nj1grlcrus

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  1. Bergen Community Program

    PDA's are allowed, in some hospitals, you can even get their latest drug updates, but you can do fine without the PDA. The drug book, lab book and hospital computer covers just about everything. It would be nice, if you were leaning to carrying a P...
  2. Math Whizs please reply

    you move the decimal at the start of the problem, let's see if I can type it in. Let's say 25.5 divided by 0.5. change that to 255 divided by 5, you moved each decimal place over one so that you could make 0.5 into a whole number, no decimal. Now...
  3. teamwork?

    Teamwork is the name of the game. The nurse is responsible for making sure the pt is taken care of. If call lights or cleaning is stacked up, they better pitch in. Or learn to manage pts and CNA better. And telling CNA's that s__t is beneath them ...
  4. OMG.....Great News!!!!

    Great news, good luck :balloons: I can only imagine how great that must feel. ENJOY!
  5. Bergen Community Program

    Congrats to all! I am going into second year nights at Bergen. You need to buy a stethescope, it is not included in the kit, the BP cuff is optional, but make sure it is manual, not digital, they are cheap, under $20 at Walgreen's and other drugsto...
  6. Male nurse looks

    OOPS, didn't finish the post, after the first haircut, the instructor was still asking me to pull back the hair, finally just cut it SHORT. You get graded on everything in school, after that, as long as you are clean and neat, no problem
  7. Male nurse looks

    The hair thing affects women, too. I am a nursing student that HAD medium length hair, layered, and I couldn't get it pulled back into a ponytial.
  8. can someone help me pleeeeeeeeease (metric question)

    4.16M (100cm/1M) = 416cm 416cm(1dm/10cm) = 41.6dm first I changed to cm, then to dm, answer 41.6 dm if you did it from mm it would be: 4.16M(1000mm/1M) = 4160mm 4160mm(1cm/10mm) = 416cm then go to the above conversions, hope it helped;)
  9. Lipping the bottle

    maybe its like tossing the salt over your shoulder after you knock over the salt shaker??????
  10. Does this sound strange to you?

    Doesn't sound like a big deal to me, I know my MIL gets her flu shot from a neighbor who is a nurse, she brings it home with her.
  11. They make me feel like a failure

    It's like this, when asked about WHY NURSING? you should say, "If you have to ask, you'll never understand!" or whatever it is that the bikers say. You are a member of the elite, don't fall prey to the haters. :wink2:
  12. where is sacrum and coccyx located?

    great site! thanks daytonite!!
  13. Do any students deal with a nervous stomach or IBS?

    we didn't get a break(food or drink kind) on our clinical, but the bathroom was always available.
  14. Just accepeted FINALLY!!!

    All suggestions were great. The NCLEX questions are key, if your instructors dive right in with critical thinking skills. That's what drove most of my class crazy. You will get questions and ask the instructor, is there more than one correct answe...
  15. Too old????

    I am 50, just finished Level I nursing for an RN, ADN. Critical thinking came much easier to me than to some of the youngsters, so I think you will have an edge, not a liability because of your age, go for it:lol2:
  16. need writing help.

    I definitely like the role of patient advocate, check that angle out:wink2:
  17. Question about swelling and bug bites

    what kind of bug bite, what is the pt Hx, etc
  18. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    The problem is that when you reach the point of life in which suicide would be preferrable to continuing to live, you no longer have the ability to end your own life, a scary catch-22 that I often think about when caring for patients with a laundry l...
  19. online classes

    Stay organized, keep a calendar of due dates for assignments and tests, and check in often to make sure no additional assignments are added. (double check the due dates) Good luck! :biere:
  20. an appropriate pre-op medication

    I've heard the same thing
  21. dosage for pediatrics? help!

    1 milligram = 1000 micrograms..but... where did you get that recommended dosage? My book sez the recommended dosage is 0.1 - 0.2mg/kg, so the dosage range would calculate to 0.33-0.66mg (0.1-0.2mg x 3.3 kg) 0.5 mg would be right in the middle of t...
  22. I need encouragement or i may quit school

    Do you want to be a nurse, or do you want this guy to name you student of the year? I think you want to be a nurse, and you are well on your way. C+=nurse, I am only saying this because i have found that all the nursing students I know are such hig...
  23. Sooooo.... What if I decided to go back? (long)

    I don't think Labor and Delivery has changed for the better, so you would be a real asset. GO FOR IT
  24. what is SBS lab test?

    this is a guess, single blood sample, hope it helps
  25. BSN the only "professional"??

    What kind of loser would say that to someone's son??