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  1. NMSU / DABCC - Opinions

    Hey, I graduated from NMSU in May. No, I didn't LOVE the program while I was going through it, but after being out there in the nursing world nursing school sounds about the same everywhere. You get...
  2. Hey all! I am having to prepare a teaching plan involving condom use/safe sex for MIDDLE SCHOOLERS next week during my pediatric school nurse clinicals. I'm a little nervous about this, because back...
  3. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Oh yeah- While I was trying to prepare the presentation over the weekend when I thought I still had to do it on condoms, I called my good friend who is a lesbian and asked her what safe sex practices...
  4. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Thanks for all of the help and information...It was really appreciated! I was actually saved by some legalities. The school nurse was under the impression that because the School-Based Health Center...
  5. Anyone working for WIC?

    WIC also provides free breast pumps...here anyway, and REALLY support
  6. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Thanks for all the ideas! I guess I was just trying to find ways to not focus on the condom bit...I'm feeling a little uncomfortable talking to little kids about it. Also, I worry about the thought...
  7. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    OK everyone, tell me what you think... I am trying to incorporate the following ideas into a teaching plan, so help! First, I want to have a segment where I split up the kids into a few small groups...
  8. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    I promise, I am not trying to piss anyone off here. This school district is not in my city..I have to commute an hour, its a little town on the border of TX and NM and this area has INCREDIBLY high...
  9. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Maybe I can get the teachers to split them up, but I doubt it, because there is just me, and what is the health class going to do with the other half when I am teaching just the girls, then just the...
  10. Strong Honest Opinions please, need help!

    My mother in law has lupus and goes through periods where she is very sick, weak and tired. However, she is still a nurse. She just has to find where she fits. There are a ton of different types of...
  11. Single Mom in LA area?

    Thanks for the info :) I guess I sort of zeroed in on LA because I want a big teaching/research hospital with a good reputation, both for taking good care of its patients and treating its employees...
  12. Single Mom in LA area?

    Hi everyone! I will be graduating with my BSN in May 2008 and am looking into the LA area as a possibility after graduation. I really like the idea of moving to California, primarily because of the...
  13. Single Mom in LA area?

    CST, See, thats something that I am very much afraid of. I grew up in a little town in NM (about 30,000 people) and of course my parents are telling me how screwed up my kids will be if I move to LA....
  14. So confused...and a little nervous

    Although it SOUNDS like a short commute, is the traffic
  15. So confused...and a little nervous

    Although it SOUNDS like a short commute, is the traffic
  16. Single Mom in LA area?

    Thanks for the advice! One thing I REALLY like is the new grad program at CHLA...it sounds amazing, and would prefer to get a job at that hospital, if possible. Would it be better to commute in to...
  17. My 1st NICU interview!!!!

    Hey! I just read through your thread and was wondering if you had heard anything back about your
  18. Single Mom in LA area?

    Thank you for your response...its very encouraging to know that I am not the only one wanting to do this. My kids will be 5 and almost 3 when I graduate, with the older one starting school that...
  19. Does NM REALY pay for nursing school???

    If you go to the Dept of Labor and ask about a program called WIA (Workforce Investment Act), they will pay up to $7000 for nursing school (usually the last two years of actual nursing classes). Good...
  20. Are students in the way?

    At our school, our instructor signs off on our meds and everything with us, so I'm guessing they are held atleast partially responsible. Second- When I'm working with a patient, most of the time the...
  21. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    This post scares me. I am in my second semester of nursing school with two left after this. I have been doing clinicals both semesters, at two hospitals, and at both places it has been the same...too...
  22. Clinicals- Grading scale?

    I am in my first semester of nursing school, and the different clinical groups are starting to get their grades back from our first hospital clinicals. EVERY SINGLE PERSON in one clinical group (the...
  23. Clinicals- Grading scale?

    I have GREAT news! (For me) I got my clinical grades back today and I did just fine. I guess its just a couple of the clinical groups that are having difficulty because of 2-3 clinical instructors (of...