MauriceRC

Will your local public health help out with this? I work for a LPH and we often get lice referral from school nurses for kids with chronic lice.

I got a PHN position straight out of nursing school and after working for less than a year I was offered a hospital job in critical care. Do what you want to do now and the future will take care of itself.

I just graduated from an entry level masters program and, while undergraduate GPA is important, they look at so much more than that. Since your undergrad degree was 10+ years ago hopefully they would give you some leeway. When you are making your dec...

I am starting nursing school in the fall. It's an accelerated program and, in an attempt to get ahead of the game, I was thinking about tackling my ACLS certification before classes start. I know ACLS certification really tough to get, especially for...

Kim, they do want you to buy your own stethoscope and they'll eventually send out an email with what model you should get. I upgraded my stethoscope and, although it was more expensive, I was glad I did. You'll also need a pen light and a tiny pair o...

Hey Kim, it's Mary (from the prereqs at Inver). I was wondering why you were not in the program this year. Congratulations on the baby! I'm in the second semester of the program and I love it. Before I started all I heard about was how difficult the ...

I know a lawyer who is also and RN, another lawyer who got his BS in biochemistry, and my mom teaches law school. I think the qualities that make a good nurse are the same qualities that make a good lawyer. According to my mom (who is also on the adm...

If you really think you can do it then I'm sure you'll do great. Don't let others tell you what your limitations are because no one knows what you're capable of doing better than you. Good luck and happy studying!

My fiance had spinal surgery a coupe months ago. He was NPO for 3 days prior to surgery and on a LOT of dilaudid and morphine and whatever else they would give him, so his stomach was already unstable. While he was coming out of surgery someone place...

I had never heard of Zuca until I read this thread a few weeks ago. Since then I have been trying to come up with excuses to justify spending the money for that bag. Finally, I convinced myself! I am sooooo excited for my new bag to arrive (blue fram...

I have been volunteering at my favorite hospital for a couple months. I mentioned to the charge nurse in my unite that i would love to eventually work at for them and a week later I got a call from HR asking if I wanted a job as an on-call CNA (I'm n...

Casi, thank you so much. That is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I am a little surprised at some of the other responses. In all fairness, I was not asking for advice on whether or not I should take the class. I was only asking where others took it. ...

Has anyone heard back from any schools they applied to? I applied to four different programs (Inver Hills, Normandale, and UMN BSN and MN programs) and still have not heard back from any of them. Gettin' kinda antsy...

How silly. The reason I, and others I have talked to, want to go into nursing is because it's so versatile!

Yep, me too! So, will we see you in the fall or are you running off to Duke?

Great news to calm your nerves; this year they are accepting 64 applicants instead of 48! I went to their informational meeting today and they said this is the first year they increased the number of applicants who are accepted. This year 283 applied...

Did you find your BLS card?! How did the interview go?

How did it go?! Either way, congrats on landing an interview! Right now that alone is a huge accomplishment.

Last year there were 95 interviewed and 48 accepted and I bet this year will be the same or close to. http://www.nursing.umn.edu/MN/AdmissionStatistics/home.html

Wow, the must be interviewing all week. My interview isn't until Friday, March 12th. I have no idea what they'll ask, either. Probably the typical "Why do you want to be a nurse?" "Why do you want to go to the U?" type of questions.

How did it go?! I am so so so shocked and excited; I got an interview!

I couldn't help myself any longer. I called the U and the woman who answered said she believed they were going to email notifications either today or tomorrow. And here I though I was safe for another day seeing as the mailman already came and went.

What classes are you taking? I'm currently studying for my pathology exam next week :nuke:

Dang, I missed that info on the website. I was hoping for snail mail, that way could stop compulsively checking my email.

Yeah, I did get the email but it said "we hope to send out notifications about interviews the week of February 22" which is still non-committal and doesn't specify how they'll contact us. Although all of the previous communication has been via email,...