Fumanchuesday

Fumanchuesday

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  1. ADN's being pushed out

    i got an job fresh out of asn/adn school. actually had it 4 mo before grad... in an SICU in a hospital that does transplants. depends on where u live! no regrets here!
  2. GPA just not good enough

    Ha! no, that's not me in my pic... it's Brian Wilson (baseball player). FEAR THE BEARD I went to nursing school in New Orleans. It's actually the only place I applied, although i did have back up plans. I'm from Shreveport (about 5 hours away). I mai...
  3. GPA just not good enough

    sure sucks... go to school somewhere else... i got in with a lower gpa than u... my school went STRICTLY off gpa which i think is complete bull. the top 50 gpas got in... didnt matter where the prereq work was done (some schools are obviously easier ...
  4. Nurses are the real heroes ?

    "Nurses are great but they aren't heroes. Heroes rush into life threatening situations without regard for their own safety." Life threatening situations eh? Guess codes deal with non life threatening situations "Heroes wear dog tags or badges." I am ...
  5. 2nd Degree BSN for a guy?

    im at our lady of the lake college ololcollege.edu ... they are in the process of switching to an accelerated BSN program (i think its gonna 16 months)... i think they may have already made the switch. Find the nursing portion of the website and call...
  6. To All the Nursing Managers

    ICU at North... im a new grad, but i have 2 yrs prior work for WK
  7. To All the Nursing Managers

    i hope everything works out for u goob... i hope u can get this fixed btw, i start work there next month
  8. To All the Nursing Managers

    Dont you work in Shreveport? Do you mind me asking what hospital this happened at?
  9. 2nd Degree BSN for a guy?

    I did the 2nd degree accelerated route. My last day of school is the 22nd. I have a similar background to you, as I had prior healthcare/hospital experience and a degree in Health Sciences (Healthcare Management). I worked a year as a CNA in order to...
  10. Did or do you work as a CNA in a hospital

    once upon a time about 2 years ago, I was a CNA in a hospital... I did it for a year fulltime on a medsurg floor. Things I did: take vitals, pass out meal trays 3x a day, record how much was eaten, pass out ice, assist pts with ADLs mostly baths/ lin...
  11. Willis-Knighton/LSUHSC Pay

    WK starts new grad RNs at $19 /hr base Night shift is $23 /hr.... You also get a 0.90 /hr raise after taking their 3 day telemetry/ekg class.
  12. Getting in to CRNA school

    Arent all CRNA schools going DNP by 2015?
  13. Beware OLOL Accelerated ASN

    I am currently in the program at EJ. There is no contract for after graduation. I was able to find a weekend job while in the program, but the job is very flexible and allows me to study at work. The instructors did say that there is a possibility f...
  14. OLOL accelerated nursing pharm notes

    We have everything scheduled until the end of september... this week is transitions...all of sept is pharm. First test is sept 6
  15. OLOL accelerated nursing pharm notes

    Yes, school started monday, so this week is basically a transition course to prepare us for accelerated nursing. So far I like it and i'm trying to get organized and remain optimistic. I'm pretty sure you have to have at least 15 posts before you can...
  16. Anatomy & Physiology Online?

    I took A&P I & II online through ULM... they did not offer labs online though at the time
  17. OLOL accelerated nursing pharm notes

    give me your email addresses, a previous student forwarded me the pharm ppts for the first 2 lectures. I would be happy to pass them along
  18. I just started Our Lady of the Lake's 10 month ASN program in Metairie. The instructor told us this week that they MAY have one more accelerated ASN class admitted this spring before switching to an accelerated BSN program for fall '12. They already ...
  19. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

    DOH! wow! rookie mistake... I'm just getting this out of my system before next week! I finally got into myportal also... had to email the portal administrator
  20. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

    Oh thanks, I guess I dont have that one... does it say what time class is over? The only schedule I have with times on it is the pharm one (class starts Aug 29 at 9 and ends at 12:30). The only page I could find about the first class (Transition to A...
  21. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

    Does anybody happen to know anything about our school schedule next week? I got the schedule for pharm, but i dont even know what time class starts on monday...
  22. can young,healthy,athletic men have heart attacks?

    It happens... there is actually a video on youtube of a professional soccer player that drops dead (cardiomyopathy) name was Miklos Feher... saddest video Ive ever seen
  23. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

    for those of you that still have not bought books, i bought my 3 pharm books on half.com. i took the used book (good condition) route and bought them all from the same seller "textbooks-now" to save on shipping. i also had a 10% discount that i recei...
  24. New CNA/Pre-nursing student- Additional certs??

    My hospital offered a few practical courses/ certifications that I did while I was a nursing assistant. We had what was called the CNA II course, which taught a few additional skills including: using a bladder scanner, foley catheters, and ostomy car...
  25. photographic memory real??

    Watch the movie "Good Will Hunting" to understand "photographic memory"... by the way, 3 students in my community college microbiology class "claimed" to have photographic memory. I made a better grade than all of them. Who were they trying to kid? T...