TheHonestNurse MSN, RN

Lawsuits, unfortunately Seems like most clinical instructors are terrified of losing their license... wont let any students perform skills without them present... Ive had some like that and others fine with me doing skills with a staff nurse. Even i...

No unions and no state taxes í ½í¸†

Yes Im talking about Delray Medical they are in Delray Beach which is 20 minutes south of West Palm. No pediatrics or OB but they have an awesome trauma center as well as neuro and cardiac units. St. Marys is more geared towards PEDs and OB as they a...

My favorite is lead II because if there are p waves that's where I can find them :) Its a positive lead so the tracings usually look nice and pretty

Why not try a travel assignment then you could see for yourself :) Key largo is lovely but housing is a bit pricey HOWEVER Mariners hospital in Tavernier is a really nice small hospital owned by Baptist who also owns Homestead, West Kendall, Miami, ...

Words of encouragement: it is NOT impossible. I went through Semester 1 pregnant and took pharmacology online as well as the micro class they wanted in addition to fundamentals WHILE working full time and caring for my other 2 kids (whew). Second se...

One thing to keep in mind is how the testing style of pharmacology can make it very difficult for pre nursing students. There is a lot of nursing process in this class which can be confusing if you haven't learned this or even heard of it. I took pha...

Thank you so much for this post, we are in the same boat :) I went through 1st semester preggers and 2nd semester with an infant... it isn't impossible! Don't let others tell you what you can't do :)

Big red chewing gum or cinnamon altoids :)

No it's definitely required as all her homework is on that site!

At my job they pay more to the BSN nurses than those who have an Associates.

Make a budget plan as well and stick to it! Especially good if you can get away with not working while in the program or at least dropping to part time. Plan ahead and plan some more!

I did a deep clean of my house top to bottom, organized my closets, donated a lot of clothes, got a mani pedi and went on vacation :) Wouldn't change it one bit!

I had her last semester for pharm and clinicals she is awesome! Very nice and helpful :)

Congratulations on everyone who got in! Now the journey begins: )

First semester I did a rotation at West Palm Hospital (Columbia) and a rotation at a LTC facility - Vi Lakeside. I know they take second semester students at my job for Med surg and that's at Delray Hospital. St Mary's, Palms West, Good Sam all of th...

Financial Aid and federal student loans.... luckily my job pays loans off while you are working there once you are done with school :)

Thank you for your post! I start in January

I will have plenty of time to study lol I'd rather enjoy the few days I have until my life is nothing BUT studying

I just don't have a fb..... period! I prefer my social interactions in real life

I wish I had known that lol oh well :/ I'm already done with everything I turned my packet in a couple weeks ago and already got all my books and supplies now just waiting...

I just broke down and got all white Danskos.... I have some other colors and they really help with being on my feet for so long at work. Unfortunately they are expensive and it takes about a month to break them in

Its better to find out sooner than later... I'd start applying now

Did everyone get the schedule you wanted? I'm all signed up and the clock is ticking!

Thats what I was thinking, thanks