coco.nut

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1. APRN Short Interview Needed

   coco.nut replied to coco.nut's topic in NP Students

   GrnTea, Thank you for your suggestions. I do realize that that is the optimum way to find an APRN to answer these questions, except that I work 5 days a week as an RN and do not have extra time on weekends with school and family. This is for my onlin...

2. APRN Short Interview Needed

   coco.nut posted a topic in NP Students

   Hello! I am looking for an APRN to answer a few questions for my Professional Nurse Development class in my RN-BSN course load. This was a mid-semester addition, which is causing me some stress because I do not work with any APRNs nor have any profes...

3. Paid amount per visits

   coco.nut replied to cincin1222's topic in Home Health

   $12 an hour is insulting no matter what part of the country you live in. I made more than that on some cases as a home health aid. I'm sorry you had your time wasted. If employees are so under valued, imagine how the agency treats patients!

4. New Nursing Student: Should I spoil myself with an electronic BP cuff?

   coco.nut replied to Amcanarn's topic in General Students

   Practice until you get proficient at counting. Don't rely on electronics, they can't do all of your assessment for you and they are not always accurate. You will get to the point where you trust your skills and instincts but only with time and pract...

5. Failed Nursing School

   coco.nut replied to kkitchens23's topic in General Students

   I have an ADN, I got hired 2 weeks after I passed the NCLEX. Many of my ADN cohorts also found jobs quickly with good hospitals in the area. Yes, a lot of hospitals prefer BSN's but you can make yourself more desirable by enrolling in a RN-BSN progra...

6. First clinicals this friday.

   coco.nut replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Students

   Have you gone into the nursing office at school to see if they have copies? They should. Also, talk to your director, don't just decide to stay home from a clinical. She/he will be able to tell you the appropriate steps and if this instructor is bei...

7. I have a 2.94 gpa. Where should I apply for Fall 2013?

   coco.nut replied to delros1's topic in Pre-Nursing

   FCC was at about 3.67 when I started. GPA goes up every new class due to the large number of applicants. However, GPA was calculated ONLY from the classes that were pre-reqs, which may make a difference. I would consider retaking classes you didn't g...

8. Scrubs cost WHAT???

   coco.nut replied to flying_ace2's topic in General Students

   $100-ish for 1 pair of pants, 2 tops and a jacket. Terrible quality, uncomfortable and unflattering and the pants were near dead by graduation. We had to order from this particular company. They suggested 2 of everything, I was a poor student, so no ...

9. Nursing Students: What do you think of your instructors?

   coco.nut replied to KBICU's topic in General Students

   I can say all of my instructors were smart, experienced, and invested in our success. Yes, we used PP an spent time going over each one. They would relate stories, advice etc. We could always ask questions, no one was made to feel stupid and they wou...

10. need a little advice!! Which school would you choose?!!

    coco.nut replied to starnurse2b16's topic in General Students

    My advice, if a school is not accredited, cross it off your list. Figure out how much a month you will be paying every month for debt, is it doable? Is it worth it? My ADN cost about 14,000 total, I am (luckily!) debt free. My RN-BSN is $7,000 total...

11. Question on giving a full bed bath

    coco.nut replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

    Gloves are also for patient protection.

12. Do you enjoy med surg clinicals? Vent...

    coco.nut replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Students

    LiLev, I just use a table to input info name, action, etc. Then you can search for the drug in your doc with ctrl F. I started off using Word, but switched to Google docs for several reasons: It's always accessible wherever I am I can share it with ...

13. Do you enjoy med surg clinicals? Vent...

    coco.nut replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Students

    At the point we have 3-4 pts, we are expected to be able to plan care w/o coming in the night before (which is good and bad, lol). We still have reams of paper for each pt, but it is due several days later. My suggestion is do all your care plans on ...

14. Who is right and who is wrong?

    coco.nut replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Students

    There is nursing school/NCLEX and there is real life, as instructors say. In NS you learn one way to do something, maybe not even the current standards. However, that is the only correct way when tested. You could always say "we do this such and such...

15. Home Health Aide Requires You to Know How to Drive

    coco.nut replied to sebig001's topic in CNA/MA

    My HHA required proof of insurance upon hire and it had to be a certain amount of coverage because we do drive clients in our cars if needed. We also get reimbursed for mileage running errands and ferrying clients around. I have had jobs where all I ...