mickey_RN

All of my teachers and clinical instructors have been amazing! I feel like Ive taken something away from each class or clinical....:redbeathe

I am going into my 4th semester of nursing school (ADN), and it is very hard to work and go to school. What I have done is to get a Part-time job in a nursing home (I work every Friday and every other Saturday and Sunday) I take out extra student loa...

I am an atheist and I applaud your kindness when helping this woman. Prayer is about more than just a higher power. Its optimism, acceptance, and is personal to all who use it. I hope if I ever have to serious surgery like that, I have a nurse like y...

I have many of the same problems as the OP, you just described my night!!! lol Had a bad night at work and found this thread, just feeling a little discouraged, and this does help....:) I am going to try some of these suggestions. I have also found t...

I have a friend who decided that she wanted to be a nurse because she wanted to make good money. Wanted to be an LPN because she didnt want to be a "real" nurse. Wanted out of her factory job because she didnt like to work the occasional weekend. All...

Ruby Vee, your stories make me laugh AND cry. Sorry for the loss of your father....

Hello, this is my first thread on allnurses, and I just wanted some feedback. I just finished my clinicals for CNA certification. I am a nursing stufdent, and I want to get my hands dirty, so to speak, before I do my nursing clinicals. My clinical ...

thank you so much, that makes me feel a lot better about what to expect. :) Let me just say too, I have even more respect for the CNAs that do this everyday, quickly, efficiently, yet still with compassion.

Same here! "Old People" scared the crap out of me, but I actually am looking forward to working in a nursing home. Not because of the work, but because of the residents...

Maybe the charge nurse felt that you thought she couldnt handle the situation? I also have a tendency to be very sensitive about handling my own problems, even when I am drowning and I need a flotation device...

You have a point...what I should have said was that in the publics eye, it can seem worse because she is a nurse I just wish that she hadnt been a nurse I guess... Or that when she adopted a child, she would have been smart enough to realize that it ...

This woman makes nurses, adoptive parents and Americans look bad...There are many adoptive families who have invested themselves emotionally and financially to adopt Russian children that cant do it now.. From what I understand, it was the grandmothe...

Sounds like its just a job to you...But I have a grandmother who was a nurse for 35 years and an aunt who is a DON of a cardiac transplant unit both tell me you shouldnt be a nurse if it is just a job to you

Here in Ohio, Brown Mackie only offers LPN certificates and NOTHING transfers, There are websites that you can go to to see if your credits will transfer...cant remeber the name of any right now but if you do a google search on college credit transf...

Let me tell you...Dont have experience in the nursing feild yet, from factory experience, I would take a man to work with over a woman any day of the week! Men are either open about what their reactions and/or thoughts are and most of the time they a...

I dont have a comment for the OP because Im still a student. I must admit these kind of stories send a shiver down my spine, but this site is wonderful, all of you guys provide a sounding board, and advice, and I am sure I will need some in the futur...

My scores were taken from all applicants to all ADN programs and there were over 22,000 of them! Didnt really do that well on science but let me tell you, that is the hardest test I have taken to date! Better start preparing now for the HESI and NCLE...

Just wanted to give all you ladys an update...took the NLNPAX-RN today and...I PASSED!?!? Got a 96% composite but I feel bad because a lot of very smart, dedicated students didnt pass today. Thank for all the advice and support, this site is so hel...

pandorasbox, Congratulations on your acceptance! Can I ask though what your scores on the NLN PAX were? Just wanted to know what your % was by category so I have some kind of idea. My practice scores have been mid 80s for the most part with a little...

Prior to the NLN PAX_RN we had no ebtrance testing...I understand the reasoning but they sprung it all on us pretty fast. I will let you know how we all do. Thanx so much for the info, its not gonna affect my studying but it does help my anxiety le...

There are many nursing homes that will let you work p/t like one or two days per week. I think it would probably be beneficial because that way you can get comfortable with personal care issues before you start your clinicals. Plus, many programs req...

Hi all you guys...was just readind your thread here and let me tell you I am in the same boat! They just sprung the NLN test on us in February, the first class of nurses that will have to take it at our CC. When you guys get more info would love to ...

I also come from the northwest ohio area (Archbold) and I know the school that you are talking about, Northwest State Community College. It is along wait...2 year clinical wait for RN a little shorter for LPN but they are instituting new testing that...

In my experience,(I am a white female) certain people will always find a way to exclude SOMEONE, for whatever reason they can find (the reason for exclusion was poverty for me). I am from a neighborhood predominantly Mexican American, so I can talk t...

:eek::eek::crying2: just imagine! OMG!