ARmickie

ARmickie

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  1. I'm about to enter a CC and possibly a LPN program. My eventual goal, however, is to be a RN. Does anyone have any advice as to whether or not to do the LPN program and then try to get into a RN...
  2. What is the one thing that you know NOW, but you wish you would have known BEFORE you started nursing
  3. roll call!!

    I suppose I would be officially included in this group! I am just starting college at the tender age of 33! This summer, I'm taking Personal Health and Western Civilization I for the first term....
  4. LPN to RN bridge Programs...

    From what I understand, you can take the NCLEX-RN after your junior year if you are attending a four year BSN program.. I could be wrong, but that is my
  5. LPN to RN bridge Programs...

    I thought over this same process. I knew that I would be looking for fin aid when I got ready to do the bridge program, and where I live, the only bridge programs go from LPN to MSN and I don't live...
  6. Hmmm...am I wrong to think this way???

    If it's wrong, then I'm going down with you!! I'm just waiting to hear that my old boss went down in flames!! This woman trained me for my position, and she knew that upper ranking people had pulled...
  7. No good deed goes unpunished

    I read this story and remembered the first time I ever tried to give blood. I was 17 and the Red Cross came to our high school. I went through the screening and they did a finger prick in order to...
  8. What will you do?

    There have been several posts recently about criminal offenses, both felony and misdeamenor, and how it will affect ones chances of being allowed to sit for boards. I'm just curious as to what...
  9. What will you do?

    Well, I agree, and I would as well. But, if you read some of these threads it sounds as if some people are just saying, "I hope it doesn't...." w/o making sure first. I have a friend who was in the...
  10. called BON today looks good

    Glad things seem to be working out for you. A friend called me today and said she'd heard from the BON as well and was told that the offense wasn't an automatic ban from taking the test. However,...
  11. Reiki Therapy?

    I don't know if you are still interested in this, but I agree -- you should try it. A few years ago, I was being treated for a ganglion cyst in my wrist. It took over a year for the diagnosis to be...
  12. Dress or scrubs? Females ONLY!!!!

    There was another thread on this somewhere that got pretty heated. My personal opinion is this: If you feel more 'professional' in a dress, by all means wear it. As for me, I'll stick to scrubs....
  13. The right for a patient to know

    The only way I can see that being acceptable is if it's a ped patient.. otherwise the patient has a right to know before family members.. or at the very least, at the same
  14. Bath After Broken Water

    I'd be just the opposite. No bath for me. Any risk of infection to my baby is not worth it. Now, if I felt like I HAD to be washed for some reason, I'd hop into a shower for a quick rinse. But,...
  15. Is it okay to love parts of nursing and hate others?

    I would have probably got in trouble in that class.. as soon as it came out of her mouth, she'd see me.. :rotfl: . It's
  16. Job Title??

    I believe you should tell the truth about the situation. I have said over and over, I do not think anyone should just tell a family "it's going to be ok" if that isn't the truth. I'm simply stating...
  17. Job Title??

    A recent illness and death in our family is one of the reasons I have chose to go into the nursing field. I know what I *want* to do, but I'm not exactly sure what area this would fall into....
  18. Confession is Good for the Soul

    I have no words of wisdom, only compassion. I feel the same way you do about a former career. I was good at my job, and all of my staff supported me 100%. The higher ups, however, were a different...
  19. Job Title??

    I want to sincerely thank all of you for your replies. I appreciate what you've said, and it's not falling on deaf ears. However, I just want to explain something that most of you are hitting on......
  20. Job Title??

    I never said that I was going to tell a family that everything will be alright.. I said "that is what a family wants to hear".. and it IS.. If you have ever had a loved one in critical care, you only...
  21. Job Title??

    I'm waiting for admissions to a nursing program now, as I know that a medical background is definitely required. I felt no animosity towards the nurses at all, none of us did. We completely...
  22. Floating all the time, very low census

    I overheard a nurse from a local hospital tell a friend a few days ago that there were a total of 16 pts in the entire hospital that day... :uhoh21: At first, I was shocked, but then I remembered...
  23. But I'm Pregnant . . . . .

    Jenn... every pregnancy is different. You may or may not be sick the next time. As far as using pregnancy as an excuse, that's one thing that has always made me mad, and never really worked as an...
  24. A Tragic Fire

    Subject: A Tragic Fire A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of Senator John Kerry. Both of his books have been lost. A spokesman said the Senator was devastated as he had not...
  25. pain between shoulders - dumb question!

    I agree wholeheartedly.. carry your tiny hiney to the Dr ASAP... while it may be nothing, it's not a chance you want to take, especially in that region of your body. And, if it is something, you...