micajoieLAc

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1. what's the purpose of those archaic care plans?

   micajoieLAc replied to micajoieLAc's topic in General Students

   Nurse56, thank you for the link, I will look through when I have a minute. Ashley, I've done just that, we'll see, I didn't get much help the first go request, maybe it will be two times a charm, if it's three, I guess I will ask another way. The th...

2. what's the purpose of those archaic care plans?

   micajoieLAc replied to micajoieLAc's topic in General Students

   Ah ha, Thank you Joy, I did finally find it. Clearly not enough has changed in the teaching of care plans or at the very least in the explanation of care plans.

3. what's the purpose of those archaic care plans?

   micajoieLAc replied to micajoieLAc's topic in General Students

   My original post question still stands, what exactly are we supposed to be learning? How to think like a nurse, the different forms we fill out have yet to help. Clinical is the only place I feel like I've learned how to think, next steps, what to ...

4. what's the purpose of those archaic care plans?

   micajoieLAc replied to micajoieLAc's topic in General Students

   the problem is not everyone learns from sitting in front of a computer screen. I would get WAY more out of care plans if someone walked me through the thinking in action, that's where care plans are formed anyhow. Still makes no sense to me to teac...

5. what's the purpose of those archaic care plans?

   micajoieLAc posted a topic in General Students

   Can someone please explain to me what exactly we're supposed to learn from them. We spend so long filling out all the forms we don't actually have time to learn anything of value about our patient or their condition. Does anyone have any insight?

6. Where have all the jobs gone?

   micajoieLAc replied to NurseWinn's topic in Oregon

   Just the thought of allowing immigrants to help with a "nursing shortage" is so infuriating!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Question about Gateway CC's FTPN program and taking other classes

   micajoieLAc replied to hotnurseintraining's topic in Arizona

   Teacher, I took 205 during the summer at Paradise Valley with -----, Awesome guy! His ex was a Nurse so he's aware of what you need to know. Also one of my classmates in Gateway's LPN program took the accelerated 8 week A&P class during block 1 ...

8. Gateway LPN Fast Track

   micajoieLAc replied to AZmom's topic in Arizona

   For anyone that doesn't get in take Human pathophysiology, you will be so happy you did! The class sets you nicely for the first block. The exams ask "NCLEX style" questions which are so different than any other test. In some areas my Pathophys cl...

9. anxiety attack during an interview

   micajoieLAc replied to sammer's topic in CRNA

   Sammer, Heart and Jobless have great advice. One of the challenges to interviewing is we never do it. Heart mentioned doing practice interviews with friends and family, I can't think of anything better. Practice makes perfect and the rule still ap...

10. First Round Of Placement Set For October 5th

    micajoieLAc replied to Crystal74's topic in Arizona

    Deeval, You have an advanced placement application to fill out (it's on the Maricopa site). There is not a list like there is for the traditional RN program. They place you based on your HESI-PN scores into whatever program has an opening for Bloc...

11. NP jobs in AZ?

    micajoieLAc replied to Kim2's topic in Arizona

    I would strongly suggest the VA, it's an excellent hospital out here. I know for sure ALL their wound care nurses are NP's and with your prior military service it would make paperwork processing faster. You know how long the government takes to pro...

12. lack of preceptor spots MCCD

    micajoieLAc replied to kss0740's topic in Arizona

    Please keep us posted on their progress. As a student moving though the system I would hate to have my education delayed by bureaucracy, though it wouldn't be the first time

13. Made it through Block 1 PN @ Gateway, my experiences..

    micajoieLAc replied to rzyzzy's topic in Arizona

    miteacher, there may be a confusion going on. No Gateway does not normally do "summer session" the accelerated LPN program starts/ends earlier than the traditional program, i.e. we actually started two weeks earlier than the traditional program. Th...

14. Made it through Block 1 PN @ Gateway, my experiences..

    micajoieLAc replied to rzyzzy's topic in Arizona

    tolerating mediocrity is a form of condoning it. It's too bad a school with such a great reputation allows this type of behavior.

15. Made it through Block 1 PN @ Gateway, my experiences..

    micajoieLAc replied to rzyzzy's topic in Arizona

    you obviously had the day program. The quizzes in the night program are insane, they don't reflect the material lectured in class nor do they reflect the reading material. One of our instructors is prepared for class, effectively lectures on the ma...