MommyJoy

MommyJoy

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About MommyJoy

Stay at home mommy of 3. Able to fulfill my dream of becoming a nurse because of a very supportive husband and mother.

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  1. New School Nurse

    Hello. I would highly recommend you visit the webpage for the health dept. in IL. I work in Kansas as a school nurse, get get a lot of info from the KS. Health Department. I also look at the...
  2. Hello, I was just hired as full time faculty at a local university. I thought during the interview process that I would be teaching adult health 1 (med/surg). I have now been assigned to teach...
  3. CPR Business Anyone????

    I realize this post is about 3 yrs old. But my friend and I are wanting to start out own business. Do you have any
  4. Nurses with a masters don't do beside nursing ?

    I graduated with my BSN in May. I had a handful of professors that worked PRN bedside nursing to keep up their skills. Those professors made the best clinical instructors by far. The professors...
  5. Regardless of the job title, situation etc. It is very, very frustrating when you cannot understand what someone is saying. As a nurse, I hate it when I cannot understand what a doc is saying. It...
  6. NCLEX RN audio CDs

    Hi, I used Meds Publishing CDS. I used the NCLEX set, and the Pharmacology set. THey are a great review. However, you do need a fairly good understanding of Med Surg Nursing to be able to follow...
  7. So when someone asks about residuals related to a CVA, what does that mean? What exactly does that mean. Would that mean like left sided weakness or something? Please let me know, because even if I...
  8. Well if the question was "Any Residual" what does that mean? Like any residual effects or
  9. So yestereday I had a pt who had fallen on the ice and fractured his ankle. He was going down for surgery, and when I was giving report to the surgical nurse, she asked what the pts residuals were....
  10. Took NCLEX yesterday

    Just wanted to say I took the NCLEX yesterday, and I have no clue as to my results. My computer shut off at 75. I had about 8 OB questions....yipes. Also, I had 2 lyme disease, and a black widow...
  11. ATI for NCLEX

    I have the ATI books and DVDs. I have not taken any of their online tests. The books and DVDs are a good review, but you really need to know the information by the time you go through the books and...
  12. I need help with blood gases.

    Our teacher told use to use the word ROME. Respiratory Opposite Metabolic Equal. If it is respiratory pH is the opposite direction of PCO2. When it is Metabolic pH and Bicarb go the same direction....
  13. Better ICU nurse with med/surg experience?

    What tapes are you referring too? Laura.... something. I am externing in the SICU this summer. I am currently a tech on a step down unit. Anyway, I am very interested in ICU, and just wondering...
  14. Any advice for a new grad hired in ICU?

    I am a senior nursing student, and am externing this summer in the SICU. I was excited to read about a new nurse getting hired into that area. Can you tell me more about it, what types of pts. you...
  15. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    I am a senior nursing student with a 4.0 GPA blah, blah, blah. I took a job about a month ago on a critical care floor. Lots of kidney, liver, heart failure etc. Lots of immobile, incontinent...