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I agree with the post above. We are going 'baby friendly' which during the process, is hard. Of course with any change, you will find resistance. We can wait up to 48 hours to feed a baby until we have milk, which is hard to do for a screaming full ...

I agree with Baby ER. It is written by a man who had his baby in the NICU I work at. His baby was pretty healthy, there for a short period of time. But he went back later and observed doctors, nurses, infants, deliveries, families, etc... All to get ...

With our system, we have two ways of doing it with our tubing: 1) The medication is The medline is approx .5ml (0.4ml + tubing to the IV is 0.1ml). So we push the med through and apply a 0.5ml flush onto the med-line. The 0.5ml flush is then placed ...

We use Sweet-ease for brief procedures (lab draw/IV start) lasting less than a few minutes long. I think we have to use it within 1 minute before the procedure. Also have to document it as a pain intervention, pain score, and follow up pain score aft...

I am pretty new to the NICU scene so I do not know what other NICUs look like, but we have a couple private rooms we use primarily for isolation and bereavement. But who knows, this might be a standard everywhere else! :)

I just got hired with them and was oriented with about 70 other new grads. From what I've heard, there is a hiring freeze for new grad positions at LBMMC too. We are lucky we all got in while we had the chance. However the next batch of new grads (Ju...

Yes the first semester was HELL with pathophys and pharm. I promise the program will get better once all the pieces start fitting and things start to make sense. It all seems like a mess and its hard to put two and two together, but once you are in t...

Capstone classes are just 'general education' classes which are different from your nursing classes. ALL CSULB students wanting a bachelors have to take these 'elective classes'.. There is a long list of classes which fall under the capstone category...

When I applied, I was applying for the Spring semester of nursing school, but decided to apply for the university to start in the Fall. I was set on CSULB so I only applied here for when I transferred. Although I wasn't in the program yet, I took man...

I think you start after you finish the NCLEX, which is like a month or two after graduation. We graduate Dec 19th but I dont think we take the NCLEX until late Feb. Depends on which semester you graduate...

Well it all depends... On where you live, if you are working, if you already have supplies (stethescope, blood pressure cuff, etc)... The books, uniform, supplies the first semester cost the most, so there isn't much left with the stipend.. But the o...

I dont think so. I think maybe 25 in my semester group have signed the contract. But LBMMC lets ALL trimester students do their clinicals there, so there are a ton of students doing clinicals, regardless if they signed the contract or not.

Since I am contracted with LBMMC, I get a 'stipend' for each semester to cover books/tuition/etc.. It is $3500 a semster, WITH taxes taken out. So yeah. But I do owe them two years of my time when I graduate so that is the other part.

I am in the trimester program, which I am so happy with. If you are in the trimester, you are done in 2 years (have to take summer school) versus 3 years (basic program doesn't have to take summer school). If you are in the trimester, most of your cl...

I am in the program right now, finishing my last semester. I love the program here. There are awesome clinical and lecture teachers, with a few duds, but that's always expected. The school partners with Long Beach Memorial and other hospitals in the...

I had a TEAS test of 86 overall and like 92 in math (since they count the teas twice, once for the average and once for the math score).. Had A's and B's in my sciences, A's in all other classes (english, math, communication, etc), and I had Biochem ...

Wow great story..! I am still a student precepting in L&D right now, but I want to know how do you set up the sterile field, start an IV, get the bed ready, grab extra hands, etc in like 10 minutes... Or do you just deliver?? Ahhh sounds like an ...

From what I understand of the 'good samaritan rule' is that you don't have to stop, but if you do, you are then obligated.

If there is a window on the door I would just write my assessment info on a paper towel and tape it to the window so I can see it from the other side, then just take it down next time I went in.

I agree with the above poster. The practice ones always seem to be MUCH harder. But that doesn't mean study less. Definately review the book and topics you aren't too hot in (look at the practice pdf files that say what areas you miss questions in).....

You sound like me! I'm a nursing student and I find that I feel weak and out of it most when: -Empty stomach -Havent sat down in a long time -The room is hot -I'm wearing a mask -Watching kind of gross things I've gotten really dizzy and weak on all ...

My school requires each student to take ALL of the ATI tests each semester. So far I've done med surg, mental health, fundamentals, peds, womens health, community health.. And this last semester I have to do leadership, pharm, and the 'predictor test...

Me too! My pinning ceremony is Dec 19! Our last semester we have to take leadership, nursing research, preceptor clinical, and a lecture in the area our preceptorship is in.. So that means I have maternal-child lecture since my preceptorship is hopef...

Myself and many of my good friends have signed at the hospital which is paired up with my school. We got to choose if we wanted the tuition reimbursement anytime before the end of the first semester was over, that way we all could get a feel for the ...

Physiology is very very important. When I wrote many of my care plans for critical care (on sepsis, resp failure, etc) I found myself referencing my phys book each time. It really helped break down to the cellular level why things were happening with...