HarryTheCat

HarryTheCat MSN, RN

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  1. Recommendation letter

    HarryTheCat replied to Katrina84's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most graduate programs will accept letters of recommendation from current/former managers, MDs, NPs and sometimes even RN co-workers. Just find three reasonably authoritative people who will tell them...

  2. what happens if IT issue intervenes in online schooling?

    HarryTheCat replied to Back2SchoolRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    We had similar issues with U-Verse as well, and had to switch back to cable internet. It seems that if you are more than a mile from some sort of "hub" you won't have reliable service or anything...

  3. BSN Only? Give me a break!!

    HarryTheCat replied to michaelvgrigsby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Nursing is actually a bit behind the curve of other professions requiring more education to practice. Like it or not, "fair" or not, the profession of nursing is moving toward a day when an RN will...

  4. Should I put bar experience on my resume?

    HarryTheCat replied to dee789's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Think of your resume as a "sales brochure" for a great product -- you! Employers like to see a reverse chronological resume that accounts for all of your significant chunks of time since college. They...

  5. Did you attend your RN-BSN graduation?

    HarryTheCat replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I think the BSN pinning ceremony and the MSN hooding ceremony are far more meaningful than the actual commencement. Having someone you've never even seen before hand you a rolled up piece of blank...

  6. Any benefits with joining Phi Theta Kappa?

    HarryTheCat replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

    With the possible exception of Sigma Theta Tau, I don't think Greek letters mean a whole lot in the nursing world. I'm also not sure what weight a "reference letter" from PTK would carry. If you're...

  7. A must see to all nurses and nurses to be!

    HarryTheCat replied to Stella_Blue's topic in Nurses Rock

    Thanks for the recommendation. I think I'll go fire up

  8. What is the most affordable and "easy" way to rn-BSN?

    HarryTheCat replied to rncher's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Ask yourself this question, and answer it honestly: If you were a nurse manager, would you want to hire the person who got his/her BSN the "easy"

  9. MSN in Education or DNP

    HarryTheCat replied to jujubeee's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There are a number of schools that offer an MSN Nursing Education track online. With many of them you have to attend a few "on campus" sessions throughout the program. Depending on where you live...

  10. Angel of Care

    HarryTheCat replied to Nurse0707's topic in Texas Nursing

    Is this the company you're asking about? FBI investigating Angels of Care businesses in Sherman & Howe - KTEN.com - No One Gets You

  11. I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    HarryTheCat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Guys -- you must always follow the Golden Rule of Workplace Relationships: "Thou shalt not put thy rod in thy

  12. Finding Preceptors?

    HarryTheCat replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The mistake that most people make is that they think they can just make a bunch of phone calls and something will turn up. My wife was faced with the same problem. After making a dozen or so very...

  13. Is the VA a good place to work?

    HarryTheCat replied to Morainey's topic in Government, Military

    You will often hear, "If you've seen one VA hospital, you've seen ONE VA hospital", and the environment and the quality of the people you would be working with can even vary widely from floor to floor...

  14. Employment physical

    HarryTheCat replied to Babushka2's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Those "firewalls" are in place not only to protect your privacy, but also to protect the employer from a potential charge of discrimination. The provider performing the physical (typically an outside...

  15. Reasonable RN Pay in Pediatrician's Office

    HarryTheCat replied to irish_rn's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Wow!...I'll bet the guy who mows that physician's lawn gets more than $16 an hour. Even an offer of $20/hour would give you a pay cut of about $14,000 a year below what you're currently earning....

  16. Should male nurses put the toilet seat down?

    HarryTheCat replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmmm...probably not too many female combat vets here, but my DW is one. Her biggest complaint about her year in Iraq during the initial invasion? It wasn't the bad chow or the rocket/mortar attacks....

  17. personality test for job interview

    HarryTheCat replied to BrendaH84's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    These "personality tests" are really testing your integrity and honesty, not your personality. On most of these tests there is what they refer to as an "L-scale", which is basically an index of how...

  18. Breckinridge school of nursing in st. louis

    HarryTheCat replied to purpleangel28's topic in School, College Programs

    I can't give you any specific information about this particular school, but with any school there are a few things that you need to consider before you either plunk down a wad of cash or sign your...

  19. I'm transferring with less than a year until I graduate.... Am I crazy?!

    HarryTheCat replied to eyesopen_mouthshut's topic in General Students

    Hmmm...if the hospitals in the area won't allow students from your ASN school to do clinicals there, they might also have a problem hiring someone who got their degree there, even with an RN-BSN...

  20. Cheating? Girl tells me to get a study girl so I can cheat

    HarryTheCat replied to stunurse2015's topic in General Students

    Just tell that person, straight up, that you don't participate in or condone any form of academic dishonesty. Period. End of discussion. Of all the countless ways there are to cheat, your professors...

  21. RN-BSN to DNP

    HarryTheCat replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm assuming that you have finished your pre-reqs, and are about to start the last two years of your BSN program, so you'll have that and your license before you start looking at grad school. One...

  22. NEWS: The College Network Class Action Lawsuit Filed

    HarryTheCat replied to monkeyhq's topic in Excelsior College

    Thanks for posting this link. I remember the flap in Indiana over Gary Eyler's truck driving school back in the late 80s, and every time I would read something about TCN it always somehow reminded me...

  23. Do you really need a laptop for nursing school?

    HarryTheCat replied to xiomara17's topic in General Students

    A lot of your decision is going to depend on just what kind of program you're in. In an LPN program you may not have too much need for one but if you're going into a BSN or graduate program you will...

  24. Application/resume keywords

    HarryTheCat replied to Gottawanna's topic in Government, Military

    OK...here's "one weird trick" for getting your MS Word (.doc or .docx) resume more attention when you submit it on line. Put your "keywords" at the bottom of your resume, using the smallest possible...

  25. nursing & tattoos

    HarryTheCat replied to SN2014's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I don't care if someone wants to get all tatted up or not. It's your body, do with it whatever you wish. There is a potential down side to it though. You might want to think about the...