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Granted, I am just a student right now, but the above comments seem extremely outrageous, rude, and unnecessary! If you aren't comfortable doing something, speak up - that's fair. There is a difference between slacking off and being SAFE. I have always understood that pregnant women aren't supposed to do heavy lifting. I don't really have any advice, except to keep asking for help. It sucks that your techs are acting annoyed, but maybe it's just your imagination becaues you feel badly. Don't worry, just keep safe.

Best of luck! You'll do wonderfully! Stay positive!

It's all well and good to look at calories but you need to look at fat content too. There are very few salads that have less than 9g of fat in them - that's a huge amount! I mean, the hamburger has less than 500 calories but would you think it was a good idea if someone ate one of those for lunch everyday? There are so many important things to look at when choosing foods - fat being a big one, not calories alone. McDonald's rides on the fact that it has salads, this makes them seem healthy when in reality they are just as bad as a burger. A lot of the salads that are low in fat (I.E. 4g) are the ones that are served WITHOUT chicken! I couldn't stay full on that! The bottom line is that you cannot eat healthy and eat fast food, I just do not believe it. I DO believe however, that healthy food is much more expensive and that this is a large reason for the obesity in our country. When an apple is more expensive than a slice of pizza we have a problem.

So, I'm not really sure how I feel about this idea or not... but IF i were for it... how on earth would you track something like that? How do you measure effort? What if, as someone suggested about the women in the OP's post, she IS addicted to food? What if she has been putting forth an effort, and the reason she answered snarky ("oh I do understand how to control my bs") was because she was embarrassed? But mainly... It stinks that people don't want to take care of themselves, but especially in an American society, we don't want to put forth the work it takes to maintain our health. The best we can do is a good vent thread

That is so terrifying! I would have never thought that someone would be so low as to do something like that!

I think I know what it means, but I can only think of how to put it in an example If I take the NCLEX in NH then the license is also good for practice in ME, VT, and MA - thus it is a compact state but in CA (apparently, i don't know this first hand) the NCLEX there is only good for CA and no other states. Hope this helps!

Have you checked out York, ME at all? That's a gorgeous hospital, but I'm not really sure about their hiring status at all... There is also Wentworth-Douglass... Frisbee... (both of those are NH)... if I think of any other one's I'll post again! Good luck :)

Congratulations!!!

That's a really interesting dilemma. I think if it were me I'd ditch the honest answer and go with what you know they want to hear (i.e. I want to help people, care for them in their time of need etc. etc.) I believe in honesty but I think that you're right, and that is not the answer that will get you accepted. On the same note, why pick nursing out of all of the "relatively secure careers"? I'm sure that there are other things that you could find that would be secure. You must have picked nursing over any other career for a reason, and I think that you could shape that into an honest answer to give in your interview. Further, are you absolutely positive that nursing is what you want to do? I'm a nursing student now, and it's pretty much the hardest thing I've ever done. I wouldn't be making it through if I didn't have so much passion for it. I can't imagine doing it just to make money. (This isn't intended to be a dig, just something to think about.) If you can find your passion, you'll find the answer you need for your interview. Best of luck!

Just like in New Hampshire we have LNA (liscenced nurse's aide) and not CNA :) I was so confused when I started school in New York lol

I failed to mention that I do get a scholarship for keeping my GPA at least a 3.3. I get 15000 a year for that, so it takes 60000 off of my over-all total (and brings my yearly down to about 25000). Granted, it's still a lot, but it was a school without a wait-list and it's a really good school with a lot of good opportunities. For instance I got to study in Spain for a month and a half last year and the extra cost was pretty minimal! To Tiffdeandre - I do have to pay all of the tuition increases. It seems like a lot but my first year I got a lot of financial aide because my mom wasn't married yet. So that helped too. It was a hard decision because in spite of the scholarship it is a lot of money, but other schools that I looked at cost pretty much the same, and I'm really happy here! That said, I do know several students here who do pay the full tuition, and I'm honestly not sure what I would do if I were to lose my scholarship or something like that. EDIT: That tuition does include room and board.

The college that I am going to to receive my RN (Bachelor's) is up to 42,000 this year. It goes up about 2 grand a year (it was 40,000 when I started) so it will probably be about 46,000 for my last year! Better hope I get a job, huh?

Man that's just frightening!

I think you still have a chance! If it were me I think I'd apologize and briefly explain the nature of the emergency, so they have a way to understand why you had to reschedule. And even tell them that it is out of character for you! You're still trying to sell yourself :) Everyone has emergencies, don't worry, I'm sure they can find it in them to understand that if you just let them know what's the what!

Lol! I took my bp on one of those machines at a Wal-mart recently. I can't remember the exact numbers but the machine kindly informed me that I had hypertension! I sincerly doubt that I have hypertension. My bp's have always been fine when I go to my regular doctor but on this machine it skyrocketed. Coincidentally, I got my bp done by an automatic cuff in an emergency room also recently (just sprained my hand, nothing major). This cuff also showed me being up over 150 systolic, and somthing like 95 diastolic? It was ridiculous! The cuff hurt me so badly, and I told her it wasn't my normal reading and she didn't care, nor did she try to take it again (probably since I was there for my hand and not for my heart). What I'm trying to say in this ramble is that I don't trust automatic cuffs, I think they are stupid. It just doesn't take that much time to do a reading yourself, and from personal experience it's much more accurate! I doubt it's a conspiracy theory but I do think those machines in the grocery store or wherever are not a great reading, and are apt to make people nervous when they need not be!

LOL Thanks for sharing, I needed the laugh!

If it were me I would call Wednesday afternoon if I hadn't heard anything - gratz :)

Mailing letters? Is that even allowed? At the hospital I worked at (as a receptionist before nursing school) the only mailbox was outside... I wouldn't think a nurse would be allowed to mail letters for a patient?

Have a very Happy Easter everyone I hope that everyone gets to spend it with their family and close friends!

Actually I am from New Hampshire and I had never heard of a CNA until I came to New York. I think that they are supposed to be the same as LNA though

What is an LVN? I've never heard of this before... also I don't really understand the differences between CNA and LNA and LPN... Thanks :)

Anything by Mosby is wonderful, I absolutely swear by mine, and that is what my instructor and fellow classmates (who are farther on in the program) recommended to me :)

I currently work about 18 hours a week while in NS. It is really hard, for sure, but it's possible. There is not a lot of free time, but at least I have somewhat of a pay check and I am still surviving in NS. If you are fortunate enough to not work full or even part time, I would say don't work, or only work 10 or less hours a week. I am going to be dropping a shift or two soon (like at the end of this week) because I am feeling overwhelmed. This is my first clinical and it is SO much work. If you can afford not to work, I would suggest not working, but if you must work then know that it is doable, but it will be hard. Good luck!

You did the right thing, don't be so hard on yourself. Your daughter is, and will always be, your number one priority. You did what you did because you are a wonderful parent and responsible nurse. The most important thing for you to do now is get your daughter help. You will find another job when the time is right, and the NH will survive without you. At least you gave them warning that you were leaving, it isn't your fault that you couldn't complete the two weeks. This is one of my favorite quotes: It will all be alright in the end. If it's not alright, then it isn't the end. You did the best you could, and that is all anyone can ask of you. I hope that your daughter gets well soon, you all are in my thoughts

Wow. I can't even tell you how furious that statement makes me. I have never and will never get behind the wheel of a car drinking. My father was an alcoholic. He drunk drove with me in the back seat, so should I forgive him? (Btw, my mother divorced him after this incident and he was too disinterested to keep contact with me). I don't understand what the OP was trying to achieve with this post. All I can think is that 1 is far too many. And personally, I think 1 shot should be 5 years without a license and any other dui or dwi should result in permanent loss of license! It is unacceptable to put any one else's life at risk! I understand that it is an addiction, but you need to take steps to keep yourself from drunk driving. Give your keys to a friend who will be staying sober for the night. THERE IS NO EXCUSE!