MaryEMT

OP, you are no less grown up if you want to live near your parents or whoever you mean by "family". You seem mature enough to have a goal, so work to attain it. Having specialty experience would be helpful but if you aren't going to stick with it at ...

A friend of mine was told she would never make it when she decided to apply for the nursing tract at her school. She showed them and not only made but graduated with honors, let me tell that instructor must have had egg on her face. Chin up and ignor...

FYI, not everyone gets a PRECEPTORSHIP, some are in clinical groups for their final rotation. If you do get a preceptorship, you do not pick what hospital/unit they pick it for you.

3.2 is what is stated on the website I believe.

Nurses without borders, Medical Ministries International (religious base, but great to work with), I believe you can work with Doctors Without Borders, just start googling you will find a ton of stuff! Good luck!

SSparks, it depends when you are graduating. If you will be graduating this December then the deadline has passed. If you aren't graduating until May my understanding is that they will repost the New Graduate Nurse Candidate Position for May graduate...

O my gosh, can someone tell me is Georgetown university medical center the same as georgetown university hospital? It seems to be the same, I hope so because I addressed the cover letter to georgetown university medical center

Connolkm when did you take the battery test? I took mine yesterday and am anxiously awaiting a response (I know it must be a bit early to expect a response).

Ditto, on the NY thing. EMS are only allowed to withhold lifesaving measures in the presence of a DNR or obvious death (decapitation, dependent lividity and Rigor). We are in no circumstance eligible to pronounce. Even if EMS are, what a waste of mon...

I don't live in Mississippi, but I made $11 dollars an hour for a part time job as a cashier in high school, 9.25/hr is far, far too low!!

Hi all! I'm currently a senior nursing student, in an accelerated program set to graduate in December. I have to do a project for my Capstone class involving a problem I see in nursing and developing some way to address it. The issue I am looking...

Thanks for your response. I should clarify a bit. I have found several peer-reviewed journal articles supporting the finding that a nurses' feelings about a patient can impact their behavior. This is sometimes shown to lead to poor patient outcomes a...

If your willing to look on LI, they are more new grad friendly or so I hear. Stonybrook University Medical Center is good start it is about an hourish east of Brooklyn. Also try the Northshore-LIJ health system. Again, though LI is not an extremely c...

I just went to Ecuador with MMI, it was fantastic!! I highly recommend it!

I start Clinicals in a little more than two weeks, so I look forward to hearing how things progress for you. If it's any help I was shaking like a leaf my first EMT call for a patient with severe hypoglycemia, just to take the BP was terrifying. I ha...

I do believe that nursing is very hard work (even from my perspective as a student nurse). I don't think poorly of anyone that is in it soley for money and stability but that doesn't mean that some people aren't in it to primiarily help people. FYI t...

If she did well enough to get in then she has a great foundation already. It's intense but doable. I'm in a 15 month program but there are definately one year program's out there. Good luck to your daughter

I have a nursing instructor that says this all the time!

I have a B.S. in Biology and I am working on my BSN. It depends on how you think, I think my bio degree was more difficult in certain aspets but nursing is challengling in another way. There really isn't much you could do with a B.S. in Biology excep...

This seems very strange to me, although I have no experience. The fact she has all your information and you haven't been contacted for work is slightly concerning. You did work one day so maybe just a lack of work? I wouldn't overly worry about faceb...

Some schools looked at my science and prereq GPA others looked at my undergrad GPA. They took experience, and letters of rec and a personal statement though too, so I'm sure its more of a culmination of factors than any one as long as you meet the mi...

I think you should go with the ABSN. The other thing you may want to double check is if taking the courses at the community college are acceptable. Since you already have a bachelor's degree taking additional classes at a four year institution may be...

You can try the Jesuit volunteer corps. They have both a national and international program. They have various placements but one of my community members was an RN and requested that her volunteer position be as an RN and that worked out. While they ...

I am a nursing student myself in an acclerated program. It is tough and very stressful but you friend shoud not be crying and depressed all the time just because she is in nursing school. I'm glad she is seeing professionals because it would seem tha...

o and I don't know exactly how it works but I beleive part of Obama's new plan will cancel loans after ten years of consistent repayment. And while your debt is huge I wouldn't think of it as a mistake, you got an education. Maybe you could have went...