november17

november17 ASN, RN

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  1. Honestly...Is there still hope for my future???

    november17 replied to missbwm's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Whether you say you can't, or if you say you can, you are right. Would it make sense to re-apply? I don't know. Do you want to be nurse? You're going to have to re-apply if that is your goal. You...

  2. Testing out of CNA exam???

    november17 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In Michigan you have to complete so many hours of in-class time as well as clinical time to qualify to take the exam for CNA certification. Keeping that in mind, I do not believe it is possible to...

  3. Questions to ask during my job interview tomorrow?

    november17 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduate from my RN program in 7 days. I've got all my coursework out of the way and I'm more or less just waiting for the pinning ceremony and the final grades to come out (I passed, so that's not...

  4. Gay Nurses... help!

    november17 replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Its funny how male nurses being gay is a hot topic. What about the lesbian nurses? No one cares,

  5. Despirate help needed

    november17 replied to labman's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    put doughnuts in place of ice cream and i think this is a viable

  6. After Week Nine, I'm feelin' Fine

    november17 replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Must have been a massive

  7. ? about needing CNA for nursing school

    november17 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In the state I am in, you only need a few hours working during X period of time to keep your CNA certificate. The CNA cert is good for two years, and you're only required to work for 20 hours as a CNA...

  8. Question about Hemoglobin and Hematocrit

    november17 replied to Joni's Mom's topic in General Students

    Just adding: hypervolemia r/t decreased kidney function could be a cause as well...as the above pointed out. What do the electrolytes look like? BUN, Creat,

  9. Delegating and still having to do everything myself.

    november17 replied to november17's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    after 14 days of clinicals, working with this particular group of people, and having them consistently not do the things that they would normally do for any rn they work with, i feel justified in...

  10. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    november17 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    I think it is overly simplistic to just say, "well...they must not have studied enough." There are tons of ways to fail nursing school. And they don't all involve academic problems. Harsh clinical...

  11. Ideas for Nursing Grad Party

    november17 replied to leesespieces's topic in General Students

    I'm thinking of a game like pin the tail on the donkey. Except instead of a donkey tail onto a donkey butt, make it like sticking a venous catheter into a forearm or

  12. Has anyone here had to do clinicals in OB

    november17 replied to edsdcs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I completed my OB rotation around this time last year. I assisted with one birth, and the patient had no problem with it whatsoever. In fact, her and her husband were very nice and supportive...

  13. Advice from Last Year Nursing Student

    november17 replied to CrazyHands's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I personally kept all my books from pre-reqs and I have not referred back to them at all. I've found google a good a source as any, especially if you know what you are looking for. I wish I would have...

  14. Pulled from orientation to be a tech???

    november17 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Look on the bright side, you got paid RN wages to do a CNA/tech

  15. Almost done but feeling so unready with my clinical skills,anyone else???

    november17 replied to lab211's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I think it is pretty normal to question your skills right off the bat. I myself graduate in 2 months and I am scared to death. The instructors at this point have more or less just pushed me out of the...

  16. woman's view, shocked at the emotional anger directed towards male students

    november17 replied to Gennaver's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yes you are right and it isn't really fair. I actually got a reputation around school during first semester for being late to class and clinicals all the time. Which was REALLY odd and irritated me...

  17. Changing careers but discouraged by a failed student

    november17 replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My uncle took me aside one day when we were at his house, when I had first started majoring in nursing. He said, "You're going to be a nurse? You can't do that!!" And acted shocked. I said, "Fine, you...

  18. Curious...any of you guys considering Peds/PICU/NICU?

    november17 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I've been seriously considering pediatrics as the place I want to end up eventually. Right now I'm precepting in neurology and I don't really care for it. I thought peds was a blast though (especially...

  19. Is it customary to give clinical instructor's gifts at the end of a rotation?

    november17 replied to lizmatt's topic in General Students

    After my very first semester I remember one of the students was trying to rally everyone else to chip in $5 to get our instructor something. I thought it was really stupid, because I was...

  20. highly recommend saunders

    november17 replied to law3576's topic in General Students

    Yea I had the same thing happen with the same exact book. Several people in my class were using it and one day one of them told me about it - I was upset that I didn't hear about it sooner. That...

  21. Male CNA's or STNA's?

    november17 replied to jazz404's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just wanted to throw out that I did the same thing you are thinking of doing. I'm male and in my last semester of RN school right now. I did CNA training and worked as a CNA in a nursing home in...

  22. Just curious, what gear do you own?

    november17 replied to Xentec's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I would honestly say you don't need anything. A stethoscope may come in handy for taking manual blood pressures, but honestly most facilities use machines these days. Most of the time there are tons...

  23. How long do you wait?

    november17 replied to daisygal's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A few years ago I was putting applications out like crazy looking for a new job. I filled them out in early june. I actually didn't recieve any phone calls until August but ended up with two job...

  24. Graduating soon, and I don't know exactly what I want to do. Ideas?

    november17 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Barring acts of God, I will be graduating from an ADN program in April. I was sitting around today and making a list of my goals for the upcoming year. Obviously, at the top of my career goals is to...

  25. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    november17 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I'm about to graduate from clinicals. Here's my story- I graduated high school not knowing what I wanted to do. So I worked full time in the construction field (carpentry), and worked weekends at a...