A&Ox6 MSN, RN

Pediatrics/Developmental Pediatrics/Research/psych

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    Is the concept of respect dead?

    Well do many of the schools nowadays pride themselves in developing "questioning minds". In my experience that is code for children who lack
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    nclex is tomorrow! freaking out mode ><

    Spongebobgirl, Good luck. I took mine at lyndhurst last year. While you do your layering, try to avoid pockets. They make you turn them out. Also, I would suggest getting there early but waiting in...
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    Your Magic Wand

    I'd attend the magic school of nursing in a flash, though I may be a squid. Also, do you think they have advanced in teen if
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    Then we had a kid come in with less from a mechanical pencil in the sole of her foot. When I asked her where her socks were, she seemed surprise. After all she's wearing
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    The maintenance guy asks for a bandaid and shows me a beautiful gash in his hand. He was shoveling the crazy snow without gloves. I gave him a bandaid and alcohol pad (I'm not supposed to assess our...
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    Sex ed OMG

    The day that STDs were taught to my middle schoolers by another nurse, I was inundated with requests for bandaid for scabs, scratches, and the like. I seriously am considering asking to take over the...
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    Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    What about the kid who was sent to the nurse because he passed gas a few times. The best pay is that they had had burritos for
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    Is subbing better than being permanent staff?

    I subbed at an independent school, and that is how I got my current job at another independent school. It could be helpful, especially if it allows you to try it
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    Your Magic Wand

    I think that I would use the magic wand to lock and unlock my cabinets so we still have gloves even after last night's bake sale.
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    Waiting on acceptance letter

    Welcome to allnurses. It seems that this post may be in the wrong section. This is a specialty section for nurses who work in schools. Hopefully the moderators can move this so can get better
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    Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    Biggest weakness? Definitely gushers, the whole box at
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    When my phone greens, I brown and pink up my phone and say
  14. I am currently attending this program. I am in cohort 1 and hope to graduate in December. We just had the CCNE site visit, and it was very successful. The program is pretty extensive. Many of my...
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    can i drop bsn school and get aas for now

    just to clarify and AAS might be a nursing degree if the major is
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    NP vs PA

    If you do an M.D. PhD program, you may not have top pay for med school or expenses at
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    WHNP Programs?!

    I think Georgetown University has a combined WHNP/CNN program that is online with a few site visits. However they are not available in all
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    Fun with charting.

    That looks like an issue with spell check or auto
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    Prestige in Employment

    Even more important that regional accreditation would be accreditation by a national nursing association like NLN, ACNE,
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    Prestige in Employment

    As long as it is an accredited program, it probably makes sense to attend the one in which you will graduate
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    Comfortable shoes that add height?

    Check out timberland professionals. They add height like sanita and dansko, but have a different
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    Honest View of Nursing

    We all hate gloom and doom, but for many nurses nowadays, this is reality. Even without any student loans, a year out of school and still no job is pretty much gloom and doom. Realizing that you have...
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    Need Help!!

    Looking back on my career path, there are some things that I may have done differently. For example, I would have gone pct instead of CNA because they are utilized in hospitals in my area. I may have...
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    Need Help!!

    Undecided, the correction was in fact a helpful hint. I was trying to point out that most of the available information for students and prospective students is biased, not that allnurses.com is....
  25. This is a highly personal decision. No one can tell you what to do, but it's good to hear the