tiriba

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1. UMDNJ Accelerated BSN students

   tiriba replied to njmonsterboi80's topic in New Jersey

   The official passing rate for NCLEX is 77%. We are told it has increased to about 80% for the class of January 2007. But not everybody that I had talked to had sat for the exam when the school proudly claimed that the passing rate had increased. A ...

2. Liability Project, Help

   tiriba replied to afaulknerSVN's topic in General Students

   Maybe something purely nursing, such as administering a drug as ordered, but failing to perform required assessments, resulting in patient harm? I'm thinking about a case I heard about, in labor/delivery, where the nurse administered Pit as ordered,...

3. Nursing School Uniform

   tiriba replied to Fruititarian's topic in General Students

   I never heard about leather protecting more than other materials. We don't wear leather gloves for patient care. Under that rationale, the pants would also have to be leather. At our school, allowances had to be made for the ladies who could not we...

4. Group Project

   tiriba replied to NY Nurse's topic in Psychiatric

   I did medication compliance- basic stuff such as: What if you think you have side effects? What if you think you are better? What if you run out of meds? I also did dietary needs, such as not mixing certain foods with MAIOs, etc.

5. UMDNJ Accelerated BSN students

   tiriba replied to njmonsterboi80's topic in New Jersey

   I finished UMDNJ in Newark for my BSN/RN this month. The material was tough, but so was dealing with the administration. "We are a new nursing school" was their excuse for repeatedly messing up. I've been to four other colleges, and this one was the ...