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    Kaplan Question Trainer

    emtb2rn replied to NathanDH's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Go get 'em. Let us know how you do. I started the Kaplan Online Complete this week. Seems pretty good so far. I really like the blue review book. Easy read, very comprehensive. Fairly consistent...
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    Somerset Medical- 2 year contract!!? 5 days/week for new grads??

    emtb2rn replied to BwayDani's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    As I understand it, the 5 days/week is only for the 1st 6-8 weeks of orientation, then you transition to your actual working shift for the
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    Somerset Medical- 2 year contract!!? 5 days/week for new grads??

    emtb2rn replied to BwayDani's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    coolatta19, Check your PMs.
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    New ED nurses who "know it all"

    emtb2rn replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency

    It ain't what you don't know that will hurt you, it is what you do know that ain't so. --Mark
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    Fairleigh Dickinson University- FDU Nursing

    emtb2rn replied to ggabri07's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    If you choose UMDNJ, working is going to be very difficult. As I understand it, the program will comsume virtually all of your time. This is from posts I've seen on this board and from talking to...
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    New Grad and ED position

    emtb2rn replied to TruDivaRN's topic in Emergency

    Got a job offer from my local ED (which I accepted). Will be starting in August after I graduate (June) and take the NCLEX (asap). 12 weeks orientation, 1:4 staffing ratio (yeah, I know, s%*t...
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    Please Help.....

    emtb2rn replied to Triple A's's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Check out the Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing in Montclair. Great school and an easy train ride from the city.
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    Why so many hospitals closed in NJ?

    emtb2rn replied to abbaking's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Mountainside has not closed. Got sold by AHS to some for-profit company out of Texas. The link from NRSKarenRN on NJ hospitals pretty much sums it up. Also doesn't make it simple for a new grad to...
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    Healthy Clinical Lunch?

    emtb2rn replied to GypsyRose07's topic in General Students

    I've learned that time management includes time to maintain my blood sugar. You need to find that 5 minutes to get something into your system, be it a hard boiled egg, bagel, an apple or whatever....
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    CNA or EMT Training??

    emtb2rn replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    If it were a few months ago, like early November, I'd suggest becoming a ski patroller. The training is essentially the same as EMT-B but with a heavy slant toward trauma (go figure). The big...
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    Clinical experience in Psychiatric Ward

    emtb2rn replied to mjune's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1) soft eyes. Don't stare, could be mis-interpreted as aggressive. 2) don't go into rooms. 3) talk to the patients. Don't feed into their fantasies but try to find common ground and just talk. 4) for...
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    sry for posting it in the other forum daytonite....

    emtb2rn replied to classof2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You need to provide signs and symptoms. Can't build nsdxs based on medical diagnoses, have to be able to work around the patient as she presents. I.e., skin turgor, good, fair or poor?, labs such as...
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    multi-vitamin and zinc med cards???

    emtb2rn replied to SamanthaHope85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    MVI and zinc are in my Davis drug book, so they should be in yours. Check out "zinc sulfate" and vitamins, subheading "multiple
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    A-Fib

    emtb2rn replied to tiffanymarie25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Whatcha have is pacemakers besides the SA node firing in the R atria (aka multiple ectopic foci). This generally (usually) happens rapidly with an atrial rate that can reach 350, so the atria doesn't...
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    County College of Morris, NJ

    emtb2rn replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    This is the best text search engine I've found. Saved literally hundreds of dollars since I started nursing school. Verify with your instructors that you truly need the latest version of a book....
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    Mnemonic for cranial nerves

    emtb2rn replied to KR's topic in General Students

    D'oh!
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    Mnemonic for cranial nerves

    emtb2rn replied to KR's topic in General Students

    I want to be a nurse said "Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel A Giant Volcano, So Hot" and Baptized_By_Fire said "On Old Olympus' Towering Top A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops". What's the "S" stand for in...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    emtb2rn replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I found "Calculate with Confidence" by by Deborah Morris to be an excellent resourse. It walks through problem solving using all three methods (DA, ratio/proportion and formula). Makes it easy to...
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    Questions to determine patient pain

    emtb2rn replied to studentnurse67's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I like to use the OPQRST protocol, it gives a pretty good picture: Onset - What were you doing when the pain started? Did the pain come on suddenly or gradual? Provocation - does anything make the...
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    Externship Ideas

    emtb2rn replied to sbg23's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Atlantic Health (Morristown Memorial and Overlook) prefers to hire new RNs who either did an externship or had their tuition paid for by AHS (in return for a specified period of work). I did an...
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    Doc'ing Bruit and Thrill.

    emtb2rn replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If it's a mature fistula, you should be hearing the bruit and feeling the thrill. If you can't, there might (will) be a problem with blood flow in the fistula—an appropriate time to call the doc....
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    Nursing Dx for DKA patient

    emtb2rn replied to MB37's topic in General Students

    You mentioned that the pt's Hgb A1C was 7.4, so I think there's a knowledge deficit and overall compliance issue going on as well. How long was she missing the 70/30 and covering with regular? Good...
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    Emergency Transport Rn

    emtb2rn replied to samschwinn's topic in General Nursing

    "Summit to Sam. Stop yelling into your radio. Next time's a beer violation and 2 hours of wreck sit." Seriously, all caps is the online equivalent of
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    So I'm fired. Again.

    emtb2rn replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    "could be unsafe"??? That applies to everyone. Sorry to hear the news, but it this sounds like the start of "when one door closes, another door opens". Plus, life's too short to work a job you...
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    Do hospitals hire NEW NURSE GRADS?

    emtb2rn replied to nursngstudent05's topic in General Nursing

    Think about it. If no hospitals hired new grads, how would brand spankin' new RNs get experience? Of course not all hospitals will hire new grads, it depends on the individual hospital. My...