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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!

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 clipboar...

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 note...

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 di...

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 abo...

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 priva...

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 object...

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 readi...

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....

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 k...

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 bo...

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 bath...

I have a Littman cardiology III and love it. It was kind of expensive, but stethoscopes will last you for many years!

From my experience I have heard that you do not need the CPR certification until after you get hired. Most employers will give you six months to complete it and will pay.

Thanks!

I am graduating in May 2014 but also am eligible for a externship/internship. I looked into mayo clinic, they have the application open now. It offers very good xpience(I have heard) and is a great program, they offer good pay, excellent skills oppor...

I have been lucky and have had great teachers in nursing school. Some qualities that I really liked were that the teachers were very willing to help us learn. We even had one teacher who would meet us after clinical to help us study! I also think tha...

I also had a girl in my clinical group who was pregnant she delivered after clinicals but the instructors were really nice and worked around stuff, because none of the other students cared. They also did not give her rooms that were on precautions.

At my school we have to have our hair pulled back and not hangning in our face, along with no earring or jewelry at all. We also have a specific uniform for clinical and can only wear white shirts (either long sleeve or short) under it. We also have ...

I just finished the first of two medical surgical course at my school. I agree that you may need to reive the patho but also keep on top of the readings. I found the review and rationales book by Hogan very helpful for this course.

I agree I like the review and rationales series! My favorite is the medical surgical one because it goes through every body system correlating the labs and what you will see. It was a very good review. If you are having trouble with calculates, I bou...

I am graduating in May 2014 and have been thinking of the same thing since I have time off over the Christmas holiday. I have been working on my résumé to try and build that up. I have been working at a local hospital as a CNA, and have been involved...