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Hopefully everyone looking as of the last post has found jobs. Let's keep this thread alive for those who came after us....

ACLS certification is just paper; you're an RN, you can obviously pass classes. Experience with the steps and scenarios of ACLS is really the key. When employers are looking for RNs with ACLS, who...

So far, the responses have ranged from simply asking for more information to downright condescending. Let me clarify that I am looking for an experienced opinion (or even published literature,...

Okay, I need a bit of good nursing practice know-how. If you have a 2ml IM injection is it better to give it all at once (assuming non-irritating med) or divide it into two, 1ml injections? My...

The charge nurse already knows about this coworker of yours, believe me. Now you know too. You sound like you already know how to show up on time, do a good job and follow the protocol. So practice...

I'd like to find the meaning of a hat party and the origins of it, if possible. I've Googled "hat party" and "nursing school graduation" and some other terms, and I've searched this site too. My best...

the situation is that a nursing student has a pacu observation opportunity coming up and wants to a) learn and b) not ask dumb questions. conversely, what questions should this nursing student...

Just wondering - is there a nursing dx for 'the patient's bowels aren't moving and no BT's so they can't have PO anything and they need to tolerate PO meds to be discharged?' "Constipation" doesn't...

Try to stay an extra 30 minutes at the end of your shift and write down all the little things you didn't have time to do. Then do them and go home, but keep the list. At the end of a week, pull out...

While I agree with the previous posters that nursing school needs to be your #1 priority, life is not all nursing school and you need to find a balance that works for you. One thing that worked...

Wow, that is a sobering article. So oddly different from my experience. The only substance my hard-working nursing class is abusing is COFFEE!!!

Hello! I'm looking for help finding RN programs near Westport, CT. I'm in Seattle at the moment and I have NO idea about drive times to places 30 miles away (like Yale) and/or if going to NY would...

bleah. edited because I can't figure out how to delete a duplicate post.

You are smart to be thinking about all of these things before you quit your job. Probably it is this intelligence that has served you well in your engineering field and will serve you admirably when...

I volunteer in the local ER and when a pt with a trauma comes in, my heart starts to pound and I'm sure I get a wild look in my eyes (though I try my best not to) and my voice gets a little...

I had Bio101 and Chem101 when I took A&P, but if it's just A then you probably just need MedTerm. If it's both A&P I would also recommend Nutrition, if it's on your prereq list too, because it will...

Thanks to the RN who PM'd me with NYC info. I'd be happy to share if anyone wants to PM me with their info....

Hello! I've been searching and cannot find an answer to this question on any travel nursing website, so am asking it here. Hope some folks can help me. How much money do travel nurse agencies...

The information was presented at a nursing school information session in January....

Someone in nursing school administration once told me that getting a license in any other state would be easier if I had attended school and gotten an RN license in Washington state, but the opposite...