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    Chattahoochee Technical College ADN Program 2015 Applicant

    afterseason replied to KristenL's topic in Georgia Nursing

    CTC RN grad here. 1) CTC allows you to do certain pre-reqs while completing the program to help YOU get into and complete nursing school more quickly. If you have enough pre-reqs to apply, do it. Yes,...
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    hard to find a job

    afterseason replied to princessnurse_2be's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hospitals around here are hard to get into. Try applying to residency programs (even though you have experience). Also, I found my most recent job (in peds PACU) on Craigslist. Can't hurt to look...
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    How Much Study & Prep Time to Allow for 1st Year Clinicals?

    afterseason replied to SeattleJess's topic in General Students

    When I was in school, we had to do a care plan and a concept map for one patient per day (so two of each per week). Our care plans included listing out ALL of the meds our pt was on, and then writing...
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    Best Department for New RN Grad

    afterseason replied to Latorie's topic in General Nursing

    I say apply for whatever you like. Usually, specialty floors require a nurse with experience. However, in my area, the major hospitals offer residency programs for those floors, and they will hire new...
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    White Coat Ceremony for Nurses

    afterseason replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    My school did a pinning ceremony. We already had white coats that came with our uniforms, which we wore over our outfits at the ceremony. Then we got pinned and did a lantern lighting (a la Florence...
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    Nursing School Oopsies

    afterseason replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

    Did a similar thing with a diabetic foot. Pt had terrible foot ulcerations and we had pillows under her calf to keep anything from touching the foot. Went to change the pillow because there was some...
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    Nursing School and Work Experience

    afterseason replied to michelle99's topic in General Students

    I had no medical experience other than what I'd gained from shadowing my mom (an RN). I had no issues with nursing school and passed with a 3.9 GPA, passed NCLEX first try, and am now an employed RN....
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    Chattahoochee Technical College ASN Fall 2014

    afterseason replied to think_pink's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Recent CTC grad here -- graduated in May 2014. I'm currently working two RN positions, one in Women's Health and one in a PACU. Good luck to all of you. You will be working nurses before you know
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    New Grads: how long did it take you to find a job, or how long have you been ...

    afterseason replied to kieran07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated May 2014. Passed NCLEX in June. Started my first RN job in July and accepted a second position in
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    **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

    afterseason replied to Bell13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1) GA 2) $36/hr 3) New Grad 4)
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    Nursing School Oopsies

    afterseason replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

    I, too, have done this. I was
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    How long did it take you to get your first RN job?

    afterseason replied to coffeemama0112's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've seen you say this on several posts without any elaboration. I'm curious as to what exactly you did that was "outside the box." Care to
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    Enduring the painful waiting game...

    afterseason posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated at the beginning of May, and I just completed my first interview process for a mother/baby residency program at a local hospital which is nationally known for its labor & delivery /...
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    Pharm Studying

    afterseason replied to nursinggirl11's topic in General Students

    I made the mistake of trying to learn individual meds at first. Definitely focus on the groups of suffixes and prefixes, what they fall into, and what are the major side effects, purposes, and nursing...
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    What Should I Be Doing Right Now?

    afterseason replied to tbbtpeach's topic in General Students

    Do nothing. Do the bare minimum. Focus on relaxing, your friends, your family, and yourself. Everyone told me to do this before nursing school, and I insisted on brushing up on my pre-req stuff...
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    "Throwing Out" questions on a test

    afterseason replied to DawnJ's topic in General Students

    This is how it is done at my school. It seems very effective. After all, they are human, and sometimes they do throw in a poor question without realizing it. They usually only end up "throwing out"...
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    Cardiac Cath Lab... What's it like??

    afterseason replied to Kgibson089's topic in Cardiac

    I've been spending time in a cath lab currently in my clinical rotation. It is AMAZING! The nurses are brilliant. I happen to be at a lab that has nurses who LOVE to teach, and they are constantly...
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    Best Techniques to study Pharmacology for nursing

    afterseason replied to kpetit's topic in General Students

    Pharm has been easier for me because rather than having a specific pharm class, we learn the meds with the units (i.e. during our GI unit we learned GI meds, endocrine meds during endocrine unit,...
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    Chattahoochee Tech 2013

    afterseason replied to adntobe's topic in Georgia Nursing

    We're about to have our NLNAC review, and everyone from our previous classes is now employed. I don't think anyone has anything to worry
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    Nursing school and the rest of my life?

    afterseason replied to RosaleiMae's topic in General Students

    I've managed raising my two kids and still maintaining my job while in nursing school. It is possible. I was also working full-time and finishing pre-req's when I had my youngest and was...
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    What to expect at your first clinical at a senior assisted living facility

    afterseason replied to Ireland1122's topic in General Students

    My first clinical rotation was at a combo facility that did geriatric rehab (after things like hip replacements) and also had an LTC unit. I was not excited to go, but it was actually a great learning...
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    I passed nursing school!

    afterseason replied to LLL01's topic in General Students

    Congrats and good
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    Calling graduating class of 2014!

    afterseason replied to Jamaicandol's topic in General Students

    We just took our first exam. I passed with an A (90). However, from what I've heard so far, I'm the only one in the class who made an A. Lots for high B's though, so yay for my
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    Calling graduating class of 2014!

    afterseason replied to Jamaicandol's topic in General Students

    My class just took our first skills check-off as well. We all passed! A few people did have a few slip-ups, but our lab instructor was very understanding regarding first-time jitters. She just had the...
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    Calling graduating class of 2014!

    afterseason replied to Jamaicandol's topic in General Students

    Hope everyone who has started school is enjoying it. I'm in my 4th week now, and I LOVE it! Scheduled to graduate May 2014.