PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    Win $100! February 2013 Caption Contest

    PacoUSA replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Stop crying! I got this needle from
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    To be honest, it is EXTREMELY difficult to get around without a car in Stony Brook and in Suffolk County for that matter. Without a car you will have to depend on carpooling if you are assigned a...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    The group has an OPEN setting right now, meaning that the 600 million members of Facebook can read posts in the group (I can see all the postings, and so can the faculty of the school if they choose...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    You should start a new thread for your question, as this thread is only about Stony Brook's
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    Well, the first time I got BLS certified was in FL. I did the classroom portion online using an interactive format, got my Part 1 certificate that way and then went to a certified instructor to do...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN class of 2013

    PacoUSA replied to Joie_de_vivre's topic in New York Nursing

    Good luck. I hate long commutes, I live 30 min away from the campus right now and I hate it. Looking to move closer. I graduated with someone that commuted from Staten Island ... I don't know how...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    That session is definitely only useful for future applicants. This thread is far more interesting for those already accepted, because we tell you the REAL
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    Pay check??

    PacoUSA replied to All Star_Pre Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    My reaction in a word was RELIEF. I was in a 12-month accelerated BSN program and had budgeted myself with savings and loan proceeds for about 13 months, so July 31 was pretty much when ALL my money...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    Need to clarify the difference between INTERNSHIP and EXTERNSHIP. Everyone in a BSN program (whether it is a 2-year BSN or accelerated BSN) does an internship as one of the final classes in the...
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    Should I go to NTI even if I am not in critical care?

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Critical Care

    I work on a medicine/telemetry unit, wondering if I could benefit from this conference. I was thinking of going because I eventually want to move into a stepdown unit or an ICU. Planning to attend the...
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    Got into a car accident after working a night shift

    PacoUSA replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I know the feeling. I drive 30 minutes each way to work, have worked nights at my facility about 7 months and there are mornings where I feel God has taken the wheel to get me home safely. Always...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    That's odd. Perhaps they changed the rules? Sorry for the wrong
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    owade, post ONE MORE MESSAGE and you will be able to. As I understand it, you will have private mailbox access once you have posted 15 messages on the board, you now have 14 it
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    New Nurse can't eat lunch

    PacoUSA replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    What my comments mean is that I don't expect the nurse covering my patients to do anything that I was supposed to have done myself in the first place and remains undone and immediately due. IOW, when...
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    New Nurse can't eat lunch

    PacoUSA replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 6 months into my first nursing job, would never think of expecting the nurse that covers me to pass a med or do anything for my patient while on my break (except of course tend to the call bell)....
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    new allnurses logo - feedback wanted

    PacoUSA replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Voted. But I would like to see a color and font change as
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    Emer1234 gave good advice in the previous post (probably because he likely heeded my advice a year ago when I was in the program, lol ... and I see he is likewise procrastinating pharmacology as I...
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    I'm seeing a lot of unprofessional posting here related to venting about patients

    PacoUSA replied to Garethaus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're a self-proclaimed NEWBIE, you don't know enough to make this call on nurses. I remember being just like you. Now that I have been in the profession for a while (not a long while, granted, but...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    You have nothing to worry about. Seriously, save your money on that medical terminology course and buy yourself a nice Littmann stethoscope and a cool pair of white kicks for
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    The class was divided initially into 8 clinical groups with 8 students each (makes sense why the magic number is 64). Three of those 8 groups were "Stony Brook 24" students. Your clinical groups in...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    Well, my class had 26 people sign up for the Stony Brook 24, so 2 people ended up getting bumped even though they lived in Suffolk County. The way they did it my year: the professor passed around a...
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    Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    PacoUSA replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    You have to have student liability insurance in place even before orientation, so your best bet is to look into it in late May, for an effective date of say July 1 is fine. This insurance is part of...
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    Need Advice! I have to make decision by Monday.

    PacoUSA replied to auntlala's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You followed your heart, that is what's most important. I feel you made the right decision
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    Need Advice! I have to make decision by Monday.

    PacoUSA replied to auntlala's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't believe you're stumped about this decision. Think about the hundreds of nurses that would kill puppies to take that cancer center job ... Call them tomorrow and ACCEPT the
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    Nursing Shortage= Thousands of Unemployed New Grads?

    PacoUSA replied to Hypnotica's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was a new grad in 2012 and my starting salary in the NYC metro area was mid-70s ... so yes, the original post is