DesertRain

DesertRain

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  1. First Semester, Final Exam in nursing. Help!

    DesertRain replied to Nurses-Rule1987's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So, How did your final go??? Hope it went great! Let us

  2. How Do I Get Through This? Or Should I Quit?

    DesertRain posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hey guys, I have been reading through these CNA threads trying to find some inspiration about how I feel. I have a clinical class in about an hour and I don't want to go. See, it's not the urine or...

  3. Difference between Neuromodulators & Neurotransmitters

    DesertRain posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have Potter & Perry for Nursing Fundamentals and in the chapter "comfort" or about pain, it either has conflicting information, or I am not understanding it all. What is the difference between a...

  4. Difference between Neuromodulators & Neurotransmitters

    DesertRain replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    See, now it makes sense. You have just helped me take a load off my shoulder...thank you thank you thank you! It's hard to continue when there's just that one concept you can't figure out...you know?...

  5. First Semester, Final Exam in nursing. Help!

    DesertRain replied to Nurses-Rule1987's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Me too, got a final on Thursday. As much as I am looking forward to the end of this first semester...I am not looking forward to this final exam. I am consumed in my studies, socially isolated, have...

  6. Anyone else waiting for "The Call" from CSN

    DesertRain replied to tccjknv's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Yay! Congrats to those of you who got the call!

  7. Anyone else waiting for "The Call" from CSN

    DesertRain replied to tccjknv's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Hey, not sure if it's true so don't nobody freak out...but I heard they started calling people. Is this true? If so, who can we congratulate so

  8. More NAP Questions!

    DesertRain posted a topic in Nevada Nursing

    So, I have a couple more questions regarding the Nurse Apprentice positions. I noticed that they are now showing up on the hospital websites, so I applied online. But, what is the best way to apply to...

  9. More NAP Questions!

    DesertRain replied to DesertRain's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Thanks Reno! I will definitely give it a try (well, I will apply for the positions and see what happens). So, if you apply online, you can let someone know that your resume/application has been...

  10. Anyone else waiting for "The Call" from CSN

    DesertRain replied to tccjknv's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Are they calling now? That's good! I've heard so many horror stories about people losing their mail, not getting it, mailman put it in the wrong mail box. Calling would be so much better.....well, it...

  11. Calories....how many in a regular diet?

    DesertRain posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Approximately how many calories are served on a "regular" diet in the hospital. Does it differ from male to female and with age? I have a patient who is a 63 year old female, 5,2" , 158 lbs on a...

  12. Exaggerations about nursing school

    DesertRain replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Students

    The people who said that probably had my lecture instructor

  13. Calories....how many in a regular diet?

    DesertRain replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    LOL! Seriously, me too! But I guess that's where the dieticians at the facilities play key role. I'm sure they have some sort of formula they go by. Sadly, at this point, due to my sedentary life...a...

  14. Calories....how many in a regular diet?

    DesertRain replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Most patients should not be laying in the bed all day. Unfortunately, I know that sometimes you will see this, especially in LTC environment, but in a hospital you have to assume that the client will...

  15. Calories....how many in a regular diet?

    DesertRain replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, I was pretty sure it was 1900 but for some reason I couldn't find it in my patients charts so I wasn't sure how to analyze it my patients caloric intake! Thanks so

  16. CSN students

    DesertRain replied to tccjknv's topic in Nevada Nursing

    As a previous poster said, hospitals usually only hire around the time that RN student's are graduating. Is there any possibility NA positions would be available during the semester? The reason I ask...

  17. Charge Nurse's, Dealing with Med Errors

    DesertRain posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I am a first year Nursing Student and I am doing research on Medication Errors. I have a few questions and I am hoping someone here who is a charge nurse or supervisor will be able to...

  18. CSN students

    DesertRain replied to tccjknv's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I went on their websites and was looking for positions but I didn't see any. What do they normally list it under? RN, Entry Level? I did find ones under Valley but they look to be affiliated with the...

  19. Per Diem hours in Las Vegas

    DesertRain posted a topic in Nevada Nursing

    Nurses who work per diem here in Nevada, how much per week do you do? Do you ever find yourselves doing "too much" in a week, or is it

  20. Per Diem hours in Las Vegas

    DesertRain replied to DesertRain's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Thanks guys, no I was just wanting to hear how much per diem work people out here actually do. I am not looking (yet) it was just merely out of curiosity to see what people are

  21. Charge Nurse's, Dealing with Med Errors

    DesertRain posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I am a first year Nursing Student and I am doing research on Medication Errors. I have a few questions and I am hoping someone here who is a charge nurse or supervisor will be able to...

  22. apollo college

    DesertRain replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I've seen this question a lot. Actually my clinical instructor just mentioned today about being recruited to work at Apollo but wasn't sure about teaching at a college without accreditation. I...

  23. nursing students how are you

    DesertRain replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Well, halfway through first semester pretty much, considering I have mid-term eval's next week. It's not as bad as I thought it was although I have noticed a frequency in sudden anxiety onset and...

  24. Cna Training And Jobs

    DesertRain replied to julesradio's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Julie, I did the CNA program at CSN while doing my pre-req's for the RN program. I did take the Medical Terminology course at the same time (just the short course, HIT 117B) and it helped so much,...

  25. Negativity in Vegas nursing?

    DesertRain replied to Paleobug's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Lol, yes definitely LOTION! We go through it by the gallon at my house...to anyone who is still planning a move--if you weren't a moisturizing person, you will be. Nobody is an exception to ashy...