Cleverbee23

Hello everyone! As it is the first of the year I would like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year! I'm a BSN prepared registered nurse and am currently in a new grad program of a small hospital. I've decided I want to start an MSN program and have been comparing many of the online schools and traditional universities. I was interested in Western Governors University because of it's low tuition but didn't like that they don't issue grades. I've never been to a traditional university like a cal state so I looked into it as well but am afraid that the schedule and times of classes will be inconvenient with work, as I still don't know if I will be night or day shift once I complete the new grad program. With all that said, I've looked into Capella and their curriculum, tuition and flexible schedule seem most appealing and convenient to me. I'd like to get to know the thoughts and perspectives of students who have completed their MSN program prior to enrolling though. *Are you provided with plenty of resources and instructor/mentor assistance if needed? *If working full time, did you feel two classes at a time were doable? *What are some of the disadvantages you felt Capella has, compared to other universities? THANK YOU EVERYONE in advance for taking the time out of your busy lives to respond to this post!

Hello everyone I wanted to come by and thank you all again for your amazing input/suggestions/encouragement. I interviewed on Tuesday and got the offer on Wednesday (they were really impressed by the points I brought up and talked about in my presentation). I'm so excited to start!! :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH, this is just what I was looking for! Your examples really touched me and really pointed out some things I want to focus on. Kudos to you for all your efforts, compassion, constant reinvention and outlook on nursing. It is very refreshing. I appreciate you taking the time to reply this post.

Hi there, I applied and reviewed my status, it states " Your application is being reviewed by a recruiter. If you are among those who best meet the requirements for this position, you will be contacted for an interview. " To answer your questions, I do have a BSN, graduated August of 2012, have BLS/ACLS/Fire Safety and my RN license already. I also have a CNA/UAP license that I obtained during nursing school.

Hi, thank you for replying to this post. It kind of jumped the gun on me and submitted before I was done though. Please check out my new post with background information, I'd greatly appreciate any input you may have.

Hi, thank you for replying to this post. It kind of jumped the gun on me and submitted before I was done though. Please check out my new post with background information, I'd greatly appreciate any input you may have.

Hi everyone! First, I'd like to say this is a repeat of the previous post, I was working on it still but it seemed to have submitted and can't delete. I have an interview coming up and have been asked to give a 5 minute oral presentation on the following: "What do you anticipate to be the biggest challenges and rewards of nursing a diverse population in an inner city hospital?" Growing up where I did I have never been around anything BUT a diverse community. The greatest challenges that I can think of socioeconomic status, language barriers, cultural sensitivity, cultural shock and good ol' ignorance of other peoples' cultures. As for rewards, obviously we become more exposed to different cultures and influenced not only by their traditions but by their methods/techniques/ ways of doing things differently. More medically specific, we have adapted many practices from other cultures in the States and have had very successful results. So ^ is the process i'm using to break down disadvantages and rewards but I'd like to hone in on the "inner-city hospital" part. Being in CA we see a wide ethnic variety of patients on any given day and I'd really like to ask for some thoughts and suggestions for this topic that could maybe also help me think of others that have not yet come to mind. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE EVERYONE!

What do you anticipate to be the biggest challenges and rewards of nursing a diverse population in an inner city hospital?

Hello everyone, I'm a new grad RN in California and I'm interested in volunteering somewhere I can really put my skills to use. I'm currently sort of holding out of permanent jobs because I'd like to get accepted into a new grad program and would not want to abruptly leave a job given for the program. If anyone on here is running or knows of any opportunities in LA, CA I'd greatly appreciate the information. I haven't had much luck finding them on my own and when I've asked previous hospital/clinical administrators I've only been told about activities and errands that high school students are offered. Thank you to everyone who responds! :)

Thank you very much, I appreciate your concise answer. :)

Very, very thorough, thank you very much! It is a bit difficult for me to know all the things that can go wrong as I've never really had to do more than test the machines in the morning, at the start of my rotations or during practice ACLS scenarios. Thank you very much for your input! :)

Thank you very much for your input, I will include this the next time I come across the questions.:)

Hi, I'm a new grad so know what I says comes from trial and error as well as experience. As I'm sitting here reading all that you wrote, I can relate to you. Coming into nursing school, I was already a great student, confident in my skills and abilities to learn everything having to do with nursing. My first semester although VERY DIFFERENT from traditional classes, went well with much effort and commitment. My second term, was a whole other story. My clinical instructor was horrible, and I went through a similar situation as you did with your nursing aide. Although my assignments and clinical strengths were too strong to be messed with, this woman did her best to dock points from any little assignment that was subjective to her grading. From what I read in your post however, it seems to me like you're doing certain things that you think should be "fine" but are not. I'm going to give you these words of advice and I hope you will follow them throughout your nursing career. You will meet many, many people with very different personalities, likes and dislikes. Professors are perfect examples; you will meet professors with many different teaching styles and attitudes. I'm not saying your professor isn't picking on you or is right in the way she is behaving, but I do know that you are the student and she is the figure of authority. Right now you are learning how to become a nurse and although you will at times be right and your professor will not, it does not give you the right to do things the way you want. I'm not trying to break your spirit or keep you from being your own person, but these are the years in which you will have to learn to "suck it up" and put up with everything that will come your way. You will be asked to many things you think are stupid or that could be done differently, but that you will have to do nonetheless. Pick your battles and don't blow things out of proportion. Next time, pay attention to your mistakes, it may have been a mistake to wear the wrong uniform, but do you think that if you showed up with the wrong uniform to work, they'd let you start your shift? That to me, shows you're not paying attention to details which is essential of any nurse. Also...the parking issue, it may be so that you can park on the floor you choose when you volunteer, but you're not volunteering and you need to follow instructions. What I would suggest is that you speak to your professor and be honest with her about how you feel.(ARRANGE A MEETING! don't just attack her in front of your classmates)Explain that you feel you have done wrong in these events and although you didn't see it at first you acknowledge you could have handled things better. You will work on your mistakes, pay attention to detail and follow instructions as closely as possible. Nursing school may be a hard transition for you but it's not impossible, you just have to learn how to play the game! I hope this helps and best of luck!!!

Ok great so I'm not the only who was a little puzzled by the question. Thank you very much StillsmilingRN, I really appreciate it!

Hello everyone, I am applying to various hospital positions and I am frequently coming across the same 5 questions. I don't have much experience with machines or malfunctions as my clinical rotations usually consisted of my professors assisting or obtaining things on our behalf so I'm really having trouble answering one question. If anyone could please help me I'd greatly appreciate it. :) 1)Your patient is crashing, you set up the defibrillator and it doesn't fire, what would you do?