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While there is some overlap between EMS and Nursing, at the EMT level, this is very minimal. I'm not knocking EMS or Nursing for this. I will say that you'll probably have no disadvantage later on if...

As long as it says "Delivery Successful" and you got the good pop up, you're like 99.9999% likely to have passed. Congrats! PS: I've never heard from someone directly that has failed after getting...

The biggest thing that made me choose ADN over BSN (similar length courses) was (at the time) the University was closed to 2nd Bachelor's students. That included the BSN program. I could have had...

I use a Cardiology III as well. I do not use an electronic one myself, mostly because they amplify EVERYTHING.

Given a choice between doing an ABSN, a BSN, and an ADN program, I'd have chosen a BSN program. While the ABSN program is fast & expensive, it very well could be too fast to really gain an...

I can run almost indefinitely on about 6-7 hours of sleep per night. I can do well occasionally with <2 hour naps per night if necessary. Here's the key thing: I don't do that very often and I end up...

It's not that you'll always be a cheater, but you'll always be suspect. You'll be under the microscope for quite a long time. Unfortunately, it's going to be the OP's "albatross" to wear for quite a...

All I can say is that I've had so-so luck with HP printers and wireless connections. My current one has a love-hate relationship with some (random) black cartridges. Sometimes it's quite happy with...

My area has something like 8 acute care hospitals, one Level 1 and two Level 2 trauma centers, all are stroke centers, 4 PCI centers, and if I were to expand things out a little bit, add in probably...

My program has each student write their own short "thank you" on a card and then whoever is the MC of the ceremony reads it. We may be able to do this via multi-media as well, but that has to be...

I should have added that I always carry a calculator. While computers are very good at crunching numbers, sometimes (like the last hospital I was at) they disabled the calculators on the computers,...

If I'm not allowed to use calculators, I simply use the paper method...

From your posts, I gathered that your program has 2 requirements to graduate: GPA and passing all courses with a certain minimum score. You have met the GPA requirement, however, you have not passed...

If you didn't "make the grade" that they were looking for to pass, you didn't pass. Therefore you aren't able to graduate because you "failed" the course. Even if by one point. A classmate of mine...

I will say that depending upon your actual schedule, at work and at school, it could be very doable. It will not be very easy. In fact, I expect that it would be rather difficult. Given what I know...

I remember my first "patient emergency" like it was almost yesterday. While I was not a nurse at the time, I was most certainly in a patient care role… This patient is now long gone, at the time...

Glucagon can be given subcutaneously, IM, or IV. I've always been instructed to give it IM because if there's an IV established, I'm going to push D10 or D50 for a low blood sugar level. It could...

I took part of A&P twice. The first time around I took the full year. The second time through (about 15 years later) I took just the part that I needed. Needless to say that I did VERY well the 2nd...

What to brush up on for first semester of nursing school… Well probably the first thing that I would suggest that you brush up on is anatomy and physiology. I would personally lean more towards...

Should you get some kind of certificate prior to starting NS? Absolutely! The question is, what kind? I've been an EMT & Paramedic for 7 years (actively) and kept up with my Paramedic License for 12...

Then I (and a couple others) must have mis-read the post.

I just went back and re-read your post. You covered the reason for the beta blockers really well, you just missed the beta agonists part of it. No need to go all the way back to the drawing board,...

I've felt that way for about one day... Ok, maybe a week. ;) While you may not feel any more competent than you were during 1st semester, remember this: you're learning new stuff. While you're in...

I'm a big fan of pumps that have a secondary port on a cassette on a primary line just for this reason! You can actually have it set to run your primary bag and your secondary bag concurrently...

I can (sort of) second that! I'll be turning 40 shortly and I still have a year to go in Nursing School. Yes, 25 feels kind of old, but.... you're just getting started!