going2BaNurse2014
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-hmmm I have no idea why NO ONE wants to be your partner at clinical? or work with you on most any project we have? perhaps its because you have to be right about everything, even when you are dead WRONG! thank you, sir-knows-it-all -stop sighing so freakin loudly every time you think the instructors are wrong! I know you have been an emt for like 3 hours now, and you know it all, but really dude stop trying to correct the instructors! They aren't wrong, YOU ARE! -it's probably a bad idea to go psycho on your class in lab, just sayin... -I have kids, I don't talk about them constantly, unless I'm specifically asked about them... why can you not follow the same etiquette? I don't want to hear every story about your 2 year old and how he had a booger or whatever... -I do not want to hear every story about your husbands job!!! or be asked a million questions about it. Yes our husbands have similar jobs but I have my own life, apart from my husband and his job, unlike you! -Do you not realize that the more you talk and disrupt class it just means that we have to stay that much longer? -Stop asking instructors things that are completely unrelated to the lecture being given!! We are not discussing the DNP/MSN/CRNA career paths today, instead we are discussing something pertinent to this degree!! -Really you have to answer every single question? Even when you know you are wrong? Silence is therapeutic... maybe you should try it, just sayin...
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ROFL!!!!! That sounds like my life, minus 2 kids and a job, and add in about 3 hours of traffic each day, give or take, when I only live 20 miles from my school :/
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My school required the NLN-RNPAX, which is the NLN's pre-entrance exam for RN programs, or something like that. My school requires that you pass it with at least 50% in each of the verbal, math, and science areas to be considered for acceptance. The test has physics questions on it, which I really don't understand because it's not something needed for nursing but alas I did really well and got into my program easily. The only beneficial part to taking the test was that it boosted me up from my 3.4 cumulative GPA. I guess it helps them filter out who they want and who they don't want.
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Yeah I bought the patho book, the APA book and another book from amazon, the rest I bought from the bookstore... the good thing is that you will use the books throughout the program. ratemyprofessor.com is helpful for choosing your instructor too. I kinda chose mine blindly but I got really lucky :) I didn't know anyone in the previous semesters either but have managed to meet a few and they help with picking professors. I can't believe its almost time for 2nd semester! It goes by so fast!
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Yes get your health requirements done ASAP, that gives you earlier choice of instructors. I'm partial to my clinical instructor, Mrs. Hodges, she's really sweet and we did most of our clinicals at one place (the VA), all of the other groups rotate around, but I think we got to see a bit more stuff than the other groups. I would also recommend Brooks and Wang, Tari-Sanchez is also great (she specializes in geriatrics) but I'm not sure if she's going to be teaching in the Spring, hopefully so, she is great too. Brooks is the main coordinator for N210 so you will see her a lot. They are all really cool though. The other groups go to other rehab and nursing homes like palolo, hale nani, and they also get to go to Halawa, we didn't get to do halawa, which would be cool but I'm very happy with the clinical I picked. I know my whole group is. When is your orientation(s)?
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The dollar signs add up quick! Congrats spring class of 2012! I also have 2 pairs of green scrub pants, unisex, size med if anyone wants them. I recommend 2-3 polos and 1-2 sets of scrubs, you can wait for a few weeks on scrubs because you don't actually start simulations or clinicals for the first 3 weeks, it also depends on how often you want to do laundry. Have you checked out professors yet? I would recommend mine, she's cool, actually most of them are pretty good. Its an awesome program.
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To those that are waitlisted at UHM, keep your heads up, the fall 2011 class took at least 2 (that I know of) into our cohort. There is hope!! :) And congrats to all you newly admitted BSN students!!! :) Its awesome! I never actually received my acceptance letter but I found out when Michael sent me an email and when I logged in to check my registration status and it said major--BSN. I would call if you still haven't heard anything. Good luck!
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Many times NPs have an agreement with a physician who basically co-signs on all of the narcotics they prescribe, BUT it all depends on the state and the scope of practice for the NPs in that state which is set up by the state's BON. In Hawaii NPs now have full prescriptive authority as well (I believe, well at least that's what my practicing NP instructors tell me), they are working to get full prescriptive authority in many other states, in NC they can write everything except they must have a cooperative agreement with a coordinating physician for narcotics.
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CONGRATS!!! :ancong!:
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We are required to get the Davis' Drug Guide. We are also recommended to get any medical dictionary as well. I'm pretty much buying up everything they tell me to, so I can be prepared.
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I'm curious too. I am going to school in a state with nursing unions but I know I'm going to eventually move to a state that doesn't have a lot of nursing unions. I don't really know how unions work... guess I will research them a little more.