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  1. Typical nursing school schedule?

    Xlorgguss replied to lolly78's topic in General Students

    My ADN program is one 4 hour lecture a week. Additionally we have an 8 hour clinical followed by a 4 hour lab. We had the option of either having our lecture Thursday morning or evening. We also got...

  2. Is being a CNA imperative?

    Xlorgguss replied to chloeluvsutoo's topic in General Nursing

    My school let's us challenge the CNA exam after our first semester of nursing school. That's a good way to save money for the

  3. Neonatal nurse in Seattle Wa

    Xlorgguss replied to Hilen's topic in General Students

    Salary (dot) com will allow you to look up salary. If you can't specify neonatal I would guess that a general registered nurse salary would be identical. Some hospitals offer more for critical care,...

  4. Ok Class of 2017, Where are you??

    Xlorgguss replied to Wifeoffireman's topic in School, College Programs

    Week 4 or 5 for me. They are all starting to blend together. We have our first exam this week. I'm having a hard time "getting into" some of the chapters like patient education, caring, etc. I feel...

  5. How to study properly?

    Xlorgguss replied to ABDinelli's topic in General Students

    I am also in my second week of nursing school. I was also trying to take notes while reading but I find that it was taking too much time. By the time I took my notes I had forgotten what I read! I...

  6. BSN, NP, PA, and MD

    Xlorgguss replied to JePierreB's topic in General Students

    To answer part of your question, there is a way for a PA to become a physician. LECOM has a program where they take PA's and continue their education and give a terminal degree as a DO. From what I...

  7. Ok Class of 2017, Where are you??

    Xlorgguss replied to Wifeoffireman's topic in School, College Programs

    Hey all! I start my ASN program August 24th. My program was very flexible with hours. I only go twice a week which is great because I commute about an hour. I go on Thursdays for lecture from 8am-12...

  8. Leaving Social Work to become a Nurse Practitioner

    Xlorgguss replied to dazed&confused8's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    To throw my two cents in I would personally suggest going one of two routes. I would recommend either doing an accelerated BSN (Pro- for one year full-time studies you walk out with a BSN, Con- often...

  9. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    Xlorgguss replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Okay so something like a credentialed trainer would be worth

  10. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    Xlorgguss posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hi all, I wasn't quite sure whether to ask this in the informatics thread or the nursing research thread, but I am looking for some answers if you don't mind! I am interested in enrolling in an NP/PHD...

  11. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    Xlorgguss replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I guess that would be correct. I'm not as interested in doing the coding or anything like that but analyzing challenges and making suggestions and doing research for it. From your suggestions it seems...

  12. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    Xlorgguss replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks for the reply! I'm trying to narrow in on what I want to end up doing. I realize that without a legislative action EMR's are going to continue to be private and there wont be the ability to...

  13. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    Xlorgguss replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'm sorry that it was unclear but I don't. I work in a lab now while going through my program and my interest in informatics has stemmed from the struggle of different hospital systems being able to...

  14. Portage Online Learning for Anatomy & Physiology

    Xlorgguss replied to kellymullarkey's topic in General Students

    Hi, I just finished my A&P 1&2 through Portage. I am not in nursing school yet, but I have taken multiple anatomy and physiology courses before so I don't think it was as necessary for me to...

  15. New RN (almost), 401k, and Retirement

    Xlorgguss replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Nursing

    1.)How much does your employer match? My employer matches 6% after two years full time 2.) How old are you? OR How old were you when you began saving? 23, just started saving a little shy of a year...

  16. Interventional radiology extender

    Xlorgguss replied to Beckyh55's topic in Advanced Practice

    To piggy back off of this question, how do nurse practitioners do imaging in general? One of the girls I work with is in a program for diagnostic medical sonography and we got to talking about it....

  17. People really need to stop coming into nursing

    Xlorgguss replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    So here is my input as a pre-nursing student. I personally have worked with quite a few girls that all have Bachelor's degrees in Biology that have gone back to do nursing as a secondary degree. I was...

  18. A few questions!

    Xlorgguss posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hi All, I have been a fequent reader of the informatics threads for a while now. I have a question about schooling as well as actual informatics in pracitce. So to start I am looking to finish up...

  19. A few questions!

    Xlorgguss replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks for the response! So it is my guess that the informatics is what I would likely go with. It is certainly more specialized. Whats also nice is the ability to focus your program with a...

  20. Is it easier to get an ICU job is I already work at the hospital?

    Xlorgguss posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Okay, so I'm not entirely sure if this is the right place to post this, so apologies if it isn't. My question is- Is it easier to get an ICU position at a hospital that I already work at? I...

  21. Is it easier to get an ICU job is I already work at the hospital?

    Xlorgguss replied to Xlorgguss's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for the replies! I am not opposed to going into another area to start, but I would ideally like to get into an ICU as soon as possible. I think my biggest assets will be the networking and...

  22. Do I have what it takes to become a CRNA?

    Xlorgguss replied to cdbranch13's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So knowing that you are in Rochester, have you given any thought as to which hospital you will likely work at? I mean it's not really a hard choice, you either have The University of Rochester Strong...

  23. Premature Clinicals Question??

    Xlorgguss posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi guys, I have a question about clinicals. I have tried to look around the site and google and all that but I didn't get a clear answer. So my question is what are clinicals, when do you do them, and...

  24. Premature Clinicals Question??

    Xlorgguss replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I tried to crop a picture to show you guys what I'm talking about, but I guess I'll have to describe it better. So it's like 8 cr. Nursing Care For The Adult and Child Thurs 8:00am-8:50 am 0 cr....