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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...

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! ...

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....

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...

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 comprehe...

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 ...

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 r...

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

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, ...

Hello, The ins. in OK isn't too bad. We have five in our family and can get BCBS of OK for about $380.00 a month. That is major medical and some preventitive care. I am in OK myself, and in nursing school. What area are you moving too? Since I a...

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 outli...

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 b...

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 th...

I always find out what books I will need, get the ISBNs and look on ebay. I have bought about 75% of my books that way, the rest I have gotten from other students. Talk to the students ahead of you, or put up a sign that says"used textbooks wanted/...

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 w...

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 really don't know the difference as far as the ty...

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 gal running the registration booth who the hiring ...

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 screens, PKUs, feed, etc. As far as the moms, I assess...

School has been pretty easy for me to. Sometimes I wonder if I am learning enough to really do a good job and pass the boards despite the fact that I am an honor student. I started a job on Thursday in a Cardio-Pulmonary special care unit, one step...

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 local.

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 was in a Select hospital in Kansas for several we...

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 exercising, lying in bed etc. There is about 28 hours of l...

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 please give me the scoop!