barcode120x RN, NP

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    Borderline....

    barcode120x replied to al-sheikhh's topic in General Students

    The motto for my class was, "C = RN" and it's true and we all kept it to heart. As long as you pass each class, you should be grateful and move onto the next. For some, there may always be that one...
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    How to study for Nursing School?

    barcode120x replied to jdemara's topic in General Students

    You really won't know your study habits until you actually start the program. I'd definitely say studying for nursing was a lot different then studying for general ed classes (if I actually studied...
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    How fast did you land a job?

    barcode120x replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    I think it might help the OP as well as other future new grad RN's to look at the prospects of getting a job if we posted a certain time frame when they graduated/started working. 5+ years ago, I...
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    Interested in Nursing

    barcode120x replied to VGamez's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing is not just for the bored or for the "I want to try something else." If I were you, I would look more into nursing, go volunteer at hospital and see what healthcare is like before jumping on...
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    Prerequisites

    barcode120x replied to Mamasalsera's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It all depends on you and what your school allows. My school required to have Anatomy to completed first before I could apply/take Microbiology and Physiology. Once anatomy was done, my school let me...
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    How fast did you land a job?

    barcode120x replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    I got hired roughly 7 months from my graduation date. For the breakdown, graduated in December (sent my app late that month), got my ATT first week of March, took my test end of March, took 2 months...
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    Nursing pay

    barcode120x replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Started through a new grad program which was 12 weeks before being alone on the telemetry
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    Career Change into Nursing- Need Advice!

    barcode120x replied to JM87's topic in General Students

    To answer your first question in regards to if it is worth getting a BSN after ADN. Yes, but it depends on where you want to work. Your job positions with an ADN are more limited compared to a BSN. It...
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    Nursing student with 0 experience

    barcode120x replied to al-sheikhh's topic in General Students

    As many of the other posters here are saying, no, you don't need to be a CNA or have CNA experience to be successful in nursing school. In my program of 60 students, I would say less than 10 were or...
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    Nursing pay

    barcode120x replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Side note, don't forget that if you are from another state and are looking to work in a different state that you may need to do some paperwork or have some issues with your license transferring over,...
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    Help, completely confused (pre-nursing, entry-level jobs, etc)

    barcode120x replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in General Students

    1) Well it depends on a couple factors. One being how many classes you take per semester/quarter. The more pre-req classes you take/complete in each semester, the faster you'll get in the program in...
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    EKG Rhythms in Nursing School

    barcode120x replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    Text book EKGs will ALWAYS be easier than actual EKGs that's for sure. EKGs that I learned both in school and during my orientation education class were straight forward. My school didn't go into...
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    Taking clothes off for a head to toe assessment

    barcode120x replied to evelyn305's topic in General Students

    Woah, interesting to know. I am glad my school wasn't like this...especially a foley insertion and I would also be terrified of having a fellow classmate insert an NG on
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    Getting my ADN before BSN?

    barcode120x replied to forevermn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ADN all the way! You will be happy that you will minimal to no loan since everything at a community college is relatively cheap. Of the 20ish new grad cohorts I started at work with this past fall,...
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    Recent grad, passed NCLEX, now what?

    barcode120x replied to ValhallaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yup, the peeps above gave you good advice. The advice I'll give to you is to enjoy your time off and enjoy it to the max! Once you start working, even though it'll only be 3 days a week (if you get a...
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    Taking clothes off for a head to toe assessment

    barcode120x replied to evelyn305's topic in General Students

    Correction, I meant to say that you can hear lungs better WITHOUT clothes between the skin and the stethoscope. For the most part I always listen like this since 99.9% of the patient's on my floor in...
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    Taking clothes off for a head to toe assessment

    barcode120x replied to evelyn305's topic in General Students

    I think to be more accurate, you can hear lung sounds BETTER with a layer of clothing between the stethoscope and the skin. And NO, you do not need to take off the shirt to listen to lung sounds....
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    Getting a feel for patient care....

    barcode120x replied to 2ndchance85's topic in General Students

    I work as a telemetry nurse so I can't answer the part in regards to working outpatiently. If I am not doing/assisting with actual patient care (baths, feeding, attending to their needs, etc), the...
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    What do you do between semesters?

    barcode120x replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Nothing wrong with being a bum! I was too! For me, I had a per diem job as a lift tech at a local hospital, but I only worked once a week which was nice. Aside from working, I pretty much played video...
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    How do I get over the discouragment of not doing skills in clinical?

    barcode120x replied to nevergiveup2016's topic in General Students

    I never got discouraged about not being able to do skills during clinical. I did ONE NG tube in my program, like 3 IV's during OR/advance med surge rotation, and like 2 more IV's during...
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    Men's wallet - in and out of scrubs

    barcode120x replied to pmabraham's topic in Men in Nursing

    To give our hard earned paycheck back to the hospital's cafeteria of course! And also, to hit up the 7-Eleven that's 5 minutes away. Or to even use the vending
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    What are my chances of getting in?

    barcode120x replied to mdiiorio1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    110%
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    Men's wallet - in and out of scrubs

    barcode120x replied to pmabraham's topic in Men in Nursing

    I just use a regular ol leather wallet and has not once fallen out of my scrubs. It is a Calvin Klein wallet but I bought it on sale thankfully. All wallets can be slim, it just depends on how much...
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    Is this really happening??

    barcode120x replied to rue2235's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you're not bound by contract anymore or were never, I would have already started looking for another position elsewhere long ago. I'd encourage you to find a more safe and suitable place than this...
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    RN New Grad Position for 6 months?? Is there such a thing?

    barcode120x replied to bhaktiRN's topic in California Nursing

    Don't forget that you will most likely have to sign a contract that may have nasty repercussions if you break it...especially in California (I'd say GL to finding a new grad program AND then being...