groovetta

I’m seeking to enroll in a COVID-19 vaccine trial because it is the only available option for protection, provided you’re among the 50% that actually get the vaccine versus sodium chloride injection. We all know our employers, business owners, commun...

Try renting a Peds and/or OB/GYN nursing textbook.

I left my PCP for this same problem. I discussed it with him at one point. I finally just got fed up with his front office staff and changed doctors. Very first visit with my new PCP, it was noted that my WBC count had been elevated for years and ...

What specialty area (if you want to answer)? Sometimes, I'd use patient assistance cards until I could get PA approval. Don't forget about Wal-mart and target's $4 drugs. Some other suggestions would be to be sure you're using the appropriate diag...

My suggestion would be to look to see what is working well within your unit and what could use improvement. I would delegate tasks that can be done by others consistent with their competencies and within their scope of practice. IOW, delegate what ...

They give you a book list at orientation. If I wanted to start out buying, I'd get the Fundamentals book first. The bookstore offers a "bundle,", but I chose to buy mine from the internet. I'd wait before I bought the "only recommended" books. I'...

There were two options on lab coats. I know one was Landau 3155 and there was a shorter one to choose from, but I don't have that list with me right now. Currently, the fundamentals book we're using is Fundamentals of Nursing (Potter & Perry) 8...

Good luck to all of you. FWIW, my TEAS score was 76 and I got in. IIRC, the TEAS was very heavy with Science. It wasn't easy. Remember too, that if you're already a Calhoun student (even having taken only one class there) or if you have the gener...

If any of you post on this forum who needed clinicals near the B'ham area for Calhoun, please PM me. Thanks, groovetta

I will be forfeiting the slot in the online mobility program. Hopefully, that will open the door for someone else. I really wish Snead used the online remote proctor like Calhoun because Snead has more convenient options for clinicals in near my are...

It is that every two week on campus exam requirement that will prevent me from accepting a spot at Snead. I can't take off work every other Tues.

I believe Calhoun charges approx. $100 or $110 per semester for the testing fees. An acquaintance from work told me that Calhoun does a good job in preparing students for the HESI tests and NCLEX. She was well pleased with the nursing program.

I would guess that one deciding factor may be if the cath lab is open on those days.

I got my letter yesterday and was accepted into the Calhoun online mobility program. The acceptance form is due back by 11/8. I applied to both Calhoun and Snead. Does anyone know when Snead will be sending out their letters? If anyone who will be p...

I get most all of mine from MedScape.com They are free. There is an area where the ones you've completed is recorded.

I like the clinic so much better than working on the floor. I had gone a very long time without working in a hospital setting and was apprehensive about re-entering hospital floor nursing after so many years. What I found out is that, all-in-all, not...

As a patient, I felt mislead when my hubby told me that the "nurse" at out PCPs office was not a nurse, but rather a medical assistant. Apparently the term "nurse" is used loosely in their office as well. She is a top notch MA. It does sort of bug ...

I just found this website with what I think is good patient education material about various surgeries. IMO, it provides a little more in depth info than some resources provide. http://www.yoursurgery.com I'm all for patient education.

Mr. Post-CABG calls asking if he can have intercourse. Nurse: Yes, so long as you don't exert any more than ten pounds of pressure on your sternum. Mr. Post-CABG hangs up. Phone rings again. It is Mr. Post-CABG again. Mr. Post-CABG: Will you phone ...

FWIW, I was in the bookstore at the Shelby/Hoover campus Thurs. 8/5/10 and there were lots of boxes in the nursing books aisle waiting to be unpacked.

Our issues are related to not having past medical records for appts. If they are your own office's records, I'd think they should be in the patient chart whether a paper chart, an old paper chart scanned into a computer and retrieivable, electronic ...

I work for surgeons rather than cardiologists, but it is my job to prepare for pt. appts. being sure that the patient's test results, surgical path reports, etc. are on the charts for their for post-op or follow up appts. On new pts. we will often n...

40. Don't tell me you cannot afford to pay on your account or afford health insurance when you've smoked 2 packs of cigarettes for the past 40 years and still smoke.

In your office, do you call patients back to the exam room in the order of their appointment time or call them back in the order they arrived for their appointment? If you've tried both, what worked best, advantages/disadvantages?

I'm having the same problem with patients showing up sometimes an hour or two before their appt. time. The practice has since I've been there called the patients back in the order they arrive in the office, so the ones who have caught on to this arri...