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  1. If admitted to a CNM program(or graduated) what were your stats?

    Katie71275 posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I am curious what your stats are if you have been admitted/graduated from a CNM program? GRE/GPA/Experience and what program are you in/graduated in? Also, if you are applying or planning to...

  2. If admitted to a CNM program(or graduated) what were your stats?

    Katie71275 replied to Katie71275's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Queenanne what was your bachelors in? I have a bachelors as well in Sociology which wasn't hard for me and then my ASn and am doing an RN to BSN now. My ASN was pretty rigorous and hard. Also how...

  3. Paying For Nursing School - 2nd Degree

    Katie71275 replied to DreamBig1027's topic in General Students

    I had a previous bachelors degree and got loans for my asn program. Did you take out loans for your bachelors degree? If not you will be eligible for aid. If you did...you may still be able to...

  4. Nurses and Financial Freedom

    Katie71275 replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    Follow Dave Ramsey. Follow the baby steps and you will get there. Work more than 1 job if you

  5. Asking for prayers: multiple nursing students died in car accident

    Katie71275 replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in General Students

    I just read this. How sad for the families and nursing

  6. scrubs or business casual

    Katie71275 replied to villageRN's topic in School

    I usually wear

  7. You do all of this?!

    Katie71275 replied to livmoore89's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would definitely try it out. I would be overwhelmed to be learning how to do all of that at once...I would ask how the orientation is into each specialty. It would be somewhat like working LDRP...

  8. Bruises

    Katie71275 replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    Document the bruise, or any injury to the patient's skin....If it's an ER type situation, find out where the bruise care came from as some bruising can be signs of further injury to underlying

  9. CNM program without L&D experience?

    Katie71275 replied to Nurse_cox's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I agree that it can be very helpful. I am applying to a CNM program for Fall 2016, and in talking with the director, they look very favorably on candidates with labor and delivery experience. I...

  10. Any single moms that are CNM students?

    Katie71275 replied to Katie71275's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Wow cayenne. That's good. I will have to use school loans as well. Right now my husband just isn't supportive at all and we are currently living in NC but wanting to go back to his home town in...

  11. Any single moms that are CNM students?

    Katie71275 posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I am curious if there is anyone on here who has been a single parent as a CNM student and how hard it was? I am currently in my BSN program and will be applying to the CNM program for Fall 2016. I...

  12. Unsolicited Warnings....

    Katie71275 replied to theradiantforce's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had similar.....so what I have done is take it with a grain of salt. I watch what I say to people and keep quiet and my opinion unknown for a while until I know people's personality

  13. Accepted a job at UNC. Where should I live?

    Katie71275 replied to healtheworld's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Good luck in your search and congrats on your job. I also moved from out of state to the area(work at Rex). We chose to live in Wake Forest, right outside of Raleigh, as the schools are really good...

  14. Do Nurses Work Several Per Diem Jobs?

    Katie71275 replied to celtickimba's topic in General Nursing

    Yes you

  15. looking for syllabus

    Katie71275 replied to jb988215's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure you need the syllabus? I ended up just sending course descriptions for my courses I had taken at another

  16. do you drink coffee during your shift?

    Katie71275 replied to aname's topic in General Nursing

    Very rarely do I drink coffee during my shift(nights). I usually drink water. I don't drink coffee hardly ever though even at

  17. I don't mean to complain..

    Katie71275 replied to Nurse216's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I would try for a change of scenery. I think it is possible to love your job and for the most part I absolutely adore my job! Is there a clinical you really enjoyed while in nursing...

  18. Up the Pit or stop it?

    Katie71275 replied to APL&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Depending on how it looked, yes I would have upped the Pit. When in a poor contraction pattern, coupling/tripling, even if it's closer together, I will up it and try to knock them out of that poor...

  19. Don't Want To Touch Patients!

    Katie71275 replied to ThinBabe's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is very dirty work. I work with healthy patients (labor and delivery), but still see tons of gross things, and yes often have amniotic fluid and/or blood on me(and the other day meconium on...

  20. first RN paycheck?

    Katie71275 replied to nauticaburt561's topic in General Nursing

    Paid my bills. As a mom of 4....we've got plenty of

  21. Help Please.Benefits to hospital

    Katie71275 replied to tigress_8207's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    For tuition reimbursement? Does your current hospital use CNMs? If not, you can state facts on patient safety/satisfaction. Not sure if hospitals would like the stats on reduced sections since they...

  22. New job and RN to BSN program at ULL

    Katie71275 replied to ILoveNursing14's topic in General Nursing

    I am not in a nurse residency program but I am doing the program at ULL. I work full time(3-12's) at one job, and prn(1-2 12's) at my second job. IN addition to that, I have 4 kids and 2 dogs to...

  23. What is your average amount of shift cancellations

    Katie71275 replied to grammy57's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm maybe 3 in the last year? Our unit runs this way: On the daily staffing sheet, the nurse may have written a number by their name. The person with a number 1 is requesting to be...

  24. The Fat One

    Katie71275 replied to Pink86's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I feel like it shouldn't have been said. Yes sometimes there are larger people and we do use descriptive words to describe them. I think a better word would have been "the larger girl with brown...

  25. Associates after Bachelors

    Katie71275 replied to Infofreak411's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I had a bachelors in sociology first...worked 5 years with child protection and then got an associates in nursing. No I do not see it as a waste! I am not in an RN to BSN program, but mainly because...