PatMac10,RN RN

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    Anyone else graduating 2013??

    PatMac10,RN replied to Jayden8139's topic in General Students

    I am!!!!!!!!!!!!! May 2013 can't get hear quick enough! We are finishing our summer semester this upcoming week ( week of July 9th). We finished clinical a week or 2 ago. This semester finishes up or...
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    When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    PatMac10,RN replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    For me it is also the connivence. Plus, the clip that you can wear is uncomfortable to me. I had also heard that the oils from your skin could crack the tubing, but I try to wipe it down periodically...
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    Skipping a rotation and still graduating?!?!?

    PatMac10,RN replied to veggie530's topic in General Students

    Wow! It is the end if the world when we miss clinical because you have to make the tone up here (NC) at my school. We are required to have do many hours of real patient care experience, especially in...
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    Adult nurse practitioner or just family nurse practitioner

    PatMac10,RN replied to Alexanderjitsu's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yes I did mean hire. Thanks for the compliment and the age
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    Worried About Accreditation

    PatMac10,RN replied to afterseason's topic in General Students

    Yes. Previous graduates will be grandfathered in to say that they attended an NLNAC school! Also, I realized that another reason we are seeking accreditation is because many if the bridge programs...
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    What are nurses allowed to do?

    PatMac10,RN replied to HelpthisSN's topic in General Students

    I've had questions similar to yours. Sometimes I get a question that asks "what medication is best that should be prescribe for patient x, who has symptoms of xxx". My first thought is, "I'm thinking...
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    Adult nurse practitioner or just family nurse practitioner

    PatMac10,RN replied to Alexanderjitsu's topic in Advanced Practice

    If I am understanding your question correctly, then the answer is that, technically, you could do either one. However, thinking logically, if you got hired in a Family practice one day you would not...
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    Worried About Accreditation

    PatMac10,RN replied to afterseason's topic in General Students

    My program, also an ADN program, is similarly seeking NLNAC accreditation. Actually, my class, the class of 2013, will be the first class to benefit from the accreditation, for we are the class that...
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    Drop out rate

    PatMac10,RN replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    Ours is 80%. You must have a semester testing average of 80% just to take the final exam. If you don't have that 80% testing average going into the final, you are dismissed. Whatever you make on the...
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    Drop out rate

    PatMac10,RN replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    Some of them about 3 or 4 just felt they couldn't do it or decided that nursing wasn't for them. The rest were done out by test grades or clinical
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    Drop out rate

    PatMac10,RN replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    Well we accepted 52, but only 47 actually started FAll 2011. Currently, there are 23 of us, we lost one this past
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    CNA/PCT during RN program

    PatMac10,RN replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing it now. I'm in my 3rd semester of a 5 semester ADN program. I am pr. And in the hospital float pool. So I get to make my own schedule. Day by day. It has been a
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    The Hunger Games and Nursing School!

    PatMac10,RN replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Students

    You guys ate cracking me
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    The Hunger Games and Nursing School!

    PatMac10,RN replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Students

    Lolz!
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    Summer fun? ...sleep?! Relax?!

    PatMac10,RN replied to staceym's topic in General Students

    What summer break? Lolz! I've hot Maternal-Child and community this
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    Where are all the young nurses?

    PatMac10,RN replied to bestallaround's topic in General Nursing

    In my program there are 3 of us who ate under 21. I'm the youngest in my program. I started at 18 and am now 19. I will graduate when I'm 20. By the that time the other 2 will be 21 hoing on 22. We...
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    Am I too young?

    PatMac10,RN replied to mariemac89LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Im 19 and a second year RN student. I get asked if I'm 15 or 16 all the time at clinicals and at work (I work at my local hospital as a CNA). I will graduate when im 20. I haven't had any problems...
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    The "Why don't you go to Med School" Question

    PatMac10,RN replied to AL1992's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It is an amazing fact isn't it? It makes you feel good that your going into such a profession. I shocked me when I discovered this, and that nurses even outranked physicians, law enforcement, and...
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    The "Why don't you go to Med School" Question

    PatMac10,RN replied to AL1992's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Simply put. I like to talk and explain things to people. I like the biological sciences, but hate chemistry, physics, and advanced mathematics . I love to learn, but am not exactly a fan of being in...
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    Obstetrics Clinicals SCARE me so much im considering dropping out :(

    PatMac10,RN replied to canadiandude's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Im actually enjoying my LAbor and Delivery rotations, even as a guy. It really has erased the stigma of the rotation that I heard about! I saw two lady partsl births anda c-section. Pretty awesome...
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    ADN class of 2013

    PatMac10,RN replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    Im actually enjoying my LAbor and Delivery rotations, even as a guy. It really has erased the stigma of the rotation that I heard about! I saw two lady partsl births anda c-section. Pretty awesome...
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    How much is your degree costing you?

    PatMac10,RN replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    Small to mid-sized ADN program. Total estimated cost of Program, including books, uniforms, supplies, tuition, and other school specific fees was listed as $11,361. We hit this figure on a program...
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    Why many new grads don't find jobs....

    PatMac10,RN replied to MN-Nurse's topic in General Students

    During clinical at my nursing program, ee're not allowed to use the facilities CNA's, as far as asking them to get vitals, i&o's, etc.... We can ask them to help us turn pt or HELP slide them up...
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    Why many new grads don't find jobs....

    PatMac10,RN replied to MN-Nurse's topic in General Students

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    Why many new grads don't find jobs....

    PatMac10,RN replied to MN-Nurse's topic in General Students

    I became certified as a Nursing Assistant the month after I graduated from high school. I was 17 and proud. The same day I turned 18, later that fall, I started my first day of paid orientation as a...