madnurse2b

I have to laugh - I only had to do urine for nursing school. But here in Vegas - all of the hotels I worked in did hair! Sad that they want to test more completely for a casino/hotel/restaurant job than a nursing job in this town. Just keep dancing...

CSN's program is second only to UNLV in the state!! The NCLEX pass rates were just slightly under UNLV's - which is pretty darn awesome if you ask me!! (As of two years ago - not sure how they currently stand...but I can't imagine it changes that muc...

As to what defines toxic - "You'll know it when you see it" trust me... Life is too short to spend your life miserable. However, if you have a job, be thankful. If you need to stay for a short time, do it. And then move on. Most things are tole...

So I just need to get some stuff of my chest. I hate cheaters! I can't do anything about them without proof but gosh I hate your guts if you cheat! I'm tired, I'm having trouble being motivated and gosh I can't wait for this semester to end! Next se...

Our papers are all pass/fail and count in clinical. Which if you can't do the physical skills it won't matter if you wrote a stellar paper, the instructor has to pass you based on your ability, or not. Lecture is testing only mostly, some quizzes a...

My mother was in ICU for 3 months before she died (yeah this was before the kick them to rehab days). I watched some of the most amazing nursing go on. Real CARE...not just tasks. I have every hope that I will be that nurse when all is said and don...

Yes but is it postpartum care plan...or careplan for the newborn? If newborn then risk for infection would be entirely appropriate...unfortunately.

There's no such thing as nursing school stress...really, it doesn't bother me to not get sleep, not have time with family (even when they are in the hospital), not be able to go to a friend's funeral in another state because I have a test...to have p...

I have to say that I go back to the concept that rape is about dominance, control and violence...I can definitely understand her statement. Is it rape...no not by the legal definitions, but is it assault/battery - yes. If you do not have access to ...

It's the Retention Center. However, again you will know. I have not had a class that didn't give you in the syllabus the number of points and information you need to pass the class. If at one point you are not doing well not only will your instruc...

To a certain extent your instructor is right. You have to pay attention...misreading one 0 could change a med to a fatal error. I am extremely fast on tests... I NEVER change answers (when I do I shouldn't have - learned that a long time ago) - but...

ROFLMAO Now that is funny....

Unlike first semester when you would have to reapply...if you fail one class that is the class you repeat. You don't repeat the entire semester. However you also cannot take the class with the next semester of classes you would have taken. And why...

The Valley Health System just posted some "entry level" nurse positions - not called new grad but it sure sounded like it. Hope that helps.

Empathy is not just the purview of nurses. This person was in pain and you provided presence and care. That is a blessing. Don't forget to take care of you, but you are a special person. Remember that.

Anyone else hear that Sunrise laid off a bunch of nurses in the last few days? And I also noticed that the number of available RN positions in the Valley Health System are definitely lessened in the last few weeks. Is there something going on? Or ...

Let me preface this with - I really love you all, you are awesome and have helped me become a better nurse every semester. That said... Could you please learn how to use your computer system? Can you please not assign homework that includes videos ...

Someone posted a link to a really great study/review for cardiac dysrhythmias a couple of months back. I saved it but to the computer that died recently. Does anyone know what I am talking about? Does anyone have a really great internet link for EK...

now that is funny! but what if it's on the nclex????

You will find this gets worse as school goes along - I mean someone in nursing school without sleep deprivation, c'mon! I agree with the read for twenty minutes go for a walk - even 5 minutes. Good for you and the attention span. I will also take ...

Hey - that's not funny - I was being serious! Really. I was. Not that anyone would listen if I were.....

Suck it up - buck up lil camper - you are good enough, you are smart enough and gosh darn it people like you - how can you deprive the thousands of patients whose lives you are about to change of your presence - you love nursing school - it's easy - ...

Moogie - Can you please come be my teacher????? To the OP -- I'm at CSN, unfortunately it is how they do it for nursing school. I don't know what got your wife's grades down, but she needs to figure it out before she repeats the class. Sucks, but...

I get it every semester - "the eff its". Just smile real pretty get a glass of wine and study. Then get up tomorrow and study again. Just try to remember that it's almost over and you can just "eff it" in another week or so :wink2: Hope this hel...

I'm not done yet so no new grad positions for me. But...with all of the applications for anything in any hospital here while I'm in school my friend recommended I just start treating them like they are practice interviews. I go in and since this is...