cjulian214

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1. NMSU / DABCC - Opinions

   cjulian214 replied to Nai'aHI's topic in New Mexico

   Hey, I graduated from NMSU in May. No, I didn't LOVE the program while I was going through it, but after being out there in the nursing world nursing school sounds about the same everywhere. You get what you put in, its tough as hell, but the NMSU pr...

2. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

   cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

   Oh yeah- While I was trying to prepare the presentation over the weekend when I thought I still had to do it on condoms, I called my good friend who is a lesbian and asked her what safe sex practices she used. She said she has NEVER had safe sex and ...

3. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

   cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

   Thanks for all of the help and information...It was really appreciated! I was actually saved by some legalities. The school nurse was under the impression that because the School-Based Health Center (an actual health clinic located on school grounds)...

4. Anyone working for WIC?

   cjulian214 replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in General Nursing

   WIC also provides free breast pumps...here anyway, and REALLY support breastfeeding.

5. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

   cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

   Thanks for all the ideas! I guess I was just trying to find ways to not focus on the condom bit...I'm feeling a little uncomfortable talking to little kids about it. Also, I worry about the thought process of kids that age. I don't think they really ...

6. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

   cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

   OK everyone, tell me what you think... I am trying to incorporate the following ideas into a teaching plan, so help! First, I want to have a segment where I split up the kids into a few small groups and have them fill out a short hand out that asks w...

7. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

   cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

   I promise, I am not trying to piss anyone off here. This school district is not in my city..I have to commute an hour, its a little town on the border of TX and NM and this area has INCREDIBLY high teen pregnancy rates (including 13 yr olds, etc). Th...

8. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

   cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

   Maybe I can get the teachers to split them up, but I doubt it, because there is just me, and what is the health class going to do with the other half when I am teaching just the girls, then just the boys? I was thinking that it would increase the kid...

9. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

   cjulian214 posted a topic in General Students

   Hey all! I am having to prepare a teaching plan involving condom use/safe sex for MIDDLE SCHOOLERS next week during my pediatric school nurse clinicals. I'm a little nervous about this, because back when I was in middle school, we giggled when someon...

10. Pregnancy and Nursing School????

    cjulian214 replied to Irina2009's topic in General Students

    It will be hard of course, but its not like nursing school is that easy to begin with! We have had 3 girls get pregnant and deliver so far in nursing school, and we are just entering our second (and LAST- YAY) year, and all three are still with us an...

11. Strong Honest Opinions please, need help!

    cjulian214 replied to oceantides's topic in General Nursing

    My mother in law has lupus and goes through periods where she is very sick, weak and tired. However, she is still a nurse. She just has to find where she fits. There are a ton of different types of nursing out there. HOWEVER- the biggest challenge to...

12. Single Mom in LA area?

    cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in California

    Thanks for the info :) I guess I sort of zeroed in on LA because I want a big teaching/research hospital with a good reputation, both for taking good care of its patients and treating its employees well, and one that has a really good new grad progra...

13. Single Mom in LA area?

    cjulian214 replied to cjulian214's topic in California

    CST, See, thats something that I am very much afraid of. I grew up in a little town in NM (about 30,000 people) and of course my parents are telling me how screwed up my kids will be if I move to LA. Thing is, there's a TON of screwed up kids around ...

14. So confused...and a little nervous

    cjulian214 replied to Mimi_C's topic in California

    Although it SOUNDS like a short commute, is the traffic bad?

15. So confused...and a little nervous

    cjulian214 replied to Mimi_C's topic in California

    Although it SOUNDS like a short commute, is the traffic bad?