Cherish

Cherish

Junior Year of BSN

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  1. Oklahoma City University's Fall 2010 Acceptance?

    I was accepted to start my Junior year there but declined because they wanted me to repeat Foundations of Nursing which I thought was crazy since I received an A and had a 4.0 in my last semester of...
  2. birth defect, not allowed to practice nursing?

    Ok I don't know if that was meant to be a joke if so it was
  3. Lunch?

    Next semester I will be on a commuter meal plan so I can pick up a lunch provided by the school and take it with me to clinical. I learned this from another student at my school who always brought...
  4. Should I lighten up?

    Use HIPPA as a reason for not discussing it. I think if you feel like you don't want to discuss work or any horror stories that is your right. That's like when people ask me as a veteran who has been...
  5. taking blood preassure

    I understand this is the method we were taught in sim lab the first 2 weeks of foundations but were tested on our procedures during finals week which was 14 weeks later. Maybe your school is...
  6. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. How many doctors wanted to become plastic surgeons or anesthesiologists just for the money. Do we think of them less? Honestly if someone finds...
  7. Clinicals?

    Yup at my BSN program skills and clinicals are every week. 9 hours sophomore semester clinicals all day on Tuesday and Skill lab was for 4 hours during that week but each group had different days...
  8. Estimate of Clinical Hours in BSN Program

    Sophomore year: 126 hours Junior Fall: 168 hours Junior Spring: 180 hours Senior Fall: 192 hours Senior Spring: 210 hours Total: 876 hours of
  9. North Shore-LIJ Requires New Nurses to Have BSN

    That would be in your local area. This is not true nationwide as there are many ADN programs that do not require a CNA course. I took a CNA course, Venipuncture (phlebotomy) course and was Combat...
  10. taking blood preassure

    Did you not take the time to go to open skills lab/sim lab in your school to learn this? I know at my school if we have procedures it's up to the student to sign up for sim lab and attend skills lab...
  11. White nursing shoe recommendation?

    I got a pair of $65 pure white KSwiss from Sports Authority. I like new balances too but the KSwiss were on sale for 30 bucks. I have tried Danskos and Nurse Mates and the KSwiss were a lot more...
  12. NCLEX in Oklahoma to Texas Question

    OK is not a compact state but Texas is a compact state. You may want to take your NCLEX in Texas so that you can get a TX Compact License if you want to move to TX once you
  13. Awesome amazon.com deal for students - FREE Prime!

    Do you know how long this will last? I am already a Prime member so I already paid for my year. I wonder if they will give me a year extension on top of the one I already paid
  14. CRNA Doctorate in 2015 or 2025?

    Yes there is a couple of programs out there that are for BSN grads that want their DNP. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/dnp/dnpprogramlist.htm Check that website out or google Post-baccalaureate DNP...
  15. Your desired specialty

    What's is a
  16. Call me crazy, but...ZOMG School!

    I have Med Surg I, OB, Nursing Research, Community Health and an Independent Study course. I'm registered for Statistics but I am going to change that to the Spring with my final Advanced Literature...
  17. Falsifying degree at work....

    You said she's a charge nurse. Maybe she feels that by putting BSN behind her name she'll seem more substantial. In any case she's wrong but unless she isn't doing anything else wrong or...
  18. Your desired specialty

    Did my labor and delivery clinical and hated it, granted I did not want to do it in the first place. I would want to work any adult ICU or ER. I like kids but don't like to see them hurt so I can't...
  19. I was born in Alberta, Canada but live in the states. Saying citizenship from Quebec is misleading. It's like telling someone your a citizen of New Mexico or Arizona which is false. Portland, OR...
  20. Math book?

    I have to second Math for Meds by Curren. Great dosage calc
  21. Wow Quebec is it's own country now? Didn't know you can get citizenship from Quebec...wow. Who would of
  22. JOB iDEAS WHiLE iN FULL TiME SCHOOL.

    Thank you for saying that I was thinking the same thing. I guess the OP has never heard of
  23. Moving to Lawton. Yeehaw.

    Home to Ft. Sill Artillery Post, where I went to basic:). There is an Army hospital on post if you would like to check out that, it's called Reynolds Army Community Hospital. If you want to just...
  24. Oklahoma - seeking info on psych/correctional nursing

    Langston University in Tulsa also offers a BSN. It's state run and wayyyy cheaper than Oral Roberts and University of
  25. I don't know about nutrition you may have to call edukan or one of the kansas community colleges that offer it as that is just a consortium for most of the kansas community colleges. I took nutrition...