Thank you all so much! It may be anemia, because she is pale & complains of fatigue, though her lifestyle is quite active. This problem has reoccured 4-5 times over the last few years. It's always at the corners of the mouth only, and there is n...
Hi fellow nurses-- My 15-year-old otherwise healthy daughter keeps have recurring bouts of cracking at the corners of the mouth. The areas become slightly swollen and reddened. She is using "carmex", but it doesn't seem to help. I thought that she mi...
kmchugh: I have a question for you: When you got out of CRNA school, did you feel adequately prepared to administer anesthesia on your own? I know that when I graduated from nursing school, I felt "thrown to the wolves". Other nurses were quite help...
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Hi! I just graduated in December & here's what we did: We had a big candle lit throughout our pinning ceremony, and right before we said the "Nightingale Pledge", we played the song "Carry your candle". We each had a candle, and one person went d...
I work in a small rural ER & we are beginning to see more and more Spanish patients, as they are migrating to this area to work in the timber and farming industries here. We have one Spanish-speaking doctor in our ER, but on the days that he isn...
I took the Kaplan review after graduating this past December. I passed with 75 questions. I thought the Kaplan review was great. They teach you how to understand the questions, which is a VERY LARGE part of mastering the test. I have a friend who too...
Hi ER nurses! I am SO EXCITED! I just graduated last month, and I will start to work in my hometown hospital's ER in a couple of weeks! I labored long and hard over this decision--I was pulled between Med/Surg (where all instructors tell you to go) a...
If you are concerned about the math, buy a book and start learning how to calculate dosages. It isn't hard, but it does stump alot of nursing students. I know we lost at least 1/6 of our class to math our first semester (they weren't able to progres...
Hi you all! I just graduated from an ASN program in December, and I will start working at my (small) hometown hospital next week. I'm SO excited. I've been reading this forum for a while now, and I've learned so much from you guys! I'm so proud to be...
No, no trick. I plan to work. I'm just wondering if my working between the ASN and BSN degrees would add some sort of value from an employer's viewpoint. If I went straight to the MSN degree, I realize that I would have to put in my time before I adv...
I am in my second semester of an Associate degree program. I plan to enter the RN-to-BSN program in the future. Is it necessary to work before going into the BSN program? Has anyone gone straight from ASN to BSN? I suppose I should take the NCLEX aft...
I've thought about this, too! I will start my second semester in nursing school this fall, and so far, I have a 4.0 GPA. But I am 34 years old, and have two children. Isn't internship after medical school almost unsurvivable? If anyone has info/exper...