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  1. Hi everyone! I'm hoping to get some insight to this general hospital employment question. I will be a new grad as of next week (yay), with no hospital experience except for clinicals. I am fortunate enough to have been offered a position on the unit ...
  2. Ivy Tech Thread

    Thanks everyone for your responses. I'm at the Gary campus, and they still aren't sure if they will have any summer classes for us. I heard they might offer Psych over the summer, then I would just have Complex Med-Surg, and Complex Family in the fal...
  3. Ivy Tech Thread

    Those of you in the ASN program: I have a question about how long it is taking you to get through. I am second semester ASN, and will be done with Mat-Child, Med-Surg 2, and Healthcare Concepts this semester. So, that only leaves Complex Med-Surg lec...
  4. Interventions for Impaired Parenting Dx

    Thank you so much Daytonite for your help! I'm still going in 100 different directions with this careplan. As I said my pt. wasn't sick anymore when I began taking care of her. The only reason I am even using FVD Dx is because her lab values were abn...
  5. I have been racking my brain for the last 2 days trying to come up with feasible, pertinent nursing interventions for for a diagnosis of Impaired parenting r/t young parental age AEB mother is 17, and still in high school. My pt. is 2 month old, prem...
  6. Tattoo Cover Makeup?

    During my clinicals we had to cover our tattoos up with bandages. For 8 weeks I looked like I had attempted suicide d/t the bandages I had on both of my wrists. Another girl had a large tattoo on the back of her neck and had to walk around with this ...
  7. Ivy Tech Thread

    option 1:you can take it wherever offers the aha bls for healthcare providers course. go to the american heart assoc. site and there will be a search option that lets you search for courses in your area. just choose the bls for healthcare providers (...
  8. Ivy Tech Thread

    it all depends on what kind of student you are. if you can remeber things (very specifically) after only reading over it once then you could maybe get away with working that much and still get decent grades. most of the people in my class work part t...
  9. Ivy Tech Thread

    congrats! i told you there was nothing to worry about if you got in at valpo! gary just takes forever to do anything. we are just now getting our handbooks and we've been in school for 2 months! the program is great, and hopefully you get mrs. d. our...
  10. What To Do...lpn Or Rn

    Ivy Tech doesn't have wait lists. They accept students to RN and LPN in fall and spring semesters. They award you points for your pre-req's and TEAS score and admit the top scores each semester. You still have time to apply for fall '09 RN program (t...
  11. Brown Mackie Merrillville

    I would be wary of this school. I just started my clinicals and the director of the unit we are in said she won't hire any Brown Mackie graduates. She also added that she doesn't even allow Brown Mackie to come there for clinicals. This is coming fro...
  12. Ivy Tech Thread

    when we had our registration date she asked for volunteers for evenings, and only a few people wanted them. so, she drew our names from a hat and put us into 1 of 4 blocks. fundamentals was 8/25-10/1 m&t 8am-1245pm and lab thur 8am-215pm then ph...
  13. Ivy Tech Thread

  14. Ivy Tech Thread

    yeah, i love the program. i hear people complaining all the time about things saying "oh they wouldn't do that at valpo". the instructors/program chairs are tough. they give you rules when you start and expect them to be followed. for example if you ...
  15. Ivy Tech Thread

    Nursenessa, I just wanted to give you some info about your vaccinations etc. for Gary (I just started the RN program there). You will need: A physical, the forms will be given at registration/orientation Pertusis vaccination, usually given as a TDa...