HoosierJumper

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1. How Soon is to Soon?

   HoosierJumper posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have worked for the same health care facility for over 3 years now. x something months as a patient sitter, 2 years as a nursing aide on an oncology unit and an ICU, and currently I've worked 7months as an RN floating between a medical and surgical...

2. When should you start applying?

   HoosierJumper posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I am a nursing student - graduating this spring. I have applied for a couple graduate nurse residency programs but I want to know when I should start applying for actual hospital jobs. I have heard everything from: Not until you've graduate, to not ...

3. Coming New Grad- Texas?

   HoosierJumper posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm coming up on graduation and I plan on taking my NCLEX for the state of Texas - however I live in Indiana. I was wanting some advice from state residence or anyone willing to lend some. 1. When did you start applying for jobs? Before graduation?...

4. Starting Clinicals next week

   HoosierJumper replied to newstudent920's topic in General Students

   The biggest advice as a senior nursing student that I could give someone is: Clinical is what you make out of it. Meaning, don't just stand around and expect people to hand you things to do. Follow nurses, CNA's and even doctors into patients rooms...

5. Is my school the only one like this?!!!

   HoosierJumper replied to JLB1215's topic in General Students

   I have never had a situation like this. Other clinical groups have had and we just take it. One nurse yelled to the whole unit that she "had to work with a bunch of idiot students today." Our clinical instructor tells us we have to deal with these...

6. why nursing is a mess. three simple facts

   HoosierJumper replied to chillnurse's topic in Professionalism

   As a student, I actually like care plans. They make you think of the client in a holistic view rather than he's on a ventilator what can I do for that. The care plans make you think of spiritual disturbances or at risk for things like if you have a...

7. How much time do you spend studying outside of nursing classes?

   HoosierJumper replied to goldenanchor's topic in General Students

   I was always told the class if your class is 1 hour long you should be studying 2 hours a day for it. This was a study tip given to us by evolve (ATI). But IMO it's not how long you study, but how you study. Finding out how you study is important a...

8. Rant and insecurities.

   HoosierJumper replied to missmollie's topic in General Students

   I would encourage any experience in the hospital like CNA :) nursing is a mental game. You can spend 20+ hours studying for an exam - but that doesn't mean you will pass it. I use to be the same way, until I started doing Yoga. I found that the mo...

9. Hiring at Lurie Children's Hospital

   HoosierJumper replied to XelaRN's topic in Pediatric

   FYI the internships were due last Thursday :) So they are done! They are already starting the interviews. I was told by my professor in clinical that being a Nursing aide (even if a month before graduation) in a place you want to go is the right thi...

10. Today I made a big mistake.

    HoosierJumper replied to student-rn's topic in General Students

    I too am a little bit confused on how you received the wrong medication. Even if she were to be able to get her own medications, how did she know what med to pull? Regardless, the 6 rights of medications ( Right documentation, time, dose, route, pa...

11. should i take other classes along with nursing courses

    HoosierJumper replied to hkramer's topic in General Students

    This semester I took: Psychology 390 Lifespan Development, Microbiology, Nutrition, Pharmacology (Therapeutic Nursing Interventions) and Intro to Community based Nursing. On top of that my "Pharm" class also had a clinical one time a week. I would ...

12. ASN vs. BSN

    HoosierJumper replied to sgarne00's topic in ADN/BSN

    I am from the same area as you (I would suspect since I am a commuter at VU) and I completely disagree. I know many CNO's, nursing directors and a CEO of a hospital and they find most IVY tech students under qualified compared to students who receiv...

13. I'm losing it-need to vent out b/c I have nowhere else to vent

    HoosierJumper replied to demeanor89's topic in General Students

    I was actually in the same boat you were my 1st semester of sophomore year (since I was automatically accepted into the nursing program basically my first year of nursing school). I would study till 3am some nights, read all the chapters, and all th...