HM-8404 BSN, RN

You are seeing why the burn-out rate is so high it the ER. I have been an ER nurse for several years, from level 1 trauma center to a third world type hospital in the US. The problem I see with ER's is administration does not want anyone sitting in t...

In my second year as an ER RN I transferred out of state to a new ER. WOW! What a difference. The nursing is the same as my old job but the expectations and responsibilities are different. When I get a new emergent patient I am expected enter all of ...

I just finished my 4th semester and will start my last in January. I am a solid A/B student. I will put some info here that may be helpful to those just starting out and still new to nursing school. 1. Nursing school is NOT hard. It is VERY time cons...

I started reading this tread to see what those in the medical community would be suggesting needs to be done to prevent many of these deaths since they are occurring in your "place of business." The more I read the more perplexed I became. The same g...

The best route for you is whichever you decide is best. You stated either way you do it you will have BSN in 2016. Can you afford to wait until 2016 to get a job or would starting to work in 2015 be better? However it is often unrealistic to think o...

Your Father-in-law's statement is so bizarre I would like to know his thinking. Is he saying this because his son is working 75 hrs a week to pay all the bills plus put you through school? Is he realistic enough to know your husband cannot do this fo...

Too many people enter nursing school thinking since they breezed through English, Speech, and Anatomy they will breeze through Nursing School. Most of those people breeze their way right into the parking lot as they fail. Every program in my area has...

I don't pay for a syllabus but I do pay technology fees and testing fees per hour as part of my tuition. I assume those fees cover my syllabus and such.

If your back is too weak to carry a textbook and a notebook in a backpack how on Earth are you going to help reposition a 250# pt? The main point I was trying to make is students don't need to bring everything they own that is nursing school related...

I HATE rolling backpacks! It should be illegal to bring one into a school building. Here is what happens, you have 75 or more people trying to use the same hallway at the same time and in the middle is students with rolling backpacks creating a tripp...

After 18 replies I noticed not a single nurse said they needed APA to do their job. Nursing schools need to focus more on the important "need to know" stuff and not the "good to know" stuff. Teach me what I need so I will be somewhat competent my fir...

I'm not sure if the standards are local or national, but in my area the ADN students graduate with many more patient care clinical hours than the BSN students do. In the last semester of nursing school both are doing preceptorships, plus while the BS...

Often people get inked or pierced to show they are unique. They fail to realize so many people have tatts and piercings now there is nothing unique about it, they are the status quo. I have 5 tatts, all over 20 years old, that can all be covered wit...

I wear a Luminox diver's watch everyday I have worn for over 15 yrs. I like it because it is lightweight, waterproof, easy to read in low light, and almost indestructible. It is actually on it's 4th or 5th band. To replace it would cost about $300.

I would suggest not taking micro in the short summer semester. Take it in the Spring with your A&P 2 class. Many of the people I am in school with did that. You can then take your humanities class in the summer.

I am wrapping up my third semester of nursing school. I never took a terminology class and have not needed it. You will learn the terminology you need as you go along. I suggest saving your money.

If you get your ADN you will be hired as an ADN nurse. Having a Bachelor's in anything other than nursing will not give you a BSN. Don't make the mistake of telling people after you get your ADN that you have a BSN. ADN + BA in music does not equal B...

I would purchase the book version of drug guide. Get the previous edition. Nothing really has changed except the color of the cover. This is true with many of your needed books. I purchased Taber's Med. Dictionary at the start of nursing school (RN) ...

There seems to be a question of what an older new grad brings to the table. Someone with many years at the same company shows stability. A stable work history is quite important. What does that show an employer? It shows you are probably a responsibl...

GPA is a major consideration in the AMNP program because it is so fast paced. You will cover 5 semesters of nursing school in 3. Unless you are a stellar student keeping up would be almost impossible.

You stated you do not want to be in a clinic setting. Afghanistan is winding down now, fewer deployments. Depending on how long it takes to get your paperwork through, when your attached unit was last deployed, and your initial training over you may ...

You were offered a job in L&D as a new grad and the next week you send them an email telling them you would rather have the job that was not offered? That is why the offer was pulled. What manager wants to hire someone that tells them a week afte...

That seems like a round about way to become an OT. Why not just finish your BA in psych, add the additional prerequisites needed for the OT program then apply. Nursing school is too hard and too expensive only to use as a "back-up" plan. Not to menti...

I imagine the tone of the student would play a part in how the question was asked. I had a former Peds nurse for an instructor that loved to take up about 1/4-1/3 of the lecture time talking and crying about her family and some of her past patients. ...

Often the "bully" at work is the weakling at home. They are dominated by their spouse or other family members. They see it as their chance to "get even" or they see it as a normal way of dealing with others because that is how they are normally dealt...