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  1. Possible move to Fl. Lot's of questions

    ALL nurses here, especially with the nurse/patient ratio DESERVE more than $30 but most won't see it. I will tell you what a friend of mine was told when she made a similar statement to a department...
  2. My first bed bath!!

    Our instructor told us like Daytonite said, "Tell them it seems like I have done a million." I think the main thing as with anything you are doing that is new is to relax. You aren't going to break...
  3. Mom phrases!! ADULTS: are group of people Mom longs to communicate with after several hours of talking in small words about topics like "who touched who first" AIRPLANE: is what Mom impersonates...
  4. How infectious is MRSA really??

    We use Q-tips to unswab at the end of our clinical shifts. I use my Neti pot on the weekends. You put warm Salt water (VERY IMPORTANT IT IS SALT WATER) in the pot...some pots come with pre-filled...
  5. A "dating female students in your class" post

    Update on dating drama....pyscho females...and the boys who love (lust after) them. LOL Well ..... We will call them the "odd" couple and leave it at that.... Both are in my nursing class.... He...
  6. How infectious is MRSA really??

    THIS is a Neti Pot...You can get them at any drug store of box store like Wal-Mart in the Pharmacy Department. It is a gravity pot that flushes out your frontal sinus cavity. As far as MRSA in the...
  7. New graduate RN from Tx need job in Orlando area.

    Click HERE.... These are jobs under ORMC that are open now for nurses. You will see there are TONS of openings. HERE.... Is Florida Hospital Grad nurse information and contacts. Hospitals in this...
  8. Note taking question

    Something you could consider doing, if you have someone you can trust in class, is take turns taking notes. Like, you take the first thing the instructor writes, your class mates writes the second,...
  9. A&P II Winter/Spring '08

    My AP I and II classes were, as are all our pre req classes, 4 weeks in length. We went 5 days a week for 4-6 hours a day. We covered between 1-2 chapters a day, had an exam every Monday with the...
  10. Microbiology-Spring 2008

    Actually we have lab 2 days a week. We learned to Gram stain our second day of class, which was our first day in lab. Tuesday of this week we did endospore staining and Acid-fast staining. It is part...
  11. How infectious is MRSA really??

    What we have been told to do, because MRSA has been found to colonize in the nares (nostrils) of healthcare workers, is to take a cotton swab and coat the inside of our nares with a Petroleum based...
  12. Bypass LPN program? True or False?

    No, and I can't even imagine that is something that can be done. In some, very few, states IF you are in the RN program, through the first year of a 4 year, you can Challenge the LPN test, take it,...
  13. Microbiology-Spring 2008

    Well I just finished week 2 of my 4 week program. It isn't easy. We have covered 14 chapters so far. Our next, 2nd, test is on Tuesday next week and basically have to know ALL about Viruses and their...
  14. Orlando Nursing Programs

    I have a friend who graduated from UCF and LOVED it. I have another friend who applied to and got into Florida Hospital, also a 4 year BSN program, and said it is about 8,000 less than UCF PLUS you...
  15. How do you find suzanne?

    Check this out.....Suzanne You need to read this and follow what she says on this page. She is very thorough it what the tester needs to do...... GOOD
  16. RE: Having to retake NCLEX as a traveler?

    That's what I understood to but this guy was adamant. Maybe he didn't want anyone insinuating his mom was not telling the truth or what. It made me question what I thought I had been aware of. I told...
  17. Anatomy Class

    Well we actually had cadavers, humans who donated their bodies to science, as what we "cut-up" and studied in AP class. If you are going to work in the ER, OR or places like that you might want to...
  18. Can a NS tell you they're nationally accredited

    NLNAC Go to that link and you will see if your school is Nationally certified. If they are not on the list they are not recognized and not nationally
  19. A&P 1 Spring 08

    Well, I tell you we had cadavers. The first thing our instructor told us was that these people donated their bodies for students to use and to learn from. Now, that might not sound like a big deal but...
  20. NLNAC Accredidation

    Only, as I plan on, being a travel nurse and leaving my current state. I don't want anything standing in the way of me being able to practice in other
  21. College & Motherhood

    I am not trying to be a wet blanket here but if you don't have time to study the simpler subjects like math and Humanities I am not sure how you plan to have time for the Core nursing, which requires...
  22. new student

    BE SURE about your CPR training. You need to contact your school because, some schools only take CPR training from specific courses. My school ONLY acknowledges CPR from American Heart Association and...
  23. Microbiology-Spring 2008

    Ok gang, just finished, yesterday, my first week of my 4 week Micro class. DANG is all I can say about that. We have our first test on Monday and the theory portion is over the first 8 CHAPTERS! UGH!...
  24. Asperger's Syndrome

    My cousin William, who is now 43, was diagnosed with Asperger's. I can tell you how he reacted and reacts. I can tell you that there are degrees of Asperger's. These do not have any outstanding facial...
  25. wuesthoff, health-first, or parrish???

    You are very welcome. I am sure that making this decision is really stressful. I hope that you have one of those light bulb moments and it just makes sense. I am looking forward to but dreading that...