justmeinlv

True success never comes without some degree of failure, is my motto in life. I am a lab instructor at the school I once failed out of. I failed a lab class so hard the ADN program I was attending would not readmit me. I graduated in the 97th percent...

I moved to vegas with my parents when I was 15, when we moved from a very small and safe town in rural Nevada. I found vegas to be a great place to grow up and almost 15 years later I still love it here. I did well in high school and graduated from a...

I am a peds ICU nurse in Nevada and I regulatory sit on new grad interview panels. For any area you want to go into the question you need to ask yourself is, "what can I do to separate myself from the 300+ other applicants for this limited position"....

In my experience $25 is a little low and $30 is a little high, but that seems to be the range. Hospitals do not necessarily pay more, because they are more in-demand. When I was a new grad, I went from a rehab hospital to a critical care unit and too...

At CSN you will be eligible to take the CNA exam once you are pass the Fundamentals of Nursing class with a C or better. The process is simple fill out the application, which I have attached a link to, get finger printed, then wait for a letter in th...

Very good discussion thank you guys

I am proud to say, I graduated from National University. I passed the NCLEX in 45 minutes with 75 questions. Today, I am a pediatric critical care nurse. Sense graduating I have become certified in among others, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, pediatric critical, ...

I am a past nursing student and I am currently taking general education classes at CSN. I would say it really depends on you. Online classes offer flexibly and are good if you are more self passed learner. Classroom classes demand that you pace yours...

congratulations sarah (on the baby and school)! study hard! nursing school is one of the hardest things you will ever do, but it is so worth it.

i agree the ___ made incredibly easy series is good. i also used lippincott. lippincott books are good, because the question is on one side of the page and the answers are on the other side. that way you do not have to keep trying to find the answers...

... a good printer (i bought a laser printer)... you defiantly need a good printer. your first syllabus is over 200 pages. one of your first assignments is an elderly essay, remember the instructions for it are in three different places, and do not f...

i disagree with the statement above. you have a bachelors degree in nursing, which is a degree. be proud of that[color=#ffa07a]! someone suggested going to another state and endorsing your license to your state. i live in nevada and i know that is a ...

i highly doubt that. i know st. mary's hired at least one of carrington's las vegas students, and that school never gained accreditation. what makes you say kaplan's adn program will not gain accreditation? the have not even graduated their first coh...

impaired spontaneous ventilation is not a nanda so i would not recommend using it.

I am not sure you did anything wrong. The pts BS was 295? I highly doubt he is going to bottom out with 11 units of insulin and like Loriangel 14 said even if he did there are always ways of dealing with it.

I have never gone to Kaplan, but I have been to many of the Nevada board nursing meetings. I have to say Kaplan has an exceptional program, with a strong nursing administrative team. They are new and and not yet accredited so you take some risk in go...

I spent 6 years as a CNA on a med/surg floor, became an RN on the same unit, on day two I had four patients to myself and I did fine. I went to PICU and it was 6 weeks before I had a patient to myself. You have to be on top of everything in PICU. Not...

This is an interesting report by the Arizona Board of Nursing. Check it out. http://www.azbn.gov/Documents/education/Employment%20Newly%20Licensed%20RN.09.09.11.pdf

I think you are making a smart decision. Welcome to the world of nursing :)

Sarah, I have been to many of the board nursing meetings and I have to say Kaplan is an exceptional program. Kaplan has a strong nursing administration team. They are new and and not yet accredited so you take some risk in going to that program, but ...

sarah kaplan and carrington are not the same school. carrington was called apollo and they are at the end of the teach-out of their las vegas adn program. it is worth noting that even-though carrington has a new name they are still owned by the same ...

i am a male nurse and i also would love to be a labor nurse. if you want to do it go for it!

Expect to diagnose yourself, your friends, and everyone in your family with at least one personality disorder. Oh and when answering therapeutic communication questions remember you are in a bubble not the real world.

Take Stcroix's advice and check with CCNE themselves. You want to be very careful about going to programs that are not yet accredited and be sure to understand the risks if they do not gain accreditation.

I worked in the trauma department at University Medical Center for years and loved it. It is an excellent hospital with lots of educational opportunities. The trauma department has a resuscitation department, an adult ICU, a burn center, and a pediat...