littlemznurse

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1. CNA before nursing

   littlemznurse replied to amandaamanda's topic in General Nursing

   I don't necessarily think that it should be a requirement, but I think it's a really good idea. I was a CNA before I was a nurse and that helped me a lot in nursing school.

2. BSN programs are harder than ADN

   littlemznurse replied to ExpBrittany's topic in General Students

   I graduated from an associate program and it was very challenging and has the reputation of being much harder than surrounding BSN programs. I am currently pursuing my BSN and think the work is no where near the difficulty of nursing school. I just d...

3. Walkie Talkie

   littlemznurse replied to ArrrrEnnn's topic in Relations

   I can't say I've ever found it offensive and I've heard it too many times to count in report.

4. Refusal of AM Care re: Schizophrenia

   littlemznurse replied to kwood1995's topic in Psychiatric

   It's really important with these patients to establish trust and a good rapport. I had a patient like this and first time I went into her room cussed me up and down and told me that everyone at the hospital hated her and wanted her dead. I pulled up ...

5. hate CNA = hate nursing?

   littlemznurse replied to pre-unsure's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm pretty sure that no loves changing briefs and giving baths, but it comes with the territory. I started out as a cna and I liked that job for the most part. It doesn't necessarily mean that you won't like nursing, but depending on where you work y...

6. Kaplan Diagnostic/Readiness

   littlemznurse replied to JENURSE03_RN's topic in NCLEX

   I'm not sure, but I made a 60 something and it said I had a 98% chance of passing on the first try and I did pass on the first try...so you're guess is as good as mine

7. Help with passing first simulation please!!!

   littlemznurse replied to AFMedic112's topic in Student Assist

   Simulations always made me so nervous! My best advice is just to study the skills as much as possible before hand and run through them over and over again. One thing that helped me was studying with my classmates and having one classmate pretend to b...

8. Job offer, background check/drug screen done..then "crickets"

   littlemznurse replied to Lucky724's topic in Job Hunt

   This same exact situation happened to my good friend. They waited a little over a month before contacting her again! If it were me I would contact HR or the nurse manager or whoever offered you the job.

9. Male nursing dress code?

   littlemznurse replied to Wutermelon's topic in Pre-Nursing

   You will need to check your school or hospital dress code and when in doubt check with your supervisor. To me it wouldn't be a problem, but I do know of at least two schools in my area that want the make students to have very short hair.

10. Would an online A&P course affect admission?

    littlemznurse replied to uganurse19's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I would definitely check with the schools. I took online micro and have had no issues, but I'm in a different state. I would also suggest not taking micro and A&P at the same time because they are both very hard courses.

11. Days vs. Nights & Nursing school

    littlemznurse replied to God'sLittleNurse2b's topic in CNA/MA

    When I was in nursing school I worked both day and night shift and I found that day shift worked much better for me. However, I didn't do online school and I have no husband or children. I found that being on nights I was more tired and I studied les...

12. already feeling overwhelmed and it hasnt started yet D:

    littlemznurse replied to AshleyWhite's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I'm not sure what state you are in, but I'm in TN and I was able to receieve help from the WIA through the local career center and they paid for basicallly everything, books, tuition, scrubs, etc. And you don't have to pay it back or anything. Just t...

13. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    littlemznurse replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

    When I was in nursing school I had a couple name their baby boy Cash Money and then the family's last name.

14. Q TRAINERS..

    littlemznurse replied to jlynn167's topic in NCLEX

    I recently took and passed the NCLEX using Kaplan and I had similair scores to the ones posted. I also thought about rescheduling, but then decided to go ahead with the test and I couldn't be more happy that I did! Just keep doing practice questions ...

15. Is it okay to just use one or 2 studying sources??

    littlemznurse replied to blondie1887's topic in NCLEX

    I just used Kaplan and I passed the NCLEX recently. I felt like the qbank and qtrainers really helped prepare me for the test