TheDudeWithTheBigDog

TheDudeWithTheBigDog ADN, RN

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  1. ABSN vs ADN

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to psychheel19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I read through it. It's taking the same approach as my old career: Trucking. There's a shortage. When a hospital has 70 different jobs posted looking for an RN, that's your hint that they need a lot...

  2. Med Math Help

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to jnicki08's topic in General Students

    Giving them the answer but walking them through how it's done is a good way to teach them how to do it though. Then knowing the answer, they can always go back and see if they're doing it right...

  3. ABSN vs ADN

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to psychheel19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And even though your hospitals want nurses with a BSN, let's be realistic... There's a national shortage of nurses. They'll hire you with your ADN. All they really care about right now is that...

  4. How long does it take to get ADN including prerequisites, on average?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to r r r's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends. If you took your equivalent of a biology in high school recently, you can actually at some schools do your prereqs over the summer and start your program and be done in 2 years + that...

  5. Student in first Clinicals - Geriatrics

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Medic_to_BSN's topic in General Students

    I'm going to give you some advice from the perspective of an aide who sees a lot of students: You're not going to break the old people. Don't be afraid to touch them and move

  6. Recording device for lectures

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to megster871's topic in General Students

    But unfortunately, in nursing school, it's very common to not be allowed to record, just because... Regardless of school policy. Nursing school is about 50% learning how to be a nurse, and 99% image....

  7. Nurse or Physician's Assitant

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to MurseTinz's topic in General Students

    I can't agree with avoiding NP unless you've had a ton of RN experience. To me, that's the same as saying you need to be a CNA before you can be a nurse. Does it help? Of course, there's no denying...

  8. Castlebanch drug testing facility

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to beardeddragon123's topic in General Students

    It's not necessarily that. Some people just can't go when someone is watching. It's an actual documented

  9. Mandatory Vaccine Waiver in Nursing School/Clinicals

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to firecracker_1's topic in General Students

    What's dumb, though, is I work at a hospital that is requiring me to have vaccines to be there for clinicals, yet to work there, in direct patient care, they're only optional. It just doesn't really...

  10. Failed TWO science pre reqs.. Any hope?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to jillykahn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No failing grade is ever the end of your potential nursing career. People even fail out of nursing school, then go back and pass. If you were in a 4 year program, talk to them. If they won't work...

  11. 12 and 1/2 hours with only 30 minutes for lunch

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to blenderbottle's topic in General Students

    And remember, depending on if you're in a ADN or BSN program, you're spending anywhere from $1500 to $30,000 to "help the other nurses." What happened to the days when teachers actually taught their...

  12. Anatomy and Physiology II Advice

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to lexieanders's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P is a common new teacher subject too. It's hard for us to know if it was a bad teacher or if you just weren't understanding. We'd have to be in the class with you to really know. But it is a...

  13. Starting Over From Scratch

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to atynes94's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OP, I failed out of my last school in '06 with a 0.3 GPA, and I got accepted after my prereqs. (It was courses for a certification, so I didn't care about the actual college classes, I just needed my...

  14. Nursing Assistant Job App Help

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to RiFig_17's topic in General Students

    No, because you haven't actually worked full time as an aide, but add a cover letter and explain that you learned some of the basics in your clinical, it might help get hired. You're someone they...

  15. Deciding between RN vs. MSW

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Peaches03's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    An RN licence will only cost you a couple thousand through a community college. Working with your MSW should let you pay for that yourself if you wanted to. Since you like the psychological side of...

  16. Ethical dilemma! Need advice

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to nosleep=nursingstudent's topic in General Students

    Your school would have to have a policy specifically against test banks. Which then, has to include the entire internet. How would anyone know whether or not that pactice test on quizlet is from the...

  17. 12 and 1/2 hours with only 30 minutes for lunch

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to blenderbottle's topic in General Students

    And for the money that I'm paying for school, I'd expect you to be teaching me. There's ALWAYS something to teach your students. 24/7/365. They're not there to help the other nurses, they're there...

  18. Learning a Second Language During Program?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Nurse2bMcLeod32's topic in General Students

    If you enjoy it, it's a good idea to do it. What's going to overload you is if the entire time in school, you live, eat, and breathe nursing. You need breaks, you need to have

  19. 12 and 1/2 hours with only 30 minutes for lunch

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to blenderbottle's topic in General Students

    Plus the basic fact that working 12 hours straight without a break is just unsafe. That's how mistakes

  20. Portage Learning Ethics/Non-Science Classes

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to twi twi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Honestly, I'd recommend taking your ethics class at the school. It's way more fun that way. Ethics is a boring subject without the

  21. Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to tmccstu2018's topic in General Students

    So, you're literally comparing a midrange laptop to an e machine. WoW, can't argue with that logic. Yeah, in that case, the mac better last longer. No. You have to compare the equivalent HP laptop...

  22. Homeschool mom looking to school for nursing

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to jujubuttons's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you can go part time and get your RN license, I think that's your best path. One thing a lot of people overlook going into nursing school: Are you even going to like nursing? Do you want to spend...

  23. 12 and 1/2 hours with only 30 minutes for lunch

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to blenderbottle's topic in General Students

    So then you shouldn't be having a problem with your students having downtime, like the OP who's required to stand in the hall waiting for call lights. Hence the person making the comment about...

  24. Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to tmccstu2018's topic in General Students

    What's different about using a Mac vs a PC is you're probably not pushing your mac as hard. People typically don't buy Apple computers for gaming. Know what people LOVE to buy for gaming, though?...

  25. Tips for working student?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to galpalval's topic in General Students

    The best studying tip I can give you and only study what you don't know, and only review what you do. Spending time studying something you already know in depth is only wasting your time. There's a...