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I am looking for a nurse manager willing to answer the following questions for a paper I need to write. If you are willing, THANK YOU so much! Here are the questions: 1. What kind of leader do you perceive yourself to be? Authoritative, democratic, e...

My class is having our pinning in just a few weeks, and we were thinking about gifts for our instructors. The thing is we have one instructor who has been with us all along, and then several others who have been in and out over the semesters, includi...

Don't forget to take care of your legs too ~ wear compression socks. I can tell a big difference in how tired my legs are at the end of a 13 hour shift if I wear regular socks. I have not had much luck with shoes though. I bought Quarks but they made...

I will not be looking for work until September. We have a busy summer planned and my oldest leaves for college in August. I want to get through all of that before I start work.

While this semester seems to be taking FOREVER, I am actually doing better in school. Today I got an A on my peds exam and then ranked in the 99th percentile on the peds ATI. It was a good day for me!! Our pinning is May 12th...I can't wait!

This is our last semester and we have not lost anyone yet. As a whole we have a 60% failure rate though.

I would have chosen the second answer, and I'm pretty certain my instructor would as well. It has been beaten into our heads to never assume that we know what is going on, and to always ask open-ended questions. It just proves my point that a lot of ...

There are a few girls in my class who receive assistance from Work One. I live in Indiana, but I'm sure if it's not a national program that there are programs similar to it everywhere. They pay for all the things that grants and scholarships don't pa...

I loved my psych rotation! It was so incredibly eye-opening. You'll be fine. Remember that although they are mentally ill they are just people, and everything will be great!

I have not received an A in any of my nursing lecture classes, only Bs, but my clinical grades have all been As. In the end my GPA won't matter. What matters is if I can pass NCLEX.

Yes, I'm on spring break too. We're super busy this week though, with a guest staying with us from Japan. The timing worked well since I was out of school, but now I'm busy the entire break. :) What is a Hesi test?

That's great! Congratulations!!

I don't know what it is either.

OMG, I'm so glad I've taken my last math test. Just reading those problems made me start sweating. LOL I know I will always need to have the knowledge of how to do the math, and I passed all my math tests, but it still makes me very nervous!!

That would be great! I looked into the ASN-MSN and thought it said you had to be a licensed RN for two years before starting the program. Have you seen something different? I had thought about it too, but when I saw that I changed my mind. Maybe you ...

We wear emerald green and I will be so thankful to not have to wear that color again! Ugh...I want to burn them when I'm done. LOL I did hear that a hospital in the town just north of us is going to all white scrubs for the nurses. My hospital will b...

That's great! I hope you hear something very soon!! I am in my last semester in New Castle, but I'm transferring to IUPUI in August. I plan on taking NCLEX in early June though.

Nope, it's not too late to sign up! You can even register the day of if you needed to. I go to Ivy Tech in New Castle, but graduate in May. I'm starting on my BSN at IUPUI in August. Well, it's all online, but that's my plan. :) Congrats on your SNE ...

I'm the president for Indiana! I'm sorry you're not going to be able to attend our conference! What school do you go to?

Which school are you waiting to hear from? We are nto required to have health insurance and I attend Ivy Tech. The school might offer affordable insurance or you might check out NSNA's site at http://www.nsna.org and see what you can get as a member ...

Yes, I signed up for the NCLEX review. I went to it last year as well. I may not attend all of it, but would like to get the papers. I really wish they had Marlene Hurst doing it - she is awesome. Have you seen her? The lady who did it last year is d...

We have to have a 75% on tests to pass. We are in our last semester (ASN program) and we have NEVER had anyone get an A on a test. Our class average on the last test was 80% and the one before that was 84%. I only missed four on the last test, but th...

If you really feel you need extra help, you need to contact the disability office at your school and have them work with you to develop a plan. That being said, you need to take a serious look at yourself and your abilities. If you convince yourself ...

There are critical thinking exercises. Do a search online and see what you get. I have a box of critical thinking exercises that I use with my five year old. Critical thinking is an excellent skill to have, but some need more practice than others. Yo...

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!