momto2lilgirls

I have been crawling around this forum looking for some answers, but decided to just ask my question outright. I interviewed recently for a job as a special needs classroom nurse for a K-8 school. During the interview I found out there are 7 childre...

I have been reading over countless threads relating to help with nursing care plans and was reluctant to ask for help, but I decided to do it anyway. I am a 1st semester PN student working on my second care plan. Not much was expected of us on our f...

care map...not carp map!

The dosage for coumadin is 2.5, not 25. I did make a typo. I also wanted to thank Daytonite and everyone else who helped me with this care plan. My instructor struggled to find flaws in it. This time I'm doing a carp map on this resident instead of...

I am glad you pointed that out. They take her PT/INR twice a week, is that more than necessary? I have done it once myself and never really paid much attention to applying pressure to the fingerstick long enough to make sure it stopped bleeding for ...

that was my goal... thanks.. i used ineffective protection... here are the nursing interventions i am considering using: NI #1 -- follow contact precautions including handwashing/use of PPE when providing patient care Rationale -- infection control...

Oh, I see. Like, Ineffective "Protection" as in immune system or defense mechanisms? Thanks for the explanation! I have seen how many people you have helped on here and really appreciate your time.

Wow, thanks for the speedy response. Why is it Ineffective Protection instead of Risk for Bleeding? My instructor recently sent us an email with new 2009-2011 nursing diagnoses organized according to a nursing focus by Doenges/Moorhouse Diagnostic D...

Although I am not a single mom, I am a stay-at-home-mom in nursing school with a 2 year old and a 3 year old. My husband works during the day and is usually occupied at night working on another home-business. I always found the SQ3R (although old-s...

Glina: Congrats...you will enjoy the program. AZMOMO2: I'm in the evening program.... How do you like your classroom instructor?

AZMOMO2, are you in the day PN program or evening?

Hi Glina, for some reason it won't let me reply to your message. The same thing happened to me when I applied in Spring 08. I was put on the wait list one semester and then got the same call you did, wanting to know which program I wanted (day or ev...

In the Banner system, unless you are an RN, the only thing you are allowed to do is apply online and play the waiting game. I have tried calling HR personally, and that is what they have told me. However, I have not necessarily gone in person to th...

Hello! I live in Florence, AZ and have been reading several of these forums for some time now and finally decided to make a post with a plea for help from all of you with expertise who've "been there...done that" Although it has been extremely intim...

what about a job with an insurance company? Like on a "nurseline" or something. That's all they do is basically triage and patient education. It doesn't pay much, but you could do transcription on the side too if you really want to stay at home.

Speaking of CAC's website, I never could figure out which sites have the nursing program. CAC has so many satellite-branch schools. I noticed there is a new one in Queen Creek. Does anyone know which location the nursing courses are offered at and...

I took my state boards at Chula Vista. It's not the nicest nursing home in town, but it is big, as AZMOMO2 says, and might be a good place to get experience at. I can't remember if they do their own training or not. MiCasa and Springdale Rehab were...

The extended care facility at which I did my clinical rotations for my CNA program hired some of their CNAs first and then put them through their own CNA training. Then they paid for a group licensing kind of thing where an RN tester came to the fac...

Yes, I agree with Graciee2. Take biology and chemistry because, if you are interested in the maricopa community college nursing program, your high school science classes will count as your science pre-requisites (as long as they are less than 5 year...

My composite score for the NET was somewhere in the high 70's as well. But I really only studied the night before for it and I hadn't taken MATH in almost 15 years. In fact, I didn't even finish the math portion; I think I had five questions left w...

Hi -- I was on the alternate list. I applied for Fall 08 and didn't make it in because I applied very late. They called to offer me a spot in the bilingual program, but I don't speak Spanish fluently, so I had to turn it down. They sent me a lette...

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who applied to my post back in October about my frustration with the healthcare career path. It is one year later and I now have my CNA (certificate and license) and have been applying for many, many, many ...

I hope I am replying for the correct thread. The reason the two hcc classes (med terms, etc) are not required anymore is because they are wrapped into NUR158 which is the new curriculum for the CNA. It's one 6-credit hour course. The CNA used to b...

I may not have made it clear...I just started the first required course in the CNA program which is medical terminology. I still have to take Fundamentals in Health Care Delivery and the Nurse Assisting + Nurse Assisting Lab before I get my CNA cert...