Rene3

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1. Nursing Research, need your advice regarding Trendelenburg position

   Rene3 replied to Snowbella's topic in International

   Snowbella, You have a BIG problem indeed, If at this time your adviser cannot help you in formulating a cohesive statement of the problem and a hypothesis, how could she help you further on. I have several questions first, will you implem...

2. Culture Project- Need help!!

   Rene3 replied to Cls62011's topic in General Nursing

   Try to contact a parish nurse in an African American community. She/he would be a great resource. Ive used books and internet resources but in my opinion, nothing beats immersion in the culture itself. The parish nurse can facilitate your entry to th...

3. Which drug handbook do you suggest?

   Rene3 replied to amybaby2's topic in General Nursing

   I would suggest "Nurse's Drug Handbook by Spratto and Woods. I like its presentation of drug action and nursing action/implication. You can also download the online version to your PDA. They also discussed the medications according to classificat...

4. Nursing schools in Iloilo or Davao for a problematic American?

   Rene3 replied to EwwThat'sNasty's topic in International

   Its nice that you considered Iloilo and Davao. St. Pauls University Iloilo and West Visayas State University were consistent topnotchers on the NLE. WVSU dont accept second coursers as a policy. You can try http://www.spusystem.edu.ph/ . St Pauls ...

5. maiden name to married name;;confused..please help

   Rene3 replied to nervous_lady's topic in International

   Just continue to use your maiden name. You are not compelled to change your surname . I have known a lot of married Americans still using their maiden names . I know that it is a practice in the Philippines to assume right away the surname of the hus...

6. Observation : Re : American Dream

   Rene3 replied to Mcgyver's topic in International

   "American graduate nurses, take the NCLEX as soon as they graduate and most don't take review courses or if they do it is a very brief course ( a week). and they have a higher rate of passing." Its true that the passing rate of US nurses is...

7. To be a Clinical Instructor or a Hospital Staff?

   Rene3 replied to kharyn77's topic in International

   Continue with your volunteer work until you have your Masters Degree. Then you can become a CI. I suggest you pursue a doctoral degree. When the time comes that your petition is approved, you have an edge. i suggest that you conduct research and have...

8. mushrooming of nursing schools abroad.....

   Rene3 replied to ava_eureka's topic in General Nursing

   Ava the mere fact that your fervor and idealism has not diminished is a very good sign that there are more of you who do care for the future of Philippine Nursing. I do believe that Filipino nurses were just bidding their time. I do hope that Filipin...

9. mushrooming of nursing schools abroad.....

   Rene3 replied to ava_eureka's topic in General Nursing

   "we are payed well because we are nurses...." I really want to believe it but reality bites. Nurses will only be paid on how well nurses negotiate our pay. I admire those who doesnt do nursing for the pay but on the other hand, how can nurses gauge o...

10. What is your opinon of the nursing shortage?

    Rene3 replied to SierraN's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing shortage needs to be mitigated. I suppose US RN would not want immigrants to solve the problem for them. Understandably especially during these times, however the fact remains that the US could not meet its needs. The recession has prompted m...

11. Dual Citizen from Philippines to US

    Rene3 replied to sanramon's topic in International

    Good Day, Apply only in schools that have 85-100% in NLE. The list is found on the PRC website.Take the NLE.Since you are a dual citizen you can go back to the US easily without immigration problems.You can work in the US while waiting for your appli...

12. What happened during mid-1990's?

    Rene3 replied to Mcgyver's topic in International

    What happened during mid-1990's? You are right, nurses had a difficult time finding jobs. Sorry for your sister, when she graduated in 1995 and probably passed the NLE in Aug of 95, only to find out that in Sept of that year, The H1A visa, the worki...

13. San Antonio ADN Q's

    Rene3 replied to formerFA's topic in Texas

    I like San Antonio, people are nice. You can scout the medical center area, Methodist, VA, Baptist, Cristus Sta Rosa plus a number of longterm care facility, dialysis center etc. Plenty of Apartments too. Yes, you can stay at extended stay hotel with...

14. Calling In for ANY Reason using PTOs

    Rene3 replied to dRkazN's topic in General Nursing

    Every hospital has their own policy with regards to calling in sick. Some hospitals have 6-7 calling in sick allowance per YEAR. SO be very careful not to use all your sick call. In some facility, you are called or reminded when you have 4 on more ca...

15. sigma theta tau

    Rene3 replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations LuvPedsNrsg!!! Consider this, only a few nurses were invited to the society every year. The prestige, belongingness , support for future research endeavor is worth every penny. You can use every edge you can get to get ahead among y...