justme1972

I think that this may be a good idea for a sticky!

I recently had to terminate a long-term friendship last week due to a friend that has been on Ambien for 3 years. I knew she was taking it, but only until a few months ago, I didn't realize she was taking it on a daily basis and a few weeks ago, she ...

I am looking for fundraising ideas for our nursing club. The only thing we can't do is food (local health department restrictions). We need an idea for Thanksgiving and for Christmas! It is to fund some of the nursing scholarships.

I can't find any information online about Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. Is there anyone on the board that is one? I'm curious if the degree would be worth the trouble, and I would also like to know, what is the primary function of a NNP in a hospital...

For a friendly debate topic..... I remembered reading an old post awhile ago where an NP (who got her DNP) was told by Human Resources that she couldn't use the title "Doctor" at the hospital, because it would mislead the patients. I am wondering if ...

I downloaded the free Archimedes (SP). calculator from skyscape, but for some reason, it doesn't do what I need it to. There isn't a "unit" that can be used for Heparin and Insulin, and if you are using calibrated tubing, it doesn't even ask the righ...

We are working on a small class presentation on blood transfusions. This is in reference to whole blood. Everything that we have been given, read, etc..says that blood must be transfused with 4 hours of the start or it has to be discarded. However, I...

I have a list of drugs and drug categories that I am learning for my final that I have to take online this evening, and I am needing some help as my instructors notes are not clear...and the book is directly contradicting some of it...but I have a fe...

I have two friends that I take classes with...all of us are entering the nursing program this Fall. The three of us are married and are fortunate to be in the position of having spouses where working during school is an option and not a need...for w...

I'm curious as to other nurses that live in Alabama and where they are currently living/working and if they like it. Thanks!

Ok..I have to be honest. You did say something wrong to the physician, and my jaw dropped when I read what you said. When you asked the patient which antibiotic was it...and the doctor said, "It's alright, I know what it is."....THEN you said, "Um,...

I'm not sure if you are married or single, but it's probably something to consider to move out of the area. I would also tweak your resume to show the year and leave off the month that you graduated. Go to every job fair that you can, browse the w...

Every instructor has their 'thing' that they get stuck on...don't let this one set the tone for how things are in a hospital...schools are different. I personally wear my hair to where if I had to put in a foley or an IV, it don't have to touch it to...

This is a child that died of chicken pox...what is unusual was that this wasn't an infant, but a 12-year old. Article didn't say if the child was immunized or not, which to me, was a pretty important detail that was missed. http://www.local6.com/heal...

Try to understand that just like nurses have protocols, so do other professions in the hospital. Recruiters are required to make so-many contacts with potential hires, and they have to keep a record of their contacts, what they have done to "lure" th...

I have heard something similar that is supposed to take place in our state come January 1st. Even with "padding" on the floor, elderly clients who have osteoperosis will still break bones with the fall, no matter how much padding is placed there. If ...

Send me a PM...we had an entire class that was over an entire semester dealing with nursing Math. I'll send you the ISBN number. My textbook was excellent, broke everything down, and I bet you could probably pick up one for dirt cheap.

Or screaming..."I'm an addict"

The problem is, the Generation X'ers, like myself, have no memory of classmates actually dying of these things. However, our parents do. It's easy to dismiss them based on "personal philosophy" when you have never actually seen a child practically c...

Don't forget to look at the tuition. I found Frontier to be far more expensive to do their "bridge" classes vs getting a BSN and possibly going in BSN prepared...just no question as to how it compared expense-wise.

190% illegal. Pregnancy is considered a short-term disability and is protected as such. This not only includes employment situations but educational settings as well. They are required to make "reasonable accomodations" just like everyone else. No s...

This varies college by college. BSN courses are more likely to transfer however, ADN courses rarely do.

I don't see it as an option for the male student or nurse to refuse it based on gender, but obviously, a patient has the right to refuse it. However, if a patient is willing, to me, a male nurse should be treated no differently than any female nurse ...

On a personal level, I don't ask a doctor for a second opinon..I just get one. I also never get one from the group the first doctor was in, b/c another doctor will most likely not go against the medical opinion of another physician in that same group...

....and a great example of...everything is fine for home births, as long as everything goes textbook.