RunnerRN2015

RunnerRN2015 ASN, RN

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  1. UNCW RN-BSN program

    RunnerRN2015 posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I *think* this is where I've decided to do my RN-BSN. Anybody out there who has done this/is doing this program? Pros? Cons?

  2. Paying off nursing school debt

    RunnerRN2015 replied to acj108's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my boys are lucky in that we paid for their college educations. I'm 50 and went to nursing school a couple of years ago. At one point all 3 of us were in college at the same time. We managed...

  3. Paying off nursing school debt

    RunnerRN2015 replied to acj108's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital system has 2 schools associated with it; both schools offer loan forgiveness. They have multiple hospitals and doctors offices; most, if not all, graduates are hired before graduation or...

  4. Paying off nursing school debt

    RunnerRN2015 replied to acj108's topic in General Nursing

    My school is part of a hospital system and offers a loan forgiveness program if you work for them after graduation. I graduated in Dec 2014. I'll have $10,000 forgiven in another couple of months and...

  5. circulating nurse = "go-fer" with no use for "real" nursing skills?

    RunnerRN2015 posted a topic in Operating Room

    After 20 years of teaching, I'm back in school pursuing what I've always wanted to do: to be a nurse. I've always been interested in the OR and I am amazed at the number of RNs and fellow students who...

  6. Carolinas College of Health Sciences

    RunnerRN2015 replied to futurenurse/vettech's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I think those 2 classes were the most challenging intermediates. I ended up with a 91.2% in one and a 90.8% in the other -- which would have been fine on a 10 point scale but on an 8 point scale,...

  7. New Grad looking to get into endoscopy and operating Room

    RunnerRN2015 replied to falcon53192's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital hires at least 10-12 new grads for the OR twice a year. They get put through Peri Op 101 and have a very extensive orientation. I'm surprised you can't find hospitals that hire new

  8. Carolinas College of Health Sciences

    RunnerRN2015 replied to futurenurse/vettech's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Unless they've changed, all classes are during the day. The semesters are regular 16 week semesters. All of us in pre-nursing who earned our spot in the nursing program had to sit out that semester. I...

  9. Carolinas College of Health Sciences

    RunnerRN2015 replied to futurenurse/vettech's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Congratulations! As far as getting hired after graduation, if you want to work within the CHS system, you won't have a problem getting hired. Most of us had jobs lined up (including hard to get into...

  10. What do other hospitals do regard to scheduling staff for weekends?

    RunnerRN2015 replied to Metalchild's topic in General Nursing

    In my 2 previous units, we did have some weekenders who only worked weekends. That being said, we had weekend requirements, depending on whether you worked days or nights. One unit required 6 weekend...

  11. Worried about drug screen

    RunnerRN2015 replied to studentnurse931's topic in General Students

    At my school, they did random ones all the time. You could be called out of class or out of clinical for it. It was purely luck of the draw who got called in. You only had a couple of hours to report...

  12. GN permit for a new grad

    RunnerRN2015 replied to Daking0825's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I graduated in Dec 2014. We started the interview process with HR (my school is affiliated with a large healthcare system) early on in our last semester. A large majority of my class had jobs lined up...

  13. Do women find male nurses attractive?

    RunnerRN2015 replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    In school, out of 65 people in my class, there were 8-10 guys. Only 1 was gay...but we also had 2 lesbians, so not sure how that fits into your equation. Do they cancel each other out? On my old...

  14. Healthcare jobs at 18?

    RunnerRN2015 replied to Anerelism347's topic in General Nursing

    My ADN program was 2 years, start to finish -- no pre-reqs needed other than high school requirements. I had a couple of "fresh-out-of-high-school" classmates who graduated high school in June 2012,...

  15. Healthcare jobs at 18?

    RunnerRN2015 replied to Anerelism347's topic in General Nursing

    Patient representative (registering patients in the ED, taking their insurance information, etc), dietary aide, patient transport, unit secretary, environmental

  16. Carolinas College of Health Sciences

    RunnerRN2015 replied to futurenurse/vettech's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I graduated from CCHS in 2014 so my experiences are still fairly current. Yes, the acceptance rate is low. That's because they get hundreds and hundreds of applications but only start 60-70 students...

  17. Binded with a contract and trying to see the positive side of it.

    RunnerRN2015 replied to nursejaclynxx's topic in General Nursing

    Our L&D nurses ARE the OR nurses! If a patient needs a c-section, their L&D nurse goes to the OR with them, along with a surg tech. There'e never a time when the OR sends nurses to help with...

  18. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    RunnerRN2015 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Y'all is a proper pronoun here in the south.

  19. I think I got offered a job

    RunnerRN2015 replied to AvaRose's topic in Nursing Career

    Until you have a firm job offer somewhere else, an RN job there is better than no RN job. The only way she can make you commit to 2+ years is if you sign a contract that states you "owe" them a...

  20. I think I got offered a job

    RunnerRN2015 replied to AvaRose's topic in Nursing Career

    Sounds like she's interested in interviewing you for a position. It never hurts to go on an interview so I'd call her back and tell her you'd be interested in interviewing for a position. You can get...

  21. Need the real truth. Are all EDs like this?

    RunnerRN2015 replied to JR81's topic in Emergency

    We never turned anybody away but they may wait 6-8 hours to be seen unless they had a true

  22. Nursing advice needed!!!

    RunnerRN2015 replied to jesslopez16a's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily true. At my school, you CAN complete the entire program in 2 years, no pre-reqs required. It's not easy and most people choose not to do it that way (and most have previous college...

  23. NCLEX August 2016 and PVT

    RunnerRN2015 replied to justlove's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    We used ATI throughout school. It's a great

  24. NCLEX August 2016 and PVT

    RunnerRN2015 replied to justlove's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sorry you didn't pass. As an FYI, not everybody needs to study for NCLEX. I didn't and I passed in 75 questions a couple of weeks after graduation. I did 75-100 practice questions a day for about a...

  25. Career Change-Charlotte NC

    RunnerRN2015 replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from Carolinas College of Health Sciences with my ADN in 2014. CHS always hires our grads! In fact, with the most recent class, ALL grads were hired by CHS! When HR ranks new grads, CCHS...