IndyElmer

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  1. It's my relatively inexperienced opinion that really stellar reference letters and work experience can help make up for a GPA that is closer to the minimum requirement GPA for a school (and not all schools have the same minimum so check out programs ...
  2. New Grad trolling for advice...please

    Some of my classmates have already declared that they will NOT be working nights (which suprised me as I thought it was a lucky new grad who managed to get a day shift job while many new grads "pay their dues" working nights until they have enough se...
  3. Great at care plans, suck at concept maps.

    Whether or not it's "mess of boxes & circles" depends on how your instructor requires you to do the concept map. The ones required by my instructors are not as crazy looking as some that I've seen. Ours have the reason for visit/care in the cente...
  4. Best care plan book?

    My instructor REQUIRES Carpenito for some portions of a care plan / concept map but allows us to use other nursing diagnosis books for other parts. Most people ahead of me seem to really like Ackley/Ladwig (considerably better than Carpenito) but I'm...
  5. What studying routine works for you?

    However you keep track of important things that you'd never miss --- doctor appointments, shifts at work, a kid's music recital, dinner with friends --- whether that's a paper calendar/planner, a web-based calendar or something in your smartphone, yo...
  6. Is it "5 rights" or "6 rights"?

    I've actually seen up to 10 rights, but as others have said, the "official" 5 are the five listed plus documentation as the most common additional right. There's a list of the "10" rights in this article (which is admittedly not the most scientific, ...
  7. I need your help to find a meaning behind two words

    Are you 100% sure of the spelling of the term?
  8. Are nurses really vulnerable?

    One way that I think nurses have to be (or at least feel) vulnerable is when you have to admit a mistake or near miss. While it is absolutely the right thing to do, admitting a mistake or near miss brings negative attention to yourself. Depending on ...
  9. Anatomy Flashcards: YES OR NO?

    I had access to both Netter and Kaplan anatomy flashcards. I thought the Kaplan cards were adequate for the job at hand, though I didn't really think they were necessary. I liked the cards for bones and even for anatomical reference terms, but I didn...
  10. Formatting Software - recommend any certain one?

    What do you want to format? A hard drive? A paper?
  11. Care Plan Hell

    I just got a 2011 IV drug guide for $1! If I end up refering to it a lot, I'll get the 2012. In case they might be useful to you, these are some of the sites that my pharm instructor suggested (some of which I've continued to use): www.drugs.com www...
  12. Potter and Perry 7th and 8th Editions

    Try to talk to people ahead of you in the program before you buy the 8th edition. People in the cohorts ahead of me keep telling me that they SELDOM looked at their textbooks, except for occasional clarification of something that they didn't understa...
  13. Care Plan Hell

    I'm also able to find that information in Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (though some drugs appear to not have antidotes listed).
  14. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    You can even form opinions based on speculation! You have the right to think that Obamacare is going to be a wildly expensive, poorly managed disaster, but you must state that as an opinion, not fact. If you're so inclined you can even back up your...
  15. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    Tarotale, to say that we are going to be required to have chips implanted in us is not an OPINION, that is a FACT. Facts should be verifiable by documentation or observation. Before getting up-in-arms about this supposed chip requirement, people want...