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  1. Do you have a back up to Nursing?

    I am starting in less than a week my prerequisites to enter into an associate's of nursing degree program, and I am just wondering, do any of you have a plan if Nursing doesn't work out? Of course I...
  2. I keep reading about "the nursing shortage", yet I am reading all over on this site and hearing from my friends who've completed the local nursing program that they are having a hard time finding...
  3. Help..fellow RN breaking into co-workers E mail

    Wow, I'm amazed as well that this person still has a job. Does his superior realize that it is illegal to break into someone's email? This is an act that has and could be taken to court. Especially...
  4. H1N1 will you be giving the vaccine?

    Exactly my point Tweedles. Thank you for your kind response. I have been to the WHO's website, and didn't they begin making the vaccine in something like, May of this year? My child's school has...
  5. H1N1 will you be giving the vaccine?

    I think the issue is, that there HASN'T been any study that links this vaccine to complications, because it's only been in existence for something like six months. You're right, the vaccine is said...
  6. How to Study?

    I do the flashcard thing too - I'm taking a general biology class right now as a prerequisite to Anatomy, and the actual act of writing the terms down on the flash cards helps me tremendously. I have...
  7. I am starting prereque's on Tuesday, and I can't say that I'm not getting a little nervous! I have two daughters, one 7 and the other will be 4 in December. I've been a SAHM to them for the past 5...
  8. Need some encouragement, I can do this, right?

    Thank you all so much for all of the advice and really motivating words! You have truly helped. Things are going well so far and I'm gaining some confidence. I'm only spending about an hour,...
  9. No Waiting List And No Entrance Exam RN

    Kent State Ashtabula branch in Ohio has no waiting list, because they accept students twice a year. Students are accepted based on GPA first though, so you gotta keep those grades up. As far as an...
  10. Need some encouragement, I can do this, right?

    Thank you so much for the encouraging words. I really needed them. I'm all up in it at school now! Stressing a little about the GPA thing but I'm just going to study until I can't study anymore....
  11. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    Just another note about getting into the classes - don't forget that some of the prerequisites are not only for Nursing but other health fields like Radiologic Technology or Respiratory Therapy as...
  12. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    To be quite blunt, which nurse would you like assisting your Doc during surgery? The one making $32 an hour or the one making $8? Have you noticed the trend with jobs where you make only a few...
  13. The haunting scream of a mother

    Oh how awful. I'm a pre-nursing student as well and I do not look forward to witnessing this kind of pain. I have two daughters, and there is NOTHING that I fear more, than something happening to...
  14. Open mouth; Insert foot

    Amen! I'll tell ya what, I think everyone has spoken their mind and regretted it instantly...or soon after. I am a pre-nursing student but I can attest that this kind of workplace politics happens...
  15. Professors who grade based on 'looks'

    I'm sure it happens but Lord I hope not in any of my classes, or else I'm in big trouble! Not that I'm a slob or anything, but I've got two school age kids and now am attempting school full time, I...
  16. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    I don't work at a hospital - yet - but something tells me that vomit and other bodily fluids aren't a turn on. Maybe that's just
  17. ICU nurses attitude toward med-surg nurses

    I can't answer this question as it pertains to your particular situation, as I'm beginning school this fall as a pre-nursing student. But what I can share with you, is that my experience has been, no...
  18. Friend starting school to be RN-what do I say???

    I would be completely honest with her. Nothing good will come from telling her anything other than the truth, yet at the same time I don't find it necessary to tell her to "run". Lol* I'm beginning...
  19. Do you have a back up to Nursing?

    That is a huge draw for me to nursing as well. I have a general interest in the medical field, I'd like to think of myself as a compassionate person and I feel good about the prospect of helping...
  20. I can't even believe that this recall even made the news....

    If there is a label, someone tried it.
  21. A big thank you to all that replied to my last posting

    Good for you. It's no fun to not be liked, but the rules are put in place for one reason - the safety of the
  22. I can't even believe that this recall even made the news....

    Can someone tell me why I was required by the government to take and pass a quiz to accept a $600 loan for nursing school, but I can bring a human being into the world without having to take any kinds...
  23. Frustrated, need to vent

    Oh wow - I'm so sorry!! I am in the same position for my books. We are looking at our options for right now as to how to come up with the money - cashing in my Husband's vacation, borrowing from...
  24. Taking A&P I Fall 2009?

    Your courses are similar to mine - I'm taking Gen. Psych., Biology I, Core Math I, and College Writing I. I'm surprised you could take A/P with general biology? You are gonna be one mad studying...
  25. MD AWARE

    Wow, these are the kinds of posts that could scare a girl right out of nursing school. I hope all Dr.'s are not this way, because I'm with those of you who would cover my dierriere before worrying...