Lillian2515

Lillian2515

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  1. Old New Grad - Over 1 Year without a Job

    Lillian2515 replied to mo2rn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Take another look at your cover letter and your interviewing skills. Be prepared for the questions that are generally asked...practice interviewing with a friend.....make sure you look...

  2. new grad in first year on ICU/CCU..need to leave

    Lillian2515 replied to gxsr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new grad on an adult med/surg unit that gets the overflow from critical care....and I'm at a small community hospital. (Graduated with a BSN from an Ivy League school.) Med/surg is very fast...

  3. New grad taking ACLS course??

    Lillian2515 replied to nurseypoo87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I see that my last post was from July. Since then I have started working at my first RN job. I've been working for three months. I did not take an ACLS class and I did not take the phlebotomy class...

  4. Want to leave job during orientation

    Lillian2515 replied to tma0312's topic in Nursing Career

    I was in a terrible situation as an orientee a couple of years ago while I was in nursing school. I got a job as an aide with a nursing home and my final moment came when two of the other aides...

  5. New grad taking ACLS course??

    Lillian2515 replied to nurseypoo87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I considered taking ACLS while job hunting after graduation for the same reasons; the resume! I decided to skip it because of the cost. I am determined to find an employer that will offer this...

  6. Average IQ of a BSN nurse

    Lillian2515 replied to Weber's topic in General Students

    The degree does not necessarily match the IQ level. Some schools have much higher standards than others. You have to be above average intelligence to graduate from one of the top ten schools....as...

  7. Possible WCCCD Nursing Applicants

    Lillian2515 replied to ladylinton1's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Contact your local American Red Cross for CPR classes to compare the

  8. Possible WCCCD Nursing Applicants

    Lillian2515 replied to ladylinton1's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I'm a new grad :yeah:and I've heard and seen different employment stories. The most successful are the ones who take a tech/nursing assistant job during the very first semester of school or even...

  9. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    that's what I was saying

  10. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Thank God there is not ONE direct....and I emphasize direct...question about care plans on the NCLEX-RN!!!! Of course you have to be able to recognize how different systems interact and how...

  11. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    My class stopped doing care plans. We just make a daily care plan for the patients we're working with, but without NIC/NOC. Very straight forward. List diagnosis, list treatments, explain patho...

  12. RN still working as CNA at dream job :(..

    Lillian2515 replied to jmurnbsn's topic in General Nursing

    Are they taking advantage of having an RN work as a CNA with exceptional skills and knowledge.....at minimal cost??? Go be a nurse and keep your skills. You can get back to the babies later...or work...

  13. Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    Lillian2515 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    I've been in court a few times and the judge has NEVER called me by my first name....NEVER. So going along with my first post.....I will address a person the way they address me. If they are on a...

  14. Hi I am Ann... I am 51 and want to be a nurse

    Lillian2515 replied to annmel's topic in Nursing Career

    As a non-traditional student, my advice is to go to a small school where they will hopefully respect what you have accomplished in your life and not expect you to fit into the cookie cutter profile...

  15. Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    Lillian2515 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    If they call me by my first name, I do the same for them....unless they are obviously really stuffy about titles and INSIST on being called Dr., etc., .....then I submit and kiss a--....which is all...

  16. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Yes, get a college degree. That proves that you can write papers and care plans. Learn how to be a nurse after you get hired as a nurse. The SOAP notes are not in APA format. The medical records are...

  17. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Care plans are a bunch of bologna. It's a way to collect paperwork that will make it appear you are in a real "class." It gives the instructor (and I use that term loosely since most people in these...

  18. CNA while in nursing school?

    Lillian2515 replied to Brian 77's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd skip the CNA and go right for the patient care tech. They can train you on the job. Also, since you already have a BS.....did you find a nursing school with an accelerated (2nd degree...

  19. I am so depressed and need some advice

    Lillian2515 replied to bremm612's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Won't your school let you re-take the class? The school I'm at allows for one failed class....only