I was told by another nurse to break the "bind" of the drug by soaking it in cola for a bit. It disolves the binding agent of the sustained release particles, but doesn't release them --- is the gist...
Everyone's feet are different. Try on a good selection of different styles if you can to see what's right for you. And don't forget to see what your hospital/clinical policy dictates you can wear! I...
To Canada, you can purchase Saunder's NCLEX guides from Amazon.com or other online book sellers (for less than $50). Your own bookstore could probably special order it for you as well. Kaplan is a...
Of course test taking skills are a must, but there's a lot of fact based questions on there as well that have nothing to do with prioritization or picking out the real question in the sentence (or at...
Try and relax first of all! I would just go over prioritization (everyone's been saying their test was heavy on that), main diseases or disorders (like Graves, diabetes, even sickle cell), diets...
It's true - you are out if you don't pass your dosage calc exam at the beginning. We lost one person at the beginning of 3rd for that reason. They give you 2 (maybe 3?) chances. Also - I don't think...
I keep hearing mixed reviews on hiring out of state grads - but regardless of where the grads come from, oportunities are certainly less. I've asked what area you are in so I can maybe forward you...
OHSU has internship programs that might help with changing specialties also. "Once hired into a specific job position, additional theory, learning opportunities and caring preceptors are provided for...
Wow - I hope you're right about OHSU cahnging their chemistry requirements! I looked last week at the RN to BSN program and saw they wanted 15 units of chem! I took only one chem class since that...