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Low GPA and older student with passion for nursing. Please help!

NICU Guy replied to lbeck0614's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

Stay active on this site. With as many members as there is on this site, there are people that have gone through similar circumstances and have already taken the path that you are starting out
NICU PA vs NICU RN

NICU Guy replied to Allie85's topic in NICU, Neonatal

I am not sure what you are attempting to do. Do you want to work as a staff RN in the NICU and forget PA or get experience as a NICU nurse to help get a job as a PA in the NICU? These are skills that...
Stopped at 75 question. I'm almost sure I failed

NICU Guy replied to ybvmoveon's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

How well did you do in school? If you were an A/B student then you passed. If you barely made through nursing school then you most likely failed. Many people feel like they failed NCLEX because of...
ATI testing GRADED.

NICU Guy replied to Faon's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

We took the Critical Thinking Assessment ATI- Entrance during our first semester. It was used as a basis of comparison of how far we had come when we took it again in the final semester (Critical...
Favorite Motivational Quote

NICU Guy replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

"Never trust a 35 weeker" - prmenrs
can someone help me find answers

NICU Guy replied to kayesal's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

Forget questions 2-4, they are irrelevant. 75 questions is the minimum that you can get. Stopping at 75 means one of two things: either you did extremely well and passed or did so bad that it chose...
Patients Say the Darnedest Things

NICU Guy replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

Doing a 12 lead EKG on an elderly female patient. I was removing the 3m EKG pads (round with metal snap in middle) and the patient asked me to leave two patches (V1 and V2). I asked her why. She...
Choose Your Favorite TV Nurse

NICU Guy replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

Jesse Sallander- Code Black Dixie Mc Call-
Can you start a BSN as a freshman even if you've already completed a semester of college?

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

Students are usually not accepted into a BSN program as a freshman. You are required to complete a set of pre-reqs prior to applying to the nursing program. You are usually accepted into the BSN...
Caption Contest

NICU Guy replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

"I finally can hear myself
flexi/rotating meaning with Sentara

NICU Guy replied to here2learnRN's topic in General Nursing

Rotating shifts usually means a rotation set of day and night
Advice from current nurses or students?

NICU Guy replied to Pianoplaya94's topic in General Nursing

There was the nursing student that called us babysitters and all we do is get patients water and magazines. Nurses don't save patients, doctors do. Being a staff nurse was beneath her intelligence...
Getting hired, vs. where you graduated from.

NICU Guy replied to SouthpawRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

I didn't go through all of the schools' websites. I stopped at Harvard and Yale and assumed none of them had an undergraduate program.
Med Surg vs ICU for Practicum

NICU Guy replied to OliverElio87's topic in General Students

Pick a practicum that is in a specialty that you have an interest in. If you see yourself as an ICU, ER, L&D, OR nurse then pick that. This is a chance to gain important experience in a the life...
Dilemma

NICU Guy replied to Drew Thompson's topic in General Students

As The Church Lady would say "Isn't that
Getting hired, vs. where you graduated from.

NICU Guy replied to SouthpawRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

For local graduates applying to local hospitals, reputation (not prestige) of the school matters. Hospitals look for graduates from schools that produce quality graduates. Applying for jobs out of...
Need help with accreditation decision

NICU Guy replied to mitchelldog's topic in General Students

As far as I know there are only two national accrediting organizations ACEN and CCNE. What organization did this school nationally accredited? States do not accredit schools. State BONs approve...
Does age matters,when planing to become RN?

NICU Guy replied to Lovemy3boys's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

I graduated with my BSN at 48 and age was not an
Question for nurses that are male...

NICU Guy replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

There was a similar thread a while ago that had the following nurse/patient interaction: Nurse: Hi, my name is Fred. I will be your nurse today. Patient: You're a male nurse? Nurse: No, I am trained...
NPC hot topic for our unit***

NICU Guy replied to obrngbpackers's topic in General Nursing

What about hiring a few PRN people. That way the hospital saves money by not paying FT staff time and a half for working extra. Have them work 1 day/ Pay period and then more often during summer when...
NICU nurse interview

NICU Guy replied to claudiatyszka1's topic in NICU, Neonatal

Nurse interview assignments are intended to be done in person (or phone). You will get much more information from a personal interview than posting questions on a message board. While it appears that...
confused with degree

NICU Guy replied to jdlove's topic in General Nursing

A 2.2 GPA does not meet the minimum admission requirement for any ABSN program. The lowest GPA that allows you to apply that I have seen in 2.5. Most ABSN programs require a minimum GPA of 3.0....
Is there still a nursing shortage?

NICU Guy replied to Skippy97's topic in General Nursing

There are some areas that are oversaturated with new grad nurses (California and NYC). There are other cities that a new grad can get a job pretty easily after passing NCLEX. They may not be in the...
Doubting the whole thing

NICU Guy replied to 0.5GPA's topic in General Students

What is your school's dismissal policy? Most schools are that if you fail two nursing classes, you are dismissed from the program. You said "other two not so much". If you fail both classes, you...
Low GPA and older student with passion for nursing. Please help!

NICU Guy replied to lbeck0614's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

Before you go down that road again. Have you purged those people out of your life? That would be the first step before starting a nursing

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