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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I am a new grad working in ICU and have been chosen to be my unit's Magnet ambassador. I'm supposed to set up the bullentin board for our unit and keep my coworkers excited about our application...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I went to a medical/surgical ICU right out of school 18 months ago and I think it's been the best choice for me. I did an summer externship in ICU before graduating and did my senior practicum on a...
I had a simialar expereince last month. I work in a medical ICU and we take care of postpartum patients on occasion. I had a 28 year old woman who had an emergency c-section at 32 weeks. The next...