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  1. Just starting and already stressed out about admission....

    jov replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i was just wondering if its this hard to get into nursing school allover the country..... yes. at least your school fills slots on first come, first served. Our school had 1000 applicants for 70...

  2. Interesting facts and observations.

    jov replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    no males in the room? at all? It is interesting that this preference is generally only directed towards nurses and not towards physicians i.e. one does not insist on only female surgeons, a female...

  3. Looking too young to be an RN

    jov replied to Amxixi29's topic in General Students

    now there's an idea. grow a beard or mustache:rotfl: seriously I would wear glasses even if I didn't need them. Glasses always make people look smarter and more serious. I distinctly remember the...

  4. I am freaking out! Please advise...

    jov replied to penny2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Lately, there has been a bunch of rumors going around regarding how low the pass rate (for NCLEX) is for our graduates. Apparently it's only been like 30% 1. Don't ever base decisions on rumors. Base...

  5. worried sick about nursing school!!

    jov replied to gella20's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you think you can AVOID humiliating experiences by staying a CNA, you're in for a shock, honey. Everybody gets humbled at one point or another. You might as well be humiliated as a nurse or a doc...

  6. Help with a med calculation.

    jov replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

    you can also work it out the "logical" way... 1 gram of Ancef in 50 ml and it will drip at 20 drops per ml. That means each ml will equal 20 drops. 50 ml x 20 drops = 1000 drops. You have 30 minutes...

  7. Interesting facts and observations.

    jov replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    One says: "It is personal because it is gender discrimination. No matter how you cut it." the other says "No it is personal because we are talking about one individual patient and their personal body...

  8. PDA's, iPods, and all the tech gadgets...

    jov replied to DesertRain's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Or vice versa.

  9. How old were your kids when you started the program?

    jov replied to Irene joy's topic in General Students

    I would wait. Half day kindergarten is a nightmare even if you are not in nursing school. Just wait and do nursing school next year. One year out of your life is nothing. One year out of your kids'...

  10. Is blood a colloid?

    jov replied to JNogueira95's topic in General Students

    no offense, siri, but i don't think a prof will consider wikipedia an authoritative site I agree blood is a colloid because the suspended particles in blood are of the right dimensions for it to be...

  11. How Old is Too Old

    jov replied to gdsgrl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with the previous poster who points out time lost from work going to school needs to be balanced with earning potential post degree. In other words, when I become an RN, I have an earning...

  12. Prescribing SC heparin vs. SC lovenox

    jov replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    another advantage of the low-molecular weight heparin (i call 'em lo-mo's) is low molecular weight means less binding to protein and other cellular binding which means less activation of osteoclasts...

  13. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    jov replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    when I worked at the Coroner's office we sometimes had people with blood alcohol's of 4.5 and higher...but they were the ones found the next morning, dead in their car still parked outside the

  14. Possible future nurse-have a lot of questions!

    jov replied to ronsprincess's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    to answer at least some of your questions: "as far as nursing school goes-I hear so many scary things like how hard it is and that you get yelled at." I'm into my fourth semester and haven't been...

  15. found out my competition!

    jov replied to Irene joy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    1000 applicants for 70 slots, most were above 3.5 to get in. There were also a few nontraditional students who probably didn't have the 3.5 but were there for

  16. Need help with oogenesis question

    jov replied to Freedom42's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    mostly remember haploid cells produce haploid cells and diploid cells produce diploid cells, except in fertilization of course where two haploid cells produce a diploid cell. In summary: Mitosis...

  17. Anti-depressants and nursing school

    jov replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    well... the first time I tried to get through nursing school 20 years ago I ended up with irritable bowel syndrome so bad I had to drop out. This time through, I am handling the stress beautifully....

  18. how do i max my income as new grad

    jov replied to focker-male nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Here in Illinois (just outside Chicago) NP's only make about $60...$70k max unless you have experience and shop around a good long time. Seems NP's don't make much more than RN's -- add in the RN's OT...

  19. Pinning ceremonies...

    jov replied to MsBruiser's topic in Male Nursing Students

    maybe the wife would allow a

  20. Does anyone do Medical Transcription?

    jov replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The company is Medquist. They were recently in the news because --oops, seems like they overcharged a few hundreds of their clients! Medquist WAS the transcription provider at the hospital where my...

  21. Does anyone do Medical Transcription?

    jov replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    DO NOT spend $3000 to get into the MT field! :trout: I have been an MT for over 25 years, both for services, in-house and for the last 10 years, I have owned and operated my own transcription...

  22. having a baby due during nursing school..

    jov replied to nd deb's topic in General Students

    congratulations, nd deb! first of all, I'm not so sure you should rely on the advice above. At 37, while it is of course possible you could drop a baby on Tuesday and be back on your feet on...

  23. School uniforms.. ugh..

    jov replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

    Red scrub tops with black scrub pants, white scrub jackets. We did the masterful presentation to get us out of nursing uniforms and into nursing scrubs last semester. Funny thing, 99% of nurses wear...

  24. Help w/ head injury pt

    jov replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Students

    i am not arguing with you. you specifically asked me a question which you indicated (sincerely, i believe?) you really wanted to know. it's unclear to me why you are uncomfortable discussing this...

  25. Help w/ head injury pt

    jov replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Students

    FYI, my previous post was a direct response as requested by