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  1. Can lpn/rn work at a funeral home?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Have you ever heard of jobs for lpns/rns in funeral

  2. shouldi quit nursing school 2 years in?

    northmississippi replied to adamczykk13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Since you already have it going, go ahead and finish it. You may like it once the real money starts. If not, nursing would be a good weekend job while you go back to another program and you will...

  3. second semester of program and I know nothing.... is it too late?

    northmississippi replied to Augustris's topic in General Students

    If you made it past fundamentals, then I think you know more than you think you do. Nursing school isnt about leaving you all the time in the world to sit and study your notes, its about how you feel...

  4. Can I get an advice for LVN to RN program?

    northmississippi replied to korea's topic in LPN to RN

    First I'd like send you a big salute for serving your country, thank you very much for that. I would for sure get any prereq classes out of the way before starting Rn school. Rn school is a lot harder...

  5. Is it worth it to become an LPN/LVN?

    northmississippi replied to mzsuccess's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Stay in, your well into the program and you will have a job for life if you succeed and you can always fall back on it. I hate to tell you this, but Rn school is about 3 times harder than lpn school...

  6. I have really bad grade when I first started college and now it's hard fixing them

    northmississippi replied to agpholen9219's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Before I applied for nursing school, I had a business degree and wasnt a top student. I went back and retook all the prereqs so that I would have a high gpa and i retook the act as well. It took some...

  7. Living in a RV instead of apartment while travel nursing?

    northmississippi replied to northmississippi's topic in Travel

    I would still have a base home that I live in when not on a contract. I figure that whatever apartment I could rent wouldnt be very big anyway, and I wouldnt be bringing much but clothes. It would be...

  8. Failing Fundamentals. Help!

    northmississippi replied to mzo899188's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    google for some free flash cards on whatever topic your testing on that week. record your lectures and stare at the powerpoint as it plays when you study and dont move on until you really understand...

  9. What are/were your holy grail resources to pass nursing school?

    northmississippi replied to ilovemedicine5's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    also, if the teacher says something twice or stops to tell a story about it,,its a good chance it will be tested so put an extra check by it during the

  10. What are/were your holy grail resources to pass nursing school?

    northmississippi replied to ilovemedicine5's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    Learn your notes word for word, record the lectures and then stare at your notes as it plays. dont move on until you understand the slide, and why the fact is what it is. If you read the book, if you...

  11. eBooks for RN school?

    northmississippi replied to Jyotirachel's topic in General Students

    I think its hard to browse thru them, the light burns my eyes, you can't write notes on them, you can keep a book forever and dont need a pc to look at it or let someone borrow it. you can buy a...

  12. Is working weekends only working out for you?

    northmississippi posted a topic in General Students

    I want to try to go to Rn school but I have to work my way through it. I will be working weekends only fri sat sun. will this work out for

  13. how hard is nursing school?

    northmississippi replied to futurenurseintx's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    in lpn school, about two out of 25 students fail, in RN school about 60-65 percent fail. you can do it but only if you commit in full and only work two or three days max if that much. I never took...

  14. Laptop for Online Classss

    northmississippi replied to NefforamaRN's topic in School, College Programs

    I just got a new laptop and two things i'd do different is make sure I got a 17 inch instead of 15 inch, and get a keyboard that has separate buttons (left and right) on the mouse pad. my mouse pad...

  15. Do males ever get to work in hospice?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think hospice nurses have good jobs and I was hoping to be one some day, but I have never seen a male hospice nurse come to the facility I work in. Have you ever known any male hospice

  16. What skills to brush up on for home to home nursing?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Home Health

    I know some nurses go from home to home daily seeing patients, what skills should the home to home nurse brush up on before starting? What are some of the skills home to home nurse use when they get...

  17. CE Courses

    northmississippi replied to nerdynurse7's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I get my ce thru nurse.com. its accredited and all you have to do to get an hour of credit is read a 2 or 3 page article and then answer a few questions after you read it. It's

  18. i really want to join the navy but i am still in school

    northmississippi replied to bigbluerose's topic in Government, Military

    If you wait till you have a degree, don't you get to enter the military with a higher rank, like officer or something? That will be great working for the military and getting all the benefits they get...

  19. LPN pay in nursing home

    northmississippi replied to BabyFood26's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Around here the pay is about 14 to 17 average, some places can pay 20/hr but what people who took the 20/hr found out was is that they had three times the work load and twice the smell. You may want...

  20. Students, don't forget to exercise while in college, real nursing is harder than you think

    northmississippi posted a topic in General Students

    One thing I found out when its for real, is the amount of walking, bending over, and squatting down you have to do while giving out care. I would at least go walking three times a week and practice...

  21. Having trouble studying

    northmississippi replied to OU812IC's topic in General Students

    Try reading and doing to questions at the end of the chapter first so you can see what your looking for while reading. always read the first and last sentence of the paragraphs well as it seems those...

  22. 1hr Drive to Nursing School

    northmississippi replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    An hour drive may be a blessing if you are allowed to record your lectures. you can listen to the whole lecture again on your way home every day and going to school as well. that two hours a day of...

  23. Need help with math calculations

    northmississippi replied to lola8penny's topic in General Students

    since it was on a pump, you may not have to round it. ask your teacher to be sure of the rounding rules. all i did was divide what was ordered by what i have on hand, and then multiply that by the...

  24. Will there be jobs for a nurse who did a cert. legal nurse course?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Legal

    If an Rn who just worked in a medsurg environment did one of those certified legal nurse courses, will there be jobs available for it? Or will I run into the "must have 3-5 years experience as clnc"...

  25. Need help with math calculations

    northmississippi replied to lola8penny's topic in General Students

    This is interesting. Was the answer to number one 22.5 ml