I_See_You_RN

I would suggest taking graduate courses. For the most part you have to learn over everything you learned in undergrad, but now, you need to obtain a deeper understanding. Why take over classes to prove that you are a "safe nurse" because that is al...

So here is my honest opinion. This is not a hate message or one aimed at discouraging you. I believe that anyone is capable of doing anything with the right amount of preparation and dedication. All of this takes time. My advise would be to NOT ap...

I would put her in her place. If i was busy stabilizing a critical patient certainly don't hand me the phone unless there is someone on the other end giving me orders...not asking me superfluous questions as if that is going to change their acute si...

"Capped" I've had pressors capped before hitting max dose,.. no more blood products, no compressions, pain/anxiety medications only. I've always found it humorous (for lack of a better word) when I'm doing "capped care" / terminal weaning and they fo...

I say find a different BSN nursing school. Your goal in the next 5 years will be to become a proficient/spectacular RN,.. not spectacular former TCU student. You need a school that will support you and lead you to passing your boards. Many schools...

Yes the council does say acute and does include ER as an example but that does NOT reflect what most schools,.. I would bet to argue 99.9% of schools want... and therefore that clause is meaningless. 99.9% of schools do not accept ER, OR, or PACU. ...

No we don't have that in my ICU. I work in the SICU and I get very few capped care orders. Its usually treat, treat, treat and if nothing works they either expire very quickly on max doses of pressors/etc., a failed code, or they get transferred to...

Hey guys. Did any of you apply to U Penn for their first review deadline, April 1st. I just heard about the deadline so it was a mad rush to get everything in. I am still waiting for one acceptance letter by a professor to be sent in. I hope the...

no one applied? and in the above I meant "recommendation letter", not acceptance, lol

If when you say trauma you are referring to a Surgical-Trauma ICU then that is a good choice. If when you say cardiac hospital you are referring to Cardio-Thoracic-ICU then that is also a good choice. STICU has more variety and many schools rate th...

I'm not sure if things were different in 2008, but as of 2011 almost all programs specify who they would like a recommendation from and about 85% of them require a MD. I think the reasoning is that a MD might be analyzing you from a different perspec...

Has anyone ever taken the Adv. Pharm or Adv. Patho class at Liberty University Online. They are regionally accredited. Does anyone have any comments on the course structure?... class difficulty?... and if these two courses can be taken at the same t...

Hi Everyone! I just passed my CCRN today :yeah:and I guess now I'm ready to sit another test: the Cardiac Medicine Certification. Has anyone here taken the test? If so what what did you use to study. Just studying for the CCRN has taught me so muc...

Go to NSLIJ website and look up the email address of *********. She is the one who does the first round of interviews for the program. Send a message stating your interest in the program and ask how you may apply for their next fellowship class. U...

I see this theme on this site over and over again, and I really don't understand it. The only reason that I can think of is that some of the people who already made it would like to think of themselves as an "elite" group and therefore they scoff at...

Write your own reference letter and have your instructor sign it??!! Wow! That would be a horrendous practice.... how about actually earning the respect and compliments from your instructors. Already there are new grads who benefit from nepotism,.....

I do see what many of you are saying and I completely agree with most of your points. I only raise this question because I often see ICU nurses as myself who have done the research get "barked" on (for lack of a better term) when asking a question t...

I think I liked the saunders. the huge book of just questions and answers. they really get you into test mode and the explanations for the questions is all you need. I think their other one that actually has chapter reviews gives way too much info...

Hi guys. I wanted to know from the people who already made it (since the admissions offices refuse to pick up their phones) . Did anyone who took online courses prior to admission have any problems getting these credits transferred in the NA progra...

My test, for the most part wasn't like that. It really wasn't trying to trick to you. It was more like "can you recognize what's going on, and can you figure out what is more important". Also, since there are multiple answer multiple choice questi...

From my understanding there is a large portion of schools that don't even look at GPA's below 3.0 because the applicant pool is filled with much higher GPA's. I'd suggest taking over some of the classes that you didn't do well in and make sure that ...

I heard you can make big bucks working for Medicare. Your job is to visit patients who are eligible for medicare and basically explain to them their benefits and help them fill out the applications. You can't get farther from the bedside than that ...

my friend got a job there and she absolutely hates it. She said the staff are unsupportive, if something goes wrong the seniors like to throw you under the bus. But a job is a job. If that is ur only offer I would say take it,.. reap all the exper...

Has anyone taken online classes at Liberty University? More specifically their adv. patho or adv. pharm classes? Is this institution and their online program respectable? Is it possible to take both classes at the same time while working a full ti...

I started working nights in an ICU and my BSN definitely helped me. I believe its all about what you put into it. When u do ur clinical rotations don't just be an observer. During my rotations I was hanging meds, packing open surgical wounds, deep...