Nursesomeday0211

I first want to apologize that you are having the most useless experience in your preceptorship. To try to make it better you might ask if you can shadow X nurse (someone you have seen excel in the unit and perhaps look up to?) for the day. If this g...

Sorry man, I think a lot of us here (myself included) assume everyone one posting is a chick until informed otherwise. For the clinicals that are like an hour away I'm 99% sure your preceptor will ask you to drive together, otherwise 1/2 through the...

At my school at least we all meet on campus and go to clinicals together so we dont clutter up the already jammed paring lot with a million cars. You may be able to just ride with your clinical group. Try to get a part time job to help out with bills...

I start in January and this is great info! I am glad that you confirmed that everything I was going to do is actually helpful and not a gigantic waste of time. Thanks!

I totally understand feeling like you have no options. You really may have more than you think, you just have to be creative. Finding a college you can afford and you can get into would be my first priority. Then I would look at housing. Why is it th...

I totally understand feeling like you have no options. You really may have more than you think, you just have to be creative. Finding a college you can afford and you can get into would be my first priority. Then I would look at housing. Why is it th...

I would advise taking as many electives that you like as long as they leave enough time for core classes. As far a patho and pharm go I would not take any other electives that semester, pharm is not so bad but patho can be a full time job by itself l...

I took the NLN a few weeks ago and left the test thinking "well everything went well, until the test started". I didnt take long at all for the NLN to get my scores back so that was delightful. I am not a good guesser or anything lucky like that, I'm...

This school is super competitive in EVERY aspect of application but with rocking credentials like that you should at least get your foot in the door at Marquette University in Milwaukee Wi. If you want more info on the school or anything just PM me.

My mom has MS and has since she was 2. She has a mild case of MS but that is not to say that it does not affect her. I say as long as you can continue your dream. If you need to take a semester off. Your school will (almost always) let you take medic...

I would maybe get him a coffee tumbler and some coffee accessories like biscotti or some flavored creamers. Then if you wish you can add a small gift card to mcdonald's if you wish.

You cannot be discriminated against for HIV status at all. Your drug test might be positive and your medication prescriptions should clear you name. Just in case I would get a letter from your primary care provider stating that these medications are ...

Health promotion and wellness is my degree and it is NOT competitive to get into. I live in the midwest and went to school in Minnesota for my degree. I love it and can still work in a hospital etc. Competitive salaries at hospitals start around 60K ...

While we are unable to provide legal advise here but it sounds like that would disqualify you from being accepted. Also you have a warrant for FAILURE to pay a speeding ticket, seems petty compared to not being allow into a nursing program hey?

If you don't have time to do a CNA class before you start your program I would recommend shadowing a nurse a few times. You can watch them and visualize yourself doing the same thing. Just remind yourself that this is a learning process and you have ...

Thanks! It sounds like the instructors aren't great but aren't awful. I went for my BS at a school where the nursing students did clinicals at Mayo so I understand most schools in the Milwaukee area won't measure up. I actually love group work and st...

Hey guys- I am interested in Alverno but am wary of the poor quality of teaching that has been discussed here. Are the professors just totally inadequate? Poor teaching and testing? Bad clinical instructors? Thanks for any specific insight you can p...

What? Thats such a bummer! 10 years of experience, I would for sure call you ASAP. No, unfortunately I don't work there. Someone I work with works there also and we were discussing it earlier, today actually. Wish I could help you out!

Not sure where you live currently but Froedert in Milwaukee IS hiring RN's. I'm sure there are tons of applications but they are hiring!!

I am nervous about those same things so I plan on going in for a tour and asking all those annoying questions right to the nursing department. Im also concerned about other schools not respecting my BSN from Alverno if I decide to go there. I will le...

I am 99% positive that they CANNOT hold your juvenile record against you. It is sealed after you are 18 and no one an open it unless they have reasonable need to open it. BON does not unless you have something on your adult record. Hope this all get...

I hate it when I tell people that I want to be a nurse and they say: * all your going to do is wipe butts *if your going to be a nurse you need to know how to do this *insert task that they teach you in school here* * I wanted to be a nurse once.......

I used the book listed above from Amazon. I liked it and I also got the "secrets to the NLN PAX". Most of it was common sense but it was a good reassurance. I take my test on the 24th of July. WOW that's only a week away!!! Got a little more work to ...

I am sure that you have thought of this but this is the only thing I can think of that hasnt been mentioned. Meeting your neighbors if you live in a nice neighborhood may be helpful. I know my mom has volunteered to take kids to day care etc when the...

I was interested in Herzing a while ago and I just felt like I was being harassed by the "admissions counselor". It was very much a sales pitch and they were very pushy. I am instead applying to Cardinal Stritch. I have meet a lot of their professors...