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I'm wondering what kind and how much experience nurses have had before they matriculated into a PhD program. Also, did you have to finance your PhD yourself or did your institution give you a tuition waiver or living stipend of some kind? Out of curi...

I've had thoughts about PA school after a couple years of nursing. I think PA school has a couple advantages: 1) about 3x as many clinical hours with a variety of clerkships/specialty rotations; I feel that the clinical component of programs is where...

I suppose I don't quite understand this part. It seems like you are saying that gay people should try to keep themselves in the closet while at work? I think that's wrong.

Eh, the same reason why people self-medicate with alcohol, tobacco, food even. It makes them feel good, even if you had the opposite experience. I haven't used marijuana since before nursing school, but I do miss the feeling of relaxation and calmnes...

I looked into direct-entry NP/MSN and entry-level RN/MSN programs a couple years ago. I chose an ADN program because of costs, and will likely pursue advanced practice within 5 years in a program that doesn't require a BSN. I think you are absolutely...

Why do you need to report her to anyone? Did she accuse you of doing something, or did she ask you if you did something? The distinction is slim but important. I would talk with her one-on-one and simply tell your truth.

I like organizing my report like this: 1) room #, patient name, age/gender, date of admission, isolation precautions, code status, provider group following them. 2) admitting dx; other hospital problems we're treating 3) course of hospitalization (an...

Dang, that's bizarre to me. My mistake!

Two things: Firstly, as far as I know, schools of nursing DO NOT drug test their students. Rather, the clinical sites that the school is affiliated with require drug tests. I may be splitting hairs here, but I think it's an important distinction. For...

Great information, although the conversation took some interesting turns. 1) When did you start telling your colleagues and management team about your CRNA pursuit? Were you open from the beginning, or did you keep it quiet until you were ready to ap...

I personally wouldn't use it either, though in the past I thought about using it in email exchanges with my professors. If you used SN, I don't think anyone will be impressed; at worst, I could see people thinking you're an up-nosed nursing student u...

That sounded more harsh than I intended, but the sentiment stands!

I understand the anxiety after taking the NCLEX...but whatever about being a grown up and simply waiting for your results rather than trying to find a way to cheat the system? Just wait it out and stop driving yourself crazy over whether the PVT work...

As others have said, it might be best for you to first talk with an admissions counselor or the ADN adviser. A 3.3 GPA looks great at some schools while you wouldn't even be competitive at others. Look at the admissions criteria for your school to se...

Agreed. Nudity and nakedness have been unfairly connected to immoral behavior. The BoPo and person-of-principle part of me says absolutely go for it! A naked photo shoot has nothing to do with your future nursing professionalism. But realistically, y...

Personally, I'd only think about taking that steep of a pay cut if I were in a solid financial situation - do you still have debt? Did you want to buy yourself something or travel anywhere beforehand? Do you have a good-sized nest egg in your savings...

Yep, it'll be difficult to substantially augment that cumulative GPA, but you have a positive trend (which is great!). ALL school will consider your cumulative GPA; most require a 3.0 minimum but there are a handful of schools that don't have a GPA r...

I disagree, both personally and generally. I think I have a realistic idea of what ICU nursing entails, having been a CNA in one for 3 years and having completed my preceptorship in critical care. I'm a new grad, and I think I should specialize. And ...

Yeah, racism still exists, people. The race card is still valid in modern-day America. But, regardless of whether you were discriminated against based on your skin color, you still established a pattern of behavior that demonstrated an inability to s...

I'd stick with the BBQ place - you already know it and it pays you the most. CNA experience has been beneficial to me during nursing school because I was already familiar with the hospital setting and confident in interacting with patients and their ...

They probably locked you into the 5-year track because you don't have a lot of RN experience - more competitive candidates probably were offered the 4-year track. Not trying to diss, but I can't come up with another reason why they would force you in...

At best, you want an inexpensive BA/BS-to-DNP, nurse practitioner program - you likely won't find an inexpensive program like this. If you're willing to compromise time for student loan debt, you've got a bunch of options: BS, to ADN, to BSN, to MN o...

4 hours doing CNA work while earning RN pay? Sign me up.

I hope you know you can still pursue advance practice nursing WITHOUT a BSN. I understand that pursing an ADN might seem like your going backwards, but it likely is the most practical. My undergraduate degree is in biology, I'm finishing my ADN progr...

Did ya get your money back?