smilin_gp

smilin_gp

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  1. New grad! Small town or Portland? HELP!!

    smilin_gp replied to jaimenicole's topic in Oregon Nursing

    What about applying at a smaller hospital nearer Portland? Tuality, Salem, ect. Or another floor at the same facility? I'm with ya that telemetry floors are pretty

  2. Nursing in the military without actually joining

    smilin_gp replied to dragonfly123's topic in Government, Military

    Also there are VA hospitals if you are interested in treating older veterans. Many of the vets on the floor where I work are still dealing with vietnam-related wounds and

  3. need help on choosing an accelerated BSN

    smilin_gp replied to orientalgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a previous music degree with all the premedical coursework done. On top of that, I STILL had a full year of nursing prereqs. They want specific prerequisites regardless of degree. The only place...

  4. How many miles do you drive to work each day?

    smilin_gp replied to nurse2b2007SC's topic in General Nursing

    It would be about 25 miles, but the hospital provides free transit passes, so I take a bus + train trip. It's free, and I kind of just get to sit back and relax after work. Tons of other hospital ppl...

  5. Jury Duty during nursing school

    smilin_gp replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    I got excused once during nursing school. I then got a summons 2 days after graduation. They must keep

  6. When to take the boards...

    smilin_gp replied to AnaBanana12's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I didn't take Kaplan, but I took the test a few days after graduation. I studied Saunders hard earlier in the year for the HESI exam, and kept doing questions off and on through graduation. I think I...

  7. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

    smilin_gp replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX? 75-pass 2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? I used the Saunders Comprehensive Review Book and CD. 3. Did your SON...

  8. Teacher Change Career. Need Your Advice!!

    smilin_gp replied to youngheart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That sounds like a great plan :) I took the medical school prereqs while working on my mus. ed. degree. Still don't know why I did both at the same time. I decided on nursing during my final year and...

  9. Anyone have dogs and work 12hr shifts?

    smilin_gp replied to xokelly2's topic in General Nursing

    I feel sorrier for the dog of my SAHM neighbor who I have NEVER seen walked around the neighborhood. She spends all of her time in front of her house outside smoking and talking on the phone, says she...

  10. Teacher Change Career. Need Your Advice!!

    smilin_gp replied to youngheart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hmm.. I also have a degree in music education, but not the experience or credentials that you have. I transferred into a BSN program. I don't know what area of the country that you are in, but your...

  11. Are there any accelerated BS to BSN programs in Oregon?

    smilin_gp replied to rgb's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Linfield College has a year-and-a-half second degree accelerated program. Not sure what other schools have or if there are any shorter programs around here. Good

  12. Anyone have dogs and work 12hr shifts?

    smilin_gp replied to xokelly2's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes breed rescue groups have lists of available resources for dogsitters familiar with the breed. On days when my greyhound would otherwise be alone for over 8 hours, she stays with a lady who...

  13. 1:1 Vigilance is sooo boring....

    smilin_gp replied to BoogiePop's topic in Psychiatric

    Uggh. I'm not a psych nurse, but I worked in psych before and during most of nursing school. Horrible memories of being 1:1 with a client and having to watch the documentary "Supersize Me" from start...

  14. Never thought you'd be a nurse?

    smilin_gp replied to reese19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I apparently wanted to become a doctor since I could talk. I then got a music education degree. I don't remember nursing having the same PR as medicine when I was growing up. It was just never brought...

  15. Float Pool Incentive????

    smilin_gp replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in my first month of nursing, and I am so clueless half of the time on my floor that at this point I can't imagine floating. In the hospital where I work, all nurses are required to float-there...

  16. necessity of prereqs if you already have a science degree

    smilin_gp replied to neidin23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a double degree in general science and music education. I still had to take every A & P and micro. The only prereqs my BSN let me 'out of' were biology for nursing and college algebra, as...

  17. Newbie Needs Advice...

    smilin_gp replied to thepremier's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yup, ya got it. You will have to take the same science classes whether you plan on applying to an associates or directly to BSN, and it very likely will take you less time to go directly to BSN since...

  18. Newbie Needs Advice...

    smilin_gp replied to thepremier's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Even if you do have a non-science associates degree, because you will have liberal arts transfer credits and will have to take essentially the same science prereqs regardless of whether you go ADN/ASN...

  19. Applying for 2006

    smilin_gp replied to bowkerj's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Linfield did have an extremely low pass rate about 10 years ago, and they have implemented a lot of HESI and other review systems and have brought it up. Financial aid is unpredictable, to the OP; you...

  20. NCLEX Dilemma....

    smilin_gp replied to Taurusmom's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good luck! I hope that you get good news soon

  21. How do you get that 1 yr RN exp????

    smilin_gp replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed that often the new grad programs are listed separately from the other positions, and they are only posted at certain times per year (corresponding with

  22. What is "orientation?"

    smilin_gp replied to epg_pei's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The hospital I'm at has 6 total weeks, with 2 days of orientation to start and then clinical classes spread through it. Going into week 2 :) The expectation is that I am taking a full load by the end,...

  23. Chemeketa Online???

    smilin_gp replied to LanaBanana's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yea. . . it's a community college about an hour from Portland, OR. Has a nursing program, but I believe that classes for that are

  24. colleges, chances of being accepted?

    smilin_gp replied to katie07's topic in California Nursing

    I've applied to programs, and went to a school in oregon. I can't speak for other schools, but most programs in Oregon take students into the nursing programs as transfer students- meaning that even...

  25. CRNA or Medical School

    smilin_gp replied to jkw_83RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hehe, I'd love to go to CRNA school eventually. Let's see I'm almost 25, I work in telemetry/med-surg and will someday need to move into ICU. I need to stay a staff nurse long enough to where I feel...