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 looking at. Here is what I would ask my contact::...
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 teaching staff are a huge X factor, and I think tha...
RevolutioN2013 replied to siringe's topic in Headlines
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 requests I thank them very much for their friend ...
RevolutioN2013 replied to blue cna's topic in 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 actually a pretty good guy, but he threw everything on t...
RevolutioN2013 replied to mstyd's topic in Student Assist
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, "the brakes on the chair are locked locked locked...
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 discussion about nurses not being allowed to accept gi...
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 Volume Microbiology Concepts Volume Introduction ...
RevolutioN2013 replied to PrenursingBritt's topic in Pre-Nursing
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 daughter is a little older. It is my understandi...
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 been fired too?
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 there? If so I wonder if they were railroaded as we...
RevolutioN2013 replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in Pre-Nursing
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 can take Chem this Summer. Someone posted about t...
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. I work 40 hours a week - must do this in order to ...
RevolutioN2013 replied to glitterygirl's topic in North Carolina
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 time being, and while keeping it I'm also taking my ...
RevolutioN2013 replied to amyleadon's topic in North Carolina
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 class I'm taking now I'm SUPER-anal about making an A...
