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The one other tip I was going to tell you was bring multi colored pens! I know it sounds weird but I would write my report in one color and then my assessment in another. I had a third color for stuff to jump out at me as needed.

I was not allowed any electronics on the clinical floor, we were allowed to keep stuff in the staff locker room so like a majority of other people said dint bring stuff you can't afford to loose. The one thing that helped me out was having a clipboard that opened up where I could throw papers and even private information about patients that if I left down somewhere it won't be seen by a curious patient. One thing is make us all your stuff is labeled. People may ask to borrow something and you may not get it back....ever!

I do something kind of different. I have a binder for each class and divide them by class for the speciality classes (psych, peds) as then specific binders for each body system (neuro, gastro, cardiac). Then in there I keep class notes me my own notes and then can divide them by patho commonly used medications, and specific diseases or whatever. I think that this worked out great for me cuz then when studying for a final I get to see a little review but then everything I need to know.

I just bought the ECGS MADE EASY BOOK by Aehlert, and I loved it! I just had my clinicals on a cardiac unit and loved it. For the summer though, I accepted a extern position in a ICU, but as for cardiac I succeed very well in clinicals knowing the different categories of cardiac drugs and specific effects and how they differed from one another.

Thanks for all of the information! I graduate with my BSN next May (2014) so I have just started the search to go on not to long ago! I did contact an admissions counselor and they do set up clinicals within fifty miles of your home. I also asked about the extended weekends. It is a Friday through Monday or Sunday in Washingtin dc and your required to make this trip three times before graduation for specific classes.

Hi Everyone! I am currently looking at schools for my nurse practitioner and was wondering if anyone has had experience with the mostly online format for these schools or in particular Georgetown University? Thanks!

There are accelerated programs in Wisconsin with good rating too! University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Bellin College both have accelerated programs! I currently attend Bellin and love it! They have a bunch of good clinicals and teachers. It's a private college so it is a little pricey but its a nicer area.

Which state are you from? Are you willing to move to other states? I think if people knew a general area they might have more suggestions.

Hi! I am graduating in May 2014 but have just started a résumé because I applied for nursing internship and externships for this summer. I have at least two family members in human resources so I asked them what to put. I did start off with am objective, a very compact but descriptive statement. The next thing I did was my clinical experiences with where they were. Example I would put Spring 2013 blank hospital cardiac unit. I did not explain everything I experienced. I then did the schools I attended with grade point average and the degree I will achieve. Then I did work history, and since I do have work history within the medical field I focused in those points emphazing what I did have experience with. I also had jobs at clothing stores when I was younger I wrote what they were but not what I did. I also did a section about community involvement including what activities I have been involved in at school and other volunteer organizations. Hope this helps! I know that everyone does a resume different it justo needs to be professional and brief! You obviously want to highlight your points, but if they do have questions they will ask you in an interview! Make them want to pick you!

I don't know if you have had any prerequisites for nursing but I know people who went into nursing school with none and have excelled. I had prerequisites and did do some extra readings before I entered. I think the one thing that helped me was reading nursing journals, especially in an area tat interests you. There are a bunch of free ones or ones that give you trial subscriptions. With reading these journals they helped me become familiar with the medical lingo and just some basic concepts, the other thing I would recommend is if you know the books tat you will have next semester buy them ahead of time and in particular read through them. This will give you a head start on the reading for the class and you can familiarize yourself with basic concepts. Other than that I mean you could study some pharmacology books to introduce yourself to medications and because mostly everyone agrees that it is one of the hardest classes you will come across in your nursing career. Hope this helps!

I read through the book and drew the basic anatomy out with little notes by it. The boom does a great job with charts and pictures that I would read what the picture was about understand it and then I would draw it up myself so I understood it later. If you know the basic anatomy with the normals that is great. Also I had my anatomy notes that I would reference. I would also make notecards for the lecture material.

I would look into a home health care kind of job. A lot of outside places will always hire CNAs and they only require short shifts. I know it is a good way to get experience but also y could work mor in the summer and less during the school year. I know they may require you to work during the school year but most times it's only a five hour shift every month.

ALWAYS KNOW WHAT IS NORMAL. If you know what is normal than you will be able to tell what is abnormal. It makes it easier. Also for me I made sure to do the readings. We have the medical surgical nursing book by Lewis, which I think is a wonderful book. Aways do the readings and take good notes. For me I made tons of note cards and with that I made one notecards of just what was normal before I entered into all of this abnormal stuff. I studied my note cards all the time and reading the book really helped me! Good luck!

Koizer and Erb was who I had and they were awesome! It's a huge book but I loved it!

A medical or surgical floor is for patients who would have had a longer and normally more complicated surgery and need to stay overnight. Cnas on this type of floor will take vitals, draw blood, and assist the patient with any other tolieting or bathing needs. Pre op is where the patients will go before they are having surgery. This is where a CNA will normally get vitals and maybe help with a last minute surgical scrub if necessary. Patients here haven't had surgery yet. The post op is normally a short stay unit, post op is where patients will go after an hour of recovery in the pacu (post anesthesia care unit) where nurses will focus on one to one care on the patient as they me up from surgery. Post op is short stay where the patients are mostly awake, possibly drowsy and just normally need to urinate and try to get up and eat before they are able to go home. In this type of unit a CNA will normally maybe take more vitals, assist the patient in eating something little and helping them try to get up and walk. Patients in this unit come and go quickly as they are only in there for approximately one hour. Hope that helps! Good luck!