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canigraduate

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  1. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    canigraduate replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Still have $29K from my first degree, probably going to add another $10-15K for NS. I drive a 15 year old car and live in a tiny house that I only pay $500/mo for. So far, it's been doable. Just...

  2. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    canigraduate replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bothers the crap out of me every time. I think "irregardless" is even worse, though. Makes my teeth hurt from biting back all the snide comments that are trying to

  3. Finals... love 'em or hate 'em?

    canigraduate replied to canigraduate's topic in General Students

    Wish me luck! The big bad final is

  4. What do you pack in your lunch box?

    canigraduate replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    Water bottles, yogurt, fruit cups, couple of sodas for caffeine (I hate coffee), chopped veggies, leftovers, salad, snack bars like granola/Clifs/Special K, trail mix. Anything that I can grab and eat...

  5. Visitors: do they tend to be the same age as patient?

    canigraduate replied to KimGee's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Usually there is a generation gap or two. My older patients are visited by kids and grandkids, my middle aged patients by parents and kids, and my young patients by parents and grandparents....

  6. How far would you be willing to travel for a job?

    canigraduate replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    You may think about renting a room and staying near your prospective job during the week, just coming home on weekends. I know several men who do

  7. Would any of you do this?

    canigraduate replied to TerpGal02's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! And I thought just taking care of two was bad. My dad was a single parent, so I had to be "Mom" when I was teenager, and I tell you, I have a lot of respect for parents. But I have no kids!!...

  8. Would any of you do this?

    canigraduate replied to TerpGal02's topic in General Nursing

    Man, I'm against the tide here, but HECK no. Before I get flamed: 1) You are not going to have the time you need to devote to your uncle as a student nurse 2) Working for family has always, always,...

  9. Staff Scheduling

    canigraduate replied to Altra's topic in General Nursing

    For the unit I work on, it isn't possible because few people can/will work a set schedule. Most of us are students, getting RNs, MSNs, NPs, etc., and our schedules change each semester. Also, a lot of...

  10. First CNA Job....12 hr shifts

    canigraduate replied to AzDeb's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Make sure to wear comfortable shoes. I wear mine a half size too big with thick socks for extra cushion. The extra room is wonderful when your feet swell later on in your shift. Also, do not let any...

  11. State CNA test

    canigraduate replied to Wonderlost's topic in General Nursing

    They should have told you right then. When I took it, they faxed the written test to Raleigh and had it back to us before the skills portion, then told us right after if we

  12. How to bounce back after failing a nursing test?

    canigraduate replied to MissRnToYou's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is a book called Fundamentals Success that will help you learn how to take nursing school tests. It helped me pass my first semester. Other things that helped me pass: making flashcards for...

  13. CNA Task Delegation & Patient Care Coordination Advice Needed

    canigraduate replied to Umrn1's topic in General Nursing

    If I understand your post correctly, you're supposed to have 3 CNAs and usually get two for 29 people. That's freaking ridiculous. It's unsafe. Unless you have a lot (say 90%) of your patients who can...

  14. Student Mistreatment

    canigraduate replied to boricualuv4ever's topic in General Students

    Well, I am going against the tide here. I don't think you did anything wrong. If anything, the professor was rude for interrupting the presenter's session by butting in. The presenter should have...

  15. Happy Thanksgiving!

    canigraduate replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Thanksgiving! Have fun

  16. Nurses: If jobs were equally abundant in America, where would you most want to work?

    canigraduate replied to Samian Q's topic in General Nursing

    Somewhere beautiful, with a low population of rich people who pay their own hospital bills in full, and whose residents are polite and civil. Wait... you said somewhere in

  17. anxiety attack during an interview

    canigraduate replied to sammer's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Something that I do is visualize my mother's face and pretend I'm talking to her. She's always been easy for me to talk to. It helps me to calm down and be confident. A technique like this, simple...

  18. Your thoughts?

    canigraduate replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    My bad. My experience has been that employers run a thorough background check complete with past employment history. It may not apply where you

  19. What's your school's cut-off for passing?

    canigraduate replied to cobee's topic in General Students

    80% in academics (includes all graded materials), pass/fail in clinicals, have to pass both to

  20. Your thoughts?

    canigraduate replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Besides, it will turn up on the background check. Better to tell them first than have them find

  21. Performing a good head-to-toe assessment.

    canigraduate replied to RedXIII_'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Another way to do it, that one of my clinical instructors taught me, is to do interview, then front from top down, then back from top down (if the patient is immobile for whatever

  22. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    canigraduate replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." Some people are hell-bent on killing themselves, one way or another, passively and slowly. I told my mom one time that I would rather...

  23. Change of shift call lights

    canigraduate replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    RNs answer call lights? If so, I wanna work where you

  24. Stuck in a nightmare, Nursing student/Employee

    canigraduate replied to Jvilla's topic in General Students

    Where I go to school, they say straight out that if you are an employee of the hospital system and you're terminated, you're out. It doesn't have anything to do with WHY you were terminated. I hate it...

  25. do male new grads get hiring preference?

    canigraduate replied to SiennaGreen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Part of the issue is that, generally, men ask for more than women do, so they get more than women do. Also, men tend to show more confidence in an interview setting. They are there to shine, while...