enigmatism replied to sling4's topic in Psychiatric
I work in Minnesota in an acute psych inpatient unit, and from what I have heard from nurses in other states, we are pretty spoiled here. Most of the time only have 3 patients (or 1 if the patient is acute enough to require 1:1 or 2:1 nursing care). ...
enigmatism replied to Infofreak411's topic in Psychiatric
It largely depends on facility. I work at an academic medical center with an acute inpatient psych unit. Our techs are CNA/PCA/PCT, so its a pretty short schooling requirement. The techs on my unit get vitals, record food intake/distribute meal trays...
enigmatism replied to vkyereme's topic in Minnesota
Generally speaking, the SE part of town, but there are nice areas down there as well - its not all bad. The elton hills area is nice, as is most of the NE/NW part of town. The SW can be pricey as its so close to everything. I am sure you will be fin...
enigmatism replied to vkyereme's topic in Minnesota
I have enjoyed it immensely. I was worried about it having come from so far away and not knowing anyone in the area, and being worried it wouldn't live up to the expectations or preconceived notions I had. So far, it's exceeded them and I have to say...
enigmatism replied to vkyereme's topic in Minnesota
Sorry, I missed this one before. When I did mine in 2016, it did not require anything like that. You go in for an appointment and they just ask a bunch of questions related to the physical requirements. I didn't have to do push-ups or anything, haha....
enigmatism replied to vkyereme's topic in Minnesota
@ andy: I work in one of the ICU's at SMH. We rented a house, it can be tough to buy here - the houses go pretty fast, but it's not impossible. I work 12s, but I know people who do 8s day/evening and days are 7am-330pm and evenings are 3pm-1130pm. My...
enigmatism replied to vkyereme's topic in Minnesota
The new grad program will depend on your specialty. If you are doing critical care, it has it's own set of classes with assignments and 3 exams. There will be weeks where you will be in class 2-3 days all day, and then on your work unit for 2 shifts....
enigmatism replied to nstudenttoRN24's topic in Georgia
Atlanta Medical Center is ceil blue, Emory is caribbean blue, Grady is white, Northside ATL is your choice (this could be unit specific however), Dekalb Medical is navy.
enigmatism replied to georgiapeach27's topic in Georgia
They did not seem to care about previous healthcare experience except in cases of externships in specialty areas. They were more interested in practicum placement. I had offers at both and had no previous healthcare exp.
Couldn't agree more. I also used Uworld and passed in 75. I would say at least 60% of my nclex consisted of SATA and like you, I would not have known the answers to some of them if it had not been for Uworld.