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  1. APRN Short Interview Needed

    coco.nut posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello! I am looking for an APRN to answer a few questions for my Professional Nurse Development class in my RN-BSN course load. This was a mid-semester addition, which is causing me some stress...

  2. APRN Short Interview Needed

    coco.nut replied to coco.nut's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    GrnTea, Thank you for your suggestions. I do realize that that is the optimum way to find an APRN to answer these questions, except that I work 5 days a week as an RN and do not have extra time on...

  3. Paid amount per visits

    coco.nut replied to cincin1222's topic in Home Health

    $12 an hour is insulting no matter what part of the country you live in. I made more than that on some cases as a home health aid. I'm sorry you had your time wasted. If employees are so under...

  4. New Nursing Student: Should I spoil myself with an electronic BP cuff?

    coco.nut replied to Amcanarn's topic in General Students

    Practice until you get proficient at counting. Don't rely on electronics, they can't do all of your assessment for you and they are not always accurate. You will get to the point where you trust your...

  5. Failed Nursing School

    coco.nut replied to kkitchens23's topic in General Students

    I have an ADN, I got hired 2 weeks after I passed the NCLEX. Many of my ADN cohorts also found jobs quickly with good hospitals in the area. Yes, a lot of hospitals prefer BSN's but you can make...

  6. First clinicals this friday.

    coco.nut replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Students

    Have you gone into the nursing office at school to see if they have copies? They should. Also, talk to your director, don't just decide to stay home from a clinical. She/he will be able to tell you...

  7. I have a 2.94 gpa. Where should I apply for Fall 2013?

    coco.nut replied to delros1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    FCC was at about 3.67 when I started. GPA goes up every new class due to the large number of applicants. However, GPA was calculated ONLY from the classes that were pre-reqs, which may make a...

  8. Scrubs cost WHAT???

    coco.nut replied to flying_ace2's topic in General Students

    $100-ish for 1 pair of pants, 2 tops and a jacket. Terrible quality, uncomfortable and unflattering and the pants were near dead by graduation. We had to order from this particular company. They...

  9. Nursing Students: What do you think of your instructors?

    coco.nut replied to KBICU's topic in General Students

    I can say all of my instructors were smart, experienced, and invested in our success. Yes, we used PP an spent time going over each one. They would relate stories, advice etc. We could always ask...

  10. need a little advice!! Which school would you choose?!!

    coco.nut replied to starnurse2b16's topic in General Students

    My advice, if a school is not accredited, cross it off your list. Figure out how much a month you will be paying every month for debt, is it doable? Is it worth it? My ADN cost about 14,000 total, I...

  11. Question on giving a full bed bath

    coco.nut replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

    Gloves are also for patient

  12. Do you enjoy med surg clinicals? Vent...

    coco.nut replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Students

    LiLev, I just use a table to input info name, action, etc. Then you can search for the drug in your doc with ctrl F. I started off using Word, but switched to Google docs for several reasons: It's...

  13. Do you enjoy med surg clinicals? Vent...

    coco.nut replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Students

    At the point we have 3-4 pts, we are expected to be able to plan care w/o coming in the night before (which is good and bad, lol). We still have reams of paper for each pt, but it is due several days...

  14. Who is right and who is wrong?

    coco.nut replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Students

    There is nursing school/NCLEX and there is real life, as instructors say. In NS you learn one way to do something, maybe not even the current standards. However, that is the only correct way when...

  15. Home Health Aide Requires You to Know How to Drive

    coco.nut replied to sebig001's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My HHA required proof of insurance upon hire and it had to be a certain amount of coverage because we do drive clients in our cars if needed. We also get reimbursed for mileage running errands and...

  16. Worried about my nursing supplies!?

    coco.nut replied to Randi156's topic in General Students

    Get your Littman monogrammed, as it has been shown you will be stuck with some very petty people. Ignore those who begrudge you having a nice instrument. They too will be able to have one in the...

  17. Late for exam

    coco.nut replied to katpatel's topic in General Students

    This is my biggest fear in NS. Nursing school has too much to keep up with date-wise, then add in the rest of life... I started using Google calendar when I started NS. As soon as I get my syllabus I...

  18. Shoes ....

    coco.nut replied to angeltech's topic in General Students

    Love my Addidas. Bonus point, I wear a women's 8.5-9 and fit in a boys 6.5, thus saving $10 adidas Superstar 2

  19. African American male here. I have some questions for my fellow nurses

    coco.nut replied to Shack502's topic in General Students

    I cried when I got my letter and I am NOT a crier, lol. Things to do: - learn to use a calendar. I put everything on my Google calendar and use the alerts so I never forget anything (my biggest fear)....

  20. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    coco.nut replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    Looks cool? Who looks cool in scrubs, especially nursing school

  21. Do you have a lot of Debt to pay off

    coco.nut replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    No debt for my ADN, thanks to grants. The total cost of pre-reqs and all is about 10K. RN - BSN will be about 10,000-11,000 which will be a mix of savings and as little loans as possible. Where are...

  22. I've given up on waiting for Miami Dade College to send acceptance/rejection letters

    coco.nut replied to EMMUNOZ's topic in Florida Nursing

    First, 47,000 and 24,000 are a lot of money for an ADN. Second, both of these programs are new. I would question whether they are accredited with NLNAC. Why is this important? Please read this short...

  23. Feel like I have no clue UGH

    coco.nut replied to fitzy5's topic in General Students

    ALWAYS check 3 times. Since this was your instructor, I understand why you automatically assumed everything was fine, I probably would have too, which is why we also have to check. You won't make...

  24. worried about losing sight of why I started nursing in the first place

    coco.nut replied to Certifiable's topic in General Students

    The geriatric population gets cancer

  25. I am about to enter the snake pit...please help

    coco.nut replied to ♑ Capricorn ♑'s topic in General Students

    At orientation we were told tales from graduating students about missing important events, spending hours upon hours doing care plans, then more hours and hours studying, how hard the tests were, how...