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  1. My Review of Lincoln Tech

    CuriousMe replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    I'm glad that you're excited about your program. I've just seen folks place a lot of stock in the NCLEX passrate, and equate that to a good program....it's not always the

  2. My Review of Lincoln Tech

    CuriousMe replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    Congratulations on being accepted to nursing school!! I just wanted to say that you should be cautious in judging a school's quality solely on their NCLEX pass rates. I would also look at the...

  3. Question about practice?

    CuriousMe replied to microtutor's topic in General Students

    Since an RN can't bill their services to insurance companies and medicare for an office visit the way practitioners do, in a primary care clinic (I'm assuming that's what you mean by PC) they work for...

  4. Question about practice?

    CuriousMe replied to microtutor's topic in General Students

    To the best of my understanding yes, you can work for yourself or do charitable works. The problem is that an RN scope of practice doesn't easily lend itself to working for

  5. Is this cheating...?

    CuriousMe replied to lelafin's topic in General Students

    I'd probably just be upfront with her and say that you're starting to feel taken advantage of, and that you're doing her work for her. See what she

  6. Is there any advantage to "Full Time"?

    CuriousMe replied to Trenia's topic in General Students

    Do you get any other financial aid? Pell Grant, etc? You'll often get a decreased amount if you're not carrying 12

  7. Had to leave clinical early bc of sick child

    CuriousMe replied to Student KMW's topic in General Students

    Wouldn't you have the same problem if you were working as a nurse on the

  8. Is it like this at every school or is it just mine?

    CuriousMe replied to prime11214's topic in General Students

    Hmmm....is the class discussion tied to clincials? If so, I think we call that clinical seminar. It would make sense that there's only one tied to each clinical group, because the point is for your...

  9. Just got accepted...terrified about Pharmacology

    CuriousMe replied to QuarterLife88's topic in General Students

    I doubt you'll get much into the chemical structure of drugs. I think that pharm pairs up well with pathophysiology....since in pharm you're looking at the mechanism of action of the drug....to...

  10. Is it like this at every school or is it just mine?

    CuriousMe replied to prime11214's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure what you mean by "one lecture for every clinical"? We didn't have lectures for clinical. We had theory twice a week, lab once a week and then clinical days. We didn't have choices in...

  11. The mental and social skills needed

    CuriousMe replied to microtutor's topic in General Students

    If you want to show empathy, be empathetic....that one isn't tough. Put yourself in the patient's shoes and see if there are little things you could do to help them feel better. Some times, that's...

  12. remove clotts from iv line

    CuriousMe replied to sunlight85's topic in General Students

    Remove

  13. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    As I said, I wasn't looking for a degree, but for an education and you may be right in that there isn't anything you could have learned in a BSN program elsewhere. I get it, you decided ahead of time...

  14. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    Especially as they would have had to exclude >70% of the class at an incredibly competitive program. Or....the idea that requiring more education as entry to practice is a means to discriminate...

  15. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    Then my comment stands, we have a different approach to education. I research programs, looking at the curriculum, before deciding where to

  16. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    Well no one told my admissions team....they've messed up entirely by admitting a class that is in the majority non-traditional students and men. Hmmm...should I report them to the proper

  17. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    i made the statement from your comment "i didn't spend much time looking into rn to bsn programs. why would i? a bsn is a bsn is a bsn." if you mistated and you did spend time researching rn to bsn...

  18. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    it appears we have different approaches to education. when choosing a program, i research the program. yes, a bsn is a bsn....but not all bsn programs give the same experience. i wasn't shopping...

  19. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

  20. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    CuriousMe replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not sure how you came to this conclusion? i know my traditional bs program is easily >70% non-traditional/2nd career

  21. Nightingale Lamps/Pinning Ceremony

    CuriousMe replied to ChristinaRN2B's topic in General Students

    Well yeah, but from other posts you have a tough time not freaking out because your classmates ask to many questions. Seems there's a lot to "freak out" about in your

  22. most amazing thing

    CuriousMe replied to justbarbi's topic in General Students

    We had OR rotations in our sophomore year as

  23. Still unsure if this is for me...

    CuriousMe replied to jem4justice's topic in General Students

    I guess I'm not sure why someone else doing something "way off" protocol would make you question whether you should be a

  24. An RN with a Bachelors in Biology instead of BSN?

    CuriousMe replied to Skylarslaughter's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so I'm breaking my own rule here.... First, I'm sorry that you had such a tough time of it. Looking back from an adult perspective....wouldn't it have been great to have had some kind of outside...

  25. An RN with a Bachelors in Biology instead of BSN?

    CuriousMe replied to Skylarslaughter's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea if they have any other family members (nor do you). If the authorities knew that the responsibilities of the family were solely on a 17 yr old's shoulders though, this conversation may...