NICUismylife

NICUismylife ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    NICUismylife replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    In my area, psych RNs are paid more (due to high demand and low supply) and CRNAs are paid more. Other than that, it comes down to years of experience, union hospitals, certifications, shift...

  2. NCLEX-RN California Wait Times

    NICUismylife replied to scavenee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That would be great! Fingers

  3. HELP! TOOK NCLEX-RN 9 times!!!!! Keep failing!

    NICUismylife replied to dxt038's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This is not true in all

  4. NCLEX-RN California Wait Times

    NICUismylife replied to scavenee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also graduated in Dec. I submitted my application on 11/26 (for some reason they told us we couldn't apply more that 2 weeks prior to graduation) My school is supposedly submitting my transcript...

  5. Do new grads learn complete physical assessment in todays world???

    NICUismylife replied to Gods_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad. I was taught to do full assessments. I do a full assessment every day on every patient, even if I already had the patient before, but my ratio has never been higher than 2:1. I have...

  6. Getting Discouraged

    NICUismylife replied to Jen51685's topic in General Nursing

    You do not have a BSN. BSN = Bachelor of Science in Nursing. You may have a previous bachelors degree, sounds like most likely in Accounting or business. As far as what to do, only you can decide what...

  7. Nursing schools that don't require HS foreign language?

    NICUismylife replied to Soooonnurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Same in CA. Only needed for

  8. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    NICUismylife replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    "for all intensive purposes..." OMG! I want to claw my eyes out whenever I see it. It's "for all intents and purposes,"

  9. NCLEX help - delegation and UWORLD

    NICUismylife replied to Cecegirl1030's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    All the CNAs in the hospitals I've been in measure vitals and input that info into the computer charting software. It is within their scope of practice as long as THEY are the ones who measured...

  10. Ruined my chances of a BSN? Have to be an ADN forever??

    NICUismylife replied to sunnyfish's topic in General Students

    I did look into the reputation of my school. I had the option of the community college or the university. Both have nursing programs with good reputations. Surprisingly, the community college has the...

  11. LPNs in regards to L&D

    NICUismylife replied to ashleyv10613's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    CA--no LPNs in L&D (they're actually called LVNs here). In fact, due to state mandated RN-to-patient ratios, LVNs aren't normally hired in acute care at all. They usually only work places like...

  12. Nclex results on hold Brain dumping

    NICUismylife replied to vtii's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Results in CA can take up to 4 weeks. According to the website, they are currently processing those who tested Dec. 1-15. You can check for updates here: Processing Times CA is notoriously

  13. Do profs usually go over parts of A&P that are relavent to the topic they are teaching?

    NICUismylife replied to annieelu's topic in General Students

    No. My nursing instructors did not have time to review A&P. We were advised to review it on our own as needed. I strongly suggest you review frequently in order to retain that info. It will never...

  14. Does your community college offer pediatrics as a clinical?

    NICUismylife replied to pnpvirginia's topic in General Students

    Yes, we had a semester of peds, with about 120 hours of clinical, including 2-days in either PICU or NICU. We also had OB/maternal-newborn, with approx 90 hours of clinical including L&D,...

  15. Ruined my chances of a BSN? Have to be an ADN forever??

    NICUismylife replied to sunnyfish's topic in General Students

    It may be an issue for getting into an ADN program (although since you're in CA, I'm guessing ADN will be a lottery system rather than a point system, so it may be a non-issue). The RN-BSN program...

  16. Ruined my chances of a BSN? Have to be an ADN forever??

    NICUismylife replied to sunnyfish's topic in General Students

    Once you get your ADN, you should be able to do an online RN-BSN bridge without any

  17. Only charting?

    NICUismylife replied to Niquolea26's topic in General Students

    That's because you can't see the nurse's brain working. A nurse is constantly assessing, analyzing, evaluating, and using their knowledge base non-stop. It's anticipating and preventing complications,...

  18. Please Help: Weight Gain in Nursing School

    NICUismylife replied to Allison007's topic in General Students

    If you make it a priority, working out and eating healthy is possible. It was a.priority for me.prior to nursing school and I even continued for the first semester, but after that I was so mentally,...

  19. As a new grad, or nurse in general, are jobs abundant, or scarce where you live?

    NICUismylife replied to bear94's topic in General Nursing

    New grads from my adn program, with a few exceptions, went into their specialty of choice in acute care with no problem. I think maybe 6 out of 55 went to med surg/tele and that's because they wanted...

  20. 2017 Nurse Salary

    NICUismylife replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    Central CA New grad ADN NICU Approx $74k year + free benefits for self and dependents Unionized

  21. Working and going to nursing school

    NICUismylife replied to Jlarrazabal's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would find a roommate & live as frugally as possible, work at the part time job that you got for as long as you can, and take out student loans to make up the difference. You are already...

  22. Uworld during nursing school

    NICUismylife replied to futurenurse.jc's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I found it beneficial to subscribe during the last few weeks of my last semester. It seems like a lot of money to spend to use all through school, especially since you won't have learned the core...

  23. Private vs Community College for LPN?

    NICUismylife replied to lizzieh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Risk the lottery system! $51k is way too much to pay for an LPN or even an

  24. I'm young and nervous about going into the nursing profession

    NICUismylife replied to Dlansey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have not seen a single post on this thread that implied that being a CNA is the equivalent of being an RN. However, being a CNA can give someone an idea of whether or not nursing is a good fit for...

  25. Difference between LPN/RN?

    NICUismylife replied to lizzieh's topic in General Students

    One can be an RN (registered nurse) with an ADN or BSN. An LPN (licensed practical nurse) is a 12-month course (YMMV) that is not awarded a degree. Usually there are fewer, if any pre-reqs. An LPN...