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Just started school last week and I already need to get some stuff off my chest..... To the two girls that sit behind me in lecture, "I sit in the third row so that I can concentrate, not so that I can listen to you two talk about how class needs to end soon, or how bored you are. You knew you signed up for a class that went until three, so suck it up and don't expect lecture to be done before three." I don't know why people would sit in the fourth row and just talk the entire lecture. Some people actually want to learn about nursing.

I would actually multiply 3000 times 2 to get 6000g, and then multiply by 2.2 to get 13.2 lb. That just makes more sense to me because you have whole numbers until the end that way, instead of having to work with 6.6 g. If you're using a calculator though I guess it doesn't really matter.

Thanks for the quick reply. That's pretty much what I figured, I would just feel bad leaving so many great people. The job I applied for is in the PICU and I am just worried that I would become too emotional with a job like that. But maybe it would make me tougher, and better able to deal with other difficult situations. All I know for sure is that I'm over thinking this lol. Thanks for your input though.

So I work at a really great hospital on an adult unit, but once I finish my nursing degree (in 2 years) I really want to work in peds because it's been my dream since I was in 8th grade. There are openings at the childrens hospital ran by the same company as the hospital I work for and I have applied for a couple of jobs there. My problem is that I've only been working at this job since the end of May and I would feel really bad quitting this early. I love the people that I work with and my boss is really caring and just a great boss. I think that if I started working in peds as a CNA then I would have a better chance getting right into peds once I am an RN. What would you guys do? Would you stick it out at this job and maybe a year down the road try to switch into a peds job? Or would you go directly to peds and get as much experience as possible? I know it's not even a guarantee that I will get a job at the children's hospital, but on the chance that I do....what would you do in my position?

At my school we don't learn to do IV's, but that's because all of the hospitals in our area are major hospitals and have IV infusion teams. If I continue working at the hospital I work at now (Fairview), then I will never need to insert an IV anyways.

To the girl in my nutrition class who programmed her graphing calculator with her nutrition notes and used it on the test, "I was the one who told the professor that you and other girls were doing that. That's the reason we weren't allowed to use graphing calculators on the final. Maybe next time you'll think before posting on facebook about how much your graphing calculator trick helped you on your last test. I really hope you don't do well this semester, because I don't know how much more of your cheating I can handle."

I know you wrote this a long time ago, but just in case you were still thinking about being an NST at Fairview I thought I'd comment. I work at Fairview as an NST and I just started at 15.10 an hour, but 16 something on weekends. The only thing that stinks is that we have to pay for parking, but it really isn't very expensive. Let me know if you have any other questions.