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A doctor recently told me that the alcohol prep pads we use before starting an IV or administering an injection are useless. He said there is no literature to support alcohol as an effective means of reducing infections before these procedures and th...

KristiePDX. Interesting questions. Another I wonder about...How long should that tubing or vial be wiped? So what I have found out about ChloraPrep is: ChloraPrep costs about $1 a piece. (NY hospital uses process, product, education to cut bloodst...

Do you believe in love at first sight? :wink2:

Sorry, I don't have any of those books. I'd try the library first, but someone else might already have had that idea so don't depend on it. barnesandnoble.com can be great. My classes required the new editions for three semesters. I bought the disco...

Also this website is very helpful. I bought all of my programs from them. Skyscape: FAQs

"One more question.. To download programs for your PDA you first have to download them onto your computer, then onto your PDA right? So I buy a program, download it onto my laptop, then put it onto my Palm?" Exactly right. Just make sure that you pri...

And yes you are supposed to charge your Palm before using it. It should tell you how long in the instruction booklet.

This depends on so many things! I think getting pregnant in nursing school isn't so bad if you have a fairly easy pregnancy and no complications. If you don't, you might have to drop out. We lost an amazing person last semester because her baby was b...

For spring 07 I bought $85 of books. I got them through barnes and noble online. I used their discount card and 15% and 25% off coupons. Last semester I bought $250 of references for my PDA and spent $150 on books. Yikes! I love my books though. I ...

A friend of mine has migraines bad enough that she lands in the ER twice a month. She had botox injected into the muscles in her temples by a plastic surgeon to try to stop the pain about six months ago. And it worked!! She had no migraines until th...

To give you a little more background. Insurance will not pay for the surgery or the botox. Dilaudid works for her as does Lortab. They make her, to say it politely, highly unpleasant to be around. She's allergic to the meds so they make her itchy and...

I work at a company that gives us $20 for Thanksgiving for everyone and then a variable Christmas bonus depending on how the business has done that year and how long you've worked there. I had been working there about 9 months part-time and received ...

Our school used ATI testing for several years (before I entered the program). So many students and professors complained about the test, we ended up getting HESI instead. The senior nursing students I talked to said that the HESI was a much better te...

Waiting until May to... Build a new house with a doorbell that works and a basement that doesn't flood Build a new fence and plant rose bushes Buy a decent couch - no stuffing hanging out anywhere Take a cooking course! Kick out all my messy roomma...

I was hoping someone could help me find some reader friendly books about schizophrenia for my mother. My 17 year old brother has been hearing voices and seeing things (apparently for years) and is currently in counseling. He hasn't been diagnosed ...

Thank you!

I loaned out my L&D book to another student this last semester which ended the first week of May. I've sent her emails and called the numbers that the nursing office gave me and left a message. Not only did the book cost $200, I need it as a refe...

So I have a question for everyone who is getting their LPN. I don't have a job lined up to work as an LPN and I'm wondering if I'm eligible to apply for a temporary license. This is coming from Utah.

Tylenol PM works well for me

I had to write an essay about why I wanted to be in nursing school when I applied. I know that the dean weighted the letter heavily in the application process. I acuatally had a scary experience when I applied. I am in the top 10% at my college and m...

Micro was on of the best classes I have ever taken because of the kick but professor I had. The tests were progressively more difficult with essay questions, choose multiple answers, and fill in the blanks. It didn't matter though because the materia...

I'm a nursing student in a RN, BSN program in my third semester. I qualify to take the LPN exam as soon as I get my grades. What exactly should I be studying to take the exam?

Oh, another thing I like to do is read the material, read the notes, then make up questions about the information and put them on notecards. Questions like, "Your patient has pitting edema, a bp of 170/90, RR 22, P 102, T 37.2C, a dx of CHF. She c/o...

Most course work is designed with the 1 hr of class time = 2 hrs of study time rule (or so my instructors tell me). It really depends on how fast you read and how fast you can memorize. I read quickly and still spend about six hours a week doing the...

cardiacRN2006 hit that right on! Becoming an LPN would help me to become more advaned in my knowledge base and is the main reason that I want to take the test. A person with a year's experience as a LPN is better prepared than a new grad RN BSN with ...