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  1. return from medical leave

    bigeyes4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone - My story is long, but I will be concise. I am a first-semester student. Mid-semester, I was transferred to a distant campus of our school about an hour away from my residence. My new...

  2. Fall 2012 new nursing students roll call!!!

    bigeyes4 replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    Well I hate to burst your bubble, but please be realistic, all of you. You may be taken by surprise by your instructor who decided one day to pick on you. Once he or she starts, he or she will never...

  3. What was your FIRST semester?

    bigeyes4 replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    What I would like to know of any of you, is how nasty was the environment your first semester? I am by nature a very sensitive person. I get offended very easily. I have been verbally abused by my...

  4. Anybody have experience with taking a Leave of Absence during nursing school?

    bigeyes4 replied to heatherhammy's topic in General Students

    I was most unfairly treated. One day at the hospital I had a melt-down because from pre-conference to lunch the instructor did nothing but criticize and needlessly berate me. I finally broke down...

  5. What recourse legal or otherwise is available to me?

    bigeyes4 posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am a first semester nursing student with a history of anxiety and depression. Yesterday on the hospital floor, the stress got to me and I resorted to a former maladaptive mechanism - cutting. It...

  6. CCRI Nursing Program

    bigeyes4 replied to Mom02895's topic in General Nursing

    I finally got my instructor assignment. ------ at CCRI Flanagan Campus. Does anyone know him? Thanks for any

  7. CCRI nursing clinical schedule

    bigeyes4 replied to christiejoy's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - I would love to know who my clinical instructor will be and what my clinical sites will be. The suspense is killing me. I start in a week at the day program at the Flanagan campus. If anyone...

  8. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all - Today is the first day for registering for next semester's classes. I would like to know when the nursing orientation is likely to be. Soon? closer to January or what? Thanks in

  9. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    HI all - I now have all my books and have printed the syllabi from Blackboard. My question is: Which book goes with the clinical lab questions. There are a few pages of questions to answer before...

  10. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    Today I got the official email advising of the orientation on Wednesday. It would have been nice to have known a little earlier, but I am coming to expect late information like this. Coupled with my...

  11. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    ok I got the exact information today. The orientation on Dec. 14 at the Knight Campus is for all nursing programs - Flanagan, Knight, Liston, etc. Just thought I'd pass that along. The same time I...

  12. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    slight amendment - I think that that orientation is for the Knight campus program only. I"m trying to find out when the Flanagan one is. more later. These people aren't very

  13. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    For any of you nursing 1010 CCRI students out there, I just emailed Ruby Jones (I'll be Flanagan Day) asking when the date and time of the January 2012 nursing orientation. She responded that it is...

  14. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    I've already done that. I am doing a little preliminary reading, though and trying to get the books at a cheaper price than the CCRI bookstore offers. I am also working on inner transformation to...

  15. stressors in clinicals

    bigeyes4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have yet another question! I wonder if anyone who has attended or is attending the nursing program at CCRI knows if there are employee assistance programs in place at the clinical sites. I can...

  16. nursing orientation for ccri jan 2012 entry

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    ok thanks for letting me

  17. A question for those who have been fired?

    bigeyes4 replied to JerseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I highly doubt that I will seek a hospital job. I am in the fortunate position of not having to rely on this income as my sole financial support. So if it doesn't work out, I'm not going to be...

  18. Need help..don't know if i should continue nursing

    bigeyes4 replied to sweetpumpernickel's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all your hopeful posts. I don't say that sarcastically. We'll see what

  19. A question for those who have been fired?

    bigeyes4 replied to JerseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Being fired so many times has definitely left scars on me. I feel as though I have PTSD from it. I'm actually afraid to re-enter the work force. Hopefully, that fear will be gone by the time I...

  20. A question for those who have been fired?

    bigeyes4 replied to JerseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been fired from almost every job I've ever had, which is numerous. I don't really know why either. I am entering the field of nursing in January (school) and hope to break the pattern. I...

  21. Need help..don't know if i should continue nursing

    bigeyes4 replied to sweetpumpernickel's topic in General Nursing

    I am 55 and will start nursing school in January. My sister who had a B.A. in music graduated medical school at the age of 56. She's ten years older than I am. She is doing well at a VA hospital....

  22. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    bigeyes4 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am glad to have found this thread. I suffer from depression and anxiety. I am also afraid of people sometimes - social anxiety. I have this idea that all people are going to be mean to me. I had...

  23. questions looming ahead

    bigeyes4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone - I have just had the very good fortune (at least I hope it's good fortune) to be accepted into CCRI's nursing program Flanagan day campus starting January 2012. I have some questions...

  24. questions looming ahead

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I was making it too complicated. I'll sit tight and wait for info re the orientation now. I've been reading one of the texts - one by Taylor -big fat thing - the book, that

  25. Drexel Universitiy direct entry MSN

    bigeyes4 replied to bigeyes4's topic in School, College Programs

    Thanks very much for the information. I'll make a note of