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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 Johnson County Health Dept. website, as I work in JOCO! You should find a lot of info from your local health department regarding requirement for high school. I found this link for you... Immunization Program Joy

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 patho. Don't get me wrong, I know patho is at the core of everything we teach...however, this is not my strong point. I worked med/surg for years, and feel very confident in this area. However, just looking at the patho book overwhelms me. How can I really regurgitate what I don't know? I feel like I am going to just be reading power points. I remember those professors who obviously didn't know the content. I just don't feel comfortable with this. Any advice besides "making my concerns known". Really, I want to know from experienced educators...can you really, really teach what you barely know or are frantically trying to relearn?

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 tips?

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 that did not continue to work were awful in clinical. I can think of many, many situations in which a clinical instructor did not know how to work and IV pump, Kangaroo pump, etc. etc. I know that this is a little off subject, but if you have a masters in nursing, and you are doing any kind of teaching, you need to keep up your bedside skills.

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 takes time to ask them to keep repeating themselves, and I think the risk of error increases. Pts do have a right to understand what is being said to them...all of the time. If a pt. cannot understand what the nurse is saying, they have a hard time trusting, and understanding what is going on with their care. If a pt cannot understand what the nurse is saying, then ask for a different nurse. Yes, we are short staffed, but pt satisfaction is important too.

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 the cds, as they are an NCLEX Review, not a comprehensive teaching guide.

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 did have a pt with a CVA, and a nurse asked for residuals, I would not know what to say.

Well if the question was "Any Residual" what does that mean? Like any residual effects or something?

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. I told the nurse that I was not sure what she was asking for because the pt did not have any type of tube feeding etc. The nurse replied that she did not mean tube feeding residuals, and again asked what his residuals were, I told her that I did not know what she meant, and she said never mind. Today, I overheard another nurse talking about CVA residuals. All I know is that I am a new grad, and all I ever learned in school regarding residuals had to do with checking related to a tube feeding. I have looked all over the interent and in my textbooks for something regarding residuals besides what I already know. If there are other types of residuals, please someone help me, and let me know because I don't have enough knowledge regarding this topic to research it any further. Any and all thoughts would be appreciated!

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 spider bite for crying out loud. I had no cardiac, renal, endocrine or anything that I know. I feel that the test was the most random, weird thing I have ever experienced. Who in the heck studies bug bites for the NCLEX? Also, I feel like the amount of ob I had was more than enough. The others were mostly meds I had NEVER heard of. Even my diabetic questions did not mention insulin, just some weird drugs I did not know. They must have been oral hypoglycemic agents or somethings. Anyway, I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening.

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 watch the DVDs. They books are basically an outline of everything you learn in school. The DVDs are handy because they are easy to watch when folding laundry, walking on the treadmill etc. One tip, if you want to buy a set of books and dvds, get them off of ebay. I got mine there, and know about 12 other people who bought theres off of ebay. Of course, with ebay, you will not get access to the ATI online review. If you buy off of ebay, you need to know which books/dvds you are getting. Go to the ATI website and check out the current books/dvds, and make sure you are getting the full set. I actually have a cd set by a company called Meds Publishing. There are 32 audio cds covering everything from lab values to cardiac disorders. Then I have 6 more cds that cover pharmacology. I like the meds publishing stuff too. I personally think any audio stuff is helpful because you can use it when driving, eating etc. It lets you study, when you normally would not be able to.

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. If you need more help with blood gases, get the book Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy. It is the best book I have every bought.

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 what the information is that you are referring too.

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 see etc. Do pts. eventually go to the MICU once that are stable? Do you get a lot of contact with the families. I love family contact and critical pts.

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 patients. Lots of bed baths, and lots of poop. Even with my 4.0 GPA , I learned more in 3 days on the job than I learned my entire junior year of school. Working as a CNA is the best thing I have ever done. Every nurse I have talked too says the best nurses are the ones that have been CNAs first. My CNA experience is far more valuable than any grades or honors I may attain. If you don't ever want to do CNA work, that means you will be one of those RNs that sees a patient lying in their waste, and walk away because it isn't your job. Nurses like that are not teamplayers. By the way, since I am working this semester, I probably won't pull all A's, but I will be a heck of a lot better nurse because of my CNA experience. Title means nothing, especially if you think you are above doing certain tasks.