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Hi, I currently work on an ortho/neuro floor in my first nursing job. Our patients are generally lumber, knee, and hip surgeries or CVAs/TIAs. I want to start travelling in a few months and would like to stick with what I know best. The workflow is s...

A fellow night shifter I presume? Haha... That's really what I wanted to hear. I'd like to become well-rounded like that, and there is no better way to learn IMO.

Thanks... My floor is a telemetry floor as well. Do you think that working on a specialized floor like I am will effect my ability to find travel jobs?

I graduate in ten months with an ADN degree for a second career in nursing. My previous career was IT. I'd like to get some opinions on whether or not my IT experience (which is fairly extensive) would give me an advantage in getting an informatics p...

I want to work in a position that takes advantage of my RN license. I'll pay my dues doing whatever I need to out of the gate. My ultimate goal, however, isn't bedside care. I haven't really decided on one specialty that I want to do yet. I've only s...

That's sort of what I was thinking. I'm going to try to shadow someone in informatics soon to try to get a better feel for it.

Stop the presses. It's a comedy show. They told a joke.

So, if the OP knew some manager or "higher up" at the hospital she is trying to get on at, she would not speak to them about finding a job? I'm truly not trying to start a flame war here, but I have a hard time believing that anyone wouldn't use eve...

Well...for one thing, I don't believe any new grad on planet earth is going to come out on day one and be "like the nurses I see in the hospital". :) I'm in NS myself now, so take this with a grain of salt, but it's my understanding that you learn mo...

I was curious if any other programs have a "no electronic devices allowed" rule for lectures or clinicals. No computers, netbooks, voice recorders, or pdas/cell-phones with apps. I'm very disappointed in that policy, since I take usually take notes ...

Yeah...I agree. My program doesn't have a waiting list though. I guess that makes her the first one to bite the dust. I do think I've figured out why so many think that nursing teachers are out to "weed" people out: one...because they are. If you ar...

Wow...this thread took off. I think one student has already quit the program over having her phone taken from her. The teachers told us nine different ways that they would take any phones that go off during class (a rule which I DO like). I think ...

Bravo! I'm happy for you! I just started NS a few weeks ago, and I'm already hearing Level I students talk about how they are only going to do this or that. I'll be happy with whatever I get two years from now or maybe the economy will recover betwe...

Most people just don't seem to realize that this recession affects everything. All hospitals in my area are on a hiring freeze or are laying off people. It doesn't matter if you are a new grad, or as the other person said, 30+ years of experience. He...

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UPDATE: Apparently, enough people complained! We CAN have notebooks and recorders in lectures but not clinicals, which I completely understand for HIPPA. Yay!

The professor did mention that we could blame past students on these policies. I guess it only takes a few people to mess it up for everyone else. My handwriting is awful as well, and I type probably twice as fast as I write. What I plan to do is ju...

I didn't use an ATI one...there was one floating around here for download. I can't remember the name of it though.

I wish I could...the content was all over the place. Understand how to read charts and graphs. There was some biology, chemistry, geology. I realize this is not much help, but I don't remember the specifics much, b/c it seemed so random.

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I see a lot of people missing out on interviews for misunderstanding the word "preferred". There is a huge difference in "preferred" and "required". If a job posting says "preferred", apply away. If that new RN has the confidence to apply for the jo...

I got mine today as well! Congrats! :)

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24 is not old, and personally I don't think there is any such thing as being "behind". I'm 30 and I'm just starting my first degree this fall. The class is full of people my age and older. Sure, some people go straight through and have their bachelo...

I emailed you, Luisa. I did take it on Wednesday (97.5 Reading, 88.9 Math, 80% Science, 80% English, Composite 86.5). Did anyone else score much lower on the sentence structure questions within the English section? Even with those grades, I scored a ...