krsmarie

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1. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

   krsmarie replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

   1. State you work in - MN 2. Years of experience - new grad BSN 3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc) -, hospital, General medical surgical unit, straight night 8 hour...

2. Overcoming obstacles

   krsmarie replied to Dtermnd2Bgreat's topic in General Students

   Nursing school was a challenge but nothing compared to what was going on outside of class.. Right before I was accepted to my program a very close friend was killed by a drunk driver. First year my...

3. NCLEX ready or not ?

   krsmarie replied to hannah.banana's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I took My Boards yesterday 27 Jun 2013. I PASSED with 75 questions in about an hour and 10 min. Last week I searched all over this page to see if people with low kaplan scores were passing.. I was so...

4. First cpr experience

   krsmarie replied to Lpn1226's topic in General Nursing

   I am still a student. My first code was a couple weeks ago. I did compressions and like the others have said its not Hollywood, the feel of the ribs giving below my hands was not what I expected. It...

5. I hate my pharm book!!!

   krsmarie replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

   Micromedex is my favorite. I have the iPhone app very easy to use and just the basic info you need for each med. The hospital i have my clinical at (one of the top 5 US) also use

6. I need advice on school

   krsmarie replied to CUPCAKE111's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Mayo does hire ADN's especially those who go to RCTC. But looking at the website for open jobs they are starting to move toward BSN only in some areas. Mayoclinic.com job search will let you see...

7. Conflict in point of view with teachers

   krsmarie replied to suzieq1989's topic in General Students

   Ashley- Thank you for replying to this. I think you wrote in a way that shows respect for the op but explains Why the pt needs to be in a high fowlers position. I hope that you choose to be a...

8. Amazing Classmates

   krsmarie replied to runforfun's topic in General Students

   So Awesome of them to help You out! That is one of the things I hope transfers to the real world of nursing, I think is great when everyone works as a team. I'm also lucky to have amazing...

9. Working together to pass!!!

   krsmarie replied to Sapple's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Great idea! Would be nice to find all of the Information in one place! 9 months left until test time ... Need to start

10. New Student Laptop

    krsmarie replied to OriginalWingNut's topic in General Students

    I have a hp touchsmart tablet laptop bought it for nursing school because a lot of our work is online.. It's not worth the cost (800.00). It's slow and not always responsive to what you are writing....

11. Please help - Costs of nursing school, & debts!

    krsmarie replied to bluecloud's topic in General Students

    The program you are discussing seems very expensive, are you adding up the total cost of the program including living expenses? If its just the cost of school check out the accreditation of the...

12. University of Minnesota Rochester?

    krsmarie replied to bsarver's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on being accepted!! You are right, the class sizes are small. Each class is 30 students in Rochester, 100 on the T.C. campus. We attend class 1 or 2 days a week on campus over ITV...

13. How do you work nights and go to school?

    krsmarie replied to WannaBNursey's topic in General Students

    you have to really want it! I'm a full time student (12-17cr/semester) when I started the program I also worked full-time nights 10p-0630Aa. The start of junior year forced me down to 20hrs/week. My...

14. Med-Surg ATI

    krsmarie replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in General Students

    Sorry they are all like that. I thought the Med/S and the Psych ATI's were nothing like the practice exams. Do you all get the hard copy ATI books? We didn't at first but had the school get them...