Scrubs_n_sirens MSN, RN

Flight Nursing, Emergency, Forensics, SANE, Trauma

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    As an experienced RN, do you like/dislike having a student nurse assigned to you?

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to jamie32764's topic in General Students

    I adore students. I've had some iffy preceptors and nurse-assignments as a student and it really ruined my personal learning experiences. To me it's a great refresher on explaining WHY I do things....
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    work and school at the same time...

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to froggy8's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch.
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    work and school at the same time...

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to froggy8's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be starting in May my online graduate classes and will be working full time 3p-3a. The nice thing is I just finished studying for TCRN so I have a schedule where on my four nights off, I study...
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    ED as a new grad?

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to Maverickm808's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I had to chuckle as someone who worked both ICU and ED when people are like-- "oh no! ICU can be too hard for new nurses, but go ahead to ED!" Managing four patients (sometimes up to five) who could...
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    "Smart" students make bad nurses?

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    I was an A/B student. What school didn't prepare me for was going out without the safety net and realizing how little I knew. Grades really don't indicate anything, to be honest, other than that you...
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    NP/Crna vs MD

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to FutureNurseKelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly--- just go to Med school. You're going on a lot of "ifs" here with some of your current plans. Just do Med school pre-reqs and apply for Med school. And ICUs DO hire new grads, it's not...
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    Trauma Nursing - TCRN

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to malenurse03's topic in Emergency

    Hi I just took the exam and passed! I took the Jeff Solheim TCRN class through MEDED and thought it was fantastic. I also bought a TNCC book and read it cover to cover. I bought a book called NURSE...
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    Forensic Nursing (FN)

    Scrubs_n_sirens replied to sirI's topic in Forensic

    Love this. Very well