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  1. Pay rate for ADN with prior BA?

    Thanks for all the input! Actually, here in MN, most hospitals do have a pay differential for ADN and BSN nurses. It varies, some places it's a dollar and others it's 50 cents. I was told by a prior instructor that those with prior 4-years make th...
  2. Pay rate for ADN with prior BA?

    I'm going to be graduating in May with my ADN. I also have a BA in a liberal arts field that I received 6 years ago (I can't believe it's been that long!). I have heard that I will receive the same rate of pay as a 4-year RN since I have a 4-year d...
  3. Intimidating Nursing Professor?

    I also had an intimidating instructor who could be very tough on the floor during clinicals - questioning students before the start of the day, and duirng the day at random times. I have to say that although it was a very anxiety-ridden time, I lear...
  4. Clinical experience in Psychiatric Ward

    I enjoyed my psych rotation, and I actually would consider working on a psych floor. Several of my classmates really liked it as well. Very few truly disliked it. I'm sure it varies depending on the hospital and group of clients, but I liked it be...
  5. How to Backflush IV Tubing?

    Thanks Emily USFRN! That cleared up all my questions. I will definitely get that book too.
  6. How to Backflush IV Tubing?

    Good point... I assume I would clamp the primary tubing and unclamp the secondary tubing. I just want to make sure I do everything exactly right - my clinical instructor has gotten very upset at students in front of their patients if they do not know...
  7. How to Backflush IV Tubing?

    Thanks! It doesn't sound too bad, I think I'll just need practice. Just for further clarification - So if I was removing an empty secondary bag, would I flush the line with that empty bag, still attached remove that, and spike the new secondary bag...
  8. How to Backflush IV Tubing?

    Help! I start clinicals very soon and am trying to remember the procedure for backflushing secondary IV tubing! Do I lower the old/empty IVPB bag, and let the primary fluid run into it, then remove the old bag and attach the new IVPB med, prime, an...
  9. math

    I was worried about the same thing before I started; math has always been a struggle for me. Most of the math involved in nursing doesn't go beyond basic algebra. The problems look harder to solve than they actually are. At my school, the math par...
  10. Terrified for clinicals because...

    Technically, the information doesn't need to be memorized for the entire day, however we need to know it if we are asked a question. We will be quizzed on the bulk of things before we even get on the floor, so we have to get there early anyways. We...
  11. Terrified for clinicals because...

    Thanks everyone for your advice and comments! It feels good to know that what I am up against is as crazy as it seems to me. Someone mentioned that my instructor may just want to see how we react under stress. I've heard that is part of the reason...
  12. Terrified for clinicals because...

    I agree! While it's important to know about medications and labs, it is more important to concentrate on the patients' diseases and the interventions I will be doing. There is only so much a person can do in such a short period of time. I wouldn't...
  13. Terrified for clinicals because...

    My instructor has been teaching for quite awhile, and I think this is the way she has always done things. I am sure students have complained, however it must not have been enough. I am hoping that the stories I have heard are more or less exception...
  14. Terrified for clinicals because...

    I'm a 2nd year AD student, and for our clinicals, our instructor requires us to have our patients (2 or sometimes 3) MARs memorized, in addition to memorization of the patients' pertinent medical history and lab values. For each drug the patient is o...
  15. How to patients react when...?

    I always tell my patients I'm caring for I am a nursing student, my instructors would never let us pretend we aren't. Not that the patients can't tell- we have to wear a uniform with our school crest on it, and our name tag says "student nurse" under...