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I hopefully will finish up in May. My immediate plans for after graduation are to get my diploma, buy some nice new bedding, eat a crazy big meal, and sleep, and by sleep I mean sleep for as close...

this person sounds like a death trap. ph is 1.5? how about risk of immediate death r/t to caustic-super-acid rust monster-type acidosis aeb ph 1.5 edit: then smile and tell your teacher ...oh...

The question could have been reworded, and more specific, but it does have some relevance to the potential dangers associated with pthalate comprised assistance devices employed by females. However,...

Nursing school is it's own unique beast. Having come from a background with a 3.8 in education, a 3.0 MS biology, and a 3.7 in electronics engineering, I'm thankful for each and every day that my...

discuss how drugs can be used (sans or without) therapy to help in the management of mood disorders. Psychopharmacology is the use of mood stabilizers, benzos, ssri's maoi's etc to help fix a...

hate to say it, but if you can't manage to borrow a thermometer for a few moments, your future in health care in the supervisory role may be less than ideal. Take this opportunity to reflect on why...

your work load in the hospital setting is what i'ld be interested to know. in ltc it could be 15+ patients, in a hospital setting it's likely it's less than 10 (although that's just a guess based on...

i hear kaplan is supposed to be good, either should be fine, from my understanding the NLN exit examinations are in sort of a pilot-beta product phase and shouldn't be used to keep people from...

gate control pain theory might be worth looking at, also for #2 non pharmacologic interventions could be a possibility, no not a makeup set, but coloring, video games, or reading a story could reduce...

Perhaps, but if the as the primary nurse have taken report on, and a student goes running around putting 16 french foley catheters in the pts nose or goes around making med errors, or whatever neat...

I enjoyed L&D, but there's no way with the 2 weeks of my rotation (out of 14) that I got to stock shelves, and the constant battles for right to provide care with nervous husbands coupled with the...

I've heard that if you can handle an A in A&P and micro that you can rely on it as an early indicator of your ability to pass the nursing program with at least a C. I took micro and physiology...

I remember the start of nursing school. I used to shake so bad everytime I was trying to give a subQ that I would joke it off and tell the pt I'm just making sure that i get the insulin gets mixed...

I've decided to start sharing sort of updates based on my experience in nursing school, and pose things as a question. Last week, I had the worst time with clinicals -- the treatment by patients as...

the biggest thing about moving "down south" to NC to get a job as a LPN is that the LPN/LVN is not highly sought after in our already oversaturated market. Most hospitals I'm aware of require a...

just wanting to start a thread related to a certain topic that is lately becoming near and dear to me. My children -- before I entered nursing school were amazing, and they're still amazing and...

rescinded.

thinking over what may be some tongue and cheek pros and cons of being a male nursing student: advantage: can reach the top shelf of the clean utility. disadvantage: having to reach the top...

I had the chance to polish toilets for about 6 years after getting my bachelors before deciding to do nursing school. I have to say, polishing toilets is by far easier, but the potential to move up...

http://www.thecherokeescout.com/articles/2010/02/12/news/doc4b71d3e98e8d5023516129.txt yep it's still a problem. meth affects native american communities as much as other communities, the caveat...

i've noticed that some of the local hospitals offer "scholarships" annually that provide modest to moderate assistance (typically 500-2000$/year) in exchange for signing non-compete agreements...

A better question is are you ready to tackle nursing school after the baby is born for the future it can offer, nursing school will often require many sacrifices and there's no right answer that fits...

APA is a defective academic standard. Even amongst the experts, the pHD majors, and the journalism majors, there's so much discrepency in how to inline citate. I wish the American Psychological...

The best part of nursing is observing other nurses. I've seen the best and the worst of health care, and lost friends and family to the worst. It helps me push forward as a patient advocate and...

Our youngest is 18 now (I believe she started at 17 and our oldest student was 58 (no longer in the program) there are around 50 of us left, ages range from 18 to 47, pretty much on a standard bell...