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Got a job offer in the CCU, most other techs got Unit jobs also.

Also a side note. A lot of the nurses that work with me did cardiac stepdown for a while and then transfered. If you take a flood job go for cardiac as it seems to help a lot at least in my neck of the woods

I am graduating in may of this year. I am a tech in the MICU at one of our community hospitals. We had 7 techs graduating and a few positions opening. They did group interviews the other day to weed us out. However, hopefully I will have a job offer in the unit soon. I will keep you guys posted. My advice is to be a tech during school. So far its at least gotten me a good interview probably a job.

My last clinical rotation we had 5 out 7 students that were mail. My program is 20 percent male.

I need a 52.5 on the final. After that I have to survive one more semester. Good job guys!

Location : Tennessee small city hospital: patient load 11-14 on most nights base pay : 14 hr with 1 dollar for 3rd shift and another 1 dollar on friday and saturday nights so 16 an hour on weekends. Full benefit package including all insurance, etc.

I will answer your question with a question........ Does a bird have wings? Do cows go moo? Does the earth spin? you get the picture

Chattanooga Tennessee is hiring nurses. I keep tabs on the hospital websites and they are hiring. Not like they were a couple years ago but some jobs none the less.

Thanks for the reply's everyone. Peytons mom, jbudd, and mi vida, you are absolutely correct I just want to vent. I know that there is a ton more effort that could have been put into studying for the final. However, I felt burnt out and did not study like I should which cost me the one question which made the letter grade difference. My own fault! Thanks for taking the time to reply. Oh and by the way, its a he. :)

Yeah I discussed it with my clinical instructor and she went over the dropped test questions to see if they helped/hurt me. They hurt me on 2 of the test but really helped me on the final. Basically without the dropping of test questions I would have an 89.5 which is well short of a 90. Oh well, just had to vent. I have 3 more semesters to make my A's(or B's or C's)

I just added up my points in fundamentals of nursing and I have a 89.9 . There is no rounding and I am 2 total points (one test question on any of the 5 tests) from an A. I know I should be grateful and that some of you have a 94-100A grading scale, however I still feel like I was so close. If it was a 88 or 89.4 I would accept my B but come one! one tenth?!?! Anyone else have this happen? I could try and argue 2 points but I doubt its a winning battle. Sorry for the rant I'm just dissapointed in coming so close. By the way I am a first semester student in a ADN program.(well now technically second semester)

I'm a first year student so I have no experience with patient premonitions but I do on occasion have life premonitions that I cannot explain. I could spout off a dozen examples over the course of my life but I dont feel like writing a book. Just a couple examples, I predicted when and where I was going to have an accident and even though I did everything to prevent it from happening (was .5 miles from my house on a road I had to take home and yes I know that the odds of an accident are higher closer to home but I have had one accident in my life (im 28) and I knew the day before I had it that it was coming). I also knew the night my ex wife started cheating on me and when she did each night after. I call it the "gut" feeling but I have never found it to be false. My mother gets them too which is odd. Example, I was hit by a car when I was 17 one night at 3 a.m. in the morning. My mother never has any problems sleeping nor does she EVER call me late. Within 5 minutes of being hit I recieve a call from her saying she had a feeling something bad had happened to me. Maybe it was coincidence If you dont ever get those gut feelings you are probably going to think what this post and the initial post are saying is crazy, and maybe it is. Either way I find it odd that my feelings have NEVER been wrong. Now I'll just have to wait and see if I have them when I'm working or not.

I just took my second test this semester and found out I got a 90(an A in or program). My first test was a 76 (C in our program). The only thing I changed study wise was I used Saunders NCLEX study book and did the tests related to the chapters covered. Also I bought a fundamentals success book which seemed to have very similar questions to the test so it was a breeze to me. In all honesty the fundamentals success book helped me far more than any powerpoint. Oh and one more thing, I started listening to the podcasts while working out. This also helped me know a lot of the answers. Maybe it was a fluke, I dunno, but I think I may be on to something

Might wanna try a ADN degree. I had a low GPA and could not get into our local 4 year school. However, due to a points system at the local community college (RN program, has a better rep and pass rate than the 4 year school) I was able to get in with a 2.73 gpa. You can always go the online route later towards the bsn.

I think the smaller the mammal the faster the heartbeat answer is way too broad and not specific enough, just my opinion.

Im going with c

LoL, these questions look very familiar. I have the same exact questions! This is for nursing 119. Glad I found this thread as I had put a different answer on the fetal heart rate but I see what you are saying as making sense.

I'm in tennessee and I got into Chatt State with a gpa actually lower than yours, www.chattanoogastate.edu They also have a 75 percent graduation rate (they dont weed students out) and last years nclex pass rate was at least a 92 (5 students havent taken it yet for each one that passes the number goes up). So far they seem to have a great staff and DO NOT want you to fail. That said, with a low gpa you will HAVE to do well on the NET to get in.

I bought the electronic 3100 littman and I can hear great. It amplifies the sound. Problem is its almost 300 bucks. I have a 50 dB hearing loss and can hear fine with it if that says anything

i took the teas and got a 85. i took it one time without studying. i believe studying would have allowed me to score a 90. My net test was a 81 the first time and a 91 the second with studying. moral to the story, study study study study. Take as many online practice tests as possible. concentrate on speed.

I have kind of a funny story, I am a male and had my drug test recently at a local physicians care clinic. She told me to go into the bathroom and pee so I walked in and left the door open assuming that I wasnt suppose to close it. Well needless to say about 2 techs and a doctor were yelling to "shut the door please." LOL. We all laughed afterwards

I'm living off my girlfriend. She pays the bills and I goto school. I pay my bills with personal loans. She pays rent and utilities. Never had a g/f before who didnt expect me to pay for everything. Kinda neat!

What were your stats that got you in? If you dont mind me asking. CONGRATS!!!:yeah:

There are 110 students in our class and I have counted at least 20 guys so far between the orientation sessions (grouped into 2's so there are probably more males) I definately wont be alone!!!

I'm a lowly student and my opinion is only based on my experiences from a traumatic motorcycle wreck I had years ago. I had a compound tib\fib fracture with external fixator. My pain management was similar to this girls. In my experience the dilaudid helped the pain for about an hour and a half before it came shooting back. I would call 4 my percocets at this time to help the pain. The pain is no joke and until you have experienced it you wouldn't understand. Because of sheer exhaustion I could fall asleep for 10 minute increments randomly only to have the pain wake me minutes later. Based on what family has said I slurred my speech too. However, I assure you the pain was real and the second the dilaudid wore off it was back. Percocets did very little but every little bit helped. Now I understand that she didn't want to lift her arm but maybe it hurt to do so. I had rash on many places of my body and would try not to move if possible. I also understand that she came in high but maybe that jaded your opinion of her and influenced your decision. I'm not saying you did the wrong thing I'm just giving you the patient perspective that cannot be understood until you have felt real bone pain. I am aware that I am a lowly student so I can only give opinions related to what the patient may have been going thru