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  1. Online A&P1

    tech1000 replied to Ayvasmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took micro online and it was awful, but I made an A in

  2. Help with the best route to nursing?

    tech1000 replied to momof2prettygirls's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm doing an online BSN program at my college once I finish my ASN in May. It can be fast tracked in 3 semesters. But once you get your ASN, there are more prereqs or coreqs for BSN as

  3. How long have you been working on Pre req's?

    tech1000 replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't know I wanted to do nursing, so I had gone to college for 3 years before getting into a program. I worked with LPNs who recommended not getting an LPN because most hospitals won't hire you...

  4. Question on what is an Emergency Care Technician...?

    tech1000 replied to WCSU1987's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    PCTs do NOT do IVs! They are basically a CNA. ECTs are emergency care techs. It depends on what hospital you're working in, but in my ED we are able to do more than the techs on the

  5. How long is clinical prep?

    tech1000 replied to nianava's topic in General Students

    I get my patient assignment at 6:30am and we're on the floor at 7am... So I'm not sure how long you would need, but I wouldn't think more than an hour or two at the

  6. ASN program and taking science classes at the same time

    tech1000 replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

    I definitely wouldn't do it. I've been taking only nursing classes and have on semester of nursing school left and am going crazy. I don't want to do ANYTHING related to school (and my last 2 test...

  7. How many of you work in a hospital?

    tech1000 replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm a PCT and I had a semester of nursing school before applying for my jobs (one semester of nursing school is equivalent to PCT or CNA). I had deployed as a medic and worked in an emergency dep't...

  8. CNA wear

    tech1000 replied to Chris NS's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I either wear a long sleeved shirt under my scrub top or wear a zip up hoodie. Some hospitals only allow you to wear the long sleeved scrub tops over the regular one. It just

  9. Anyone here too "small" to become a CNA?

    tech1000 replied to ciarline's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm 5' and 100lbs. I worked with 450lb patients regularly and had no

  10. CNA's/PCT's how much do you make?

    tech1000 replied to Queen33FutureLPN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I made $10.83 for my first 8 hours, and made an extra $1ish for my last 4 hours at my old job, and now I make $12.23 at this hospital with shift diff for my last 4 of a 12 hour

  11. Tips for changing adult briefs?

    tech1000 replied to ComeClarity's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It takes practice. When I started, I'd put them way too high on the back and have nothing in the front. You really will get better. Just make sure the diaper is just coming al ittle higher than the...

  12. Starting PCT program in Spring 2011

    tech1000 replied to thenameismac's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I'm in nursing school and worked as a PCT for 8 months on a med surg floor and now work in an emergency department as a tech. I never took an actual PCT class, but it's really not difficult. Being a...

  13. Nursing noob. So lost and confused..?

    tech1000 replied to rileyc's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    For most ASN programs, you'll need to have anatomy and physiology, and english class done, your basic college math class (either math models or college algebra)... I can't remember the other actual...

  14. Community college waiting lists

    tech1000 replied to erindm's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'd apply for your BSN. The only reason I did ASN was because I only had prereqs for that. Apply everywhere. Take what you

  15. Is BSN harder than ASN?

    tech1000 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm doing ASN right now. I would have applied to BSN programs but didn't fulfill the math and science requirement to get in and I just wanted to start working. I think now having a BSN makes more...

  16. When to start applying for jobs?

    tech1000 replied to Kelber's topic in General Students

    Yeah, residencies need to be applied for about 4-6 months before the start date of the residency. Most of them here start in August and March. The March applications were due 2 weeks ago. For other...

  17. Keep or change jobs for NS...please help

    tech1000 replied to ICU_RN_BSN's topic in General Students

    I would definitely quit your job and report her. I've been working since I started nursing school. My first year I worked 24-36 hours a week and this second year I'm working 16-24 hours a week. I...

  18. Any of you make excellent grades but suck at skills?

    tech1000 replied to aem31's topic in General Students

    I think it's normal. If you have time, maybe you could get a tech job somewhere? I feel much better about clinical skills since I work in a hospital. All my friends feel lost. You need practice to be...

  19. Thinking about finishing last year of nursing school part time?

    tech1000 replied to koko2002's topic in General Students

    Well, put it this way... If you fail out of the program, you won't be taking the NCLEX anyway. Go part time if you need to. Just register for an NCLEX class to help you prepare before you take it....

  20. Amount of clinicals?

    tech1000 replied to MissChloe's topic in General Students

    In our first year, we did one day a week from 7am-1pm. 2nd year we're doing 2 days a week from

  21. I am so glad...

    tech1000 replied to RN9742's topic in General Students

    We wear all white, but they're pants and a

  22. Relocating for school...need input

    tech1000 replied to Scrub2Nurse's topic in General Students

    If you plan on moving in the next semester, I'd just wait. You won't get refunded any of the tuition money. It may be nice to get classes out of the way, but it's not worth the possible wasted money,...

  23. Which topics in microbiology are the most useful in nursing?

    tech1000 replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

    I took micro this past summer during nursing school. The only thing it helps with is maybe some minimal understanding with what medications do to bacteria/viruses. So I'd say pay attention to that but...

  24. ER RN vs EMS

    tech1000 replied to dreso1021's topic in Emergency

    Is Chamberlain online? Don't do an online nursing school. I'm a medic in the Reserves, deployed to Iraq and worked in an ER, and work as a tech in an ER now while going to nursing school. I prefer the...

  25. is pursuing a degree in nursing still worth it in this depressed economy?

    tech1000 replied to xtin0712's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in nursing school now and there are a lot of jobs in the metro Atlanta area, but they all require experience. I've been a tech in two hospitals here (once you have a semester of nursing school...