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Hello, and that is such a great question. Everything is different for everyone but for me the two hardest classes in the program were statistics and research. After being a nurse for five years a lot of the classes can be managed easily due to the information you have already learned or gained from being a nurse. But, research and statistics are two classes you don't use on a regular basis as a nurse on the unit. Although we as nurses do research all the time about our patients, diseases, medications, etc it is not academic research that is graded and critiqued on a scholarly level. So yes, research was for me at least the hardest class of the program. I would plan on doing at least double the amount of time for homework for this class compared to other classes in the program. The hardest part about this class is simply finding the scholarly information you need in order to do your work. You will spend many hours searching through scholarly databases looking for very specific evidenced based information that meets the needs of the assignments you are working on. It's not "hard" per say, it's just very time consuming. But, it will be worth it. And the instructors and aids in the program do a really good job of helping you if you get stuck or have any questions. Congratulations on almost finishing. Keep up the good work. The end is in sight.

Hello, I am one week away from finishing my online BSN from the University of Texas at Arlington. I remember when I was looking for a school to attend I combed through these boards looking for information before I decided on this school. So, I am returning the favor and if anyone is interested I will answer questions about this program. It took me approximately two years to complete without attending summer sessions. Part of the time I was working as a full time travel nurse on a busy medical floor in Hawaii and part of the time I was working as an observation nurse at an even busier trauma center in Las Vegas. I am married and have four small children. But, overall I am excited to finally be done and will in the next couple of weeks be looking into attending the same university to get my masters and become an FNP online. If no one has any questions then great, but if there are any questions I will look back at this board every couple of days for the next couple of weeks and do my best to answer what ever questions I can. Take care.

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Hello all. Thanks for any replies. Is there aids in australia or is it total care. Do Australian nurses work 8 hour shifts or 12 hour shifts. Is there ratios and if not how many patients per nurse. Etc... I'm an Rn with 5 years of hospital experience and am going to finish my bachelors degree in one semester then start applying to Australia. Thanks for any help.

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Hello All, Thanks in advance for any advice. I am an RN with 5 years of acute care experience and thinking about going back to school to become an FNP or Acute care NP. It seems that all the schools I look at have you do your clinicals during the program. I plan to move to Costa Rica over the next couple of years while going to school online. Is that possible? and is there any FNP schools that let you complete your clinical hours after school so I don't have to come back to the states until it's time to do clinicals? Thanks for any advice.

I just transitioned from Med/Surg to ER nursing and started at a new ER and it's a lot busier than I thought it would be. I "thought" that most ER nurses saw around 8-10ish patients per night. But where I just started working 10 patients a night is slow. I'v been told we get between 160-200 patients a day. I work in a major city so I new it would be busy, but I am kind of overwhelmed. I know I'll get faster but its a huge change and I was just curious what other ER's average patient load per night is. Thanks for any info.

It's a great hospital with good staff. I have known people who have had children their and they all had nothing but good things to say. The staff is very friendly and family oriented as well. The area is absolutely beautiful. But you have to go north to have fun in Arcata CA. I would also probably say look for a place to stay their as well. It (arcata) is a great little university town with lots to do. Send me a PM and I'll give you all the info I can.

Hello, I work in a maximum security prison at the moment. And I was just thinking the other day as I walked to a call about how it did not bother me that I was surrounded by metal bars and concrete. It is something that bothers you or it doesn't. But I love where I work. The background fades away after a while just like if you live in the city you get used to hearing traffic. Hope this helps.

Hello, I am a corrections nurse. You can pm me if you like. But just so you know it does get better with time. Keep your head up. Before you know it you will have a year under your belt and you will look back and laugh.

First thank you for any responses. I have been doing my research and it looks like a nurse with an Associates Degree in Nursing can't become a nurse in NZ because you need 1100 hours of clinical in school. An ADN program only provides 800-900 hours of clinical. Do I need to go back to school to get my BSN or will the ADN suffice.

Hello, I was a new grad with an associates degree and found a job at a critical access care hospital. Those are very small 20 or less bed hospitals. They are truly "rural nurse jobs" and serve populations that would be without medical care if it wasn't for you and a couple of other medical staff. If you interested pm me and I'll give the run down on how to find out about getting jobs at facilities like this.

There seems to be some sort of new ad system. Every time I try to read a post a movie preview starts up in the new post down at the bottom. Is this just me or is it happening to other guest as well. Just curious.

Thank you for all of your replies. Ill do as you all suggest and just try to relax and help out where available. Thanks for all your help.