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  1. Hospitals, a necessary evil

    I just watched a documentary Food Matters. It definitely reminded me of some thoughts I've had about the medical system. I'm all for evidence based medicine, but it doesn't really happen that way too...
  2. I work at CHOA now PRN while in nursing school. I love the environment, people, and values, and everyone always talks about how people leave and only want to come right back! I guess this is the...
  3. New grad in L&D

    Have you ever heard the saying that nurses eat their young? Well, I experienced it firsthand in L&D, and I am never NEVER going back. It makes me sick to my stomach to think how I didn't stand up...
  4. New grad in L&D

    Every unit is different, but what happened to me is textbook workplace bullying. My risk factors were being non-confrontational, intelligent, knowledgeable, hard-working, very experienced with natural...
  5. New Grad in the OB

    Are you sure you don't mean 400 births/month? 400 births/year is about the number that I see a single OB practitioner deliver at my hospital (the busy ones, but still). You could read up on OB...
  6. I'm starting my first RN job on Monday! It's hospital orientation. I took a job in the ED, but now the L&D might have an opening for me and wants to talk to me before I start. I have experience...
  7. Is anyone else having trouble applying to initial RN licensure on the GA Board of Nursing website? They say it will be available at a later date for December grads, yet a few in my classmates were...
  8. December New Grad GA board application

    Wow! God is looking out for me! I graduated Saturday, got my ATT Monday, and I am taking my test only 10 days after graduation in the city where I live :) I'm so nervous and
  9. Five more weeks left in last semester....

    OMG! I thought we were the only ones! My classmates and I are actually having a bonfire after graduation in which we will burn them. Our program changed the uniform style last year anyway, so we can't...
  10. Extern Interview Tomorrow!

    So happy for you! Congratulations! Let us know how you like it! I am a nurse extern too at the moment... graduating in about 3
  11. December New Grad GA board application

    OK, thanks, didn't realize about the transcripts part. My instructor said the earliest she has ever seen someone take boards is 12 days after graduation. I'll settle for
  12. DEPRESSED New grad. What are we suppose to do?

    Have you considered moving? Do some online searches. I got an email recently about some healthcare system in Las Vegas. Hospitals will often pay for relocation fees if they really need some
  13. Five more weeks left in last semester....

    I have 5 weeks left too! I just want to take my boards and be done with it all! Most of all I'm looking forward to more free time in which to finally exercise as much as I need to, and maybe read a...
  14. Extern Interview Tomorrow!

    Try to put yourself in their shoes. If they really are picking you for an RN job there, it's not just about smarts and skills (although I'm sure you have those, since they picked you)... At this...
  15. MIstakes New nurses MAke?

    I am a new nurse, graduating in December, and I have already seen many things I don't agree with. If I was a patient, I would be scared to stay in most hospitals. I plan on doing all procedures...
  16. MIstakes New nurses MAke?

    Here is an informative website with true stories of medical errors: http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/cases.aspx You can learn a lot from these
  17. Clayton State Acceptance Fall 2009

    Mrs. Lewis, Sorry, I was working on 8/5, but I will be a peer tutor this semester. Come see me week 1 if you need help preparing for the math
  18. Clayton State Acceptance Fall 2009

    Anyone out there get an acceptance letter from Clayton State for Fall 2009 yet? I heard they had mailed out some letters this week, so just curious. If so, what was your GPA and NET
  19. Clayton State Acceptance Fall 2009

    yeah, basically, know all of them like that. Of the apothecary conversions, they may only touch on one or two, like grains and maybe drams. They might change things up. After a while it will be...
  20. Clayton State Acceptance Fall 2009

    You need to memorize the conversions. They will never be given to you. Although they tend to focus on the most common ones, and nothing too obscure. You will be tested at the beginning of every...
  21. I just had an interview today for a nurse extern position that I am thrilled about. I have been in communication with the HR representative from the beginning. She just sent me a quick online thank...
  22. sending an online thank you after interview

    UPDATE: I sent an online thank you note (not a card), like the HR rep, and I got the
  23. sending an online thank you after interview

    Yes, I had the same thought about a cutesy online thank you card. Nothing seemed appropriate, so I just wrote an email with a "thank you" picture pasted inside (which is what her email looked like)....
  24. Clayton State Acceptance Fall 2009

    That interview was almost exactly 2 yrs ago, but I just had a job interview this morning, so I feel you pain! I think the program interview is much like your typical interview. Strengths,...
  25. Bad Idea???

    Pre-med majors have quite a few more classes to take, which will prepare them for the MCAT. Nursing core is just the basic sciences (1 yr of chem, microbio, 1 yr of anatomy, statistics, sociology,...