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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 of $75. What is everyone else paying?

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 right answers this time. That was a lot of help. O...

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 online reference is not as good as I have seen for oth...

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 I asked how I could have studied differently etc. ...

Rutgers University does not require them nor does Monmouth Universtiy

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 else needs a bed. Over the summer the senior managm...

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 being 2 blocks from the ocean who knows what lies ah...

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

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 process. My problem is that most of my coworker have ...

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 the unit. She also stocks gloves, and supplies in ou...

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 her DVD religously. I also bought the Pass CCRN boo...

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 her DVD religously. I also bought the Pass CCRN boo...

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 that we got from their website, but I'm not sure h...

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 admistration, which we don't always have time to effectively ...

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

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 hemorrhage and had a total hysterctomy. She came t...

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 process. We haven't had any major bleeding problems...

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 vent unit. My preceptor was great and I was sent t...

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 day she started to hemorrhage and had a total hyste...

I am a new grad and I was wondering how many nurses out there carried their own malpractice insurance.

I'm finally taking my boards on friday after some major paperwork delays. I had planned on taking them 4 weeks ago but everything was delayed. I guess it was no one persons fault, but it's been very discouraging. It shouldn't be so difficult to get ...

I was wondering if anyone could guide as to the best way to find a nurse practioner practicing in a specific area. I'm looking for a nurse practitioner for my grandmother to see. We live in NJ and I'm having a hard time finding a directory or any o...

I am an 8th semester BSN student with a senior seminar as part of my internship (practicum) class. We each have to do a ten minute presentation on a topic. I have to present on reality shock and role transformation. Does anyone have any suggestion...

8th semester BSN!!!!!!