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  1. Accelerated Nursing Programs

    MB37 replied to courtenia's topic in General Students

    In my 15 month program it was four semesters, but we started in May and graduated in August - hence 15 actual months from start to finish. That's 15 mo. including breaks between semesters, holidays,...

  2. So tired of being SO competitive...does this change?

    MB37 replied to polka-dot's topic in General Students

    Once you're in you're in, as long as you maintain the minimum for passage. That means there's no reason to compete with fellow students anymore. My group of friends (that I didn't meet until NS...

  3. AAS vs Bachlors

    MB37 replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Both degrees provide the education necessary to take the NCLEX-RN upon graduation and become a registered nurse. To the lay pubic, an associates (ADN, ASN, AS, AA) is typically thought of as a "two...

  4. Anyone Been Pregnant or IS Pregnant During Nursing School?

    MB37 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    As long as you're prepared for the possibility that you may have to sit out a semester (and are sure that the school will allow this), you should be fine. I didn't do it, we chose to wait to go off BC...

  5. Can someone please tell me exaclty what RN's do?

    MB37 replied to tamarin100's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated nursing school, and haven't started working yet. I also have a previous bachelor's degree, so I went to an accelerated BSN program for second degree students - if you still want to be...

  6. Another drug test thread

    MB37 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, First of all, I don't use any illegal drugs, so even though I have a pre-employment drug test coming up, I wasn't worried about it at all. After reading all the threads recently on drug testing,...

  7. How often are you forced to work nights?

    MB37 replied to yerbluez's topic in General Nursing

    In my area, there are day shift positions available to new grads if you're flexible about what type of floor/unit you'll work on. Jobs are advertised as either "day" or "night" only, so you know going...

  8. Another drug test thread

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in General Nursing

    I know you can test blood or breath, I wasn't sure if there was a metabolite in the urine. I certainly wasn't planning on drinking before my appt, I'm not that nervous about it! I knew an RN who...

  9. Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    MB37 replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    Meadow - thank you so much for posting your experience, and I really hope it works out for you. I'm newer than you are, and while I haven't done it, I never would have thought the legal definition of...

  10. husbands that won't help

    MB37 replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would say that blatantly refusing to help w/kids or around the house - AFTER discussion/counseling - is a sign of a serious lack of respect for your spouse. My husband isn't great at volunteering to...

  11. Thank you notes to patients?

    MB37 replied to darkblue's topic in General Nursing

    If you get one of these after a stay (or a family member's), comment in the PG survey about how condescending and meaningless you thought it was! That's like thinking the postcard the car dealership...

  12. INSULIN NCLEX question

    MB37 replied to Delta18's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I noticed was that the peaks and onsets of insulin seemed to vary (like lab values and so many other things in nursing) depending on where I read it. The Pharm book may have said regular...

  13. Timeline when you graduated

    MB37 replied to almostthereindc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated August 9. I'd already applied for several jobs, but no one was really doing interviews until August for their fall new grad classes. I interviewed August 11 for my first choice job, and...

  14. Wanting to go to school for RN

    MB37 replied to thequestionguy007's topic in General Students

    I had my titers drawn/vax updated at the student health center for maybe $150 total - not cheap, but I only had a few days to get it done and couldn't get into my regular doc. You can get many things...

  15. What makes NS so hard?

    MB37 replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    That's one reason second degree students tend to do better academically than traditional nursing students - we've taken more higher level college classes in the past, completed a major (usually...

  16. Stool sample for Micro class?????

    MB37 replied to RXtech's topic in General Students

    We had to bring things in from home, but not stool specimens! One week we were all supposed to bring something we thought might be dirty to culture - I think I brought a piece of raw vegetable from...

  17. RN-MSN over RN->BSN->MSN, and MSN focus

    MB37 replied to mombabyrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you want to stay in OB? My instructor for that class in NS was an ARNP with a specialty in women's health - that means she does exams and all that, both for pregnant and non-pregnant women, but...

  18. trouble converting to ns study

    MB37 replied to michigansstudent's topic in General Students

    Do questions. Saunders is a good resource - and so are Mosby, and Davis, and Lippincott, and Hogan. I have them all. I've graduated, and I made straight As through NS. I read the text about 90% of the...

  19. Accelerated RN/BSN(USF/SPC/PHCC?)

    MB37 replied to Jess84's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hey - check your PMs, I'll send you

  20. How do you study?

    MB37 replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Students

    I used flashcards religiously for A&P and Micro - they're great for classes where memorization is important. I also made them in pharm for the same reason. I even pulled my pharm flashcards back...

  21. HESI exit help

    MB37 replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Students

    I passed on my first try, but I do think my school does a good job of preparing people for HESIs - we had three fail the first try, only one the second from my class. I have been doing thousands of...

  22. 13-hour clinicals too long?

    MB37 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Students

    We did shorter days for psych too - even the staff on the psych unit works 8s. We didn't pass meds and didn't really do any interventions/treatments, it was all practicing therapeutic communication...

  23. 13-hour clinicals too long?

    MB37 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Students

    What semester are you in? We had 6 hour clinicals in Fundamentals, which was long enough since we weren't allowed to pass meds or do much else until the next semester. We went to 12 hour clinicals by...

  24. Cardia step down unit interview

    MB37 replied to ChiTania's topic in General Nursing

    I was recenly hired into critical care as a new grad, and I didn't get asked any knowledge-type questions. It was all "where do you see yourself in 5 years?" and the like. I had two phone interviews...

  25. Best Holiday Gift Given by Your Hospital

    MB37 replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    True - I haven't worked as a nurse yet (new grad), but I've had many other jobs. I've never gotten a "gift" from my employer. What I have gotten is a yearly cash bonus around Christmas time. I've only...