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There is a position open at a VA CBOC near me. CBOC = community based outpatient clinic. The position requirements are 2 years RN with medical surgical experience. I only have ICU experience. What kind of patients do you see in a clinic, what are...

Don't know if this is what kind of thing you are looking for, but this is a doc I got when I started as a new grad. Hope it helps. ~Erica Common Continuous Drips Used in the CC Setting.doc

Hi all! Hoping to get some info about the different Carondolet hospitals and TMC. I can't apply to UMC as I only have 10 months experience as an RN and I spoke with recruiter and she said I need one year or start as a new grad and that is competiti...

I am attaching the one that I use. There is a front and back side to this and I am able to fit my 2 sheets of paper for my 2 pts easily in my pocket. I cannot take all the credit for this, I actually adapted a sheet I found on allnurses that I used w...

this is a decision that i struggled with too. i have a ba and ma in another field. what ultimately made my decision was when i applied to an adn and bsn program in my community the adn started in jan and the bsn didn't begin until june. i was secr...

i whole heartedly agree with the previous poster! how i wish i could have remained anonymous during my 2 year nursing program. unfortunately, the week before nursing school began, i was the medic that responded to our first year instructor's car ac...

David, What is stopping you from applying to FMC if you want to move back to Flag? I work at FMC now as an extern and graduate in Dec. and am beginning their new grad program for January. If you have at least 1 year of experience down at Tusc...

Hello, I am using the GI Bill to help me pay for school. My advisor said that I was eligible for financial aid loans as well, but I have gotten scholarships throughout school and have used my GI $ for living expenses. There are tons of scholar...

At my school we have to take ProCalc exams to prove we are competent. This is our equivalency info.... ProCalc Equiv Revised 9-1-08.pdf

BUMP! Awesome post, I graduate in December and really needed to read this as I too am feeling ashamed as I saw some "newbies" the other day and thought, thank goodness I am done with that.

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I attended the open house and was very impressed with their dedication to the new grad. Can you tell me anything about their interview process? Is it one on one or a panel interview? Also, do they ask situational questions or just standard intervi...

I am interested in any feedback on hospitals in the Phoenix area also. I graduate in December with an ADN. Are there hospitals that are more geared toward BSNs over ADNs? I am looking to start on a Med-Surg floor or Med-Tele floor. Area of town i...

Depending on where you are coming from, I suppose "high cost of living" is a subjective term. For the economy locally here in Flag, it is difficult for the "average worker bee" to make ends meet. Purchasing a home here is costly. The housing surve...

1. I don't know about the ATI, but I do love my NCLEX review books with cd's. I graduate in December =) and I don't know what to do when I don't have a book around to review questions. Plus they have helped with tests throughout school b/c they gi...

By all means, don't feel alone in this! I too thought many of my peers were so confident as that is what they give off in clinicals, then a student asked me a question that I thought to myself - she isn't really asking me that, it is scary she is th...

Ok, question for you then... hopefully this isn't something I should have done, but the RN I was with didn't say anything about it. About 3 weeks ago at clinicals, we received a patient from another facility and the pt's bladder was seriously diste...

I really enjoyed the easy reading of Cardiovascular Care made Easy and Hemodynamic Monitoring made easy series of books that are the visual books. It really did what I needed as a CV for dummies (ie me initially!). Good luck! ~Erica

OK, I have a question about parenteral fluids. I asked this on the other forum and was told not to ask homework questions that are broad. This is not a homework question it is a learning objective that we are given as guidelines to tell whether or ...

Thank you Daytonite and carolinapooh!! Someone PM'd me an article out of Nursing made Incredibly Easy called "Third Spacing, where has all the fluid gone" and that has helped tremendously now that I have read it and pulled out the A&P book a few...

I was thinking fluid volume excess too. My thought was that you are giving parenteral fluids because their gut can't handle regular food or enteral fluids, so would they be able to absorb, or distribute the fluids as fast as they were receiving them...

OK any help here would be greatly appreciated! Relate the effects of parenteral fluids upon fluid distribution and subsequent nursing considerations. Thanks in advance! ~Erica:specs:

Actually, this is a learning objective (which all our test questions come from) and I have searched high and low through my textbook for the answer regarding how it effects distribution and cannot find an answer specific to parenteral fluids. If it ...

Emergency Nursing would suit you well! ER - 100%, Travel and Critical Care - 88%, and OR and Nurse Anesthetist - 63%. Fun Quiz, thanks! ~Erica