cathering

cathering ADN, BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

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  1. Adult NP or Adult Acute NP

    The nps that work at my hospital (Los Angeles, CA) advised me that the hospitals are requiring they be acute care nps not just adult/gero... they just won't hire them or fnps
  2. UCLA MSN 2017

    I didn't get an email from ucla graduate division or son. However I DID get a general email from ucla, like an advertisement that had the subject "ucla extension" "enroll now save15%...." that prompted me to check on my status. I'm not sure if it's r...
  3. UCLA MSN 2017

    Got my OFFICIAL acceptance from graduate division ucla. Check ur status!!! Yay go bruins!
  4. UCLA MSN 2017

    ok. got an email stating that ucla nursing has recommended to the graduate division that i be admitted. but the final decision depends if graduate school approves me as well in 2-3 weeks!!! okkkkkk!! how am i gonna wait?! i applied for Acute care NP ...
  5. UCLA MSN 2017

    Congrats to those who made it! Question: where are you looking for the "status change?" Are you talking about the decision desk? On my decision desk, if I got to dashboard, it just says the program and the date I completed my application. Nothing reg...
  6. UCLA MSN 2017

    Wowowow great!!!!!!!! Congratulations how exciting!! Is this acute or family?
  7. UCLA MSN 2017

    Hi. I applied to acute care np program as well! Thank you for starting the thread! Super nervous! What are your guys experience history? I have been m/s nurse for 2 years.... stay in touch, catherine
  8. UCLA MSN 2016

    Hello fellow nurses, Hope all of you are having great experiences at UCLA! I am about to submit my application for the UCLA Acute Care NP program, but I thought I would ask for some advice on personal statement essay and the application content in ge...
  9. UCLA MSN Fall 2015

    Hello fellow nurses, Hope all of you are having great experiences at UCLA! I am about to submit my application for the UCLA Acute Care NP program, but I thought I would ask for some advice on personal statement essay and the application content in ge...
  10. Confused-Which MSN program?

    Hi thank you for reading. I am currently in a BSN program expecting to graduate Spring or Summer of 2015. Now that my BSN is starting to wrap up, I am looking into MSN programs. However, being that I don't have much experience yet, I am confused to w...
  11. rescue breathing on the toilet?

    i just saw this on AN homepage and i thought it was perfect for you. https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/code-blue-what-1009261.html
  12. Stethoscope ID Tag Littmann Cardiology III

    what store is this? ty
  13. rescue breathing on the toilet?

    you should get him on the ground asap. since he has a pulse start rescue breathing. tell aide to call 911 and get vitals. you don't have time to listen to apical pulse, check the carotid! do you have a bag mask on your floor? if not i don't think you...
  14. Which Mac Air? 11" or 13"

    air 13". i got refurbished with top of the line specs for as much as the new with low specs. it came with 1 yr warranty. works perfectly and sooo light. my friend had 11" and it gets hard when u have multiple windows and have to go back and forth bet...
  15. Where's my planner nerds at?!

    I use erin condren. She breaks up the week by morning, day, and night, but I organize mine as work, school, and misc./social
  16. Negotiating Salary

    Hi everyone, I am a new grad RN and I was recently hired as a new grad RN. I accepted and I signed all the paperwork. I am just waiting to start on June 1st. I was wondering, is it too late for me to negotiate salary? Also, if I do negotiate salary h...
  17. Negotiating Salary

    nope new grad at a different hospital... in riverside-corona area... i dont know if she is pm shift. but she is er. thank you everyone
  18. Negotiating Salary

    I think it may also be that my friend was hired in ER. But yes she is getting almost $40. I am not sure if she is night though.
  19. Negotiating Salary

    Hi I don't mind. It was $31.74 + benefits. FT Day Shift
  20. Negotiating Salary

    Thank you everyone for bringing me back to reality. I am so fortunate to have found a job so I am crazy for even contemplating a negotiation. Haha. It was that my friends got hired and are getting $5+ more than me so I thought maybe I should have neg...
  21. Negotiating Salary

    Thank you all so much! You are absolutely right, I am very thankful to have a job. I just thought I would ask (: Catherine
  22. when i was in nursing school, esp during clinicals, i was so focused on my patients that i would not have even noticed a unicorn flying around in the room... unless that unicorn was flying over my patient of course X)
  23. Need NCLEX RN prep guidance

    haha sorry for multiple posts, for some reason my phone skipped thru your post. the kaplan decision-making tree only confused me and i did not use that method. it works for some but not me and it seems like not for u either. use kaplan qbank, and sea...
  24. Need NCLEX RN prep guidance

    and dont change ur study method no matter what ppl say. if ure the type to study right before entering the building, do that. if u need a full day of rest before a test, do that. if you have passed nursing school, your method of studying has worked f...
  25. Need NCLEX RN prep guidance

    dont concentrate on pharm. dont study content separately. do questions over and over again and read the rationales for all of your answer questions. that is content review for you. nothing else. questions over and over and read up on rationals. i had...