verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Acceptance Rate/GPA

    verene replied to Mia Yap's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My program required a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a minimum of 80% score in all pre-reqs to apply. Average incoming gpa was 3.85. Even if your school is okay with a "C" I'd recommend potentially...
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    Can i retake a course I did really bad on..?

    verene replied to jyjy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, you can likely retake the course (check school policies for specifics), however you will want to clarify how prospective schools will view the retake: some do not accept retake scores, some...
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    Rolling Backpacks

    verene replied to RN2020scm's topic in General Students

    Do you need to bring your books to campus for class? I found I often left mine at home, and could use a library copy if I really need access to a book at school. I personally would not recommend a...
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    Is maintaining a 3.0GPA in a nursing program difficult?

    verene replied to Nic000's topic in General Students

    It will depend on your scholastic abilities and your school's grading policies as to how difficult it is. I would check you school handbook regarding grading practices. If you are concerned about your...
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    Nurse Practitioner considering relocation to Washington

    verene replied to FullGlass's topic in Washington Nursing

    FullGlass - eastern and central WA tend to be much more affordable than the Seattle area, and have high need for NPs. Larger cities are: Spokane (metro of 500K+), Tri-Cities (~300K), Yakima (200K+)....
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    Relocating to Washington

    verene replied to joleenurse90's topic in Washington Nursing

    Harborview is the Trauma 1 for the greater region (WA, ID, Western MT, and AK), it and UW Medical Center are the research/teaching hospitals that tend to take high acuity and have multiple ICU...
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    Should I become a CNA OR MA?

    verene replied to heavwhit's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNA is quick, relatively inexpensive training process and gives a good taste of the nursing world. Yes, in some ways it is grueling grunt work that can be dirty and thankless. However everything a CNA...
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    CNA with no type of experience

    verene replied to Murse4's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't think being young and with out prior work experience will significantly hamper your ability to get a CNA job. It is an entry level position in most settings, and as such many hiring managers...
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    New Grad in Portland

    verene replied to CatRN13's topic in Oregon Nursing

    It can be competitive for a new grad as there are several nursing schools in Portland area (OHSU, UP, Lindfield, Concordia, Walla Walla, and George Fox all have local BSN programs,) that churn out...
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    Why wouldn't this cost of living hack work for California?

    verene replied to myoglobin's topic in General Nursing

    This.... you need to factor in the cost of the commute, wear-and-tear on your vehicles, loss of personal time, maintenance costs, costs of staying in a hotel, etc. Also consider factors like sales...
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    Why wouldn't this cost of living hack work for California?

    verene replied to myoglobin's topic in General Nursing

    Make that a 3 hour drive in good traffic / good weather. Driving from Carson City to Sacramento involves going over the Sierra's - either over I-80 via Donner Summit or US-50 via Echo Summit, both...
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    Holding Hope

    verene posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I work with a lot of suicidal patients, and have a fairly high degree of comfort working with actively suicidal individuals. The vast majority of my patients I can hold hope for - even if they are in...
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    Notified of call before being on call

    verene replied to rlgiv's topic in General Nursing

    I would clarify policy, is the expectation be that you are on-call from 7am-7pm? Or that you are available to come in for 7am-7pm, if you are on-call - in which case you could be notified before hand...
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    PMHNP program - please help me choose

    verene replied to Al Kalosis's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I strongly encourage going with a program that will find your clinical placements for you and/or offer significant support in helping you obtain placements, you only need look around this site to see...
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    Anyone leave their home State to pursue a career in Nursing?

    verene replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Students

    I moved out of state for nursing school for lower cost of living, higher RN pay, and roughly the same tuition I would have paid in-state. For me it worked very well, though I am contemplating a move...
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    Outdoor (at times) Nursing Jobs?

    verene replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Flight or other pre-hospital nursing? Some public health positions involve traveling around, a community mental RN on an ACT team or similar (MICHM at the VA), hospice/home health, or long-term care...
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    moving to USA

    verene replied to solaodaniels's topic in Nurse Registration

    Nursing education in the U.S. is set up to prepare generalist nurses on graduation - therefore it is on the job training that ultimately defines one's specialty area (and some nurses bounce around and...
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    Feeling embarrassed, ask the md a stupid question

    verene replied to RobertJo's topic in General Nursing

    Never be afraid to ask... until you've worked with a particular provider a while you don't know what they are likely to say yes/no to. As you noted above being able to document that you called per...
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    LTC vs Hospital for first-semester clinical

    verene replied to MJ 0990's topic in General Students

    LTC is a great place to get down the basics like talking to patients, head-to-toe assessments, ADLs, keeping track of supplies, time management etc with less acuity and less pressure than in the...
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    Accelerated program eligibility

    verene replied to yesitsme's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As you research nursing school you will come to find that every program seems to have slightly different admission criteria from every other program which is annoying! In general though applying to...
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    Registered Nurse or Special Education Teacher

    verene replied to vleigh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Special education was one of the field I considered when making the career change that ultimately led me to nursing. I found talking to individuals in the respective fields I was considering helpful,...
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    Enough with the violence

    verene replied to Pinky Nepal's topic in Psychiatric

    That level of violence is unacceptable, and if management doesn't see a problem with losing all of their staff to disability, PTSD, and unwillingness to take the abuse that is a huge problem, and...
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    best track for LPN and Non-nursing bachelor

    verene replied to ashley beau's topic in General Students

    I doubt there are LPN to MSN programs (though I could be wrong). So your two primary option to getting through MSN would be 1) LPN to ADN/RN and then ADN/RN to MSN program (search online there are...
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    Can New Grad Nurses Work a PRN position?

    verene replied to PoweRNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Well - if the hospital says new grads eligible then clearly new grads can apply. One local hospital accepts new grads into their resource (PRN) positions, but they still go through a residency...
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    New grad nurse needs help giving report

    verene replied to zbar's topic in General Nursing

    Brain Sheet! Also think what is the critical information you would want to know if you were coming on shift and taking over this patient - those are the key items to put into report. It can help to...