5860TomCat

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1. Saline flushes causing nausea for my patients

   5860TomCat replied to aeberstein's topic in Oncology

   I don't think there is anything you can do about it. I often have patients tell me they have a salty taste in their mouth when I flush with normal saline. Specificly if they have a central line vs. peripheral line. When a person is really sensitive t...

2. Primary Nursing Care

   5860TomCat replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   The floor I work at does primary nursing and we always have. To save money management is actually switching us to team nursing.... We have lost three nurses already and are expecting more people to quit in the future. Right now we have 4/5 patients a...

3. would i have enough experience after a year tooo

   5860TomCat replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

   Does your resource team/float team do basic training on each floor? At the hospital I work at they pre-assign new floats to each floor for three days with a buddy (preceptor) so they are comfortable on each unit. If you are a quick learner and flexi...

4. Complaints You've Heard During Nursing School

   5860TomCat replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

   1. The Community Nursing class/clinical is a waste of time. In school it is important to take advantage of getting a feel for each kind of nursing so you can know which direction to take your career and what things you do not enjoy at all. Y...

5. Hawaii Pacific University Nursing School

   5860TomCat replied to jpeters84's topic in Hawaii

   You can complain to the dean, during those sessions that happen on the lani (I forget what they are called, or you can write a formal letter of complaint to the school) However and unless you can show that the person has violated some rule or ethical...

6. Being a student with today's economy

   5860TomCat replied to mondkmondk's topic in Student Assist

   I went to Hawaii Pacific University. Tution for nursing was $8,000 when I started. When I graduated I was paying over $9,000 a semester. I have check with some other students Tution is now over $10,000 a semester. So I guess what I am saying is alth...

7. Anyone in nursing clinicals at Hawaii Pacific University?

   5860TomCat replied to kelsie*bear's topic in Hawaii

   No worries. My class was the largest Graduating nursing class that HPU has seen 122 of us graduated. Usually it is about 60-90 student's or at least that is what I am told. Work together with the other student's (study groups, reminding each other of...

8. Hawaii Pacific University Nursing School

   5860TomCat replied to jpeters84's topic in Hawaii

   No worries, If you have more questions, just reply back on this thread again and it will pop up to my e-mail. Good luck, it sounds like you are a very intelligent person and will get through the program just fine. (You might have a little bit of a he...

9. Hawaii Pacific University Nursing School

   5860TomCat replied to jpeters84's topic in Hawaii

   The teachers won't change the class or curriculum overall, however during the semester the class might fall behind in the lecture or in the schedule. Sometimes teachers will cancel assignments. That is when to be cautious. If they say things like don...

10. UGH nursing school blues

    5860TomCat replied to acgal's topic in Student Assist

    I would go to your local book store. Look up algebra or go to nursing section and get a Math for meds book. Buy a math practice book with formal conversions for ml, L, oz etc.... The reason for the pass or fail is that if you screw up basic math and...

11. Concept Mapping Understanding

    5860TomCat replied to captron74's topic in Student Assist

    Besides the in depth justification of care maps written above me. What you are going to have to understand is that when you get into the nursing field there are going to be a lot of processes, or documentation or politics that you might find frustrat...

12. Ethical dilema anyone?

    5860TomCat replied to trini1186's topic in Student Assist

    I don't know if this will qualify for what you need, but here is my story I am a new RN, I graduated Jan 08 and passed the Nclex Feb 08. I have been working for 5 months on a medical surgical floor at a large hospital. This story happened after I jus...

13. Hawaii Pacific University Nursing School

    5860TomCat replied to jpeters84's topic in Hawaii

    I hope this new Dean Lasts. I am a graduate from HPU Nursing program, it took me 5 semester (2 and 1/2 years to graduate going full time) We went through 3 deans during my time (if you count the temp ones) I aggree with your assessment above of HPU....

14. Anyone in nursing clinicals at Hawaii Pacific University?

    5860TomCat replied to kelsie*bear's topic in Hawaii

    I graduated from HPU in Winter (Jan 08), is there any questions I can anwser for you?

15. Question about Private Student Loans.

    5860TomCat replied to Normercy's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on the lender you use, you shold have no problem as long as your co-signers credit is good. My brother took out a private loan with Sallie mai (Tution anwser) his credit is bad, but my grama who has great credit co-signed... He did not have...