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  1. keiser college

    It is EASY to find bad nurses EVERYWHERE! What school they attended, for the most, has nothing to do with it. Just because someone graduates from a nursing program and passes their boards DOES NOT...
  2. Keiser opinions? Please help.

    That is COMPLETELY WRONG! I attend Melbourne campus. Not only are we accredited through SACS we are ALSO accredited through NLN. You should be very cautious of statements that you are NOT completely...
  3. We finished our LTC rotation a month ago. I will tell you my experience is that you are used to the routine by the 2nd or 3rd day. What is HARD to get used to is the way you see the elders treated....
  4. Employment background checks

    The rule of thumb I was told is that if someone leaves, for whatever reason, BEFORE the probation period (whatever is set by the institution, 90 days of whatever) that it was acceptable to omit that...
  5. The Nursing Math Thread

    LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAYTONITE, I can ALWAYS count on wise words from you! Not to mention some funny ones We learned dimensional analysis today in calc classes, all I can say is WOW what a...
  6. Nutrition Subject

    HERE HERE I got you started with the statistics you presented. You can click around and find the rest of the information you are looking for. This site is the USDA pyramid for healthy living. We had...
  7. keiser crowd!

    Congrats and welcome to our Club!!! I start Pharm next week once we are back from Spring break. It is supposedly the hardest class next to Fundamentals.....I am SOOOO ready for it to be ovah! LOL...
  8. I need some ideas

    I commend you and your spouse for reaching out to this family. I would suggest you contact a foundation like Habitat for Humanity for the home loss. You could contact the Red Cross or Goodwill to try...
  9. DITTO on the recommendation for this one! We use it in our Pharm class and I have to say there are TONS TONS TONS of practice problems that gradually increase with difficulty once you get into...
  10. Blood pressure monitors

    As long as they are calibrated they are equally as accurate. We have taken them on the thigh and the lower leg so that we are experienced with technique and knowing that accurate assessment...
  11. Can Nurses be sued?

    NSO If you go to this site, this is a very popular liability (Malpractice) site that a lot of nursing professionals and students use, myself included. I will tell you that at least in the state of...
  12. Question Regarding Keiser Admissions

    HERE Forgot to add this, this is the page for the accreditation of the nursing programs, look towards the bottom and you will see the nursing accreditation. I misspoke and said the other schools are...
  13. Question Regarding Keiser Admissions

    Actually, I attend Keiser Melbourne and our nursing program has 3 cycles per year, one every 4 months, and each class has 24 students. Melbourne is the only one that has full credentialed status, the...
  14. Can Nurses be sued?

    Actually, nurses can and do become part of lawsuits on a "regular" basis, either by their own hands "errors they personally make" or as part of a healthcare team that is being sued. Nurses can be sued...
  15. obesity diagnosis?

    You are very
  16. obesity diagnosis?

    IF the client has a MEDICAL diagnosis of Obesity/Morbid obesity then you could use the NURSING diagnosis Altered Nutrition: more than body requirements secondary to Obesity/Morbid obesity AEB BMI...
  17. I appreciate all of your comments so far. I am in FL, and the state nurse practice acts DO say that students are responsible for delivering the same care as the nurse who is in charge of that patient,...
  18. I am a student in FL. I have been thinking about something recently and was curious if you could help me come to a conclusion. We, as students, are not allowed to "chart" in patient medical records,...
  19. We use Gordon's functional health patterns while we are in fundamentals, we use the Doenges book. Since this is hypothetical, why instructors give hypothetical patients without "assessment info" I...
  20. Anatomy II and urine flow

    I enclosed my AP notes for these topics. I hope that they help you as they have others. GOOD LUCK! Chap._23_(Urinary_System).doc
  21. You can be the sharpest tool in the shed, but if you don't have drive, compassion, common sense, and a true heart to help others, all that "smart" in the long run, isn't going to amount to a hill of...
  22. Interventions for chronic pain

    I don't know what "stage" her dementia is, but I would suggest maybe something to do with alternative treatments for pain. Like, massage therapy, music therapy, Reiki, visual imagery something of that...
  23. Kaplan Online ADN Program

    Good Luck To You
  24. keiser college

    I am Keiser Melbourne, RN program. The price with pre reqs you are looking at around 40,000. There is virtually no wait list, my school is nationally certified by the NLN along with the state board. I...
  25. How many people who start NS finish?

    Well, we lost 7 today! We have one last test left before the final and who knows how many will make it to that point. Our school adopted a 76 test average to be able to take the final, plus...