MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

Med Surg - Renal

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  1. New grad, job issues, and more school

    Try Home Health and LTC. It is good to stay
  2. Not liking my first 3 months as RN

    I know quite a few nurses who started out working nights at SNFs and are now at
  3. Can't get hired as a CNA!!

    Try nursing homes. While you are getting experience there, keep plugging away at hospitals and eventually you will get
  4. Is this appropiate? Please...need input. Thx

    Dress professionally and leave the donuts for your first Friday
  5. Backstabbing/Gossip in Nursing School

    If people talk about you, and you are not around to hear it.....does it
  6. No hospital job after working LTC? True?

    That's not true at the hospital I work at now. In fact, the ONLY way I could get hired here is if I worked on a TCU for a year. They were just orienting two new (very young) nurses on my Med Surg...
  7. Feel guilty calling myself a nurse

    Got a license? Yes? Nice to meet you, fellow
  8. NCLEX and Kaplan

    Your Kaplan scores are fine. I suspect the difference between 50% and 60% on Kaplan trainers is about 50-100 questions. The NCLEX definitely gives you a chance to show you are competent. I didn't do...
  9. How to answer the 10 year goal question??

    I thought everyone just said they are going to be a
  10. Is it true? BS + RN does not = BSN?

    It depends on the specific RN program. You get whatever that program is. Most of the accelerated programs I have heard of that require a bachelors in another field are Master's programs (MSN). If...
  11. Dopamine drip calculation

    Number one is screaming for dimensional analysis: 3.5 ml/hr * 800 mg/500 ml * 1000 mcg/1 mg * 1 hr/ 60 min * 1/ 6.5 kg = 14.35 mcg/kg/min I see how you got this one wrong; you mulitplied by kg instead...
  12. New Graduate RN Seeking Employement

    Hello, I also spent countless hours doing online apps for hospitals. Ugh. Have you expanded your job search to Home Health and LTC? In my area, there are a lot of jobs for new grads in these fields....
  13. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    The question is: "Will the doctor having a gun in his office make his workplace safer?" I doubt it. I would much rather have armed uniformed police officers on hand in locations where they are...
  14. ADN students, how much do you study?

    "outside of class and clinical, on average, how many hours per day or week do you study?" i studied around 16-18 hours per week. maybe a little more during med surg, less during specialty rotations....
  15. What to do

    The pass rates vary by school more than ASN vs BSN. In MN, the NCLEX pass rate for Associate Degree programs from 2007-2010 is 83.9%. The pass rate for bachelor's and higher for the same period is...
  16. I would suggest you go straight to an RN degree. Work as much as you can and use student loans to make up the difference. In order to make yourself more marketable when you graduate, I would...
  17. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    Update: Had a great interview for the New Grad program and they called and offered me a job the next
  18. How long to wait for license number?

    Yes, MN is very good about that too. License number on the state BON website within 48 hours of
  19. The "dirty" side of nursing...

    Yes to all your questions - and then some. Wait until you do some wound care. The process of getting used to these things goes much faster and better if you work as a CNA during school. Good
  20. Why is this "regarding uniforms"

    We wore business casual clothes during my psych clinicals. You'll probably be doing the same thing, but they want the shirt to be able to ID you as a
  21. Hello everyone, I can still barely believe it, but yesterday I accepted an offer for a New Grad Residency program. I start on a Med Surg floor in a couple weeks. I've been lurking and participating...
  22. NEW RN ....just accept any job?

    I quickly accepted the first job I was offered (today) - it was the one I really wanted: Graduate Nurse Residency Program at my preferred
  23. Just finished New Student Orientation

    Sigh. Almost makes me wanna sign up for some summer
  24. What were the gender ratios in your nursing classes?

    We had around 7 guys out of a class of 80. I had a fantastic class; all the guys were treated very well by the staff and other students. There were no gender based difficulties of any kind I was...
  25. Experience with Extendicare?

    I worked for two years at an Extendicare nursing home. It was the absolute worst facility I have ever been around. Extedicare's policy for the two facilities I have worked at is to save money by...