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Not to worry daytonite...My family taught me very well about saving for a house. I grew up in a household where my parents saved for everything, paid cash for most everything and didn't buy anything (more or less) that wasn't a necessity. I never w...

I live in the thick of it in Northern California in Berkeley or Berzerkely as some call it Ha! I just got my first new grad job at a hospital in San Francisco and it pays 39.45 an hour for day shift rate. However you have to realize that most peopl...

I live in CA which means no early reporting of scores. Anyways I have been checking daily on the online site for my license but it hasn't come up yet. I took my test last week on 6/21/05 and felt bad about the whole thing. Mind you I did well on Ka...

Hey congrats pie! How did you find out? Was it already updated with the CA BON? I took mine the same day as you and I am dying to find out, but so far it hasn't come up on their site.

I am a new grad as of yesterday Yeah me! Anyway I have job offer for both labor and delivery and er and I cannot decide what to do. There are some other influencing factors such as the er job is at my current hospital where I work as a secretary an...

Hey just bumping my post so maybe someone will reply! Especially some of the 50 or so onlookers. thanks!

I am wondering about all of the ED's out there, so I can make a decision about where to work. In the area where I live there are 2 trauma centers (one level one-county hospital), and many many other smaller ER's. I am not sure what to expect with the...

I totally completely and utterly loathe clinicals and have so much anxiety about them I don't know what to do. The only thing that keeps me going is the fact that I can do something else. I litterally "X" the days off my calendar as each one goes b...

When I run into discrepancies, I always approach the teacher as though I am seeking clarification. I would say something such as "In lecture yesterday you said... but I noticed in my reading...so I was wondering if you could clarify thanks." This see...

Sorry to start a vent but I had to get it out somewhere...I am a nursing student in my 3rd semester (maternity and pediatrics). I have a particular classmate that always interrups class with personal stories and is very attention needy. The professor...

I really know very little on the subject but my hospital (I am in northern california) where I work as a ward clerk (I am also a nursing student) hired 2 new grads from Canada on a long term 2 year travel contract and trained them in our new grad pro...

I am so glad to hear all the support you have offered me! TrueSN yes it is frustrating when students ask questions that they know the answer to just to "show off", equally frustrating are the ones who ask questions easily answered if they are keeping...

Truthfully in my case inparticular it isn't matter of one intervention...when we talk to this girl outside of class she is fully aware of what she is doing, just about all of us have mentioned it to her to her face and otherwise. When we mention it ...

Wow Jolie, That is really unfortunate that the nurse decided you were her personal counselor...I feel that it is so unprofessional tell personal life/ work related experience stories to the patients. Also she was there to support YOU right? A majo...

I posted this in OB nursing but it fits here too. Sorry to start a vent but I had to get it out somewhere...I am a nursing student in my 3rd semester (maternity and pediatrics). I have a particular classmate that always interrups class with personal ...

Wow- I am really shocked to hear that you aren't required to know this kind of scientific stuff. It must really depend on what school and what region you work in. I have a bachelors in biology and am very scientifically minded and admit that it is ...

my annoyances come from staff: predisone-prednisone doctors/surgeons who spell gauze-guaze what were the pt's O2 stats phenagrin msra instead of mrsa The ones who say that an ECG isn't the same as an EKG ah well I could go on but thats enough for now...

The woman at the uniform store said the trick to no underwear showing is wear the shade closest to your skin so you do not create contrast. It works I am very pale so I wear light nude color or pale pink no undies showing at all. It was very hard for...

We were taught 6 also and the 6th is documentation

what kind of nursing do you want to do and why. I am trying to keep an open mind, but of course everyone tells you med-surge and I just want to do ER. Anyway just curious

Hello this is my first post to the board just found and joined today. I was just wondering if anyone chats on any particular nursing student chatroom or has email pen pals. It would be so nice to have a comiseration buddy. Thanks

I would go for your RN at a 2 year program and then upgrade to BSN, because after the first semester you can work as a CNA and at the hospital I work at LVN's only make 1.50/hour more than CNA while RN's make like 10.00/hour more. I currently work as...

I just discovered this site about 3 days ago and have been hooked ever since it is so interesting to read everyone's stories and here of their success and progress!

We are not allowed to stick anyone even if we want to, no ngt or anything else invasive. We couldn't even do blood glucose sticks. But all that aside we got to do IV's in skills lab today on fake arms and over the next few weeks we will each get 8 ho...