william5703

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1. Advice if you have to go to 2nd choice & they don't offer Nursing

   william5703 replied to shoppergirl's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   And just trying to clarify here...you are aware that when she gets accepted to some place like UNCW she would do two years as "pre-nursing" and then apply to nursing school after that, and then she...

2. Advice if you have to go to 2nd choice & they don't offer Nursing

   william5703 replied to shoppergirl's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   It would be a good idea to look at the prerequisites for the nursing programs that she would like to go to. You can be a "pre-nursing major" without being accepted into nursing school. This way you...

3. New Grad seeking CCU/ICU job!

   william5703 replied to kitty25's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Ummm...I'm not sure if they have all of their new grad fellow positions posted yet online. Normally, under "Job Category" (I think) is "Nursing New Graduate" then you search for that and they usually...

4. New Grad seeking CCU/ICU job!

   william5703 replied to kitty25's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   If you're interested in the Raleigh area WakeMed has fellowship programs for new grads in all of their ICUs. It's an awesome hospital and great place for a new grad to start off in a challenging...

5. recent nclex passers

   william5703 replied to Robin.RN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   About 5-7 days from when you took the NCLEX to be listed on the NCBON

6. Scrubshopper

   william5703 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I don't know if anyone has dealt with scrubshopper.com before, but I ordered from them simply because their prices were competitive and they had an easy checkout (paypal, google, etc). However, I...

7. VRE, MRSA, and HIV testing question

   william5703 replied to william5703's topic in Infectious Disease

   Thanks for the replies everyone! We've actually changed our project to focus on home HIV testing and the effects of reporting and no face-to-face counseling. But I appreciate the information regarding...

8. VRE, MRSA, and HIV testing question

   william5703 posted a topic in Infectious Disease

   Hi all, I am doing a sort of research project for school regarding HIV. We are trying to research the policy regarding reporting of HIV positive patients to healthcare providers. I live in NC and have...

9. Need info on New Bern and Wilmington...

   william5703 replied to RNratched's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Hi Napdogg, Wilmington is a great city, but I'm not that impressed with the hospitals. Both hospitals are owned by New Hanover Health Network, so there's not any competition. Just from what I've heard...

10. NANDA Diagnosis of Hyperthermia for fever?

    william5703 replied to william5703's topic in General Students

    The OPT is what our school (University of North Carolina Wilmington) uses in place of care plans. It stands for outcome-present state-test. I don't really see the difference in using an OPT instead of...

11. NANDA Diagnosis of Hyperthermia for fever?

    william5703 replied to william5703's topic in General Students

    Wow! Thanks daytonite for your quick and detailed response. The problem is our pediatric clinical is only 1 day a week 7a-7p, and the child's CBC came back normal, but the urine culture and LP results...

12. NANDA Diagnosis of Hyperthermia for fever?

    william5703 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm working on my OPT (new style of a care plan) for a 5 week old with a fever of unknown origin. She had a low grade fever with no other real observable problems. She does have a h/o UTIs, however, I...