seaofclouds21

seaofclouds21 BSN, RN

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    Working and school full time??

    seaofclouds21 replied to Tvel97's topic in General Students

    I worked full time while going to school full time when I was in nursing school (and am doing the same now while in NP school). There are a few things that come into play with doing this. First, the...
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    work/school combo

    seaofclouds21 replied to leprn56's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think this is a decision that only you can really make. I am currently working FT and going to school FT. I have to work FT to help support my family. I chose to go to school FT because I want to...
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    Does this make sense?

    seaofclouds21 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    We had our children in part time for this reason previously. I made an arrangement with another nurse on my unit that I would work all of her weekends (we were required every other weekend). This way,...
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    What are the "rules" about being PRN?

    seaofclouds21 replied to itsdebraanne's topic in General Nursing

    Like everyone else has said, it will depend on your facility. When you signed on for the prn position, they should have told you what their requirement was. My work requires a specific number of...
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    Just accepted a new job... then my dream job called...

    seaofclouds21 replied to ER28's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you are just in the paperwork part of the new job, you are really new, so definitely go to the interview and see what they say. Have you signed anything at the new job yet (offer letter)? I...
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    What is your study technique?

    seaofclouds21 replied to NRRN,IWP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do you know how you learn best? If so, find ways to optimize on that. If you don't know yet, try to figure that out. Some people learn best by listening. A good technique for those people is to record...
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    Your first experience with a dead person

    seaofclouds21 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My first death was during nursing school. We were doing a rotation in the ER and an ESRD patient came in that had missed her HD the day before. Another student and I were at the nurses station with...
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    Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

    seaofclouds21 replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    That was what caused the frustration with our night shift nurses and why they came up with the idea that the nurses working the holiday would work both the eve and night of. Then they get both the eve...
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    Who is eyeing the job boards, frustrated with your job?

    seaofclouds21 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We just had a new hospital open within 10 miles of ours. We have lost a few employees already to that hospital. While I'm not looking to move right now, I have been watching the NP listings to have an...
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    successful becoming a RN as a young single mom?

    seaofclouds21 replied to ladyruth18's topic in General Nursing

    I also completed nursing school as a single mom. I was also working full time and had a great family support system. It was very time consuming and my social life was practically nonexistent, but it...
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    Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

    seaofclouds21 replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    My employer pays holiday pay for 6 holidays a year and FT staff works every other holiday. The pay is from midnight to midnight. We had night shift employees that were unhappy about the arrangement,...
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    what is a typical patient load like

    seaofclouds21 replied to readytobeanurse's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I've been working at a LTACH for 3 years now. On day shift, our nurses average 4 patients, but can go up to 5 depending on the acuity. They also go down to fewer patient's if there is a high acuity....
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    Need Advice

    seaofclouds21 replied to jps1987's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I agree that it depends on what you want to do as a NP. It also depends on the requirements for the programs you are interested in. What kind of NP do you want to become? Have you looked at programs...
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    Where have you applied? Gotten your acceptance/rejection letter yet?

    seaofclouds21 replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    ArmyRNkuz, I applied for PSU's AGACNP program for the fall earlier this year. If they do the notifications the same as they did then, you'll receive something in the mail. That being said, I actually...
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    rn experience before ACNP

    seaofclouds21 replied to lmarti10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You may also want to look at the programs you are interested in. The program I am in requires 2 years of critical care