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  1. Unconventional hair colors

    WheatGerm replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I don't care if someone has tattoos/dyed hair and wouldn't think they were incompetent. HOWEVER...this seems like a bad idea since you already know that your manager isn't super into it....

  2. How to calculate clinical grade

    WheatGerm replied to LilyRN99's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Our instructors always had us perform the task with them watching, or went in to talk to the patient about the level of care. Even if our instructor was passing meds with a few students, she would...

  3. Need advice about jobs

    WheatGerm replied to Karamia0x's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Jedrnurse. Also I would say that usually the first two weeks of a program are probably fairly easy, with the least amount of work so you should be able to push through. It won't be fun,...

  4. Multicare RN Residency beginning 8/22/16- Anyone joining this cohort?

    WheatGerm replied to danicaone_101's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you! I just wanted to make sure I shouldn't be running out to buy scrubs...I don't have any! The last area I was in required nurses to wear certain scrub colors or uniforms from the hospital so...

  5. Multicare RN Residency beginning 8/22/16- Anyone joining this cohort?

    WheatGerm replied to danicaone_101's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Does anyone know anything about what happens after our first day of orientation? It was explained to me that there would be mostly classroom type activities for the first couple of weeks, but I have...

  6. Second Nclex Attempt

    WheatGerm replied to Andrew92's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Seriously that's how I felt. I got a couple questions regarding the same topic and was like...oh no, I certainly didn't learn this in nursing school! But I must have known more than I thought I did...

  7. How long is too long?

    WheatGerm replied to d31rdr3RN's topic in General Nursing

    Do they have any specific instructions regarding contacting them? When I applied for my job it specifically stated not to contact them because they had too many applicants to be receiving update...

  8. Balancing school and life?

    WheatGerm replied to mininurse24's topic in General Students

    You can't listen to other people on this one, really. You know how you were in previous school environments, so you really need to learn and take note from that. Personally I was an excellent...

  9. Quitting Nursing School

    WheatGerm replied to hmoge's topic in General Students

    I would encourage you to think about this a bit more. Only reason being that your exhaustion working as an assistant may be stemming from the fact that you are stressed in general with school as...

  10. New Laptop!

    WheatGerm replied to mkcarlsonxo's topic in General Students

    I don't personally have a Surface, but a lot of my friends do and love it. The fact that you can use it as both a tablet and laptop is really neat, and it is very light. You can also get a discount...

  11. How long is too long?

    WheatGerm replied to d31rdr3RN's topic in General Nursing

    Did you send a thank you to the person you interviewed with? If not, you could always send an email thanking them for the interview and say that you're interested in the position and see if that gets...

  12. New Grads With Attitude

    WheatGerm replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think maybe one of the issues at play is whether or not the new grads have had a job before. I used to work at a non-nursing job that required 12+ hour days, weekends, holidays, random hour long...

  13. Should I go for it?

    WheatGerm replied to AmberRN2012's topic in School

    You could always make a quick little budget to make sure it will work for you. Obviously you can't count the benefit of having better hours in general, but I would want to make sure that with a pay...

  14. Yippiee!!I Cracked the Nursing School Interview!

    WheatGerm replied to janemulligan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was dropping in to say the same thing. There are fine nurses everywhere - and thank goodness for

  15. FREE Colleges?! & How it affects Nursing

    WheatGerm replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Although I'm sure this would increase the amount of people continuing their education, you have to remember that everyone is not cut out for college or wants to go to college. My brother, for...

  16. Multicare RN Residency beginning 8/22/16- Anyone joining this cohort?

    WheatGerm replied to danicaone_101's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congrats!

  17. Hispanic Student Failed Nclex 1st time.

    WheatGerm replied to FutureRn2018ly's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You might do well with using UWorld this time around! I know that helped me for sure, especially with the select all that apply questions. I think the most important part is learning how to tease...

  18. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    WheatGerm replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    Was just watching Everybody Loves Raymond last night and Ray decides to volunteer at a hospital. As he was signing in at the desk, a nurse walks past and dumps a bag of blood on the desk and says...

  19. How to handle Nursing school.

    WheatGerm replied to guest723's topic in General Students

    I think that was the worst part for me also, the students who were great in high school and couldn't handle nursing school...but honestly I never met those people. The people who did really awful in...

  20. No more rudeness!

    WheatGerm posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What is it going to take to change the nursing culture? I'm not talking about nurses eating their young necessarily, but just the superiority attitudes in general. Here's my example: I went to the...

  21. Fall 2016 Schedule. Help!

    WheatGerm replied to Lessh's topic in General Nursing

    Only you will know what kind of course load you can handle. That being said, if the only reason you want to switch to math is that you can start your ADN program sooner, I don't think that's a good...

  22. Pre-reqs completely online

    WheatGerm replied to Icy Willow's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You might see if you can qualify for in state tuition since your husband is in the military. I have no idea if that works at that school/in that state, but I know people who have gotten in state...

  23. WILTW 7/18: I'm tired :\ (complaint department and other things)

    WheatGerm replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    What is Stranger Things about? On topic, I learned about Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome! It is a very rare disease that is without a cure currently, and involves capillary malformation/lymph system...

  24. Overwhelmed

    WheatGerm replied to FDCG's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Really discuss with your wife the impact that this will have on your family, good or bad. Allow her to be completely honest. Ask yourself if you have been/will be supportive of her future desires to...

  25. nursing as a second career?

    WheatGerm replied to mamekei's topic in General Nursing

    Do you want a job where you make a difference or have you always considered nursing? Nursing is a lot about making a difference, but if you wouldn't be passionate about it there are plenty of jobs in...