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1. Failing Advanced Patho- Need Help

   nay537 replied to nay537's topic in General Nursing

   The other students in my class are also struggling. THe notes from the profesor are very vague and not even in complete sentences. We are using Guyton and I'm not impressed by it at all. There...

2. Pathophysiology Review Books

   nay537 posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

   Does anyone know of a good patho review book? I did not do well on my midterm and got very little feedback from the professor on how to study better for the final. She told me I need to pick more...

3. List your School Here if they do not Require the GRE's..

   nay537 replied to justme1972's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Rutgers University does not require them nor does Monmouth

4. Failing Advanced Patho- Need Help

   nay537 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I started a masters program online this semester with the goal of obtaining my Family NP. I was going along ok until I bombed my advanced patho midterm. The professor has not been much help when...

5. Concentrated Care Nightmare

   nay537 replied to nay537's topic in MICU, SICU

   Update: Things have gotten a little better. We had a rush of ICU patients so we had a few weeks of only ICU patients. Now we only get the occasional non ICU pt. Of course with summer coming and...

6. Concentrated Care Nightmare

   nay537 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   Up until last week I worked in a 12 bed ICU. We used to be 18 beds but 2 years ago they closed 6 beds because of a low census. Since then we do nothing but try and move people out because someone...

7. CCRN advice Need

   nay537 replied to tammyg652's topic in MICU, SICU

   http://www.greatnurses.com It's her

8. How much to renew your license?

   nay537 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just received a renewal notice for my New Jersey license. The cost for 2 years is now $120. Starting with those who are up for renewal in 2007 you have to be fingerprinted for an additional cost...

9. Do you have Nurse Aides in your ICU?

   nay537 replied to Zee_RN's topic in MICU, SICU

   Our mix med/surg ICU has on PCA that works 3-11 mon- fri. We wish we had one of her on each shift. She helps pass food trays, baisc care, turning, transporting our patients up for transfer out of...

10. CCRN advice Need

    nay537 replied to tammyg652's topic in MICU, SICU

    I took it last June and missed by 10 questions. I'm going to try again later this year. The first time I went to Laura Gasparis"s 2 day review class (very infomative and entertaining). I watched...

11. 8th grade nursing presentation ideas

    nay537 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm am working with a small group of nurses who are going to be presenting nursing as a profession to two 8th grade classes and I'm not sure where to begin. We have a video from Johnson and Johnshon...

12. Do you refer patients to websites for helpful information?

    nay537 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I often refer pts. to websites after a diagnosis for further information. Especially sites for organizations like the AHA. Also some sites have great instructions for things like insulin...

13. Postpartum Loss in ICU

    nay537 replied to nay537's topic in MICU, SICU

    I want to thank everyone for your wonderful words of support, your thoughts, and your prayers in response to this

14. Postpartum Loss in ICU

    nay537 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a medical/surgical ICU and we take care of postpartum patients on occasion. A few weeks ago I had a 28 year old woman who had an emergency c-section at 32 weeks. The next day she started to...

15. Xygris question

    nay537 replied to Dinith88's topic in MICU, SICU

    In the ICU I work in we have had little success with Xigris but we tend to wait a while before starting it. In order to get it we need two docs (one an intensivist) to order it which can delay the...