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  1. Would You Like A Bit Of Inspiration, Today?

    mammac5 replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    Very

  2. Last semester of the year ! But I do not want to be a nurse anymore

    mammac5 replied to iamhere's topic in General Students

    Now I am starting in an O.R. tomorrow - that was always my dream job, ever since about day one. And I just started having thoughts about missing med-surg and CCU... *sigh*. But I know there's a reason...

  3. Vanderbilt BSN - NP Program Applicants Fall 2010

    mammac5 replied to gkbroaro's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Good deal! Again, I don't mean to be a downer at all. Vandy is great and I'm loving it; hope you will as

  4. Vanderbilt BSN - NP Program Applicants Fall 2010

    mammac5 replied to gkbroaro's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Well, I would say that studying 12 hours outside of class time is one of those, "Your Mileage May Vary" sort of deals. If studying is defined as reviewing notes, working on flashcards for...

  5. USA Today Article: Nursing covering more health care

    mammac5 replied to efy2178's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for posting that article; I hadn't seen it yet. Very interesting that some physicians' groups seem to be almost threatened by NPs, yet they will admit there are very few docs coming out of med...

  6. NPs Help Please!!!

    mammac5 replied to Missy89's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you're thinking NP but really want to work in an inpatient setting, you might check into Acute Care NP programs. Could be a good fit for

  7. Current Vanderbilt NP students

    mammac5 replied to lvICU's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If you go to the VUSN site, there is a wealth of information there about tech requirements/recommendations. Start at www.nursing.vanderbilt.edu then look at the QuickLinks on the left side of the...

  8. What do you know about School Based NP Positions?

    mammac5 replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Here's a recent news story from Buncombe Co. North Carolina. http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010303010037 A couple of years ago I read about how counties are hiring NPs to...

  9. What do you know about School Based NP Positions?

    mammac5 replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    SIDELINE QUESTION: What state/region are you working in now? Just curious about an NP earning 60K per year... Hope you won't mind

  10. Last semester of the year ! But I do not want to be a nurse anymore

    mammac5 replied to iamhere's topic in General Students

    Hang in there, iamhere! You can do ANYTHING for 2 more weeks. I'm not sure of your age or life experience, but as someone who is "mature" and who's been through lots of junk, I can assure you I have...

  11. Nursing school Vs. Nursing Prereqs

    mammac5 replied to tag2007's topic in General Students

    Career Changes -- your situation sounds like mine when I worked on prereqs. I had a full-time job, class 4 nights/week, online courses, and kept up my gym schedule. My husband used to remind me that...

  12. What you had to give up for NS

    mammac5 replied to amathis's topic in General Students

    I forgot one... My regular workout

  13. Job Stress r/t Liability!

    mammac5 replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'd be curious to know what type of nursing you might pursue that doesn't carry any

  14. Vanderbilt BSN - NP Program Applicants Fall 2010

    mammac5 replied to gkbroaro's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I heard that the FNP program was changing this year to move to block format for next year's entering class, but the VUSN website does not show that change in the curriculum plan. Either I heard wrong...

  15. What you had to give up for NS

    mammac5 replied to amathis's topic in General Students

    1) Living with my husband full-time 2) Spending time with my grandkids 3) Paychecks with my name on them 4) Sunday dinners with family 5) New

  16. Vanderbilt BSN - NP Program Applicants Fall 2010

    mammac5 replied to gkbroaro's topic in Post Graduate Students

    As far as setting up clinical sites for distance programs, it really depends on where you're going and the coordinator of your program. Your coordinator likely has contacts in some cities -- people...

  17. Vanderbilt BSN - NP Program Applicants Fall 2010

    mammac5 replied to gkbroaro's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Distance programs are available for most of the areas of concentration, but not all. There is no distance option (unless something is changing for next year) for Acute Care NP and Neonatal NP. To...

  18. Nursing school Vs. Nursing Prereqs

    mammac5 replied to tag2007's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is SO much better than prereqs! I had a very difficult time memorizing everything for chemistry...formulas made me miserable. The great thing with nursing school is that there is very...

  19. How do you feel about your Public Health rotation?

    mammac5 replied to Work in Progress's topic in General Students

    I'm really enjoying community health. Hours at a local health department, working with a family on all their health needs and writing a care plan for them, Red Cross, and some community service...

  20. nursing student needs help!

    mammac5 replied to student_nurse24's topic in General Students

    As a student who is getting report on patients and listening to reports others are getting, a lot of what's going on is not that helpful. We're being taught to give a tight report of the pertinent...

  21. Vanderbilt BSN - NP Program Applicants Fall 2010

    mammac5 replied to gkbroaro's topic in Post Graduate Students

    ginillel I was unable to respond to your message by PM on this site (says you have blocked receiving them) so I'm going to try and address some general concerns here. I started the Vandy program for...

  22. Vanderbilt, UMASS, UVM Direct Entry MSN

    mammac5 replied to emarble's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Don't freak out about the waitlist -- rest assured someone who is offered admission will either take a spot at another school or decide not to do it this year for financial or other personal reasons....

  23. OR rotation

    mammac5 replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

    OR didn't do a thing for me, either. I like the people contact...you know, the NICE people!

  24. So discouraged....

    mammac5 replied to asimps13's topic in General Students

    Deeeeep Breath.... First, thank goodness you're almost done with school. Barring any complications, your pregnancy should not affect your ability to complete your program. Second, take time to think...

  25. HESI during Nursing school?

    mammac5 replied to ghurricane's topic in General Nursing

    We do one at the end of each semester...and remediate if our scores do not meet standards set by the school. Our final HESi counts in our grade for the last semester. We've been told that doing well...