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Has anyone taken Summer School with TWU? I am taking Pharm for 10weeks this Summer and also starting a new PRN job. Is it doable? Should I postpone taking the class (maybe Fall)? Thanks for your help....

It looks like I am in the same boat. I am in group A (Houston ACNP). We'll see how it pans out. Fingers crossed.

Mommy2be, how would you recommend studying for the advanced Path class. I am taking it online this semester.

I took the test in April and I passed. Was not bad at all. I studied the CNL exam book and I got lots of study material from Google (quizlet). I also bought a CNL self-assessment exam from the AACN website. Goodluck :) Clinical Nurse Leader Certification Review by Cynthia R. King, Sally Gerard | | 978

Anyone taking the CNL exam Spring 2016?? I take mine soon- ((shudder))

Wow. Same here. It happens to me the first few hours into my shift (not every shift). Im thinking it is the dry hospital air from moving through different hallways to get to my unit. As soon as i get there and I'm settled, it disappears. I dont think it is the gloves cos i use non-latex gloves throughout my shift and im fine with them. Thanks for letting me know i am not "alone" lol.

I got job offers for the IMC and ICU; decided not to go for the diabetic Telemetry interview. Accepted the IMC offer, started officially on Monday. I know I have a lot of studying to do, but I believe I made the right choice. My dialysis knowledge will definitely help me.

Sooo I got three interviews: at the IMC, ICU, and a diabetic Telemetry floor :w00t:. I need to buckle up! Praying I make the right decision when I get the offer(s) Amen.

I have since moved to Winston Salem, NC. My hubby got into residency at Wake so I had no choice. I am grateful for the experience at my dialysis center (despite the crazy techs and management). I want more from nursing and from life than repetition. You know how you study sooo much through school and to pass the almighty NCLEX. It is frustrating when all you use that knowledge for is to draw meds and do pre and post assessments... arrrrgh. I sometimes think to myself, maybe just maybe I can take a shot at medical school, but that sadly is not on my plate right now. I really would love to try my hands in the IMC, but from what everyone has suggested it looks like renal & medicine are good starting points and night shift? Will look at Forsyth and Wake Forest. Hopefully things work out well....

I was in Acutes for 3 months. I also worked in chronic same time. It was interesting at first, but became borderline annoying and too repetitive for me. I did not have a life cos I worked 3 days in acutes + calls and 3 days in chronic. I thought I could do it. Reality set in after my few weeks of orientation and I was sitting in that ICU room for 4 hours + taking vitals every 15 mins not talking to a soul. The ICU nurses well... did whatever they had to do and I just felt like a tech. It all seemed too mechanical compared to the chronic setting. Needless to say, I chucked that by the 3rd month and picked more hours in chronic. I would have loved acutes if that was my only job. Repetitive, but I could have grown to like it. At that time, comparing the two, chronic just seemed to be more interesting and the patients (especially my TTS) were more understanding than acute. I do hope things have gotten better since Feb and you are more comfortable now. All the best. :)

I graduated May 2010 from an awesome school, got a job as a dialysis tech while I took my exams. Became charge nurse after a year. I did get training as tech, mostly read on my own. I learned to string lines (at some point, I was dreaming about it ), cannulated a couple of times and got thrown on the floor with three pts. It was a struggle, but I got better. As a nurse, I learned everything myself - no formal training in that aspect until I went to prep class and everything sorta "came together." Dialysis is more than drawing meds and listening to lung sounds and checking edema. There is the psych component, anemia management, access management, patient management, being the mid-man between doctor and pt. I also act as the machine troubleshooter, the computer fix-it lady. I absolutely love what I do. What I cannot stand is the constant bickering and the sub-par management styles of the management team. The back-biting amongst staff. Word on the street amongst techs is that I act like I am superior to them and I talk down because of my degree/education. I am the most compassionate person I know. I love my patients and I love working with people. If I see a tech who keeps having air in her lines all the time or constantly leaves the line out from the air detector, I will correct her, not in a demeaning manner. FA called a meeting that opened a can of worms and did not really solve anything. Needless to say, management at my clinic sucks. Which is why I am looking to open up my options and get experience in Med-Surg. Has anyone ever done this?