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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 because I do not work with any APRNs nor have any profes...

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 weekends with school and family. This is for my onlin...

$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 valued, imagine how the agency treats patients!

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 skills and instincts but only with time and pract...

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 yourself more desirable by enrolling in a RN-BSN progra...

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 the appropriate steps and if this instructor is bei...

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 difference. I would consider retaking classes you didn't g...

$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 suggested 2 of everything, I was a poor student, so no ...

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 questions, no one was made to feel stupid and they wou...

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 am (luckily!) debt free. My RN-BSN is $7,000 total...

Gloves are also for patient protection.

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 always accessible wherever I am I can share it with ...

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 later. My suggestion is do all your care plans on ...

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 tested. You could always say "we do this such and such...

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 ferrying clients around. I have had jobs where all I ...

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 future if they are successful in NS, so it shouldn't r...

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 put everything in along with all my non-NS stuff. ...

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 Shoes

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). - If you like procrastinating as I do, learn to d...

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

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 you going that an ADN costs 20k plus? I can't imag...

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 explanation : http://www.allnursingschools.com/nur...

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 this mistake again and it probably was a lesson your ...

The geriatric population gets cancer too.

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 scared they were with their first patient, etc Was...