ImThatGuy BSN, RN

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    I have been an ER nurse for exactly one week....

    ImThatGuy replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    I wish all emergency departments could and would turn away people that can't pay? Harsh? Oh
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    Big decision, tight timeline.

    ImThatGuy replied to laski's topic in General Students

    Oh, that was you. I thought the name and predicament seemed familiar, lol. If I could turn nursing into teaching it in college, sans proctoring some sort of clinical rotation, I'd be up for
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    I have been an ER nurse for exactly one week....

    ImThatGuy replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    Where would you sacrafice though? My biggest pet peeve is foreign aid funding. I hate
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    which do you prefer

    ImThatGuy replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    I can't stand medical/surgical-oriented clinicals as with foundations, acute care, etc. The ER and ICU ones are ok, but working on a floor full of people in bed is a good way to ruin a day for me....
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    What did you do to prepare for nursing school?

    ImThatGuy replied to mamayogibear's topic in General Students

    It seems like you're setting yourself up for burnout doing all that extra stuff now. I do the bare minimum to get by in my BSN program, and I still do extremely well. All of that other stuff isn't...
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    Big decision, tight timeline.

    ImThatGuy replied to laski's topic in General Students

    If you've got the opportunity to teach college and get a free Ph.D. with more job opportunities afterwards I'd stick with that. I got into nursing school thinking I wanted to leave my career. Now,...
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    How did nursing school effect your health?

    ImThatGuy replied to RangeinPlace's topic in General Students

    I don't know if it really impacted my health. I do know I was stressed. During the spring, in the mental health course, we had to take an evaluation of our stressors. A score of 500 was considered...
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    I have been an ER nurse for exactly one week....

    ImThatGuy replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    15% of THE federal government's budget is quite a lot of money. I could certainly think of better uses for
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    Why the disdain for LTC?

    ImThatGuy replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Different people have different interests. I, for one, would not like to deal with the same patient all day,
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    To Nurse or Not to Nurse

    ImThatGuy replied to laski's topic in General Students

    I'm a police officer. I was a go getter in the workforce, learned my job did it well, and instead of savoring it I jumped out of the frying pan looking for promotions (management!), responsibility...
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    To Nurse or Not to Nurse

    ImThatGuy replied to laski's topic in General Students

    Honestly, a Ph.D., especially in education, seems like it would be even more troubling of a decision than nursing. With a mortgage, two kids, and closing in on 40 are you going to relocate to work?...
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    Advice for student going into Med-Surg clinicals

    ImThatGuy replied to MissM.RN's topic in General Students

    Just follow instructions. I was probably there three times before I finally memorized what forms I was supposed to fill out in the charts, but if I were to go back to the same facility right now and...
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    To Nurse or Not to Nurse

    ImThatGuy replied to laski's topic in General Students

    When I started the BSN program last year I was into it. Now that I'm starting the last year I'm not into it. You never know how life will change. If I elect to stay with it after graduation it'll be a...
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    Fall 2011, what's your schedule?

    ImThatGuy replied to BelleNscrubs04's topic in General Students

    Third semester of four sememster RN/BSN program. Classes Tues and Thurs from 9-3:30. OB/Peds, Issues and Trends, and Community Health. Clinicals for OB and Peds are on Mon or Wed and clinicals for...
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    So how different is nursing school?

    ImThatGuy replied to mamayogibear's topic in General Students

    Majoring in nursing is different in the sense that A) there are rotations requiring silly outfits to take part in and B) everybody gripes about how much harder nursing is than (insert) major. The...
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    To rent or not to rent?

    ImThatGuy replied to patiently-waiting's topic in General Students

    I haven't reused any of them in school because there are so many readily available versions of electronic information. Heck, I sometimes sit in class verifying some of the things I'm hearing in...
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    Biting off more than I can chew??

    ImThatGuy replied to brittany_micah's topic in General Students

    Yes, W,
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    Major in nursing and minoring in Psychology?

    ImThatGuy replied to Kenanipel's topic in General Students

    I don't think it'll actually help. When I got my first degree I had once declared as a psych major so I took seven courses (5 A's, 2 B's) before changing my major to something even less useful, lol....
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    Biting off more than I can chew??

    ImThatGuy replied to brittany_micah's topic in General Students

    I'm in nursing school and work two police jobs, lol. That plus class takes up a lot of time. There's a new lady in my life too so that's going to top my list more than school so I'm pretty happy right...
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    To rent or not to rent?

    ImThatGuy replied to patiently-waiting's topic in General Students

    When I was in college renting wasn't an available option. If it had been I would've done it. Now that I'm in nursing school a decade later, which although a BSN program it's not really college to...
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    how long for clinicals?

    ImThatGuy replied to bayli1's topic in General Students

    How long are clinicals? Too
  22. ImThatGuy

    Quit playing on allnurses and study!

    ImThatGuy replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Students

    Forums are great ways to procrastinate. I don't spend nearly the time here that I do at others
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    Psych Nursing (metal health) topic suggestions?

    ImThatGuy replied to Miley22's topic in General Students

    Try this. No one else will do this, I guarantee. I started to do it in my class, but all we ended up having to do was watch a movie featuring a character with mental issues and do a quickie...
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    Why does anyone go into nursing?

    ImThatGuy replied to guineapiglover2011's topic in General Students

    That's a good question. I can't really answer that because I had no "reason" for entering into nursing school. At the time, I wanted something different, and nursing school was there and readily...
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    is there anything better to say then it's not your fault

    ImThatGuy replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't say anything. I would just support the person and be there to listen. It's got nothing to do with toughness. That's a silly thing to