MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

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  1. What do I need for nursing school?

    A helmet. Good luck. (PS: When you need something they will let you know. Unless they don't. Then they will yell at you for not having
  2. How to NOT gain weight in Nursing School??

    I lost 65 pounds the last 7 months of Nursing School. I did all the things reasonable people tell you to do and it worked. (Drink water, eat fruit/veggies/lean meats, avoid processed foods, don't...
  3. To work or not to work???

    I dunno what the job market will be like two years from now, but if it is still anything like today, you are going to want some related experience on your
  4. Taking good body mechanics too far?

    If anyone needs help, they get a gait belt and push off the bed/chair while I assist using the belt. Keep doing this and it will become second nature. Many patients will comply without even realizing...
  5. Tell Me About Your Study Space.

    I lived alone most of nursing school and I couldn't study at home. I found coffee shops with internet access and late hours and did my work there. Even when one of my classmates - and primary study...
  6. Advice for "seasoned" individual going for RN

    ADN was my chosen route because of cost. Still not cheap at around $200 a credit, but it kept the loans down a bit. Counting the prerequisites, it took me four years anyway. Like you and many other...
  7. Why won't anyone hire new graduate nurses??!!?!?

    I don't see any reason why you cannot work as a CNA with an RN license. Heck, there are thousands of CNAs taking the NCLEX across the country, it's not like we get fired when we pass. I'm finishing...
  8. Why won't anyone hire new graduate nurses??!!?!?

    This may say more about the company than the new
  9. Bummed....New RN no job :(

    Nursing home Transitional Care
  10. I am so screwed

    There is no reason to ignore your great scores and then say you are screwed. Pay attention to the objective results and stay away from bad thoughts. Good
  11. How to make A&P 1 more interesting????

    Drop it and take a class (and/or career path) you find
  12. Bummed....New RN no job :(

    You are doing the right things, just have to keep trying! I would expand your search to nursing homes. TCUs offer good experience for new grads. It's tough but I was prepared to do this too. Good...
  13. I applied to ones that had a year or less experience, but the new grad position was the only one that called me back. Hours and hours filling out those *&*%$#@$* online profiles and they don't...
  14. Got a Job, Here's some advice

    Congrats and good advice all around. I know of four out of about 80 students in my graduating class who have hospital jobs. (I'm one of them.) All of us worked at a hospital for at least a year during...
  15. Difficulty for males to enter the field.

    never once during my cna classes,cna jobs, nursing prerequisites, nursing school, or finding an rn job after school did i find any difficulty at all because i am male. it never happened. talk to the...
  16. Nurse eating their young?

    Exactly. Plus, after they see they cannot get a rise out of you no matter how hard they try, they move on to greener
  17. Find every friend and family member and spend as much time with them as you can. Memorizing information without the context of school isn't going to do you any
  18. Help with Test Questions!!

    I did the same. I started reading and skimming the material before the lecture for an hour or so and found that really helped me get more out of the lecture. I would suggest putting one "day off"...
  19. How to organize you work as a new nursing student

    I used a binder with dividers and those little sticky labels. Seemed to help. Three hole punch EVERYTHING and store it. I've never had so many random pieces of paper thrown at me in my life; if I...
  20. I think you sort of hurt yourself by telling them you had a court date. If it was me, at that point I'd much rather just tell them I'm getting a divorce than have them wonder why I have a court date...
  21. Nursing school pins?

    Put your foot down. Some of my classmates were pinned by their grandmothers with their grandmother's pin and it was awesome. We had the option of using any pin we dang well
  22. What do you listen to while studying

    I could never listen to music because I would stop studying. I listed to podcasts - This American Life, Point of Inquiry, Sound Opinions, Planet Money.... I have no idea how I'm able to study...
  23. Can't hurt. One of my classmates started sending them out real early and got an interview a couple months before graduation. ....an interview that ended quickly after they realized she hadn't...
  24. "Instructor" rant

    New instructors are usually the worst. They think they have to be tough. My first med surg rotation we had a MSN student instructor and she was nuts. Toughen up. When she goes off, don't give her...
  25. NEW RN ....just accept any job?

    From what I hear, your first job in nursing is always a bit of a rollercoaster. Let's enjoy the