DinkysKitty

Thanks for the help! :)

i read the damn student hand guide and it said students must have attended atleast 7 semesters of highschool and have a 3.0 gpa. and now im reading in the application they sent that there is a place to markf for GED.. im confused.... i think ill end up making a appointment and visiting and talking to ppl.

i requested some material from them, and i was going through it today and decided that, i would like to go there.. and the sad thing is, i cant. i didnt graduate high school, but i am getting my GED this august.. im feel like crap. anyone know for sure if they wont take applicants with a GED? i noticed that they focus mor eon the prequiste college courses then high school. i was hoping they would make the college one the more implrtant.

..I'm really hoping that they just think that this happens at actual hospital settings... And didn't bother to do any research before writting the show. I don't think that every single doctor thinks that a nurse is lower than them ( I hope not)

That's how these nurses appeared to me. The nurses couldnt give us any sort of medication, not even tylenol. I'm trying to remember what they were, this has been about 3 years now. I think that theor tags said behavior specialist. I know that there was one nurse hat did the medications and if we needed any medical attention she would do it. This was on the pediatric floor of psyc. I didn't mean to offend anyone with my comments, I have no idea what their actual role was. One of them even stated that they were like a baby sitter..

One area that always interested me was psych.. You'd think after my visit I would want nothing to do with it. I have depression, I used to cut myself and I was suicidal for a long time, I even attempted it a few times. I don't try to hide these things. I am very open about them. When you are a a cutter, your treated like your not a patient. your not seen by anyone in the ER your kept in a small white room until a pych consult comes down to see you. The wounds our left untreated, as long as you dont need stitches. ..From experience, the nurses have no idea what to do with you. They just treat it as a suicide attempt, even though there are no cuts or scarring on teh wrists. i want to help people maybe some young girl like me who had the abusive controling boy friend and just lost it one day and cut her body up. First time I was admitted, I was so afraid and alone.. All I needed was someone to hug me. My parents admited to me, lied to me... And left me. The nurses told me to be quiet and sleep. I'm worried that I will do the same thing that I did with my last job. That I wont be able to get the good enough grades, or I won't be able to deal with the pain.. Or I won't be good at it... I'm afriad to fail. I just want to help people, so they don't feel alone like I did... I never was too good at school, I never applied myself. My attention span is horrible.. And my sense of humour is weird and "inappropriate".. I keep thinking that this would be easier than retail. ..and im rambling...

I was considering working in the ER..But.. I don't feel like dealing with people how are violent, knowing me I would probably just beat the crap out of em. Which is probably bad, but you know some off these people deserve it!! ...ooo...taser....yay!! (I have this incrediably weird since of humour....)

..This probably wouldn't look good on a resume, but I spent time in a psych ward. (depression, and "suicidal ideations".. I was a cutter basicly". The nurses that I seen where there to document behavior, have conversations with us, they would do some activites. Another nurse would give us medication. I'm not sure is she was a RN, but she was the only one who could administer any form of mediacine to us. Groups were lead by a therapist. And the psych nurses sat outside. My impression is that they were babysitters.. (I don't mean to offend anyone, this is just at the hosptial I was at)

..I was thinking of getting tattos, and piercings. I also have black finger nail polish. ..I'm guessing it wouldn't be a good idea to show up for work like I'm going to a Ozzy concert....

I dislike Grey's anatomy. I watched it once and thought it was pretty stupid, I didn't catch the episode where they talk down about being a nurse. I think the characters are annoying. ..I prefer ER, the nurses arent portrayed as being stupid because their career choice didnt involving 4 plus years of schooling. It annoys me when your viewed as being dumber than a MD, when I think nurses do more work than a actual MD, they spend more time with the patient, the doctor spends maybe 10 minutes with you. I would like to see it cancelled, but I believe its getting rave reviews (i think, not to sure..Hate the show so I don't pay much attention to anything having to do with it) Also, Scrubs was much better than Grey's.

I know that if you don't like what your doing, that makes the job more the worse. I hated retail. I was miserable. I've wanted to be a nurse for a long time. Since i was a sophmore in high school. This was my first job, before this I had no idea that even retail would be so tough. Part of my problem was that I just sat around at home and vegged since I had no school. My back was becoming inflammed because it wasn't used to all the activity of standing. I just want to know first what I'll be getting myself into besides being completly blind sided by the retail experience. I know that some patients will be horrible or difficult and some will be a delight to deal with. I'm not sure what floor I want to work in, but I think I may try pediatrics. ..Or even be a floater and be on different units when they need someone.

I recently had a job with retail, and i hated it. I had to be on my feet for 9 hours and more, I only got 30 minute lunch break each day and I could barely use the restroom. My feet felt like I was walking on razorblades, I got home from work and I could not walk. My back began to bother me to the point were I was taking 4 advil a day. I was a cashier, the only one in the store. We had only 2 other people in the store, one to be at photo, one to be in cosmetic, and a manager. I had to deal with difficult people, and managment. Before I began classes for nursing, is it as horrible as retail?