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1. ER BOOKS???

   quixotic.dy replied to Kitkat222's topic in Emergency

   Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care. I just bought the 7th edition online for $47. This book is ENAs gold standard. My facility does an ED Internship for anyone new to the ED (new grad or experienced nurse) and the content in that internship program...

2. Visible tattoos appropriate for RN's?

   quixotic.dy replied to jayne12's topic in General Students

   I just graduated from a BSN program in August and we had a no visible tattoos policy. I got my first ever tattoo 9 months before graduation and just spent the rest of the time wearing a long sleeve shirt. This was only horrible during summer since I...

3. Help! Should I pay out of state tuition or off put college for a few years??

   quixotic.dy replied to nisa.33's topic in Pre-Nursing

   One more thing, look at cost of living versus nursing salary. I live in Nevada and just finished nursing school here. We will probably live here forever because the cost of living combined with nursing Salary makes it the most affordable. Aka I will...

4. Help! Should I pay out of state tuition or off put college for a few years??

   quixotic.dy replied to nisa.33's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I think that if you relocate to the US for a gal year during that time you should be able to get residency in any of the states. Since you are an American citizen this should be fairly easy. Most states just require that you get a drivers license, r...

5. Why Do Nurses Quit?

   quixotic.dy replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Agree 100%. I'm a new grad nurse who applied for a very competitive and respected program that just happened to decide to raise tuition and double enrollment the semester I started nursing school. This lead to so many growing pains it was ridiculous ...

6. BSN is a joke

   quixotic.dy replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

   Having a bachelors in nursing isn't about what you can do as a floor nurse in a hospital it's about preparing you to be part of leadership and also to go on to get a graduate degree. If you only aspire to work as a staff nurse, then don't waste any ...

7. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

   quixotic.dy replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I'm feeling the same way. Not quite as bad though. most of my cohort had jobs at the same hospital before we graduated. I did not get an interview with them. But I took and passed the NCLEX only 2 weeks after finishing school (the average where I li...

8. I'm new!

   quixotic.dy replied to jgodfrey0215's topic in Disabilities

   What I read here was not the post of someone who will fail, but of someone who is very self-aware and will succeed. You have already shown that you can make tough decisions (withdrawing from school because of the pregnancy) and then recognizing that...

9. New stroke

   quixotic.dy replied to lilli99's topic in Disabilities

   You are a RN. You have a lot of options. You don't need vocational rehab, you just need to find a new specialty if you think that you cannot be a home care hospice nurse anymore. Look into the insurance companies. I know that might be like working...

10. ASL Interpeters allowed at clinicals per the ADA?

    quixotic.dy replied to Natiel's topic in Disabilities

    Have you actually tried out this stethoscope? As someone who just graduated nursing school and is hard of hearing, I use the Littman Electronic and it amplifies 24x. It is not the only electronic out there, ThinkLabs has an electronic that amplifies...

11. Should male nurses put the toilet seat down?

    quixotic.dy replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

    Actually, if you are concerned about infection control, wouldn't you rather it be left up? Would you rather a man touch the seat with his hand right after he touched his penis and probably got urine on his hand and therefore is getting urine on the s...

12. Objective vs. Subjective data (again)

    quixotic.dy replied to combinate's topic in General Students

    I look at it very simply Subjective is patient Said Objective is I observed. Subjective Says Objective Observed If I didn't observe it then it needs to go in the said column.

13. eBooks

    quixotic.dy replied to HopeThruFaith's topic in General Students

    As ridiculously more expensive as it is, I like having both the Ebook and a paper copy BUT what I have done is buy the current edition Ebook and a previous used edition print. I save money on the print but can have those at home and write in the marg...

14. nursing notes

    quixotic.dy replied to soranaruto's topic in General Students

    I understand where you are coming from. I am first semester and there's been little direction in my health assessment class. It's also difficult when not allowed to use the word normal or no. The tips we were given is saying things like "patient/c...

15. nursing admission troubles (low overall GPA, high prereq GPA)

    quixotic.dy replied to wittyname's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I was in a similar situation. My cumulative from my first bachelors was like 2.3. It's still only up to 2.7 (because it's hard to budge a GPA based on 150 credits) but my GPA for the school I attend and did all my nursing school pre-reqs at is 3.7. ...