BrayaRN

I am a new grad who graduated in December. I am currently 2 weeks into my first job. It is on a combined Cardiac/Stepdown unit. I just spent the first 2 weeks on the Cardiac floor. This is prior to me even taking the telemetry class. I was with ...

I am an ADN graduate nurse. The BSN prepared nurses make $0.30 more an hour than I do where I work.

I recently went through an RN program. I remember the nervousness that came with every clinical day, and especially the first ones. After 2 1/2 years in school I worked at an aide in a hospital for 8 months. First of all, it is okay to be nervous. ...

thanks for sharing. I myself have 3 years in AA. I got sober and then went to nursing school. I surely would have diverted if it had been the other way. I have much admiration for the women (and men) that still come to meetings and share their ex...

Thank you for sharing your story. Congrats on the not-smoking too.

I have quit two times using the following method. I have been smoke-free since September 18, 2006. I bought myself Step One patches and also 2mg lozenges. I wore the patches for the 24 hours and when I had a break-through craving I would pop a loze...

I am currently taking the Kaplan course (classroom based) as a requirement for my ADN program. They teach you the "Kaplan strategy" to answering questions the entire 3 and a half hour class is spent applying the strategy to the questions. However, ...

Did you use Kaplan exclusively or did you use other study materials as well? I am currently taking the Kaplan course (required by my program) but I also thought that I would use Suzanne's plan as well. Thanks.

In my first med-surg clinical we were assigned one patient and were responsible for passing their oral meds, doing a head to toe assessment, changing linens, giving baths, and doing vital signs. We did chart the assessment in the computer, but the R...

My first choice was ICU, then Stepdown, but there were so few preceptors that I am going to ER. Should still be fun. I'm hoping to be able to pick up IV insertion skills. We have 70 hours to do in 6 weeks. Is everyone graduating in December?

The computer software that is used is just Excel with some extra options. For many of the statistics it is a matter of highlighting the data you want analyzed and then choosing what analysis you want to do. The instructor has a personal web page wi...

Jackson Community College in Michigan has an online stats course. I took it this summer so I can have it done when I go on for my BSN. Most of the homework is done through computer software that comes with the book. I ended up with a 4.0 in the cl...

I will graduate this December from a nursing program in south central Michigan. My husband and I are thinking of moving to the UP after graduation. I was wondering about nursing in the UP. We are specifically thinking the Marquette area. I wonder...

I am short and skinny and have found that Dickies XS fits perfectly. They are nicely made and run about $22 for a top and $15 for a bottom. They have cargo, boot-cut, and flare leg pants and come in short sizes too. All of my scrubs are Dickies be...

The general consensus that I got when I asked the question was to buy a Littman. I took their advice and got a Littman Master Classic. It has worked wonders. I bought mine from http://www.allheart.com.

At the hospital that I am doing clinicals at the person is called a transition nurse. She ultimately works in the special care nursery and is called a few minutes before the birth. After the birth she does the 1 and 5 minute Apgars, takes vitals, a...

How do I distinguish between distant and diminished breath sounds? Could a person's weight cause their breath sounds to be distant? Yesterday I got what sounded like diminished breath sounds on a healthy new mother. Could it be that I have a bad s...

At the hospital that I am doing my clinicals at, all the PRN medications are kept in the pyxis. It is computerized and requires a fingerprint to access. You choose your patient from the list and pick the PRN, you choose which med to give and it dis...

I am currently in an ADN program. At least half of my class members have kids. Two of the women have five kids. Some even work, go to school, and raise their families. I would say most students in my program are average to above average intellige...

I'm in south central michigan... a student at Jackson Community College

At my ADN program in michigan we must pass with a 78%. A 77% is considered a 1.5 and you must have 2.0 to progress in the program.

I graduate December 2007. I am excited, but feel that I have so much more to learn.