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  1. Press Ganey?

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks so far, I guess at least if they start implementing all the recommendations in the next 5 months I'll still be there doing my clinicals. It seems like most hospitals are going in this direction...

  2. "Are you an RN OR LPN ????"

    MB37 replied to notsosupernurse's topic in General Nursing

    One thought, since so many people of the street don't have any idea what our alphabet soup means - tell your patients that you're a registered nurse, or a licensed professional/vocational nurse. Since...

  3. Entitled Generation

    MB37 replied to javajaydon's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be 29 when I graduate in August, and the only shift I won't take is rotating. I've worked nights/evenings my whole life as a bartender, and I learned a long time ago that that's where the better...

  4. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    MB37 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    I got married before I started NS, silly me, so I guess I missed out. The first time I started, one of my instructors said something to me in the coffee line about, "I hope you're not one of those...

  5. C's get degrees

    MB37 replied to mitch8lem's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Cathy - that confused me too. I have a 4.0 nursing school GPA, same in my prereqs, but when I got my first BS I graduated with a 3.67. My cumulative is about a 3.8 right now, and it will obviously...

  6. Took my Florida education up North and...

    MB37 replied to wonderbee's topic in Florida Nursing

    And while I haven't graduated, I'm doing all of my clinicals at a major teaching hospital in FL. It's where I'd also like to work after I graduate (I think) so I expect to be prepared. It might just...

  7. Does anyone else like working night shift besides me?

    MB37 replied to Joyfullme's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still in school, but at 28 NS is the first time in my life I've ever had to be somewhere regularly before 11 am. I've never regularly gone to work before 4pm, and I've worked and enjoyed 11p-7a...

  8. Nervous about telling co-workers

    MB37 replied to RRTNeuroRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks! I figured that even if asked directly in an interview, I would actually be honest, and say something like, "While I believe I will return to school at some point, my current goal is only to...

  9. USF College of Nursing

    MB37 replied to MLH821's topic in Florida Nursing

    We were required to buy Mosby's, although we don't start passing meds for two weeks so I still haven't really used it. For pharm, I just looked stuff up in the pharm book. Only 1/10 in my clinical...

  10. Why did you pick the nursing school you did?

    MB37 replied to Mnstn's topic in General Students

    1. I was only interested in schools that offered ABSN programs, since I already have a BS 2. I wasn't willing to commute over an hour. 3. I wasn't willing to pay private school tuition. The only...

  11. HESI CD score

    MB37 replied to vanurse08's topic in General Students

    One thing to think about - the HESI CD gives you a score based on the percentage of questions you got right, where the HESI exams give you a score that figures in question difficulty and all that....

  12. Nervous about telling co-workers

    MB37 replied to RRTNeuroRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Questions for all of you who are in ICU and either accepted or waiting to be: when you first applied for your ICU jobs, were you asked in the interview anything about CRNA specifically? Or were the...

  13. Hipaa test

    MB37 replied to JentheHen's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Yeah, we had to be HIPAA certified to start clinicals, but we just had to do little modules online and print out the certificate when we'd completed the "course." If they haven't given you any...

  14. Accelerated Bachelors

    MB37 replied to 13905 BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a 15 month program as well, half way through. My program only accelerates in the second half though (except a couple non-core classes that we have to take early where regular students can...

  15. What school will you be attending this spring?

    MB37 replied to BRYTTANI18's topic in Florida Nursing

    Tampa USF ABSN May 07 - this is my 3rd

  16. Pass/Fail vs Actual Grade - How does this affect your GPA? Which is better?

    MB37 replied to GilbertDaddy's topic in General Students

    Getting a letter grade will help if you get an A, and hurt (unless your GPA is less than 3.0) if you get a B. Pass/Fail will not hurt your GPA unless you fail, but it won't help it either. Several of...

  17. Multiple Sclerosis

    MB37 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks for the reply Jules! I actually went to my NP today, and she said that there were no lesions on my MRI. I know that's not conclusive evidence of not having MS, but it's improbable now. We still...

  18. Programs in FL and LA

    MB37 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Who's in/applying to CRNA programs in these two states? How was the process? What are your impressions of the school(s)? I live in Tampa and am considering USF, Barry, and Wolford, as well as LSU in...

  19. Rounding up grades

    MB37 replied to kakalika's topic in General Students

    A B is 3.3? It's always been 3.0 at every school I've attended... My school happens to round, but whether yours does or not should be clearly stated in your syllabi at the beginning of each semester....

  20. Multiple Sclerosis

    MB37 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Are you all still out there? I don't have a dx yet, but my foot has been numb with pins and needles for 2 weeks now, and it's happened to my arm two other times in the last several years. I had the...

  21. Meal and Potty Breaks

    MB37 replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I could never work somewhere that didn't allow me to eat or pee for 12 hours. First of all, I take a diuretic daily for HTN, so I need to pee a little more often than a lot of people. Second of all,...

  22. PCA or Nurse Extern....my search begins.

    MB37 replied to DAMomma's topic in General Students

    In my area, the extern positions are designed specifically for nursing students - sounds like yours is too. While they'll be paying you (and it pays better than CNA/PCT in my area too), you'll have a...

  23. Certified Nurse Anesthesist

    MB37 replied to alexleon13's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you're 18 years old and already know that you want to be a CRNA, I would recommend going to a 4-year university and getting the BSN right off the bat. There's nothing wrong with going the...

  24. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    MB37 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    1. "Diagnoses" is only a 4 syllable word - you don't sound like someone about to get her doctorate when you say, "diagnosuhsees." 2. (different instructor) When you don't have your own stethoscope and...

  25. International experience

    MB37 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    OK, here's the situation: I graduate with my BSN in December of '08. My husband was just asked by his boss if, at that time, we would consider relocating to open an office in Ireland for a year or...