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Hello, I am a new grad, just finishing my orientation in the ED, and I have a question for the more experienced out there... Does your hospital have a policy regarding IV push Reglan and Compazine? My hospital states we can push Metoclopramide and P...

Hey there, Been lurking a bit lately, but not posting (I've been too busy with the first year of nursing thing!) I have a CEN question. I did the online MedEd review class by Jeff Solheim to study, and have loved it (I loved his classes at ENA conf...

And.... I passed! Yup, no nursing diagnoses (more peds than I would have liked though ;-) I really feel like the practice exam from the CEN website, and of Solheim's material (the little flip book or the med ed site) and the questions on the MC Strat...

i've done bot the med ed and mc strategies reviews. I think they complimented each other nicely. I also have been reading one of the ENA books. I just wish I had more access to practice questions. I did the ones on the CEN website, and did well, so I...

Thanks! Yes, I had read the outline (many many times) and didn't see anything about nursing diagnoses. It's just that Lipincott's has so many ND questions I got a little scared. I'm not to thrilled about lipincott's questions I must say. thanks agai...

Thanks! There are a few nurses who will change the documentation to say they gave it IV in 50cc ns, but more who do not. While on orientation I have been documenting what I do (IVP or IV), and figured I could always fall back on the "I'm new" excuse...

Hey, I am just finishing up in the ATOP program. You do need to be generally available during those times (Thurs 3-8, Fri 8-3, Sat 7-7) but you will not actually be there all those times. First year, we had lecture Thursday 3-8, a lab or clinical Fr...

I was in a similar boat, all pre-reqs done and a previous bachelors. I did apply for accelerated bachelors, but also a 2 year associates. I ended up choosing the ADN because it was cheaper and started in September (I would have had to wait until May ...

Hello, I am wondering what your school's exam review policy is? We used to go over tests question by question, as long as everyone had taken the test, and with the understanding that no one take notes. Recently they changed the policy and there are ...

You mean the IV infusion pump right? This site: http://classes.kumc.edu/general/IVPump/IVSimulation.html gives a general practice. You should also find out what pump your hospital has and look that one specifically, they are all slightly different. U...

Hey, Our school (in NYC) told us that RN students could no longer write the LPN exam after the first year of clinical classes. I do think it changed in the last few years. Some of our students were able to get jobs as PCA's though. good luck

- which solution do you use to clean the area? (alcohol, iodine etc.) we (my school and the hospitals we have clinicals at) use alcohol, but we make sure it dries fully before we do the test or it will give a false (low) reading. (unfortunately i kn...

Hi, I'm curious... In our book it says Scabies is transmitted through extended contact with the infected person, as in housemates, sexual partners etc. but not through casual contact such as handshakes. I personally had always believed that it was mo...

Hello, I am really interested in Public Health Nursing, but I'm a second career nursing student and really don't want to go back to M-F 8-5. I have always done better in jobs where I had irregular hours, but am I going to find that in PH? Even many ...

They changed the med-surg book? I guess that means none of us can sell ours. Oh well, I wasn't really planning on it anyway, I like having the reference around. Make sure you do buy both volumes of the Brunner and Suddarth book, the link is just for ...

I'll beat the school on Wednesday working on the bulletin board at the back of the school. Come say hi if you see me! (I should be there when you break for lunch)

I think you can get away with another lab coat most of the time. You do have to wear the white lab coat all the time in lab, but some students wore ones without the emblem.

Hi Bayley, That was my exact schedule last fall, It was very manageable. Spanish was a lot of fun, and really useful since there are so many Spanish speaking patients at BI. The clinical instructors try to give you an English speaking pt, but it is ...

You will be fine with an earlier edition for most of the books, as long as it is only a couple years, not 5. The only thing is teachers may assign tables or charts to know, or pages to read so you just need to check with a friend who has the new book...

I found the uniforms ran a little big, or at least true to size. You should be fine with a small if that is what you normally wear. The tops are shapeless and unflattering on everybody so we're all equal ;-)

Hey, I'm going in to second year with Mystiq and since I know she is on vacation I will answer. So the answer is yes, and no. They expect you to buy them, but you won't really need them all. I'm pretty sure the book list is similar to ours. I only t...

If you look up to the Sticky threads at the top of the main "General Nursing Student Discussion", there is a locked one called "Check here first -- Sticky Threads of ongoing interest located here" There is one called "What are the items you need most...

If you look up to the Sticky threads, there is a locked one called "Check here first -- Sticky Threads of ongoing interest located here". There is one called "What are the items you need most for nursing school" that is an exhaustive list of everyth...

I suggest you go with what all the previous posters said to put in the email; "Hi, my name is...", "I will be studying...", "Do you want to coordinate what we bring or buy for the room?" or "I was planning on bringing a TV and microwave, should we ta...

Hey tootsieny, I'm sorry you did not get accepted this time around, it will happen for you though! I really do not believe that PBISN does rolling admissions. I know my application was complete the last possible day, and I took the NLN the last seat...