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We use T-system and it's a breeze.

Friend of mine is working with a preceptor who wants to know why you can't give IV protonix faster than two minutes IVP...We've looked everywhere and can't find the answer. I figured it might be a dystonic reaction like with reglan, but it doesn't sa...

She told him today when he told her that we had contacted the pharmacy and Wyeth, that Protonix can be ototoxic.... Anybody ever heard of that????

So I called our pharmacy, and I just got off the phone with Wyeth, and both pharmacists confirmed that Protonix has not been tested nor FDA approved for IVP

What the heck? and just as many or more priority questions, back to back to back. It cut off at 75, and I feel horrible. I just feel like I probably screwed up on all the SATA, that it quickly made a decision that I was a fail... I didn't feel...

How do you guys feel about sharing insulin for all your patients? What is your hospital's policy? I'm just a student, and it is the unforgiveable sin for us to give insulin that doesn't have the patient's name on it, but the nurses on the floor ge...

How do you guys feel about sharing insulin for all your patients? What is your hospital's policy? I'm just a student, and it is the unforgiveable sin for us to give insulin that doesn't have the patient's name on it, but the nurses on the floor get ...

I'm a senior nursing student working PT this summer as a sec/tech. I've learned a lot, but I'll tell you what, I can't wait until its over. I have never in my life seen so much abuse of power, and lack of thanks and appreciation as I have over the ...

I've seen a lot of schools say at least a 3.0 for pre-reqs, but when it comes down to it, it's usually 3.5 (at least) or better.

If nursing school were impossible, there would be no nurses.... I'm a 30-ish :) mom of four who is about to graduate in Dec. In addition, my husband and I take care of my disabled in-laws who live with us. School has not been easy, but you CAN do it...

What she said. Here where I live, it makes no difference at all unless you want to go into admin. Same pay, same everything

I haven't had a problem with them disappearing at all. It does seem though (I imagine this happens everywhere) that if they aren't around they are usually busy with needy students. Our ratio is usually 10:1 so it's hard for one person to be on top o...

For me, the key to being successful was learning how to dissect those damn questions! You have to learn to mark out distractors and extraneous information. Look for hints like "what should the nurse do FIRST" or tricky ones like "which is the "LEAST"...

Sorry, just wanted to clarify. You typed LVN/LPN/ASN/RN. I agree with everything Gila in that I don't think gender would change a thing. EMS is similar in that EMT-B, EMT-D, EMT-AI, and EMT-P are all considered under the same umbrella and all ser...

But if she is working with a preceptor, is she not covered under the same umbrella as a student nurse?

Just wanted to point out that ASN and BSN are both RN

I cannot wait. I'm reading, studying, and doing everything I can to keep all of this crazy info in my head :) I've had nightmares in the last two weeks about not charting during clinical and forgetting my patient's room It just can't come fast en...

I agree with what you're saying. I'm just saying that as a class of new grads, there isn't a lot that separates us. We have the same experience to offer... None. I agree that some students just aren't good test takers, but I would venture to guess...

I'm glad to hear that GPA's are counting towards future jobs. I've worked my ass off in school to maintain my GPA (4.0), and I keep hearing that employers don't really care what it is. When I hear that it just breaks me down, and makes me wonder wh...

We begin our last semester the last week of August but we're off for the summer. Anybody else doing this? We just finished the Med-Surg II and Ped rotation. When we left, we had a two patient load and the only skill we weren't doing was starting I...

I could've written every word. Thanks for posting

I finished Peds today!!! Yippeee :) Peds for me was so-so because it wasn't a whole lot of hands on. We did a lot of observing. I only had 4 days where I was able to actually do everything. The preceptors are very apprehensive about students hanging ...

When I started school, our pass rates had been all over the 90th percentile, highs and lows. As we have progressed, it has steadily dropped. The last two tests ended up with a 78% and finally 62%. This seriously freaks me out. I'm worried that we hav...

For my clinical preceptor I would have to word it differently. I would have to say "Acute abdominal pain related to inflammation of the pancreas (insert secondary if you know i.e., gallstones, alcoholism, etc.) as manifested by .... You could use gu...

Congrats!!!