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I've met many many orthopedic surgeons on a professional level as well as on a patient level. About half of them are arrogant and the other half are some of the most compassionate docs I've met. I agree with some of the above posters that it doesn...

I don't think she got the overseas nursing home bit from The Onion. The childcare outsourcing part did come from there though. Or am I missing something?

Awesome, you'll probably learn more than most people doing the same job. You sound just like me... learn quick and learn lots. For example, I have learned how to set up patients on the table, how to recognize certain aspects of the mris (tears, fl...

I am currently working in a doctors office and currently in nursing school. Actually I'm at work right now, haha. Anyways, I think it depends on what kind of practice you are working in as to whether or not you will benefit from it for school. Per...

I'm an INTJ based on one website... I took the real myers briggs test a few years ago when getting my psych degree, but can't remember what it scored me as.

I don't have much relevant information, but I plan on applying for a new grad position in a peds ICU at Wake Med when I graduate. I have heard wonderful things about how Wake Med treats their employees, and their turnover rate is pretty low. As it ...

Wow, I am almost crying. Absolutely beautiful story. I hope that I can be even half as compassionate a nurse as you will be. Amazing...

I had one, but I didn't really use it. It also had review questions. Most A&P books (text, study guide, coloring books) will include all A&P, and not divide it up into 2 sections. So any book you get should include all body systems in it.

A lot of CNA/PCT courses are a couple of months long. You could always take that now and not wait until after the first semester of nursing school. I took the course three evenings a week for a whole spring semester. Some of the other hours offere...

I would say the first semester is the hardest. You are learning from scratch how to "think like a nurse," how to take the tests, and honing your critical thinking skills. For me, after the first semester, the rest is kind of falling into place and ...

If your goal is to become an RN, getting a MA certification won't help. None of those classes will transfer to any nursing school that I've heard of, so if you dont want a career as a MA, then you would essentially be wasting your time and money doi...

They told us that it would be very very very hard to keep a job while in school. I have not only kept my job, but I still have enough free time during the week to not go nuts.

I can't tell you not to worry too much, but I can say from experience that it is still possible for you to get in with a 2.6 gpa. My gpa (though I hate to admit this) was around 2.6 or 2.7 when I graduated from a university with a BA. It would look...

Our first peds exam was last week, and it was pretty much the same. A lot of non-specific material that wasn't lectured on. At least it was a learning experience and we all know how to study better for the next one. Good luck to you on your next o...

My dr's office sent the lab results to my house and they said positive HBV (or something to that effect), which was a little scary at first. I can see how this can easily be misintrepreted as a positive for Hep B. Hopefully this is the case for yo...

I am in the "intermediate" portion of my program. I have only had 2 patients once so far. I dont think anyone can get more than 2, thats too many patients and students for the instructors to handle. We do clinicals as a group of 8 students with on...

I saw a skin graft. Very disgusting. I would have preferred seeing the amputation above^^. :barf01:

I will be 25 when I graduate December 08. Sometimes I wish I had gone in right out of high school and I would have been 21, but I'm not always sure I would have made it being that young.

Does anyone know if students can access implanted port catheters? I realize that policies may vary between facilities, but my patient tomorrow has one, and I am unsure of whether or not I will be allowed to access the device. Thanks!

Don't worry, I'm not going to be unsafe. I am currently under the impression that it is already accessed and prn adapted, so my questions are answered. I was just confused on the term "accessed." I didn't realize that it was something that could b...

Not sure exactly as I am not at the point yet to begin applying. Here is a link to the program I am looking at (http://nursing.unc.edu/current/rn-bsn/). Here is a quote: "Students in the RN/BSN program earn a total of 122-126 credits: 60-64 lower ...

I already have a BA in psych as well. I am currently in an ADN program and afterwards I am planning on getting my BSN online through UNC. It can take from 1-2 years for the RN to BSN program from them, but should only take me a year, maybe even onl...

Completely, thank you! In reasearching how to do this, I found a lot of info on how to access it, but nothing really about it being able to have a prn adaptor. I didn't know that an adaptor was possible, I mistakenly thought you had to access it wi...

Thanks! Its a 10 month old kid, and he doesn't have any continuous fluids running, and no PIV, but several antibiotics are ordered, so you can see why I was trying to figure this out. Could he have a type of PRN adapter attached that allows frequen...

I am also a student and at our hospital the CNA's do the accuchecks. For our assigned patients, we do total patient care... all tasks for both the RN and CNA, including accuchecks.