brit.pz

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1. Does it ever get better? (Job hopping)

   brit.pz replied to brit.pz's topic in Professionalism

   Thank you to all that have replied. I met with my previous unit manager today who offered me a position back on PCU. I submitted my resignation this afternoon to the detox facility. The straw that broke the camels back occurred during my last shift. ...

2. Does it ever get better? (Job hopping)

   brit.pz posted a topic in Professionalism

   I am feeling so lost, frustrated and unsure of what to do in this situation. I am a relatively new nurse - I will reach my one year in August. For the first 8 months after graduating nursing school I worked for a Progressive Care Unit. It was busy ...

3. New to this

   brit.pz posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I attended a job fair last week, specifically for soon-to-be RN graduates. During this job fair we were interviewing with hiring managers from different hospitals/units within this particular health system and in some instances were given our second ...

4. Preceptorship in PACU

   brit.pz posted a topic in PACU

   Hello, everyone! I have just started my final semester of nursing school and along with our regular classes we are also required to complete our precepting hours during this time. I found out today that I will be in the PACU. I am pretty nervous beca...

5. Pregnant in nursing school

   brit.pz replied to bridgegeisler's topic in General Students

   Could you speak with someone from the nursing program to see what their policy is regarding absences and missed clinicals (or labs)? In my ADN program we had several girls who were pregnant during first semester. We also start out doing clinicals rig...

6. Any advice - Neuro ICU Clinical

   brit.pz posted a topic in Neuro

   Hello everyone! This upcoming fall semester I will be doing my clinical rotation in the Neuro ICU at a local hospital. I'm pretty nervous about this because my only experiences so far in clinical has been on Med-Surg floors. I have no idea what to ex...

7. I can't wait to be a nurse!!!!

   brit.pz replied to jarae's topic in General Students

   I'll be done in May 2016. I am so excited but so nervous at the same time!

8. Does anyone think nursing school gives too many chances?

   brit.pz replied to JJ1994's topic in General Students

   Personally, I feel that this is something that's not worth getting upset over. Just be thankful you are not the person having to take the exam or class over and over again. Even for the student that keeps withdrawing each semester - why does that ma...

9. Passing cut offs

   brit.pz replied to vonricter222's topic in General Students

   This is how my program is ran. They call it "test mastery". We must average at least a 77% or higher to pass any course. After that the rest of our assignments are factored in to out total grade. My program has fantastic NCLEX passing rates. The grad...

10. If you decided to be a RN, think again..

    brit.pz replied to kate_ibl's topic in General Students

    You paid $500 to take the TEAS V? That is INSANE. I paid $50 at most to take it two years ago. Maybe your school ripped you off? And for the record I felt the TEAS was incredibly easy. *shrug*

11. Words of encouragement? ?

    brit.pz replied to savvyhutch's topic in General Students

    My advice would be to mainly work on getting your GPA up. You really need to be above the minimum requirements to get into a nursing program - I would look into the requirements for the school(s) you are planning to apply to and go from there. Are yo...

12. Almost done with 3rd Semester, I see the light

    brit.pz replied to Dohardthings's topic in General Students

    Way to go! You're almost done!!

13. Doing Clinicals

    brit.pz replied to eugenekim213's topic in Student Assist

    Agreed with what everyone else said. It all depends on the school. In my school we are given our options (hospital location, days, and times) and we chose which clinical we want during our registration. If the spot is taken you go somewhere else.

14. ATI Schools

    brit.pz replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    Our school uses ATI for homework and final exams - well for some classes. We also use HESI for homework but not exams. I actually like the HESI case studies way more than ATI. I'm not sure if this is what you're asking but for our Fundementals/Nursi...

15. Stethoscope Bling?

    brit.pz replied to chorses4evr's topic in General Students

    I'm going to say they won't allow it. In the beginning of last semester I bought a few of these: CharMED — Home and got chewed out in lab (didn't even take them to clinical) for having them on my stethoscope. The reasoning that was they couldn't be...