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  1. need help with IV med

    natsfanrn replied to Navarre's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have those prefilled 3- and 10-cc NS syringes in our med room. When I give an IV push, I draw up the med first (I inject air if it's a regular vial, don't inject if it's a skinny tube like dilaudid...

  2. Float policy?

    natsfanrn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    What is your unit's policy about floating new grads? I work surgical floor, and floated today (not the first time) to the medical floor.... I felt like I was drowning the whole time I was there. Not...

  3. Appropriate Work Load for a nursing student?

    natsfanrn replied to lexy3227's topic in Virginia Nursing

    When I started the program (fall of 2003), NAS 161 and 162 were still corequisities, meaning you didn't have to complete them before acceptance but just had to complete before entering the second...

  4. Priority question

    natsfanrn replied to Purlple's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Definitely the 3-y-o -- major red flag for autism. You'd want to tell the man to have his BP checked again by his PCP within a month or so, but it's certainly not high enough to warrant immediate...

  5. Let's introduce ourselves...

    natsfanrn replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just passed boards and start orientation on the surgical floor on July 18. I can't wait, but at the same time, I'm scared to death! So glad this forum was

  6. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

    natsfanrn replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX? 75 2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? Took a review course offered through employer; practiced test questions from...

  7. Appropriate Work Load for a nursing student?

    natsfanrn replied to lexy3227's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Can you take med term and psych over the summer as ELI courses? I took psych 202 that way, and it really wasn't bad at all...just a couple of short papers to write and a few tests to take at the...

  8. Nursing Student Uniforms??

    natsfanrn replied to lexy3227's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Yeah, NOVA's uniforms are pretty horrid -- white pants and white polo top (you can choose your own) with a green and white striped smock that gets in the way of everything. Even most of the faculty...

  9. How long after graduation did it take to get your ATT?

    natsfanrn replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in northern VA, registered back in March with both VBON and Pearson. Graduation was 5/10, school sent transcripts in on 5/25 and received ATT via email the evening of 6/1 (there was also the...

  10. Experiences w/ Reason Medical or Allheart?

    natsfanrn replied to Serenyd's topic in General Nursing

    I ordered my Littmann from Reason several years ago and had no problem -- they had the best price around and even offered free engraving of my

  11. NVCC ADN Program waiting list?

    natsfanrn replied to RNJenn's topic in Virginia Nursing

    NVCC doesn't "carry over" applicants from one year to the next, so if for some reason you don't get in you just reapply the following year. Admissions are based solely on a first-come, first-in basis,...

  12. Tax Write Offs, items and costs needed for Nursing School

    natsfanrn replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

    MomNRN-- You may be thinking of the Hope credit, which is only for 2 years. Lifelong Learning is good for unlimited use over a lifetime. From the IRS website: Q.13. Is there a limit on the number of...

  13. Tax Write Offs, items and costs needed for Nursing School

    natsfanrn replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

    Just found the form -- it's fed form 8863 -- Education Credits (Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits). Hope credit can't be claimed for more than 2 tax years for same student; lifetime learning is just...

  14. Tax Write Offs, items and costs needed for Nursing School

    natsfanrn replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

    I deducted all my education expenses -- tuition, books, parking, cpr class -- from my Federal taxes (as part of the lifetime learning credit, I think, though I'd have to go back and check to make...

  15. Do Yall Think You Were Robbed of...

    natsfanrn replied to KK7724's topic in General Students

    When I went to school for my first BS a "few" (ahem) years ago, I was in it for the "college experience." I changed my major from pre-vet (which is what I really wanted to do, but hey, it was hard) to...

  16. creative presentation ideas

    natsfanrn posted a topic in General Students

    For one of my classes, we have to give group presentations on different subjects (ours is the skeletal system, including 3 disorders of bones). I don't want to just stand in front of the class and...

  17. psycholgy based statistics class vs. math based statistics..........

    natsfanrn replied to sbonaparte's topic in General Students

    I took Psyc stat for my first BS 20 years ago...it wasn't too bad as math-type classes go, and it was FAR easier than taking Math stat -- especially considering that none of the Math TAs at the Univ...