yakimandu

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1. Do I really need to be a CNA first?

   yakimandu posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   I'm located in North Carolina. I do very well in college, I have a master's degree in an unrelated field with good grades. I really *really* want to be a psych RN.. or geropsych. Or even informatics, because I used to do computers. The community coll...

2. Elitism in nursing

   yakimandu posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Nurses are pretty elitist. I don't even know why this website is here because whenever I see someone asking for advice or help, out comes the elitism. Instead of helping people you just want people to know that they can't get in. I guess that's a su...

3. RN or BSN Program in NC

   yakimandu replied to yakimandu's topic in School Programs

   I sat down with the nursing counselor for over an hour planning out my semester by semester schedule and I assure you, the program at Central Carolina FOR ME is THREE YEARS. The reason they told me was that my math and sciences (bio, chem, AP) were o...

4. RN or BSN Program in NC

   yakimandu posted a topic in School Programs

   Let me thank you guys ahead of time for reading my post. I am currently in a CNA program because all RN programs around where I live (central NC near Fayetteville) require it. I am a career changer in my early 30s. The nearby community college's RN (...

5. When a pt "gets" to you

   yakimandu replied to mmc51264's topic in Relations

   ^THIS

6. New nurse working 50/50, not going well

   yakimandu replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in New Nurse

   I take 1mg melatonin. You shouldn't need more than that. Even with that low dose, its hard to get going when I wake up. .5mg even better.

7. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

   yakimandu replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I could, because that's what a serious drug addict becomes, to the detriment of everyone around them and themselves, because obtaining the drug becomes the top priority.

8. Retirement benefits, lack of

   yakimandu posted a topic in Retired

   I have not yet entered into the foray of nursing all the way, and was wondering why I hear complaints about retirement benefits. Are nurses just not using 401ks and IRAs? Or is it because of job hopping so much you dont open a 401k? (I mention this j...