NICU Guy BSN, RN

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    Accepted! Now what to do?

    NICU Guy replied to hgt219's topic in General Students

    Enjoy your free time. Once you get into nursing school you will have
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    Confused UCLA student

    NICU Guy replied to Blackmill's topic in California Nursing

    Unless you can seriously improve your GPA, your question is pointless. Most ABSN programs are competitive and almost all require a minimum 3.0 GPA in your first degree. The actual people that they...
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    Is nursing right for me? (First year of college)

    NICU Guy replied to jagmyswag's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is not if you are smart enough, but are you mature enough to go to nursing school. You need to take a serious look at yourself. If you are not willing to come home from school and lock yourself in...
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    How to deal with this type of co-worker/Advice

    NICU Guy replied to EMEddie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would ask your team lead and the other nurses to give you a non-sugarcoated opinion of your skills. If they don't see any glaring problems with your nursing care then tell the guy to mind his own...
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    Degree Advice

    NICU Guy replied to ters6's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ABSN. Why start off with LVN and take 3-4 years to get your BSN when you can be done with your BSN in 15- 18
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    CNA & Nursing School

    NICU Guy replied to IThinkICan100's topic in General Students

    It is possible to be eligible to take the CNA exam after your first clinical nursing class. It depends on the school and
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    Is it worth it anymore?

    NICU Guy replied to shaniceg's topic in General Students

    You can't compare the difficulty of Medical school compared to nursing school based solely on the undergraduate pre-reqs for med school and nursing school. Doctors have a 4 yr bachelor's degree, 4...
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    Am I kidding myself?

    NICU Guy replied to cjr2619's topic in General Students

    Nurses that were about to retire are waiting a little longer for the economy to get better before retiring. The baby boomers are getting older and will need more medical help. Once those two things...
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    New to nursing and college itself. I have a question about pre reqs.

    NICU Guy replied to FloatyFlowers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    From their website: "Students must successfully complete courses in biology and chemistry either in high school (with a grade of 75% or its letter grade equivalent or higher) or in college (with a...
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    Medication Administration Question

    NICU Guy replied to LoveNeverDies's topic in General Students

    It was not given for the reason indicated. Although the doctor should have a PRN pain med as an option or state Tylenol PRN for fever or
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    Advice please?! In a pickle!

    NICU Guy replied to 1Luv_xo's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of being able to transfer nursing classes to another school, pre-req classes can transfer. What about North Central Missouri College? They have an Associate's degree RN program at...
  12. NICU Guy

    Please help

    NICU Guy replied to knicks11554's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you going to post what you think the answers are? or do you want to us to do your homework for you without you even
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    Stalking the email, the mailbox, the mail truck, the college website

    NICU Guy replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    "but could this be guilt from when I was in fourth grade and went into the neighbors unlocked garage to the refrigerator they kept there and ate a whole box of Krispy Kremes?)" I wondered where...
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    Need help with a math question....grains?

    NICU Guy replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    1/300= .0033333 .0033333*60=0.199998 or 0.2 mg/ ml (or c.c.) ordered 1/150=.0066666 .0066666*60=0.399996 or 0.4 mg/ml (or c.c.) on hand 0.2/0.4= 0.5
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    Should I Try Again?

    NICU Guy replied to 2ndsthebest's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    From personal experience, it is extremely difficult (even with a valid excuse) to get back into school once you have been dismissed. I ended up going into another healthcare career and came back to...
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    Any nursing and hospital lingo and organization book recommendations?

    NICU Guy replied to schade1's topic in General Students

    "A Short Course in Medical Terminology" by C. Edward Collins and Ann DePetris. It does a very good job of teaching the medical terms. In addition they give you access to their website and provide...
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    Should I Try Again?

    NICU Guy replied to 2ndsthebest's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What has changed that will ensure that you will pass the nursing classes? Past performance is the best predictor of future performance. Any school that considers you will ask you "What was the...
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    Is shadowing a requirement?

    NICU Guy replied to VitruvianMan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No you don't need to shadow a nurse before getting into nursing school. What she was recommending is to shadow a nurse to give you an idea of what they do and see if you want to get into nursing....
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    Suspended Georgia enrollment

    NICU Guy replied to passionflower's topic in Western Governors University

    The Georgia BON does not list them as an accredited nursing school in the state of Georgia (dated March 2013). The WGU website states "WGU is currently recruiting students for programs in Southern...
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    Medications in syringes

    NICU Guy replied to Janca's topic in Patient Medications

    Every drug book has a foldout sheet in the front of the book with compatible solution in a syringe or
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    Abbreviations

    NICU Guy replied to MackJean's topic in General Nursing

    FNP is Family Nurse Practitioner (Masters or Doctorate in
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    Am I stupid for not doing the ABSN?

    NICU Guy replied to ruby1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Maybe that is true in your situation and the ABSN programs may be sub par, but it not the case in my situation. ABSN students are far more dedicated than the traditional students. We are paying for...
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    What happens after?

    NICU Guy replied to ksinnott's topic in General Students

    Depends on your area of interest and the location where you live. If you want to work ICU when you graduate, some hospitals require you to have at least 1 yr acute care experience (LTC doesn't...
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    Poop in nursing

    NICU Guy replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

    Sorry to get off topic Esme, I see your dog listening to music on the headphones. Is it's favorite singer Snoop Dogg? and it's favorite song "Who let the dogs
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    Starting nursing school- concerned about limitations

    NICU Guy replied to reina33's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Like the previous post said, nursing is a very physical profession. I would not hide anything from the school. They are responsible for you at clinicals. If something happens to you or patient gets...