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  1. Too old to start medsurge

    momtojosh posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I'm 54 and have only been a RN for 3 years. I started my RN career at a wound healing center. I would love to work medsurge as I really have a pull towards there ever since clinicals. Am I...

  2. Is it to late

    momtojosh posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, It's been a long time since I've been here. I am now an RN, since July 2014 to be exact. An older one at that, 54. So when I first started applying for jobs I really wanted med surge,...

  3. IM A GN

    momtojosh posted a topic in General Students

    havent been here in some time, for obvious reasons...nursing school and studying were my life. TONIGHT I GET PINNED AS A GN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow graduation, with...

  4. Dosage Question

    momtojosh replied to babsy28's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i got 1ml by cross multiplying. 15mg/x = 30mg/2ml 15mgx2ml=30 30mg/30 =

  5. 3rd semester

    momtojosh replied to momtojosh's topic in General Students

    @ PurpleLover...we go back jan 20th....nice long break..i have my med-surge book on my kindle so i am going to do some cardio reading...plus perhaps some "fluff" as well...hehe @ krisiepoo...this...

  6. 3rd semester

    momtojosh posted a topic in General Students

    here i sit,not being on here in months, and all ready in my 3rd semester....WHAT A RIDE!! grades are up and down. i am sitting on an 82 going into the final. wish it was higher. the final is worth...

  7. 3rd semester

    momtojosh replied to momtojosh's topic in General Students

    80 on final...ended with an 83....will take that

  8. 3rd semester

    momtojosh replied to momtojosh's topic in General Students

    97 on EBP...so going in to final with an 84...still,alot can happen... good luck to everyone on their

  9. Older Student/Over 60 years old

    momtojosh replied to forestlover's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    thats not very encouraging. and i have never been treated differently....i am on the deans list and just got invited to be in the phi theta kappa honor society....how cool it that...well,i think so.....

  10. I feel like I'm drowning...

    momtojosh replied to Live.&.Learn's topic in General Students

    i have had a few catharsis myself:cry:....can you tell i am in the mental health portion of my

  11. psych nursing

    momtojosh posted a topic in General Students

    hi everyone...this is my 2nd semester. last semester I made the deans list and this semester i am doing awful! the semester is broken down into 2 sections...the first 7 weeks is psych nursing and...

  12. I'm not going to lie...

    momtojosh replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    im 50,2nd semester ADN program..and thats it for

  13. Question for all the LPN & RN's

    momtojosh replied to Bebe09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i grew up with a deaf cousin..he was my best friend growing up...i learned sign language along with him. in school i was always friendly and compasionate toward MR individuals and the learning...

  14. Posting your Exam Grades on Facebook

    momtojosh replied to Kateoh82's topic in General Students

    A in nursing seminar and B+ in fundamentals....that's what I posted on my FB.....I am 50!...and the group I am frineds with all did the same...we were proud and happy with each other...no

  15. What classes are you taking in spring

    momtojosh replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    psych/maternal nursing -10 credits- psych for first half of semester along with a rotation at a psych center then OB... pharm 2- 1 credit all electives and sciences are

  16. Could I fail because of this? can't be that bad...

    momtojosh replied to mursetudent25's topic in General Students

    wow,i am 50 and would love to argue with my CI about small stuff,life experience in general,but i dont...why...cause she is my instructor,thats it... when she asks me to do something,or report on...

  17. D5w KCl IV fluid in hyperkalemic infant

    momtojosh replied to nickieph's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    very interestng reading....we start our OB rotation in march and havent even begun IV solutions,so I find this interesting. I hope you will come back and tell your findings with

  18. My predicament

    momtojosh replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    thats what my fundamental class is..9 credits,which includes our lab. lec 2x a week and lab 1x a week... next semester is 10 credits thats for pysch/ob which includes lec 3x week and lab 1x...

  19. Any of you LPNs bridging to RN in your very late 40s

    momtojosh replied to carz's topic in LPN to RN

    i am not bridging as we dont have that option..been a LPN for 4 yrs,took all my pre and co reqs for the ADN program which I am in now...i am 50.... i could of tested out of NURSING 1,but i didnt...

  20. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    momtojosh replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i just turned 50 in october and i am in my first semester of an ADN program. took all pre-reqs and co-reqs(sciences that need to be taken while in a nursing program) i am loving it!!~lots of guys...

  21. Which would be better for me in the long run? To work while in school or not...

    momtojosh replied to sapadgett's topic in General Students

    i emailed 3 local hospitals in the past 3 months asking if they hired RNs with an AAS....and all their responses were YES....i asked this cause I too was worried about getting a job after. one human...

  22. intimidated and quiet

    momtojosh posted a topic in General Students

    not sure if thats the correct choice of words but let me try to explain.. yesterday in class the prof went thru the class list and called out names to answer questions...we had to read a case and come...

  23. another care plan help

    momtojosh posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hi,first semester and lost on care plans. I have to write one on a woman who is 71,lives in the nursing home and has a mental illness. she has been disabeled her whole life and has always lived in...

  24. another care plan help

    momtojosh replied to momtojosh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i am not impressed with this book either,going to look into another one. thank you for the list,i have it book

  25. another care plan help

    momtojosh replied to momtojosh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    we use Sparks and Taylors Nursing Diagnosis refrence manual the alteration in thought processes i found on a website called RN central, its for careplan help. I probably shouldnt use that eh? thank...