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  1. How much to reveal in interviews?

    MIA-RN1 replied to bigmona's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was in a similar situation and I went to the interview w/ the recruiter and told her that I had many interests, but one in particular was in post-partum or intrapartum care. I also was honest and...

  2. MD works as RN

    MIA-RN1 replied to nursemd's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a great idea to work as a nurse but I offer a cautionary tale---I worked with someone who was an MD in another country and yet he failed out of the RN nursing program I am currently in....

  3. question: Required hours before taking NCLEX?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yes I am graduating June 1 or 2 and I hope to take the NCLEX by early July at the latest. I know that LOTS of people graduate at that time of year so I realistically I know it might be longer. Im...

  4. what is this abbreviation?

    MIA-RN1 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    insulin is measured in units, so I am thinking a milliunit would be a thousandth of a

  5. advice for concern please!

    MIA-RN1 replied to texgalrn's topic in General Nursing

    well call me a romantic but if you love each other and have the same values and committments, then what is the problem? Lots of men marry women who stay at home, why is that different than a woman...

  6. Physical Exam by Nutritionist RN

    MIA-RN1 replied to Denisem's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting thread! I wonder tho, if she is doing the complete physical exam, does she sign papers attesting to that? I am thinking of employer-mandated physicals, school physicals,...

  7. Good reads

    MIA-RN1 replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My med-surg clinical group gave "Stiff" to our clinical instructor as a parting gift and she loved it I hope this thread keeps going--I am looking for good books to

  8. question: Required hours before taking NCLEX?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks for the info! I haven't heard that mentioned at my school by anyone in the final semester and I got a bit worried there!

  9. Anyone heard of serotonin syndrome? Anyone experienced it??

    MIA-RN1 replied to passing thru's topic in Psychiatric

    can the moderator of this thread PM

  10. I Quit!!

    MIA-RN1 replied to Shannon RN 2be's topic in General Nursing

    I quit cold turkey after about 13 or 14 years of smoking. You can do it! What helped the most was drinking lots of water, eating crunchy things and brushing my teeth whenever I had a craving. My...

  11. I quit, now regret it. HELP!

    MIA-RN1 replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Students

    I started nursing school in September 1989!! I got pretty much straight C's in all my sciences and fundamentals. (About all I did really well in was psych and creative writing!) Second semester, which...

  12. STUDENTS: what do you want out of staff nurses? NURSES: vice versa....

    MIA-RN1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Im a third semester student in an ADN program. Almost all the nurses I have had the honor of working with have been great. But what gets me, is senior students, from OTHER SCHOOLS, delegating work to...

  13. When should I look for a job?

    MIA-RN1 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No! don't wait. I am not graduating til May and I just accepted a job offer this afternoon for a position starting June 5. You can work as a GN until you pass the NCLEX and my idea is that its better...

  14. Not a nurse, but want to be.

    MIA-RN1 replied to aryahsmom84's topic in General Nursing

    If you are doing your classes online, how will you do your clinicals? Clinical experience in school is mandated in order to become a nurse. If I were in your shoes, I would withdraw from the online...

  15. How organized...

    MIA-RN1 replied to Jerico's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you should utilize your techs. When I was a tech in the ER, it was my job to stock exam rooms, keep all the supplies for the IV/blood draws stocked, order supplies if they are low, find linens...

  16. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    MIA-RN1 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    ...when all the other clinical groups start at 7 and we have to be there at 6:45 and then when all the other clinical groups get out at 2:30 and we have to stay til

  17. Anyone working as a student nurse???

    MIA-RN1 replied to CaliNurs06's topic in General Students

    I am confused a bit here. I was working as an ER tech and was allowed as part of my job to do caths and apply topical abx before I bandages someone after they got their sutures from the doc. Then I...

  18. about counterfeit medicines

    MIA-RN1 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they mean something about people buying them off the internet and the meds not being what they say they are? Not

  19. rochester ny/ UofR--SMH

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Hi all. I am a soon-to-be nurse (graduating in May from MCC) Met w/ a nurse recruiter at Strong Memorial Hospital the other day. Does anyone here work as a nurse at SMH? I am interested to hear about...

  20. rochester ny/ UofR--SMH

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in New York Nursing

    bumping this up to add that I am also looking into a few other hospitals in Rochester (RGH, Highland) and I'd love to hear from nurses working there about the environment and compensation there. I am...

  21. help with cardinal movements!

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't be ashamed! It actually makes me feel better to hear you say that! They drum so much into our heads in school, and we have to study so much stuff, I have worried about how I will remember it...

  22. help with cardinal movements!

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi all! i figured I'd go to the experts here with this one.. I am a nursing student and for some reason I can NOT get the cardinal movements and presentations into my head. When I think LOA, I see the...

  23. help with cardinal movements!

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh Lucky you lol. I had my unit test on Wed 10/19 and the final is on Mon 10/24.

  24. help with cardinal movements!

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you! There was only one question on position and it was an easy one--what is the most common position, which I memorized as LOA. However, that was just the unit test, and the final is on 10/24...

  25. help with cardinal movements!

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thank you! I am sorry I didn't answer sooner--had that darn test yesterday lol. I actually did what you said, complete with a bit of squirming around in my seat as I tried to move thru the movements...