lovesroses

lovesroses has 1 years experience.

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1. Certification in Infection Control (CIC) Examination

   lovesroses replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in Infectious Disease

   I talked with the IC dept at the large teaching hospital I work at and was told "absolute min. of BSN plus 2+ years in ICU, OR, or ED experience" before they would think of hiring me there. Good luck...

2. First RN job M/S Intermediate Care/Step Down

   lovesroses posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   Hi! I am finishing up my last semester of nursing school and have been lucky enough to be offered a job on a busy M/S Intermediate Care/Step Down floor at a large teaching hospital. The ratio is 1:3...

3. Hours of Nursing school?

   lovesroses replied to Amanda1105's topic in General Students

   In my first semseter I have lecture 4 hours a day for 3 days, lab for 4 hours 1 day and clinical for 3 hours 1 day. After fall break if will be lecture for 4 hours 1 day, lab for 4 hours 1 day,...

4. Strategies for Fundamentals (note taking from textbooks)

   lovesroses replied to NIUnurs2be's topic in General Students

   I highly second the teaching part. First off, I make sure I am the only one home (or at least that others can't hear me). Then I pull out my text and class notes and read some corresponding sections....

5. Second Week

   lovesroses replied to studentrnnurse's topic in General Students

   I feel your stress! We just had our first test and I actually did well on it. I couldn't get through all the readings either, just read over my notes and skimmed until something in the reading...

6. Prospects after graduation?

   lovesroses replied to AppalachianRNstudent's topic in General Students

   Do you have a tech job anywhere? I've seen those students go on to get hired after graduation (either on their floor/unit or at another hospital). Others I've seen have to search and search and...

7. Setting up a Mentorship Program for an ADN school

   lovesroses replied to FCMike11's topic in General Nursing

   My program has it set up where the final semester students are paired with volunteer mentees from the first semester students. I have only met with my mentor once since it just started yesterday (they...

8. pct/nurse tech wages

   lovesroses replied to k_r_ah's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

   13/hr with one year experience plus shift diffs. I can do everything a CNA can do plus blood sugars and there are additional classes offered for foleys, blood draws, swapping O2 equipment (not...

9. Good place to get first stethoscope?

   lovesroses replied to soraji's topic in General Students

   If there are any stores near you that let you try them out before buying that would be the place to go to. I did that for CNA class but when I went again a couple weeks ago they wouldn't let me try...

10. What color is your uniform?

    lovesroses replied to MILOBRI's topic in General Students

    Mine is a royal blue landau scrub top where the small for too short for my long torso and the medium looks like a potato sack and it is barely an okay length. I got royal blue cargo pants to match...

11. being young!

    lovesroses replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    If it were my first degree and I was able to, I'd just go straight for the BSN. With the pre-reqs it could take 3-4 years to get your ADN. I'm going for my second degree at the ADN level now and...

12. Official nursing student fall 2011 stand up!!!

    lovesroses replied to adorable42181's topic in General Students

    Congrats to all! I am starting in exactly 5 weeks at WTCC. Some of my classes were transferred from other schools but I earned mostly As. I'm finishing up patho and micro (last two pre-reqs) this...

13. Waiting on ADN letter from JCC...

    lovesroses replied to jedwards080's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    LOL yeah I was tired of pre-reqs and not being in a program. My husband said he knew I would get in but I still worried. Wake Tech uses a different one....http://www.studentscreener.com. It was 28...

14. Waiting on ADN letter from JCC...

    lovesroses replied to jedwards080's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Congratulations to you as well! I'm not sure...I've already paid for the drug screen/background check at Wake Tech though and the mandatory orientation at JCC comes at a time when I will be out of...

15. Wake Tech or Watts?

    lovesroses replied to weluv3's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I've been told both are good. I know someone about to graduate Watts and I myself was accepted into Wake Tech. I ultimately chose to go the ADN route for the money (that much debt scares me at...