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My program is front-loaded, meaning we do a year of full time didactic and then have clinical along with an online class every semester and a once a month testing to prepare for boards at our school. During our clinical portion, we go to the OR 4-5 d...

Hi all. I would like to hear from you about MTSU and the role of religion in their program. I really like everything about the school, but I am not too familiar with Seventh Day Adventists. Is it basically another denomination of Christianity? Ho...

Kaplan was good preparation for me. Do the tests and read the rationale for what you missed or were not sure about. Concentrate on the quantitative section. I felt that there was little I could do to improve my verbal scores quickly, but there were s...

ASN 2004, GPA 3.3 BSN 2008, GPA 4.0 GRE 1420 CCRN - did well enough to send in my actual scores, not just a copy of the card ACLS, PALS 5 years MICU, SICU, NSICU experience shadowed 80 hours good references

Before I was a nurse, I worked as a patient care tech in the ER. I did get lots of practice with different procedures, and had lots of patient interaction. However, now that I am a nurse, I think that the unit secretaries actually learn a lot of thin...

We do report skin alterations daily. I work in ICU, and we do grand rounds daily with the intensivist, respiratory, charge nurse, wound care, dietician, social work, infection control, etc. We report to them the Braden score for each patient, and if ...

That's wonderful - congratulations! I can't wait until I can say the same. I'm doing my RN-BSN coursework online, and I agree, it's not all it's cracked up to be, but it is a great opportunity. I'll have my BSN in May 2008.

We do have a lift team in our hospital. They are designated people from the SDS dept., so they are good for things like turns, but they don't know how to do things like help to change the sheets with the patient in the bed, for example, so some thing...

I am not a UGA or an MCG grad, but I have lived, worked, and gone to nursing school in Athens and know a little about those schools. UGA's nursing program is actually a pre-nursing program. It is not affiliated with MCG, but many students do apply ...

Elidel did not work well for me, and I don't usually have too much trouble with my eczema, but recently it has been worse. No one ever mentions Curel lotion, but that works better for me than even Eucerin. I also like Neutrogena hand cream. Hope y...

Take it ASAP after graduation. Statistics show that graduates have a better chance of passing the NCLEX the sooner after graduation they take it. You probably know a lot more than you may think, and you've heard the saying, "If you don't use it, yo...

I copied and pasted this from an email I got from the Pearson-Vue people when I got my Authorization to test. Have you tried this?: NCLEX QUICK RESULTS SERVICE Candidates in the following jurisdictions may access your 'Unofficial' results via the ...

This is a pretty bizarre example of an anesthesiologist's addition that I heard from one of the anesthesiologists at the hospital where I work. He said that he knew of this anesthesiologist who apparently had some Fentanyl mixed up in a Foley bag - ...

I lived in Hawaii for 4 yrs, and really loved it. The lifestyle is definitely slower paced than what we are used to on the "mainland", and is sometimes inconvenient, but I got used to it. You have to kind of lower your expectations for efficiency. ...

Congratulations, EmeraldNYL! You should be so proud of yourself! I can't wait to hear about your experiences in school. Good luck!

For those of you in school - what do you all do to help focus your studying and use good time management while you are studying, writing care plans, etc.? I am a bit of a perfectionist, so I sometimes find myself spending way too much time "perfecti...

Athens Technical College in Athens, GA has an LPN to RN bridge program that is excellent. It starts with an intensive summer bridge in June, and then the LPNs go to regular classes with the graduating class of RN students from September to June. It...

This topic really hit home for me as an aspiring SRNA. I am planning on applying to schools in about three years, and am pretty confident about meeting the requirements, and will have about $25,000 saved up. That plus loans should get me through. B...

You can do it if you put your mind to it and have some support. I work 24 hours/wk and have 3 girls, 2, 4 & 6 yrs old, and I will be graduating in June. I will be an RN after I take boards in July. The main thing ou will have to work out is wh...

I took ACLS before I graduated and was certified. But I do believe that ACLS means a lot more and makes a lot more sense after you have been working a little while and have seen a few codes. The people in my ACLS class who had not yet worked in the...

Oops - sorry nervousguy, I didn't address the fact that you live in Canada. My post is referring to nurses in the US - I don't know how it works in Canada.

Nervousguy, If time is important, you can go to a community college and get your associates degree in nursing, and take the boards (NCLEX) to become an RN. You will get paid the same entry level salary as an RN with a Bachelors degree. If you still ...

I live near Athens GA, and used to manage a band here. We went to Austin for the SxSW (South x Southwest) Festival. It was so much fun, and Austin seemed like such a neat city, plus everyone was really friendly. But my heart belongs to Athens - th...

I may be putting too much thought into this, but I can't help but think that this type of posting started when I asked for advice on how to pay for CRNA school. I am the single mom with bad credit due to bankrupcy that Roland mentioned. I just want...

The topic of "how do I pay for school" has come up several times on this board, and I've read the good advice about not worrying about working through school, and just take out lots of student loans. Here is my dilemma: I have awful credit. Last s...