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  1. Giving gifts to instructor?

    laurainri replied to EwokRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok here we go.... At the end of the clinical rotation the nursing instructor was kind enough to go the day before our clinicals to get the assignment, grade all our papers, run around like a chicken...

  2. Can I join??

    laurainri replied to Achoo!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    same here !!!! waiting for my last exam results was horrible . thank god for christmas shopping. finally celebrated thursday night with mojito's. congrats to all the new grads...

  3. maple syrup disease

    laurainri posted a topic in Pediatric

    Has anybody encountered this ? Is it possible for the child to be 3 mo old and then be diagnosed with this disease? The info that I get from journals really is not helping

  4. uterine subinvolution

    laurainri replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    so my question would be how can you tell the difference between the two

  5. grafts

    laurainri replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thank you for the information. like I said I was at work and I did not have any of my books with me to look it up in my dictionary. I apreciate your

  6. grafts

    laurainri posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wondering if anybody can help me here. what is the difference between homografts & heterografts? I am not at home right now and I have a feeling the instructor gave us the wrong info. thank you...

  7. grafts

    laurainri replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    lol... this woman is sooo out of the loop. she contradicts herself in class and she probally has been off the floor as a nurse for 20 years. when we have this woman we know we have to re-look...

  8. sodium bicarbonate

    laurainri posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    please help me understand this. I have a pt that is 7 months pregnant and she has been expierencing heartburn after meals especially at night. i understand why she is having the heartburn with the...

  9. sodium bicarbonate

    laurainri replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there has to be more to this than changing the Ph of the body. I looked in my maternity book and found nothing. too much sodium bicarb is not good for anybody. but why is really not good for a...

  10. what is everyone doing?

    laurainri replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    the hospital that I got hired for reimburses us to take a nclex review course. so i will be taking Kaplan. Just to let you know that people around here that do take kaplan use the SAUNDERS RN book...

  11. first pedi code

    laurainri posted a topic in Emergency

    evening everybody... need to let this out... I went to work today as a student nurse and I saw my first pedi code. adults I have seen many times and I am not bothered afterwards, but when I got in...

  12. Newport Day Program CCRI

    laurainri replied to crissy2629's topic in General Nursing

    need any books... I graduate the end of the month. I have lots of books if you are interested in buying them. a lot cheaper than then buying them used at the

  13. Four years for an associates?

    laurainri replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

    when you go to a CC they do not tell you how long the wait list is. It took me 5 years to complete my ADN. Sad huh. If I had known I would have transferred to a

  14. daytonite. please help

    laurainri posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a test in a few hours and I need to ask you a ?. Pedi instructor told us when we are doing pt teaching for DM are are to teach them that they can inject the insulin in the SAME area 4-6 times...

  15. daytonite. please help

    laurainri replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thank you for your help. we were always taught to rotate the site (arm in am, abd in afternon etc.) so if this is what the professor wants..... 2 more tests and I am done with school. :-) Then I...

  16. Maryland to RI career change

    laurainri replied to shocktraumasara's topic in General Nursing

    it matter what type of hospital you are lookinbg for. magnet status- miriam & newport.... level 1 trauma busiest in the state- ri hosp..... small community hospital- kent there are a few I...

  17. Understanding ABGs - having trouble, any ideas?

    laurainri replied to future L&Dnurse's topic in General Students

    OMG !!! tic tac toe is the only way to go... you are so hung up on undertstanding the values that it does not process. this helps you get the value you are looking for. with and without compenstion....

  18. when do you start to apply for jobs??

    laurainri replied to LyndseyER's topic in First Year After Licensure

    in my area we start 3-4 months before you graduate. we are allowed to work as a graduate nurse before we take the nclex and we have up to 6 months to take it. they pay for a kaplan review here and...

  19. when do you start to apply for jobs??

    laurainri replied to LyndseyER's topic in First Year After Licensure

    in my area we start 3-4 months before you graduate. we are allowed to work as a graduate nurse before we take the nclex and we have up to 6 months to take it. they pay for a kaplan review here and...

  20. Mental Health ATI and Leadership ATI

    laurainri replied to zimmerduke's topic in General Students

    psych meds... amytriptaline.... dont worry about ...go over the non-proctered test the night before you will be

  21. There aren't any jobs! Anyone else expereince this?

    laurainri replied to SoulShine75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is a big shortage around here still. Already havea job lined up for when I graduate in

  22. Video on Iv push please....

    laurainri replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think that you are talking about an IV push Rx am I correct? If that is the case and the pt has a saline lock and is not hooked up to fluids then I usually start off with a 3cc syringe of NS to...

  23. Anyone LOSE WEIGHT in nursing school?

    laurainri replied to happydays352's topic in General Students

    lol.... you are tooo funny.... i think that most of the people in our class gained at least 20 ... there are the select few who are not stress eaters and they still look fab. I am not one of them

  24. Moving from West coast back home to RI! Need help with a few questions.

    laurainri replied to Cardiac14's topic in General Nursing

    pay is between 20-25 an hour. .... ri student loan has a 0% interest loan repayment program as long as you work 20 hours a week in RI. I dont know of any that have masters but most have some...

  25. first pedi code

    laurainri replied to laurainri's topic in Emergency

    Thank you so much for all your advice. It is really funny because I am known in school as the "tough one". Not in a physical way, just I guess I can come accross as unemotional. I tried talking to...