wannabeagreatRN BSN, RN

Hi everyone! I am applying for the RN to BSN program and have a question about the student ID number for the recommendation letters. When do they give you a student ID number, is it as soon as you submit the application? How can I submit the forms ...

Anybody here for the RN to BS or RN to MS? I hear it's a rolling admission. I have not applied yet. I just discovered I need nutrition and I believe 1 elective so I don't know if I can still apply for the Fall semester and take those at a community ...

Also for the RN to BSN did you have to take the TEAs?

Hi everyone! I graduated with my ADN in 2010 and have worked between critical care and flex (housewide) since. I came out of a rough community college career with a 3.0 overall GPA and a 2.75 science GPA. When I started college I didn't take it se...

My father in law underwent his second chemo today and according to my sister in law "almost coded" from what I got from them it sounded like SVT. His medical team said it's fairly common and from now on will run his chemo at half the rate. I am a P...

I don't normally post here but love learning from you all. I apologize as I ramble my story out. I am here tonight because on Wednesday night I had to code my best friend's husband who is also my friend and he did not make it. I cannot talk to her...

And many hugs to everyone else with this type of awful experience under their belts. I don't wish any of this on anyone. Its also a reason why I work over an hour away from home, I was tired of working on my neighbors day in and day out. Not only is ...

Thank you all. Knowledge really stinks sometimes. I hadn't thought about the EAP program I will check into it. One day at a time right now. We just had his services. I feel like I'm letting go of some of the anger. I thought more about the amount of...

Sorry! I was just pointing out how two different people in the same scene see things very differently. There are 3 sides to every story and I am just not willing to jump on a blind bandwagon. Of course if this is true, it is terrible and that nurs...

I am sorry, I left my psychic powers in yesterday's scrubs!

I have to love it when men decide they can't wash their own genitals (yet are perfectly capable) so I have actually started telling the one's with significant others "Maybe we should let your (gf/spouse) know that you need help with that?" Turns the...

As in most cases, we only have one side of the story! Just last week I had a patient's spouse yell frantically for me (I work in critical care) my pt on bipap was having increasing difficulty breathing. So as I am checking him out and the bipap, li...

I was an EMT-B before nursing school and also was a tech in the ER my senior year. Some nurses you can anticipate their needs and there are others that you may as well wait until they tell you (I will leave it at that lol). But just set your priori...

The hospital I work at will give any employee $2,000 a year for education, thats it.

To clarify this topic, every state has their own protocols, and some jurisdictions get approval for extra or pilot programs, so meds, skills, interventions vary. Also there is a difference of levels of prehospital providers. Here in Maryland the hi...

I feel your pain. I am a pretty new nurse (licensed in July 10). I sat unemployed for 2 months and finally applied to a LTC. I really did not want to. I had a lot of previous exp as a ER tech and EMT and still no hospital jobs. So as everyone sa...

It is really not a good feeling trying to figure out what to do. I am currently on orientation with a preceptor. I was told by one of my preceptors the last snow storm we had that I should have called and switched days since I am not "essential", t...

Can I start by saying that the new grad RN's behaving like this should remember that there are tons of new nurses waiting for their job! I can't fathom behaving like this, my parents taught me better, however if they didn't when I started nursing sc...

I love these, they are so true! While in nursing school I was a tech in the ED. Maybe a little off topic but I want to share one of my pet peeves. One of my many duties was to transfer non-telemetry patients to their rooms up on the floor, and it dro...

Hi everybody, I am new to posting here but have always read alot of posts and found them very helpful. I graduated in May 2010 and passed the NCLEX in July. I have a pretty good back ground as an EMT and ER tech and have always dreamed of being an ...

I know a few of my classmates who had to walk out of certain situations, but overtime they got used to it. One instructor I had in school had a huge problem with sputum, she always told us that every job she worked she tried to find someone else who...

Wow! I am very interested to see if anyone has some insight one this. In all of the psych facilities I have been in, there were strict rules about a male entering a female's room and vice versa. The smoking inside I also don't know about. Most f...

Thank you all for your support! I hope that your dreams come true too! Our local job market for RN's just fell out this year, I was 1 year too late. I am going to pray I get this job and keep on looking while at it. Like you said, at least I can ...