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  1. Fired during orientation/7 weeks in

    turtlesRcool replied to beachlover's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In the future, if you really feel like you and your preceptor don't "gel," ask for a different preceptor. This advice was given to me by one of the veteran nurses during my last clinical rotation....

  2. Danbury Hospital Grad Nurses

    turtlesRcool replied to turtlesRcool's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    The interview went extremely well, and I accepted a position. Thanks for

  3. Help! How to address recruiter regarding different position when offered another!

    turtlesRcool replied to ConstantGrowth's topic in General Nursing

    A chat with an ICU manager is all well and good, but you don't turn down a job offer on the basis of a chat, even an awesome chat were s/he says everything you want to hear. If you're turing down a...

  4. Ways to pay for school

    turtlesRcool replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why don't you take the TEAS now? I don't know the policies for the school you want to attend, but the schools here accept your best score no matter how many times you take it, so there's nothing to...

  5. Ways to pay for school

    turtlesRcool replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is probably someone in your community college who can go through your options with you. It might be someone in the counseling office or the bursar's office or somewhere else, but you really...

  6. New Graduate Job Search

    turtlesRcool replied to yoganurse22's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Given your December graduation date, Stamford's grad program might work really well for you. It has grad openings 3 times per year - Feb, May, and August. Usually the application deadline is a month...

  7. UCONN CEIN 2016

    turtlesRcool replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    There are three deadlines (January, June, and August) where they review applications and offer admission. However, there is only one class per year, running from January through December. My...

  8. Older edition books

    turtlesRcool replied to Nikpond's topic in General Students

    I spent hundreds of dollars buying the "correct" books my first semester, and then kicked myself for doing so when classmates did well with older editions and we never even opened some of the books...

  9. Advice Needed: When is it time to pursue something else?

    turtlesRcool replied to amelissa's topic in General Students

    Before becoming a nurse, I was a high school teacher in a very affluent community. The parents were by and large very well-educated and accomplished in their fields of choice, or they wouldn't have...

  10. Been there, done that RN Students: Rent or Buy

    turtlesRcool replied to besrey's topic in General Students

    I'm also a big fan of buying the previous edition of a book. Several times I was able to get the previous edition for a fraction of what it cost to buy, and even less than the cost of a rental. Very...

  11. School issue

    turtlesRcool replied to meagannicole224's topic in General Students

    Because I've been on AN long enough to know that some people will focus on OP's underlying academic issues, my disclaimer here is that I'm going to answer without regard to OP's performance in...

  12. Not enough LPN-RN students to fill a transitions class....

    turtlesRcool replied to AJayG3310's topic in General Students

    Take the seat. For me, it would be too much of a gamble to hope they'll have the class next spring. If there's not, you'll be back in the same place you are now, but with an additional year tacked...

  13. Cost of your RN degree??

    turtlesRcool replied to SML456's topic in General Nursing

    OP, you have to consider more than price. You have to consider value. They are not the same. Spending $45K for a BSN from a respected school could be a good investment. Most hospitals want BSNs,...

  14. Nursing School & Trying to Conceive

    turtlesRcool replied to Bridge08t's topic in General Students

    OP, I'm a second degree student who got pregnant during nursing school. I think you're going to need to figure out how to time it. Nursing school is much less flexible than the "real world." You...

  15. Nursing School & Trying to Conceive

    turtlesRcool replied to Bridge08t's topic in General Students

    An accelerated BSN is entirely possible even for someone with a non-science background. My first degree was a BFA (read - no math or science courses at all). Most ABSN programs care that you have a...

  16. Cost of your RN degree??

    turtlesRcool replied to SML456's topic in General Nursing

    I paid about $26K for my ABSN. That doesn't include the prereqs, mostly at a CC, which were about another $3-4K. For the prereqs, I really didn't have to spend that much - I was taking prereqs for...

  17. Yale New Haven Nurse Residency Program

    turtlesRcool replied to NursingStudentB's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I'm confused. What do you mean by "possibly guaranteed a nurse

  18. GoFundMe Thoughts?

    turtlesRcool replied to singwithme123's topic in General Nursing

    Go Fund Me does take a percentage. It's for the work they do processing. Many people would much rather just click a button than take out their checkbooks and go to the post office. GFM is valuable...

  19. GoFundMe Thoughts?

    turtlesRcool replied to singwithme123's topic in General Nursing

    In the case of GFM accounts, I think market forces come into play. If someone sets up a ridiculous and entitled request, they probably won't get many donations. Setting up a request doesn't mean...

  20. Anyone walked out of the test center feeling like they bombed?

    turtlesRcool replied to JMB612's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Here's the thing to remember: it's a computer adaptive test. If you're doing well, it's giving you crazy-hard questions on things you've probably never heard of. It's designed to take you past the...

  21. ADN vs BSN Battle

    turtlesRcool replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't think education is going to make those CNAs better, nor do I think more pay would help much. If you want to make people care about their jobs, you need better working conditions. Being a CNA,...

  22. Online Pre Requisites

    turtlesRcool replied to Prenurse94's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why do you ask? Are you asking from a time-management perspective, a transferability of credits perspective, or an overall learning perspective? First, are you looking at a fully on-line school or...

  23. Anyone skip pharm and pass NCLEX?

    turtlesRcool replied to nurse1990's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Except that you CAN'T pass that way. You don't seem to understand how the NCLEX works. It's not like a class exam where you just need an overall percentage correct to pass. You have to demonstrate...

  24. Seems like I got the job, but no HR call?

    turtlesRcool replied to JLSabRN's topic in Nursing Career

    When I interviewed, the nursing director discussed start dates and scrub buying with me. However, as I was leaving the interview, she cautioned that HR had to do the official hiring, so to wait to...

  25. ADN vs BSN Battle

    turtlesRcool replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have no doubt that you worked really hard in your program. (Are there RNs who do well in ANY type of nursing program who don't work hard?) However, chances are you didn't learn "all" the same stuff...