RevolutioN2013

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1. RN to MSN @ UNC-CH, any reviews?

   RevolutioN2013 replied to onesunniegal's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   http://nursing.unc.edu/degree/pdf/rn_msn.pdf

2. For those new grads who are employed, what's your method?

   RevolutioN2013 replied to grateful2010's topic in General Nursing

   Contacts, contacts, contacts. Your contacts don't get you a job. They get your resume put in front of the person who hires. It put your resume on top of the stack of 200 that the hiring person is...

3. Anyone with any information about Gaston College

   RevolutioN2013 replied to LindsayJune's topic in General Nursing

   Pre-nursing student here. My perception is that all of the community college programs in NC have a very similar structure in terms of requirements, admittance procedures, and coursework. Obviously...

4. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

   RevolutioN2013 replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

   I am not a nurse yet, but even in my current non-nursing profession I have made it a personal policy not to friend co-workers and not to post anything about work, ever. When co-workers send me friend...

5. CNAS, what's it like at your nursing home/long term care facility?

   RevolutioN2013 replied to blue cna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I had my first clinical at a local facility on Wednesday night (am still taking my NA I class) and I was very disappointed with the environment of this facility. The aide I was paired with was...

6. HELP! Best advice on passing Anatomy & Physiology?!!

   RevolutioN2013 replied to mstyd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Sing. Don't laugh! In my CNA class when we had to learn how to xfer a pt from the bed to a wc the song "the wheels on the bus go round and round" popped into my head and I changed the lyrics to say,...

7. Is it okay/appropriate to make a home-cooked gift to instructors?

   RevolutioN2013 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm taking a CNA class and doing nursing pre-reqs. I always cook for Christmas - baby-sitters, child's teachers, etc. I was going to add my two class instructors to my list, but with all of the...

8. Rank these classes by how hard they are

   RevolutioN2013 posted a topic in General Students

   Can you please rate these classes on 2 criteria - difficulty of concepts and volume of material to memorize. 1 is least difficult and 5 is most difficult. A&P 1 Concepts Volume A&P 2 Concepts...

9. young mother wants to become a nurse...

   RevolutioN2013 replied to PrenursingBritt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I have a 5 year old daughter and I am now working on my pre-reqs. I don't know what your support system is, but unless you have some serious support I would not recommend embarking on this until your...

10. I just got fired... what the hell happened?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Nocturne I just went back and read some of your posts - could the nurse who turned you in about the heparin issue be the one who was behind all of this? If so, who else did she not like and have they...

11. I just got fired... what the hell happened?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    First let me say that I am so sorry this happened to you! What you're describing sounds too slick to have been the first time it has happened to someone. Has anyone else been fired while you were...

12. Would appreciate advice on combining pre-reqs

    RevolutioN2013 replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks for all of the advice & input. I have one more question, I have already registered for A&P I for the coming semester. Should it be a big prob to take A&P I before taking Chem? I...

13. Would appreciate advice on combining pre-reqs

    RevolutioN2013 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would appreciate input from those of you who have taken these classes on which ones go well together. I have some pretty serious time restrictions so it's important that I not overload myself. 1....

14. lost in charlotte,,help,,lol

    RevolutioN2013 replied to glitterygirl's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hi, ex-Charlottean here but have returned to my Salisbury roots LOL. I'm also 40 and going for nursing as a 2nd career. It sounds like our plans are similar. I'm keeping my full-time job for the...

15. Will I ever get into a nursing program? GPA is haunting me :-(

    RevolutioN2013 replied to amyleadon's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    This is why I'm taking one course per semester while working on my pre-reqs. God if I could go back and take a do-over for college LOL! My cum gpa for my BS from ASU '92 is 2.92. Ugh. So every...