Yin Yang

lamazeteacher- that seems pretty ridiculous. Likening a mandatory flu vaccine to mandatory seatbelt laws is laughable at best. A requirement to wear a mask is closer to having to wear a seatbelt. As far as taking the vaccine goes, I'll take my ch...

You must be at an HCA facility...lol. Ours just started that too, and it is ridiculous. I work nights, so we have to be extra careful, because if you take your mandatory lunch less than 4 hours after you start working, you lose your shift different...

Hey there - I was pretty organized, especially by the end of it. 1st semester is fundamentals - really pretty boring - just get through it. The syllabus is a good place to start if you want to get a jump on stuff. Make a list of drugs from it and ...

Let me know if there is anything else you need - I saved pretty much everything from every semester. Yang

Actually, I do - I'll try and attach it here. I'm not sure if it's a partial or complete, but if you go to the community tabs on e-campus, & go to the 2nd semester syllabus, the complete should be there. This has all the info though. Hope it h...

He doesn't threaten them. We have patients that are truly out of control, detoxing, etc. They do get violent, try to enter other patients room, screaming, and sometimes restraints are not sufficient to control them and still keep them from hurting...

Having completed El Centro, I can tell you it is a fact that they are hard on you, and they seem very uncaring about whether the changes they make put you out or not. But, you can do it if you have the right mindset. Where did you take your A &...

Ms Beecham is a really intelligent lady - she is tough though. She will find your weakness and beat it out of you. She can be verbally harsh, but just accept it and don't make the same mistake twice. If you allow yourself to learn from her, you wi...

Spill - how is it going for you? Somehow I didn't get the notice when you and jaxia posted in feb & april - but you did get a job! Are there still some from your class that don't have one? I'm VERY grateful that we graduated when we did....I l...

We have one doc that will go so far as to intubate them if they present a danger to staff or themselves....we try to warn the patient when he's on that they better straighten up...lol

I found Jaxia on the BON!!! She passed. Congratulations!!!! Jaxia, RN!!!

I just finished nursing school, and it was never a big deal. We all were pretty open about it. Everyone wanted reassurance. I haven't ready any stories about negative outcomes of sharing grades. I very often had the highest grade in the class, an...

Maybe it's that the current proficiency exams place the minimum bar too low. Maybe it needs to be raised some so that a higher level of proficiency and COMMUNICATION is required to pass it. Just a thought... Yang

I know - it's crazy to think about, but I'm excited! I do the PBDS tomorrow - we already took the BKAT-ER. Lots of stuff! Yang

We have a Croc's outlet in town (Allen, TX), so I went there. You can also get them online too though. You print out this foot print thing...but I'd still go try a pair on for size because they fit so differently... Yang

I'm in Dallas, Texas, and here, things are pretty good. Pretty much everyone in our class had jobs by middle of October and didn't graduate until Dec. 10. We just about all got into internships (ER, ICU, PCU, OR, L & D, etc.). So far, Texas ha...

Ok, I will preface this by saying that I swore I would NEVER wear Crocs because they are flat out ugly. However (you knew it was coming), someone convinced me to try on a pair of theirs, and I was amazed. I now have the Specialists in White and Bla...

Thanks Ally!!! Well, one week down! And though there are not any exciting stories yet, it has been interesting. Everyone from the CEO down seems super nice! It's just been mostly policy/procedure stuff so far, but I'm in class this week and then ...

I took it on Jan 13 (graduated Dec. 10) and got 75 questions - 3 SATA, 1 math. It took me 52 minutes - 2 days later, I passed! So far everyone in my class that has taken it has had 75 questions, except 1 (he had 80) and all have passed. Yang

Thanks! I'll still be around though - fear not. I'm too much of a mommy to do otherwise. LOL Yang, RN

If patients are complaining that they cannot understand your english, that is not being racist or making fun of your accent. That is the patient making an honest request to have their rights at understanding their careplan and the education needed t...

I had a horrible epidural experience when I had my daughter, so I was terrified of the steroid injection. I managed to not get it, but I did physical therapy 2 hours a day sometimes 4 days a week. I used a pilates based PT that really did make a di...

I've had a similar situation. I herniated L4-L5 in Oct. 2006, and have several others bulging at 1-2 mm. I literally could not walk, or even roll myself over in bed for weeks (couldn't even get on or off the potty). After much intensive physical t...

Or, call the BON in your state. They should be able to give you a link or a quick run down fairly easily! Yang

You sound a little angry there...although everyone has an accent of some type, learning to speak clearly, without an accent that keeps you from being understood, would be the goal. Calm down and don't get so worked up....nothing is wrong with an Ame...