After 2.5 years on med surg, I too recently left the hospital setting for a clinic. I'm a few weeks in and, so far, ZERO regrets. Some people don't thrive on med surg. I kept trying to "stick it out" thinking that someday my anxiety would improve. It...
I am currently charging nights on a 24-bed unit (med surg/tele/ortho). Although day shift has a dedicated charge nurse and unit sec, nights does not. I am expected to take a full load of patients. That means five on a good night, seven on a bad one (...
Have you looked at WGU? Very reasonable tuition, flat rate per six moth term, so you can take as many classes as you want. I am fifty-two (although I have only been a nurse for a couple years) and have found the program to be very doable, even while ...
Grengemly replied to RegisteredNurseMia's topic in Western Governors
I would love to hear how this program is working for you! I am considering the RN to MSN option in Nursing Education at WGU as well. Do you like it so far?
I graduated almost a year ago at 50. Was offered, and accepted, a job before graduation. In my area, age hasn't proven to be much of a problem. Our hospital requires participation in a two year long Nurse Residency program for all newly licensed nur...
Would you get a BSN if it was not required? I am a middle aged (if I live to be a hundred) new ADN nurse. I work at a smallish hospital in a rural area that does not require a BSN. The hospital has no plans to change this policy. They do offer tuitio...
Good points, thank you! As I was trying to get myself up from a kneeling position on the floor of my patient's room yesterday, it did hit me that I am no "spring chicken".
Grengemly replied to Greeneyednurse1228's topic in General Students
Nursing school is a microcosm of the work-world you will be entering. There will always be people that you feel are getting by with something or getting preferential treatment. The operative words here are "you feel". While it is your opinion that th...
I have not worked during the program, other than one day a week the first semester. Most of my classmates work, at least part time. I am an older student with a supportive husband. We are not high income by any means, but are fortunate that our house...
Thank you, good advice. I am in my last semester (c'mon May!) and for the first time, I am struggling a bit. I think it is due to trying to cover the whole chapter, when we average 5-7 chapters per exam, instead of using the objectives to narrow it d...
OP you didn't mention if you had any previous experience working in the medical field? If not, that may have been the reason you were scheduled with a CNA. Our clinical instructor made sure that those of us who hadn't worked as a CNA previously (me a...
I'm currently taking AP2 over a five week summer session (Only five more days to go, yay!) and have found Crash Course videos (on YouTube) helpful for an overall "big picture" before reading the text to clarify and go into more detail. Good luck!
Grengemly replied to bdarden07's topic in Pre-Nursing
My program (ADN at a CC) uses a points system that takes into account all of your prerequisite grades and overall GPA, but the A&P grade is more heavily weighted. So, in this case you could get in with a C, as long as your other grades are high e...
Grengemly replied to msheather413's topic in Pre-Nursing
I am taking A&P 2 over summer session and it is definitely a lot of information over a short period of time (12 days to go...WOO HOO)! Have you tried the "Crash Course" series on YouTube? They may not be as in depth as your course, but I have fou...