verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Accelerated Nursing Programs

    verene replied to Sportschic3399's topic in General Students

    I have not graduated yet, but I'll answer as a current ABSN student. Tips for application: Research your programs! Know what schools you want to apply to. Know their deadlines. Know their specific...
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    Hate my new CNA job but I want to be a nurse... please help!

    verene replied to all23nurses's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As a new CNA in assisted living I got about 5 days of very spotty training and then was on my own. It felt like trial by fire. Each shift felt so difficult and half the time I had no idea what I was...
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    Studying Learning vs A's and Not Learning Fighting Battle

    verene replied to injured1's topic in General Students

    In my experience I've found that focusing on learning and retention of knowledge usually yields a higher GPA in the end anyway - because in order to learn and retain I've have to know the information...
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    How does your school work?

    verene replied to jujubeeaddict1's topic in General Students

    My school works on the quarter system, each incoming class is its own cohort, and moves through specific requirements each quarter as a group. So while each quarter is done as a full quarter with a...
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    Free Tuition w/ Work Commitment

    verene replied to Kristin13's topic in School, College Programs

    Look very closely into the fine print for such an agreement. I know University of Washington offered (at least they did a few years ago) "free" tuition for full-time employees of the medical center...
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    Which one is better to take on summer? A&P or Micro?

    verene replied to Farrah 34's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If OP's school is like the one I went to for pre-reqs, it isn't so much that A&P1 specifically is required for Micro, but that Micro requires 2 "biology" based courses as pre-reqs. For most...
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    Patient to aide ratio?

    verene replied to coneal783's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I worked assisted living it was 1 CNA for 13-14 residents. In acute care my unit was typically staffed 1 CNA to 3-4 patients, but I think we had one of the highest staffing ratios in the...
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    Which one is better to take on summer? A&P or Micro?

    verene replied to Farrah 34's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it depends on how your school system is set up. I was on a quarter system so summer quarter was 8 weeks instead of 10 weeks for the other quarters. A&P was pretty intense (though...
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    Gait Belt in the Shower?

    verene replied to newnurse703's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've never seen or heard of using a gait belt in the shower. Is the patient steady enough to stand with a grab bar? Would a second person assisting allow for pericare? Could pericare be completed as a...
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    Annoying words/behaviours during report

    verene replied to NewRN'16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Saying "Patient Y had a BM for me" is shorter and more colloquial speech than saying "During my shift patient Y passed a BM." It's lazy language, but I don't think it is worth making a big deal over....
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    Can I major in Health and Human Performances, minor in Biology (Please read Descr.?

    verene replied to nurse2bglo.'s topic in General Students

    Why not just apply directly for nursing as a major? There is no real advantage to majoring in Health and Human performance, unless you are unsure about nursing and are leaving a door open to go on to...
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    How Expensive Is Nursing School?

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

    It depends on where you go. The options I looked at ranged from 11K (ADN at community college) to 130K (private university direct-entry MSN). I'm attending an out-of-state public university for an...
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    Accelerated BSN alumni advice

    verene replied to Free_bird_J89's topic in General Students

    Haven't graduated yet, but time management, ability to manage priorities, and self-care are probably the most important factors for
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    Tattoos

    verene replied to nicolereynen's topic in General Nursing

    Really depends on the part of the country and the facility specific policies. I've lived primarily in larger cities on the West Coast and tattoos are not a big deal even in highly professional...
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    Superstitious

    verene replied to fcp4life's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. We had "room 13" on my unit as well as room numbers that ended in 13 on other units (e.g. 1113). It was never an issue to my knowledge. Now, some staff did get a little weird about room 9...
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    CNA pushback

    verene replied to GuineaPigs's topic in General Nursing

    Where I've worked CNAs can NOT draw labs. Were you getting push back because you asked the CNAs to do something they are not allowed to do? Or am I misreading this and you were running around like...
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    Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    verene replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    Why do you think your daughters would come out of nursing school and be able to make a 100K a year when you as an experienced nurse only clear that amount with copious overtime? The only RNs I've...
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    It's really hard for me to do blood pressure

    verene replied to india.thomas1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just keep practicing. There are also some very good youtube videos for the different sounds if you are having trouble distinguishing what you should be hearing. While you are still learning and...
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    How hard is stats compared to A&P?

    verene replied to weiny4089's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I struggled more in stats than in A&P but math has never come easy to me. I took A&P in person and it was a big time commitment I would say that I spent far less time on my hybrid stats class....
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    Is nursing school a possibility?

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

    In order to stay under the $15,000/year limit and BSN for ROTC your best bet is going to be public 4-year state institutions in your home state. Do any of them offer both ROTC and a nursing program?...
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    Is not answering the phone for work bad?

    verene replied to CedarGirl10's topic in General Nursing

    Your time is your own. You don't have to feel guilty for not picking up shifts beyond your assigned schedual. You don't have to answer the phone, but I've found answering with a "Thanks for calling,...
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    How many times were you rejected before getting into nursing program?

    verene replied to gp14's topic in General Students

    I applied to 5 programs and was rejected by 1, wait listed for 2, conditional acceptance by one, and full acceptance by one. I applied to a mix of ADN, BSN, ABSN, and DEMSN. So even though I was...
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    College

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

    Definately go directly for nursing if you can. No sense in getting a biology degree - it will just as more time and expense to the journey. I second other suggestions that if finances are a serious...
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    Help :(

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

    You need to identify the minimum requirements necessary for the specific nursing programs in which you plan on applying for. Different schools have different requirements. Some require micro before...
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    International Nursing

    verene replied to brin11299's topic in United Kingdom

    Unfortunately with nursing, you typically need to get the education in the country you plan on practicing in as education requirements can vary greatly from country to country. Frequently it is also...