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  1. 2nd degree/accelerated BSN @ FDU, NJCU, RU, SHU, UMDNJ, or WPUNJ..do i have a chance?

    birdgardner replied to NJhopeful's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Seton Hall and Rutgers both offer 2 year second degree programs, I believe. I also graduated with something like a 2.5, but got A's on all pre-reqs later - showing later discipline and maturity and...

  2. Shoes for clinicals?

    birdgardner replied to cpartrid's topic in General Students

    I went in with Reebok white leather sneakers, but I wish I'd gone to a uniform store. I just tried on some Nurse Mates, feather light, cushy, springy and

  3. APNs with no names?

    birdgardner posted a topic in General Nursing

    In my clinicals, it is striking how seldom nurses use the names of APNs. They will refer to other RNs by first names, in pretty much any situation, whether admiring or irked or informational. I will...

  4. poor people get poor tx?

    birdgardner replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

  5. Seeking the truth about Nursing School acceptance...

    birdgardner replied to nurseman78's topic in General Nursing

    My county community college puts you on one-year waiting list after you finish your pre-reqs. I had a classmate complaining because she had a 4.0 average and had to wait. An ADN took four years or...

  6. Nurses who don't seem to get it....

    birdgardner replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    That stinks Karo. I'm sorry you had someone so clueless and/or scared to call the surgeon. Having the call bell AND a PCA doesn't always get you help either. When I had my adrenal gland out, I...

  7. Respiratory distress--how quickly will they turn blue?

    birdgardner replied to pmw2007's topic in General Nursing

    I think children and young adults, or people with high metabolic rates, might turn blue faster. I saw my toddler start a febrile seizure and he was blue within 20 seconds. As an EMT, I had an 18 y.o....

  8. I cringed on the inside

    birdgardner replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    McDonalds says their apples have calcium ascorbate as a preservative - not so bad. When we're travelling or out in a rush, a kid's meal with four chicken mcnuggets, apple slices - even with that...

  9. autism cure

    birdgardner replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if she knows how many parents have tried those diets and how few children it has helped? For some children, it does seem to be the miracle cure but not for most. My oldest is on the autistic...

  10. Editions of books

    birdgardner replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've had almost no problem with the older editions - mostly it's a matter of chapters being shuffled, so I make an equivalency list at the beginning of the semester. The older Iggy does not have...

  11. Treat patient not equipment!

    birdgardner replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    You can do a little experiment with the pulse ox - how long can you hold your breath before the numbers drop? About 70 seconds here and the SpO2 actually rose a little bit before falling the two times...

  12. Freak accident

    birdgardner replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    My husband ruptured a tendon in his hand pulling up his socks - we think it had been weakened by

  13. dynamaps and the isolation patient

    birdgardner posted a topic in General Nursing

    We're told to use the patient's own cuff at bedside, and wipe off the machine with disinfectant wipes from the cart. Is there some order to handle things to minimize contamination? With someone...

  14. Ph.D. in Nursing

    birdgardner replied to closetnerd's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a local firm that "conducts policy research and surveys in healthcare, education, welfare, employment, nutrition, and early childhood." and hires nurse researchers with PhDs. No clue what...

  15. Nurse Insights into Eating Disorders in Adolescents

    birdgardner replied to knewb's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't it be better to search the nursing journals for research on eating disorders? There are probably nurses here with good insight, but if you want that 'A', reference papers in peer-reviewed...

  16. Hate floor nursing but reasonable to get DNP?

    birdgardner replied to inthesky's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Do you need the DNP and not just a masters NP? I know a psych. NP who is independent with a one-woman practice, and very nominal oversight by an MD, a couple others who work in a psychiatry practice...

  17. parents please talk to your teens

    birdgardner replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    One thing my younger classmates have told me that I passed on to my teenaged daughter is - don't leave your drink somewhere and pick it up again. Even - keep your hand over your drink. Last week...

  18. Drinking while breastfeeding?

    birdgardner replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    If you drink a 5 oz. glass of wine, 12% alcohol, and weigh 120 lb., your blood alcohol will be about 0.04%. If breast milk has the same alcohol level as blood, your baby will get 4 parts in 10,000...

  19. GPA For Accelerated BSN

    birdgardner replied to Marons's topic in General Nursing

    They must pay attention to your school - I had semi-stinky grades at a very good university - but A's in all my pre-reqs after. And it was easier getting most of those A's than some of the C's I got...

  20. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    birdgardner replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    My husband popped a finger tendon pulling up his socks - post-Cipro. Nasty

  21. Dave Barry's Colonoscopy

    birdgardner replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Fran, your experience is exactly why patients should receive sedation. Going back for a second round of that took (cough) guts, and I suspect a lot of patients don't. I don't think I'd go for the...

  22. Foreign patient with greencard only staying in U.S. for 'free' medical care

    birdgardner replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a family cap in NJ - no more cash benefits for second or subsequent children. But we also have food stamps, free school lunch, Section 8 housing, low income housing, heating assistance, and...

  23. Trauma Naked?

    birdgardner replied to mark90's topic in General Nursing

    Ah - there's the distinction, between "calling it in" which we always do five minutes out, and calling for the trauma team to be set up. As I said, I've had no experience with major trauma. We have...

  24. Trauma Naked?

    birdgardner replied to mark90's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a volunteer EMT and have not been on any really bad trauma call yet. My crew has immobilized MVA patients for head trauma or possible C-spine, but none of those patients were stripped. Now we...

  25. Heimlich Maneuver for the first time

    birdgardner replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    I had to do the Heimlich once on my mother. She came out of the kitchen and started whapping me on the shoulder and I was annoyed with her - why on earth was she doing that? I looked up and she...