melizerd ASN, RN

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    How many NClex questions did you practice during nursing school?

    melizerd replied to VAgirl247's topic in General Students

    My ADN program encouraged us to start them 1st semester. I got pinned yesterday and my guess is that I've done several thousand by now. All of Saunders's, Kaplan, and Incredibly Easy
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    What is your grading scale?

    melizerd replied to smoup's topic in General Students

    They aren't universal because as you can see some schools have higher standards for passing. I'm betting those people in a program that have 76% for passing don't want to be in one where 80% is the...
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    What is your grading scale?

    melizerd replied to smoup's topic in General Students

    80-85 C 86-92 B 93-100 A Anything less than 80 is failure. You must receive 80% total on all exams and then you can add to your grade with homework, class work
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    Starting Salary [new grad]?

    melizerd replied to clandestine-approach's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Southeastern Wisconsin New grad ADN 27/hr major hospital 3/hr shift or weekend differential Full
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    What does your countdown look like?

    melizerd replied to krisiepoo's topic in General Students

    Done! Pinning is Tuesday, parties starting this
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    Hospital Units with Longest patient stays

    melizerd replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm at a regional burn center so we see the worst of the worst, those are the ones that
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    Hospital Units with Longest patient stays

    melizerd replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Nursing

    Some burn units do pediatrics as well. Burns aren't something everyone is comfortable doing and it's a small market too. Definitely worth learning more about. Most people think I'm crazy that I love...
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    Hospital Units with Longest patient stays

    melizerd replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Nursing

    Another burn vote. We've had patients that stayed 12-13 months. It definitely is a unique
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    Nursing student, mother and a wife.

    melizerd replied to rosyariana's topic in General Students

    I graduate in 10 days so it can be done! I'm 31 married, my husband has multiple sclerosis and we have a son who will be 7 in 3 weeks. No one wants me to succeed more than them! For me it's about...
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    A Mother Seeking Healthcare Career Advice for High School Junior

    melizerd replied to Psata's topic in Nursing Career

    Does she really want to be a nurse? If so I wouldn't stop her. I'd let her know she might need to relocate, work in LTC, etc before getting her dream job. Not all places in the country are hard on new...
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    Cops and Nurses

    melizerd replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Both my parents were cops, neither gave tickets to nurses unless it was something really
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    Reading for pleasure

    melizerd replied to remotefuse's topic in General Students

    I never stopped my personal reading for 30 min before bed no matter what. It has kept me sane and allowed me to decompress before bed. Graduation in 16
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    What does your countdown look like?

    melizerd replied to krisiepoo's topic in General Students

    2 class days 2 exams 1 presentation 1 clinical day
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    Any current RN students at MATC - Milwaukee?

    melizerd replied to Caitlin023's topic in General Nursing

    Both locations are great. I'm graduating in 22 days! I've done classes at Mequon but clinicals I'd have several downtown instructors and they have been amazing. It's a great program and they push...
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    What should I have engraved on my stethoscope?

    melizerd replied to blindcheeseit3's topic in General Students

    Or you end up in a zillion isolation rooms and can't take it with you. It will get put down, a code will be called, someone will poop or vomit on you. You'll be surprised at the amount that you need...
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    Oh! My feet! What are the best shoes to wear at work??

    melizerd replied to Yellibee's topic in General Students

    Another dansko fan here! But go to a real shoe store and walk and have hem give you options. If the Danskos hit your arch funny you'll know in 30
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    Anyone doing well?

    melizerd replied to kp1987's topic in General Students

    Final semester, just 39 days til pinning and I just received my official letter stating I am graduating with honors. :) good grades are
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    Med Surg and Pharm Together? Can it be done sucessfully?

    melizerd replied to RNOrchid's topic in General Students

    My program always has you do pharm with fundamentals, medsurg and a clinical. So yes it can be
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    BP cuff not required?!

    melizerd replied to erint91DC's topic in General Students

    Another one who never had one of their own. The clinical sites have their own. After 1st semester where we learned to do them manually (and the LTC facilities had some manual ones) the hospitals...
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    How do clinicals work?

    melizerd replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Students

    I've never had a day where I didn't learn something new. There is always something to learn, and I think that's true no matter how long you've been a nurse too. Even if it's not a new skill, I learn...
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    Muslim nursing students

    melizerd replied to mtcowgirl's topic in General Students

    If nursing isn't in your top 5 even DO NOT DO IT! There is no nursing shortage. It is not a career you want to pick if it is not something that you WANT to be doing. It's
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    Muslim nursing students

    melizerd replied to mtcowgirl's topic in General Students

    I've had several classmates that wore one and never had an issue. They also wore long sleeve shirts under our short sleeve scrub tops with no issues. I'm pretty sure they all wore a white one that...
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    Any current RN students at MATC - Milwaukee?

    melizerd replied to Caitlin023's topic in General Nursing

    Are you starting at Mequon or
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    How much harder is it to find a job with an ADN?

    melizerd replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm an ADN student graduating in 55 days. I've already had an offer for a hospital. The students that graduated in May all had jobs within a couple months of passing NCLEX. The ones that wanted to...
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    Things i wish i knew before nursing school

    melizerd replied to TIB217's topic in General Students

    I graduate in 55 days. It's SOOOO worth it. I learned that I had to be sure I was healthy, that I will never know everything, that my patients teach me more than I teach them. I have a bunch of...