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    Final year of Nursing school, wanting to be in the Neuro field

    NCRNMDM replied to savinglives33's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    You can get into Neuro ICU with an associate's degree in nursing. I don't know about your area, but where I live the neuro ICUs will hire new graduates fresh out of nursing school and train them to...
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    MICU vs SICU

    NCRNMDM replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is very true; that's part of the beauty of nursing. Did you start out in the ICU setting as a new graduate? In my area a lot of ICU positions are open to new graduates, but I've heard a lot of...
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    am i really for nursing?

    NCRNMDM replied to ading's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You will begin to get a better feeling for the routine and what works best for you as you get more experience. During clinical I try to follow the same pattern, as I have found that it works pretty...
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    MICU vs SICU

    NCRNMDM replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question! It was very helpful to hear from someone who has first hand experience. I've done some work in the ED, but I got tired of it, and after...
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    Trouble in Clinical groups

    NCRNMDM replied to student89's topic in General Students

    Had you not come forward, you would have been just as guilty as she, in my opinion. Not coming forward about a blatant violation of patient rights would be like knowing that a nurse had given the...
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    Getting very discouraged 2nd month into nursing school. help!

    NCRNMDM replied to morningglory229's topic in General Students

    If you're in your first nursing class, which it would appear is true since you're only two months in, stop studying complicated things. Nursing 111 is a very basic course, and they don't expect you to...
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    Charting

    NCRNMDM replied to Bean21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think it's a terrible idea to wait until the end of the shift and try to chart everything then. Our program forbids this practice, and we are required to chart each intervention as we go. If we do...
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    MICU vs SICU

    NCRNMDM replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think I would rather work with the septic shock/hypovolemia patients who have undergone major surgeries. Does your SICU also take the trauma patients? Most hospitals in my area have combined their...
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    Who actually ENJOYS clinical?

    NCRNMDM replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Students

    I love clinical, and I love my instructor. Our instructor likes us to be independent, so she initially supervises us on a skill, like IV starts, injections, IV push, etc, and once she thinks we are...
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    People who trivialize nursing

    NCRNMDM replied to ILovetorun's topic in General Students

    A lot of people don't realize how hard it is to be in nursing school, or to be a practicing nurse. My dad's parents wanted me to go to medical school, and they weren't happy to hear that I was, as...
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    What should I know for Block 1?

    NCRNMDM replied to udohas's topic in General Students

    You're welcome. Good luck with nursing
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    What should I know for Block 1?

    NCRNMDM replied to udohas's topic in General Students

    We started out with really basic things. We did communication, documentation, safety, ethics, and that sort of thing first. For the documentation unit it was really good to already know a lot of...
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    What should I know for Block 1?

    NCRNMDM replied to udohas's topic in General Students

    I'm a first semester nursing student, and I've been in nursing school for almost four months now. My advice, really, honestly, is this: don't study anything before you start nursing school. Enjoy the...
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    First semester random drug testing time

    NCRNMDM replied to peasNrice's topic in General Students

    Most researchers agree that tests used to detect marijuana can detect the presence of THC for up to 13 days. I have heard people say that marijuana will be processed from your system faster if you...
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    how do you prepare?

    NCRNMDM replied to katiebry1031's topic in General Students

    I study the powerpoints, the notes I took during lecture, and what the readings from the books say. I look at the entire nursing process for each disease, injury, or illness, and I read carefully over...
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    Nursing isn't what I thought it'd be...any advice?

    NCRNMDM replied to dazed&confused1129's topic in General Students

    I think you need to give nursing a chance. Working on a rehab unit is much different from doing clinicals at a hospital with patients who are acutely ill or injured. Nurses still do a fair amount of...
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    MICU vs SICU

    NCRNMDM replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm glad to hear that my thoughts are actually based on fact. I always got the impression that thoracic recovery was very procedural and had the possibility of becoming pretty routine and boring. I'm...
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    MICU vs SICU

    NCRNMDM replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've been thinking about your advice, and I am now adding PICU to my list of ICUs that I am considering working in. I had always avoided PICU because I assumed that I wouldn't be able to do it, or...
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    MICU vs SICU

    NCRNMDM replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you to everyone, these answers are just the type I was looking for. My mom works in a CVRU/CVICU that takes mostly post-open heart and vascular surgeries, but it's so specialized that it's hard...
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    Modified self-scheduling has to go (IMHO)

    NCRNMDM replied to edogs334's topic in General Nursing

    Self-shceduling sounds horrible, but when you consider the alternative, it starts to sound really great. My mom works at a hospital that self schedules, and I always said that I would hate it. I'm in...
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    Student RN

    NCRNMDM replied to unsurestudent's topic in General Nursing

    How so? We are given the option to either write RNS or RN
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    What is the passing score for your school?

    NCRNMDM replied to KaylaRN2013's topic in General Students

    The passing score for my school is 86. Score below that and you are out of the
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    Nursing School Blues??

    NCRNMDM replied to Nili927's topic in General Students

    I think nursing school does that to all of us. I'm a guy, and I generally don't tend to be overly emotional, but the other day all the stress that I hadn't been feeling hit me, and I started worrying...
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    MICU vs SICU

    NCRNMDM replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you, HazelLPN! That was a great post. I had thought about PICU, but wasn't sure if it would be right for me. I do have a passion for critical care, I've wanted to be an ICU nurse since I was...
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    Student RN

    NCRNMDM replied to unsurestudent's topic in General Nursing

    in my nursing program, which is in the us, we were told that it was okay to sign our charting rns standing for rn student. we are not passing ourselves off as having our rn, we are saying that we are...