blueharlequin

Just skimmed through some of these posts. I wanted to add something I think is kind of important (because I'm a second degree RN student in the same boat). You said several made the comment they wouldn't be there had their first career plan worked ou...

There are certainly doctors that have no bedside manners. I don't doubt that for a moment. That was my point with "constantly being at the bedside wouldn't be an enjoyable kind of care for them." Ultimately, however, doctors DO care for patients in t...

Old thread, but I thought this was interesting and wanted to comment. I hate saying this about a support system, but don't listen to your family. While there are some rights the profession of nursing as a whole are pushing for that I (pretty strong...

good grades has always been important for me, too, but at least you are dealing with an a and a b. my grades have all been right around 75, which is the lowest we can get and still pass. i've followed the tips our instructors gave us and the tips oth...

This is one aspect of school I haven't really been able to figure out. I started working harder, reading every word of the assigned chapters (after the professor's suggestion of skimming didn't help), taking notes instead of highlighting (a suggestio...

Haha! Your patient wins. I hope you bring him a toy light saber.

I'm another "former vet tech" to add to the list, though not for anywhere near as long. I have to agree with past vet tech experience helping out in nursing school. But I also never would have claimed to have been a "nurse." I never heard any of my c...

This is something rather bothersome to me, as well (job prospect). I spent 4 years after getting my BA dealing with minimum wage, part time jobs or temp jobs that never resulted in hires. Meanwhile, people were constantly asking me what the crap I wa...

I'm actually in the identical position, though for different reasons. I already have a BA, though after graduating in 2006 and having a pointless degree, I couldn't get any kind of job that wasn't part time and minimum wage. After a few years of this...

It's not a mistake at all. It's just cultural differences. I'm actually more annoyed by American attitudes regarding this. There is such a big deal in America about being culturally tolerant and "politically correct", but in actuality it's being cult...

I actually have a Russian lady in my lab/clinical group. It's exciting for me because I've studied the Russian language (only 3 years, so not fluent, and sadly less fluent now because it's been a while and I'm out of practice) and have always been fa...

It's been a month, so hopefully things have been resolved, but I wanted to add. If they aren't paying you overtime for an hourly job, then I think that's actually illegal. And if you look at that statement, there are a few things about it that could ...

Is anyone applying for Gwinnett Tech's Fall 2011 RN program? I submitted my application back in October (I really wanted to have enough time in case anything happened). I'm still waiting on the initial letter about the meeting for the entrance exam...

Wow, if you have the opportunity to go without incurring any debt, don't pass up on that opportunity at all! Sometimes if a private school REALLY wants you and you tell them you are considering another school because you have full scholarship at that...

This is VERY good advise that I wanted to second and add to. I'm at GTC and I already have a BA, but they wouldn't accept any of my coursework for GE's (and I got my BA in 2006, so I don't think it has to do with time passage). GTC was not on the sem...

For some reason I haven't been getting any email notifications about activity here. Maybe they're going to my junk mail and I don't notice, but odd still. Anyway, TiaRN, that is EXTREMELY reassuring. Like JKCharles said above, there are so many horro...

Lol, I also only applied to GTC. :) And I didn't even think about specialties. That's a really good point! Right now I'm just thinking ER work, but I've thought of becoming a nurse anaesthetician (sp?) if possible. That's way down the line, but ...

I think comparing an AD to MSN versus an AD to BSN has a number of factors involved. Without doing any research into it, I would probably say just go for the MSN. A higher degree typically qualifies a person for higher pay and gives a person an edg...

There was a New Balance shoe store at a shopping mall (called The Forum, I think) in Norcross (I'm not sure if it's a Norcross address, but we always went down Peachtree Ind. toward Norcross to get there). The last time I was there was 1-2 years ago...

I've been wondering this myself, actually. If you all don't post it on this forum, can you email me as well? Well, more than wondering, I've been a bit worried about hearing these accounts. So a little more clarity would be really beneficial.

Oh, cool, so I can get plain white New Balance tennis shoes? I have a really hard time finding shoes that don't cut into my feet around the heel (on top of having large, flat, and wide feet), so that would be awesome. New Balance always has plain w...

Were those the only books you needed the entire program? How many books were in the main textbook bundle? That doesn't sound bad at all in terms of cost. Well, sounds about right for college textbooks. They're always expensive in terms of books, ...

Where did you get it/what did you get it in (just curious...I understand if you don't want to put where for the whole www to see )? Mine was about the same, but an out of state private college (I don't think they had out of state costs because of be...

Lol, I slid mine under the door, mailed it, and emailed Professor Gallogly telling her I did both. And I'm still paranoid they won't get it and something will go wrong. :)

Yeah, I was kinda surprised at that estimate as well, but maybe it's overcompensating in order not to cause upset in the chance that it might cost a little more.