PatMac10,RN RN

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    Summer Nursing Internship in Africa! Need Help!

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

    Actually you may be right. It wasn't too long ago I sent my application off. They still may not accept! Isn't that just great. The one time I'm travelling out of the country the government shuts down...
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    Night Shifters!

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

    At my hospital we get Night time differential after 11:00pm and weekend differential starts Saturday morning, I
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    Summer Nursing Internship in Africa! Need Help!

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

    Thanks. I have actually already applied for my passport and visa and will be getting my vaccines soon. I only included the price for the program in the cost I mentioned. My family and I are trying to...
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    LPN must obtain CNA cert to reenter school?

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

    That doesn't make any sense. Almost all Nursing programs in NC, whether they be LPN, ADN, or BSN programs require listing as a CNA-I before entry into a program. I am not sure if the few diploma...
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    How are second degree students paying for school?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Loloberry's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sorry that happened to you I hope you find a way. I don't know about your state but in NC we haespecialized scholarships, and contractual loans that students accepted into nursng school can do. Look...
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    Is anyone confident about getting into Nursing School?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Student4_life's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's the thing that makes me so nervous about applying to nursing school, everyone or mst of the applicants have competitive grades, test scores, and gpa. So it is really anyone game. I wish the...
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    Questions about Nursing Technician Job

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

    I know that in some places a nurse tech can be different things according to this site. Some hospitals state that the quallificationas to be a nurse tech are that you be at least through your 1st...
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    What makes someone a nurse?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Catch22Personified's topic in General Nursing

    Well, according to which state you live in you may be considered a graduate nurse for the first 90 days after you get your nursing degree or diploma. Then after you pass the NCLEX you are legally...
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    Ages of male nursing students?

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

    Haha! We're just alike! (I'm on page
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    Is anyone confident about getting into Nursing School?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Student4_life's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I believe we have the exact same situation my GPA is like a 3.4, though, and I wil finish my last 3 prereqs this May. It just seems like everyone is doing better than me and so far ahead of me. Plus...
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    Is anyone confident about getting into Nursing School?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Student4_life's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The two weeks I am supposed to have left to find out about my admission status from the first school I applied to is killing me. It seems like it's taking forever! Then again this school is known to...
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    Is anyone confident about getting into Nursing School?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Student4_life's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am not going to lie. I am 18 and I applied to 3 local A.D.N programs and I am so anxious! People tell me that I'm young and I have plenty of time to try again or pursue something else, but it's not...
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    Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    PatMac10,RN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You know, I asked one of my friends, who is going to school to become an Educator, why they would pursue teaching as a career when teachers/ educators have been having some of the toughest times...
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    Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    PatMac10,RN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am 18 and have my mind set on nothing other than nursing. I really want to be a nurse, so much that I can't even explain. I can't let a little situations stop me from doing what I want to do. I just...
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    Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    PatMac10,RN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks so much for this
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    Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    PatMac10,RN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I also feel this post doesn't apply to all. Unlike some, many of us here actually want to be nurses, not just for a decent paying job. You don't drop something you love becuase it will be hard to do....
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    TEAS V

    PatMac10,RN replied to oliveiral1's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I will put it like this, to me the test had some challenging aspects, but the test is passable. It is not impossible or out of this world difficult to do at least moderately OK on the exam. ANother...
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    Does anyone enjoy being a nurse???

    PatMac10,RN replied to Butterfly0328's topic in General Nursing

    Like you said many both nurses and nursing students come here to vent. I work in a hospital as a CNA and see the venting up close and personal (and have to do some myself as well, although not online)...
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    TEAS V

    PatMac10,RN replied to oliveiral1's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I took the HESI twice and made a 85 and calculators were not allowed. TO me the HESI was slightly easier than the
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    Should smokers be admitted into the nursing program?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Elly Aker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Maybe the OP doesn't necessarily agree that smokers shouldn't be allowed into nursing school, but she has to argue a specific side. I know many of my instructors both in high school and college tell...
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    Should smokers be admitted into the nursing program?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Elly Aker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In a way it is good that some get into the program because nursing is sometimes what gets them on the road to quitting. But I must admit I have seen plenty of nursing students standing outside the...
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    Waiting for TEAS results and it is killing me!!!

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

    I sure enough understand what you are going through!!!! But at most, but not all, of the nursing schools I'm applying to you got your TEAS results instantly after the test. Then again, my test was on...
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    Ages of male nursing students?

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

    I am going crazy trying to wait for the decision from all the schools I applied too! And I have to wait all the way until May and June for all of my decisions!!! Ahhh!!! Lolz!!!
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    Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    PatMac10,RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Well how about those
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    Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    PatMac10,RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree that no one deserves such treatment. But, the reality is that we get it everyday (at least at my hospital we do), well I do as a CNA. I get cussed out, threatened, and mistreated everyday when...