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Ask to shadow on the OR. A very different type of nursing, with different stressors. But you only have one patient at a time. It took a few years for me to burn out on floor nursing, and find my fit in surgery.

Your numbers have to be wrong. I had to take 8 prerequisite courses for my BSN program and they cost about $800 for each 3 credit course. This was only 6 years ago. You are making a huge mistake continuing this path. You need to put it out of you...

Your logic for remaining where you are and getting into another $100k of loans is short-sighted. You are getting into loan territory for an MD degree, but you will only be a nurse with limited earning capability. And this is a road of no turning ...

You've been trying for 5 years and are finally pregnant? Honestly, when that baby comes your new job will pale in comparison. There will always be jobs but those first months and years with your baby you can never get back. And you don't want to...

My boyfriend went from talking about marriage to breaking up with me a month before I was to start an intensive BSN program. I started nursing school with my self esteem in tatters. The first month of nursing school was awful. I ended up finding...

I am against abortion as well. I worked in med-surg where it wasn't an issue ever. Now I work in the OR at a hospital where we do abortions up to 24 weeks (at least). I signed a form when I transferred to the OR that I would not participate in the...

When I worked med-surg, we had patients like this. We usually would implement a behavior plan that involved management, the floor staff, and the patient's physician so that everyone was on the same page. For this type of situation, we would have a...

I went through the same thing. But any classes you take (like prerequisites for the NP program) are factored into your total GPA. You are so close, taking just one class might do it. You could take a class that you would need for the NP program, t...

Its a HIPAA violation that is fireable. Once you are done taking care of a patient, your right to access the chart ends. If you haven't been caught, don't tell anyone and don't do it again.

Hi, I am a timid personality in the OR. I transferred here from the Med-surg floor. You can survive, but the OR has more difficulty personalities than floor nursing. A lot of Type A personalities here. And the big personalities get the attention...

I work at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in New Hampshire, about three hours from Boston. DHMC prefers BSN nurses, but you could probably get a good job here. They are desperate for nurses and rely on travelers constantly.

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Hi there, I just started UConn's MEIN program last week at the Stamford campus, and am really concerned by the amount of material and self-study the program demands. It seems like all this material is being thrown at us, without any guidance or dis...

Something similar happened to me when I went to take the N-Clex in February. Had a job lined up, and was to start orientation, but couldn't find an appointment from Maine to Philadelphia before my job start date. I kept checking the Pearsonvue webs...

RN jobs at DHMC start @ $27/hr plus shift differential. I believe every new hire starts here (you definitely won't make less), but I am not positive that experience will start you a bit higher. But that should give you a ballpark.

I took the NCLEX today and was certain I failed it. From the very first question, it was so much harder than I expected. It all just felt so random and content heavy. I took Kaplan, and did well, and went into the exam nervous, but expecting to p...

Hi everyone, congratulations on being accepted into the program! I just graduated from Stamford campus a few weeks ago. Thanks and good luck this year!

Congratulations, everyone. I am in the MEIN 2012 class, and just started the last semester. At least two applications (one of them mine) from my class were lost last summer. The committee meets in July of each year for the last time, so if anyone...

There are two components to the program: the classroom instruction (book learning) and clinical experience (skills learning). The clinical experience this semester has been great, due largely to my luck in being assigned to the group of the best c...

Hi, I am currently in the MEIN program. I can answer two of your questions: 1. The MEIN program does actually give you a BSN at the end of the first year. For the prereqs: you need to take one chemistry class. I took chem 111. If more than one...

Hi, thanks for responding. So I have about 5 weeks left in my first semester, and this program is not at all what I thought it would be. Clinical is great and I feel like I am learning the most there. But it seems like the academic side is all sel...

Hi, Yes, Chem 111 is sufficient. I am a current 2012 MEIN student. FYI - if you are taking Chemistry at Norwalk CC, take it with Kieran Curley. He teaches the basics without expecting you to learn things you won't need for nursing school. So far,...