peaceful2100

peaceful2100 BSN, RN

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  1. Do they round up GPA's and if so when?

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm confused by this. Do anyone know if they round up GPA's and if so when do they do it. My cousin and I are in an arguement. She is saying that they would consider a 3.17 GPA to b a 3.2 GPA because...

  2. Senior practicum/preceptorship

    peaceful2100 replied to delirium's topic in General Students

    WOW VASHKA!!!650 hours just for a senior practicum/preceptorship. I saw that and my first thought was WOW, then I realized you are in Canada and that must have something to do with it. AT my school...

  3. Clinicals pass/fail

    peaceful2100 replied to Mkue's topic in General Students

    My school does pass/fail and I am all for that. If we don't pass on tests then we will get kicked out so eventually the clincals won't matter. On the other side if we are doing bad in clinicals and we...

  4. CNA's in the NICU

    peaceful2100 replied to daisy16's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Where I am at there is a hospital that just recently started hiring Patient care techs in the NICU BUT the nurse manager will only hire nursing students and she prefers senior nursing students...

  5. Hospital pays for education?

    peaceful2100 replied to TootyFruity's topic in General Nursing

    Well, at my school this year they offered something new in collaboration with one of the major hospital systems in my city. The hospital system in my city will pay 50% of the junior year tutition and...

  6. Any post-partum nurses here

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are there any nurses here who do post-partum and not Labor and Delivery. I have been looking into all my interests and possible areas to go into once I graduate next year. They include: Pediatrics,...

  7. Any post-partum nurses here

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks everyone. If I decided to do OB then I will learn about both L&D and postpartum. The hospital I will work for after graduation have the two seperated but that is something to think about...

  8. What kind of people make a good ER nurse?

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for your comments everyone! My school does not have a formal ER rotation. HOWEVER, I do believe the nursing elective I am taking next semester which is Issues in critical care, I believe we...

  9. What kind of people make a good ER nurse?

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in Emergency

    Jazz Dog that makes sense! I do realize in this life that sometimes there are things that can't be taken too seriously. I will have to just wait and see. I usually smile through anything. Like I...

  10. What courses in first semester of nursing school?

    peaceful2100 replied to Debbie5's topic in General Students

    Well, each school is different. I have heard of some schools that don't have to take Pathophysiology. My school we take pathophysiology the first semester. Other courses we take the first semester...

  11. What do you do to get past the 2am slump

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I started my first night shift and all. My first one ever and it went pretty slow since I had a hard time staying awake? I was fine from 645pm until around 2am and then I got really sleepy. I did...

  12. Has anyone here worked the night shift as a single parent?

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have a question for any single parent (or previous single parents) who currently works or has ever worked the night shift. I normally post on the student nurse board so if you don't go and read...

  13. Has anyone here worked the night shift as a single parent?

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice everyone. I guess this summer working as a care assistant before I graduate next year and become a RN next summer will give me some kind of clue about nights and 12 hour shifts....

  14. Has anyone here worked the night shift as a single parent?

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Renee, I have thought about 8 hour shifts but of all the hospitals in my area that have 8 hour shifts is very few and far in between. I would say out of about 16 hospitals only 1 offer the 8...

  15. Dropout rates?

    peaceful2100 replied to dianacs's topic in General Students

    I think nursing school drop out rates are pretty common. If a school does not have very many who started who have drop out then it is a pretty good school were there are many students who can handle...

  16. Good luck charms through school

    peaceful2100 replied to carlalogan's topic in General Students

    I really do not have a physical charm but I do use prayer. I have this friend who also used the same pencil and she would freak out if she could not find the pencil before the test. That was during...

  17. stress of being "inferior"

    peaceful2100 replied to mrosie2681's topic in General Students

    Well Juile gave you some pretty good advice and there is a quote I believe it is by eleanor roosevelt, she said "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent". I have had the problems you...

  18. Bad day at clinical

    peaceful2100 replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

    Essarge your ideas did not sound strange at all. Next time I have a bad day I am going to do exactly what you

  19. Bad day at clinical

    peaceful2100 replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

    Krista I am so sorry for your bad experience. Remember just last week or the week before I was talking about my bad clinical and it was the first week and the nurses was very rude to the students and...

  20. My OR exprience (operating room)

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone. This week me and another nursing student get our turn in the OR. After one day of being in the OR I can say that it is defintely not anything I will be going into as a nurse. It was...

  21. My OR exprience (operating room)

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Students

    Well KC chick now that you put it like that I see now. I only had yesterday for 7 hours and today for about 4 hours to observe so that was not enough to see what it was like. All the patients I...

  22. I failed my Psychology exam

    peaceful2100 replied to giftedRN's topic in General Students

    Annmarei, I am sorry about your test. I know how frustrating it can be to help someone out and they end up doing better than what you did because it has happened to me. Like Bonnie said test taking...

  23. How old are you?

    peaceful2100 replied to Rhona's topic in General Students

    I am 21 right now and when I graduate with my BSN in May 2003 I plan on working about 3 years full-time and then work on Master's degree. I am a single mom to a 3 year old little girl and I don't know...

  24. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    peaceful2100 replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    As a nursing student I feel very nervous and scared by all of this. I have researched all my options very carefully and even people in high paying jobs are miserable. I have talked to people in the...

  25. nursing student is thinking about throwing in the towel after first semester.

    peaceful2100 replied to Lynn Casey RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone. I am 21 and a single mom to a three year old child. I am halfway through my first semester of nursing school. I already have my assoicate's in liberal arts and I transferred to a...