MQ Edna

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1. Chemistry classes

   MQ Edna posted a topic in SRNA

   Hello friends, Could you help me to figure out whether to enroll to take organic chemistry or biochemistry as a prerequisite before applying to CRNA school. If it is organic chemistry which online course would you recommend.... like WSU, Eastern...

2. Stopped at 75 on NCLEX RN exam, walked away feeling okay, is that bad?

   MQ Edna replied to chr1sm.'s topic in NCLEX

   Advice for those taking NCLEX. Don't buy all these prep books and try to study. I passed on my first try. after graduating from nursing school I purchased Mosby's prep book with the test sample book. Get a calendar and assign 3-4 days for 1-3 chapter...

3. Transgender Nursing Student

   MQ Edna replied to Transgender_n_TN's topic in General Students

   Is there something in particular that you are so amazed about?

4. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

   MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey

   Good to know!

5. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   MQ Edna replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   For the longest time I felt so evil for thinking #13... now I know I'm joining the right profession hahaha.

6. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

   MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey

   Well I'm def. going for my higher education, its just right now I wanted to make a little more money to be able to afford going to school for my RN. My dream is to someday be a NP

7. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

   MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey

   Okay... I'm going to go back to class on Monday and request that my peer be given a drug test. (jk, if it's one thing I've learned so far since starting school is that it's NOT a competition and if one of us fail, it's because we didn't work hard eno...

8. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

   MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in New Jersey

   You know it's actually funny. I'm from South Jersey and know all those hospitals very well. I knew I had to be misunderstanding something. This girl was trying to make it sound like it was ILLEGAL!

9. LPN's Aren't Allowed to Work in NJ?

   MQ Edna posted a topic in New Jersey

   So.... just got out of A & P today and I'm kinda distressed. I was told that LPNs aren't not allowed to work in hospitals in NJ so I would have to go work in Penn if I wanted a hospital experience. I understand that since a LPNs scope of practice...

10. Giving Report to a CNA

    MQ Edna replied to niknoc's topic in New Nurse

    As a direct care staff who does pretty much everything a CNA does execpt for handing out medications.... I have to report BM's, any incidents even if their was only a potential for injury... I have to keep repositioning logs up to date, write activ...

11. Do many nurses resent their patients?

    MQ Edna replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    That brings up and interesting point.... I think I tolerate my clients better because they can't help it. I think when I become a nurse, there will have to be some adjustment made because I know some pt. can be royal pitha... but hopefully that will ...

12. Do many nurses resent their patients?

    MQ Edna replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes get annoyed with the indivduals but I never show it and I usualy end up laughing about it later. Despite any griping I may have posted on this forum, I do enjoy my job as a direct care staff.

13. "Older" nurses and 12 hour shifts

    MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    All the oldies must be working dayshift! (LOL) Or . . maybe the thought of having choices is so foreign . . and unlikely . . why answer?

14. "Older" nurses and 12 hour shifts

    MQ Edna posted a topic in General Nursing

    A recent medscape article "oldies are goodies" talks about the value of "older" nurses (age 45 and up) and how to best retain them. the article suggests that According to this article, I'm an older nurse (age 45). Personally, I like working t...

15. Suspicious emails

    MQ Edna replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the replies so far! I am very well aware of email safety and virus issues. My husband is a software engineer and we have every form of virus protection, firewalls etc., known to mankind on my computer! What I would really like to know...