ICUchick

Just curious what other regions/ hospital systems are experiencing.... I am an ICU nurse at a Midwestern hospital (community size roughly 250k) and we are the main hospital system in the city - we have 3 ICUs... Med/surf, cardiac and neuro/trauma. ...

Hello everyone! I think I have my resume all set. I worked with our faculty and a hiring manager at our institution (my BSN program is tied to a Hospital). I would like to run it by all of you and see if I am missing anything. Part of my concern i...

Anyone have any feedback? Just a thumbs up or down.... ?

I would agree with some of the other responses that the skills check off's early on were the most terrifying. This is followed by a scary and intimidating clinical instructor but if your prepared for the clinical even they won't frazzle you and you ...

I think Med/Surg is easier, but I suspect this is very different for everyone. I think that the entire semester that you start Fundamentals/assessments is so different from the previous ones, and for us it was the one that we started clinicals in, t...

Hello everyone! I am working on a paper for health assessment and am having some trouble with the area where I have to give a detailed rationale for why I would perform one assessment before the other. The scenario is as follows: Our patient today i...

Hello ladies & gents, I would like to write a paper about the differences in the care mothers receive and the birth experience from about 20 - 25 years ago versus today. I have interviewed a mom who gave birth about 5 months ago to get a good...

It depends on how far out of school you are and what other classes you have been taking. I am 15 years out of HS but took 1 year of courses at the community college, including algebra & stats, science pre-reqs and English comp, I studied very li...

I agree with the response above - they will look at your GPA from pre-reqs and go by that and perhaps your TEAS score, though my school accepted me and then had me take the TEAS. My HS GPA was non-existant as I dropped out of HS and earned my GED so...

Welcome! I have not yet started school, my program starts in January, but I am also attending a very small private nursing school. The classes have 70 students...to start, who knows how many make it to the end. I am an "older" student and I asked t...

Well after much worrying, obsessing and stress I am SO happy to report that I got in to the nursing program in my area! I am currently taking an accelerated CNA course as the school requires this before you start clinicals. I am hoping to land a s...

tomorrow is my highly anticipated interview with one of the nursing schools i applied to. i have prepared as well as i think i can and have assembled a list of questions. can you review it and give me your opinion if any of these should be left out...

Many thanks, that is how I refer to it but with my nursing school interview approaching tomorrow I thought I should double check!

NCLEX - I know it is the licensing test for nurses. I know it stands for National Council Licensure examination. I know its referred to as NCLEX but how do you SAY it???? Ya, I know...dumb question but I want to know! Is it pronounced en-klecks? (an...

Hey everyone, I spoke with a girl in my micro class that interviewed with the school I applied to and will be interviewing with on Wednesday. She wasn't accepted, I am not sure why but her GPA was about 3.4 at the time so I wonder if that was it. S...

Well today was the deadline for applications at my college of choice for my BSN. I wonder how long I will have to wait for an answer! I did get a surprise when the college called today about my application -- they received everything except one of m...

Thank you so much, all this reading about the interview process has me a big old bundle of nerves!!

Thanks guys...I didn't have to wait long to hear from them. I landed an interview for next Wednesday. Time to peruse the sight for interview help! I am so excited and so nervous.

This is exactly the type of thing that keeps me awake at night. I am throwing caution to the wind and still going for it...it may not be smart but its something I have always wanted to do and now I can. I applied to a BSN program through a city hos...

I can't help you with your question but I can tell you that you just motivated me to pay a LOT more attention in stats class!

On my application it has a section for employment and volunteerism. I am a 36 year old mother of 4, my volunteer roles look a little different than perhaps a 19 year olds! I volunteer A LOT but not with anything to do with nursing. I am Vice Presiden...

I recently applied to a BSN program (starts Jan 2012) in my area but I am trying to think of what other options may be available if I dont get in which I know is a strong possibility considering the number of people applying. I am considering also ap...

The two programs I am applying to do not require CNA certification but another in my area does. I have decided to take it in a 3 week course in June for the experience. I just feel that if it feels completely awkward it is better to know now then a...

LOL good point! Even as an "E" there are days I could read these posts all day gathering information...and fear

After reading through this I am guessing my anatomy teach was kinda a pervert...I won't even post the things we learned about cranial nerves!