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  1. Can you really teach what you don't know?

    MommyJoy posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    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...

  2. New School Nurse

    MommyJoy replied to MsMLG's topic in School

    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...

  3. CPR Business Anyone????

    MommyJoy replied to stevesohiorn's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    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 ?

    MommyJoy replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General 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. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    MommyJoy replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    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

    MommyJoy replied to RbLegend's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    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. Different types of residuals...PLEASE HELP I AM LOST

    MommyJoy posted a topic in General Nursing

    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....

  8. Different types of residuals...PLEASE HELP I AM LOST

    MommyJoy replied to MommyJoy's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  9. Different types of residuals...PLEASE HELP I AM LOST

    MommyJoy replied to MommyJoy's topic in General Nursing

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

  10. Took NCLEX yesterday

    MommyJoy posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    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

    MommyJoy replied to sirena1481's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    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.

    MommyJoy replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    MommyJoy replied to withasmilelpn's topic in MICU, SICU

    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?

    MommyJoy replied to quaffsn's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

    MommyJoy replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  16. MICU or SICU or ICCU please help

    MommyJoy posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello. I am a senior nursing student and am making plans to extern this summer. I am going to be externing in critical care, the problem is I don't know if I should extern in MICU, SICU, or ICCU. I...

  17. CNA's in L&D?

    MommyJoy replied to *Bethany*'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I got my job in postpartum/nursery because I attended a job fair that one of our local hospitals was having. I had a resume and a letter of interest with me. When I got to the job fair, I asked the...

  18. CNA's in L&D?

    MommyJoy replied to *Bethany*'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hello, I am a CNA and a senior nursing student. I have worked in the postpartum unit and the newborn nursery as a CNA. With the babies, I was able to give first bath, assess vitals, do hearing...

  19. Starting IV's

    MommyJoy replied to bsunbeam's topic in General Nursing

    As a patient who has had many IVs and been stuck too many times, I appreciate any nurse that will take the time to give me a

  20. select specialty hospital in scottsdale?

    MommyJoy replied to egroeg_kyut's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hello, I saw your post and wondered if you took the job at Select? I am in nursing school, and have been offered a position as a CNA at a Select hospital in Tulsa. I am pretty interested, as my aunt...

  21. Help Needed

    MommyJoy replied to tik-tak's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There is a company called ATI, their website is http://www.atitesting.com. They have a book and dvd series. I am only in my second semester, but the dvds are great. I can watch them while...

  22. Please tell me... where do I work for flexible scheduling?

    MommyJoy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that home health is the place to be for flexible scheduling. I really need advice on what type of nursing is flexible, and I don't mean flex scheduling at a hospital. Home health nurses...

  23. anybody who wants to help me??

    MommyJoy replied to acercera's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You need to check with your local library. I checkout NCLEX Made Easy and Kaplans NCLEX review just last week. Does your school have a

  24. I need to pass NCLEX

    MommyJoy replied to nurseb2000's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There is a compnay called meds publishing. There website is medspub.com. They have dvds and audio cds that are supposed to be pretty good. They are very expensive, but very comprhensive. I have...

  25. "Workforce Oklahoma" experiences?

    MommyJoy replied to Renee73's topic in General Nursing

    How interesting. I am having the same experience. I talked to them about 2 months ago, and finally did get the income guidelines out of them. Then they told me I needed to come to an all day...