NurseNanci1

M almost done with my orientation period and I'm both excited and nervous 3 mos is a long time but only working 3 days a week u realize it's not that many actual days either. I work nights and the staff is awesome so I feel like if I need help it wil...

Has anyone else heard that as of 2015 you need a Phd to get your NP? I was planning on getting a masters because it could allow me to teach as well as give me the option of NP. Now that's no longer an option as I would not have my masters before 2015...

just for the record I didn't say you did say you knew everything. Just that you said you felt the need to "master the material" that can be taken in several different ways. Good luck to you and yes your GPA will be important to you if you are looking...

Also I have a long history in hospital medical setting so I'm aware of the "realities" the way I choose to react on a web board is less guarded then I would in a professional setting. But I appreciate your vote of confidence :)

Im sorry I didn't search for the question on the site. I'm new to the site sorry. I didn't realize it was taboo to ask a previously asked question sorry for wasting your time in future if I ask a ? Already asked feel free to not reply thanks. There i...

spoken like someone who has not gone to nursing school.. are you a current nurse or a student doing prereqs? I graduated with a 3.79 had straight A's going into the program but the program is hard and what was once a B is now a C the scores are dif...

I graduated with 2 students who were pregnant and had their babies while in the nursing program it can be done it's not easy but if u want something bad enough u do what u have to do! Don't drop out go down fighting ! If u get pregnant don't give up ...

I'm not sure you understand my concern. I went to school busted my butt and have student loans so that I could have more than "just a job" but so that I could have the job I love. I'm sorry if you find my question offensive in some manner. R u employ...

Medsurg is a specialty... I'll be honest when I was in school and said I WANT medsurg it seemed like most thought I was crazy or under achieving ... But I recognize there are skills required to being a good medsurg nurse and it is a specialty. while ...

Yep all the Republicans are doing is shooting themselves in the foot. Because the uninformed will see them as "defunding' then when it rolls out and we have the NORMAL bumps you have with any new plan everyone will say it's because the Republicans ma...

care to elaborate on such a broad brushed statement? ? ? I'm a new grad I know I still have a lot to learn because so much of nursing is an art you can be taught the tools and how to use them but until you practice unless you have some god given tal...

For me the challenge in the first yr are different then the challenges in the final year. The first year getting your routine down and adjusting to all the studying and reading u do is the hardest thing by year two u are used to having no life you've...

REPORT it, the program is hard enough let alone trying to deal with someone who is being aggressive that will only hinder your success. Make sure you mention that! that your concern is that the aggression this person brings with him to the classroom ...

Your instructor is to blame! If she/he sees that this student is intentionally missing you and you have to go get the paper from him/her directly. They should be stopping that behavior. My program had a similar problem weak professors who let some st...

I"m getting 12 wks not including my computer and nursing policies orientation which were off the floor

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! in my cold calling telemarketer days (a summer job as a teen) I loved it when you hung up on me mid sentence.. I would get fired if I didn't 3 "no"s from you so hanging up meant I could move on to the next call wit...

its hard to blame Obama for greedy corporations. I work for a nonprofit hospital so I would assume not much would change for me. However, I think it would be more like with Medicare and it would be hard to get full reimbursement with the questionaire...

I totally agree when I was an CNA partnering up helped so much! Most pts these days r 2 person assist anyways. It was more Productive to pair up and tackle the day. I would ENCOURAGE teamwork!! As long as the job is getting done micromanaging will ma...

I agree the facilities would not hire the number of nurses it would take to do total pt care. Aids are important and I certainly didn't mean to come off as hostile towards CNAs I was one for many years and it is very rewarding but if u find yourself ...

I was a CNA am now a nurse. Having both pts of reference now I get it. If I can help out a CNA I will, but CNAs need to realize they are important and needed nurses don't have the time to do total patient care for 6+ pts. If u don't like the job desc...