I was a LVN during my LVN-ADN program. I worked 36 hours. I am now working on my BSN. Still working as a RN for 36...

I am just curious. How does this nurse give report? Is she at least as thorough and detailed as she expects others to be?

I think you are getting a little too ahead of yourself :) You just started school. Your fundamentals textbook sounds more like a compilation of skills. Later on in your studies, you will learn normal baselines, normal growth and development, a little...

I should I say I never personally agreed with the rationale behind med/surg being the one unit every new grad needs to be in first. As for ICU nurses having all the skill sets one could learn in med-surg, I agree for the most part with a few exceptio...

In my experience, selling your textbooks to the oncoming batch of nursing students is your best bet. You do not have to deal with shipping, and students may be willing to pay a little more for the convenience of getting their books right away. Online...