Rhoresmith

Not sure where you are located but our BSN program requires as prereq's English, Statistics, A&P I and II , Microbiology, Speech, Nutrition for nurses, basic Psychology and Developmental all this needs to be done in most cases befor you can even get in the program then is is 4 semesters of nursing classes ...... on many of those classes you have to take lower classes to get into them like have to have advanced algebra before stats so depending on what you took in high school as to what you can get into. Now in my case being out of school for 20++ years I had to take 2 math classes before STats and a biology class before A&P. Good luck and CC stands for community college. You should apply to any program ASAP and get on the list many schools have 5-6 year waiting list. Do a search and you will find many threads on this subject

I would say anytime sympathetic kicks in then the para kicks in to counter act this. The body has to calm down can't stay in this state what would that do to the heart,resp system etc. So I feel there would be things in both columns

My daughter suffers from migraines she had 30-60 a month. She goes to Diamond Headache clinic in Chicago it took 5 years and many many many combinations of drugs to get the headaches under control. Best advice find a doctor who Number one believes in your pain and wants to be AGGRESSIVE in the treatment. YOU need to research go to the Diamond headache web page follow links there try the national headache foundation. and BE LOUD AND VOCAL WITH YOU DOCTOR ABOUT YOU HEADACHE AND PAIN many doctors only treat migraines like you have a mental problem. They think of you like Darin Stevens mom on Bewitched you have a "sick headache" because of a little stress. You can also go to Yahoo groups there are many support groups out there online Please feel free to PM me and I will help you all I can I have spent hours and hours of research on this and after 5-6 different doctors telling me my 13 yo daughter was a spoiled overweight child who didn't want to go to school I found doctors who believed her and finally helped her... KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!!!!

I worked hospice as an aide for a long time and I saw many many clients screamining in pain. It is the most horrifing thing I have ever witnessed. Doctor refuses more pain medication becasue it could kill patient. NO ONE DESERVES TO SUFFER THAT WAY. I don't believe in killing them with a lethal dose of something just because they are dying but ease their pain. Most have suffered so long with chemo and surgeries ect that they deserve to die as pain free as possible. Sorry will get off my soap box touchy touchy subject with me

I think what someone said earlier about maybe no medical benefit but if the mother/father feels this helps with the bonding of the child let it be. I worked at a protrait studio in a large chain store (begins with a W guess which one?) and I had people leave the hospital and bring that 2 day old newborn in and have pictures taken. Now mind you this is in the middle of flu season and I had coughing spitting kids all over the place and these parents are like oh well it will make the baby stronger. Guess what I see dad 2 days later at the hospital (where I am doing clinicals) and the baby is sick and later had to be transfered by helicopter to a NICU. Two weeks later read the babies obit in the paper. I really felt bad for those parents but I did all I could do at the studio to help with the germs. So the reason I got into this long story is if you do this lotus thing at least you stay HOME with the baby instead of taking them out into the world. I am really sorry that CMN got offended I think if this was a bonding experiance for her and her children good for her and I applaud her for taking the road less traveled I would never do this but I never even breastfed my kids so ....

You were able to take you NCLEX test, how did you list this for that? They are really tough in most states on this and if you were able to do this then maybe it is not on your record anymore. Go to you local police station and get this run you might have to pay for it but see what is on it. Hope this helps

We talked about this in one of my classes. We had two students who were very much against abortions and said they would refuse to care for someone with complications from this. Our director contacted the board of nursing and they said refusing to care for a patient or not giving the ordered treatment (as long as it does not put the patient in danger) is a way to lose your license. They also said that you can have crimminal charges filed against you, and open yourself up to lawsuits galore. I would try to help a fellow nurse that was uncomfortable with treatment or order because of religious or moral beliefs, but many times TIME would be a big factor. Maybe as other posters said you should try to work in an area where this is a very rare occurance for you to encounter. I don't agree with your beliefs but I would never say that they were wrong. Hope I at least gave you some food for thought

Good luck, and come here anytime and vent! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family!!

Yeah I mentioned mucomyst I was a Rt and that is what came to mind but this was an elderly lady, no OD or respiratory problems so we eliminated that one. She said that just wasn't the name she thought. Thanks for the link

Hey a question about a med. I am talking to a friend on the phone that is working as an aide waiting to get her papers to test. Last night the LPN she was working with brought a liquid medication in the room, and told her to smell it, it smelled terrible (worse than rotten eggs). The patient had c/o nausea and she wondered if it was for that. She didn't write down the name and after a terrible night forgot the name, she thinks it starts with a c. Any ideas as to what this could be, it is driving her crazy trying to remember it. I told her that all the great nurses here (and the hundreds of years of combined experiance ) could probably come up with it. Thanks guys

My CC until this year had the "recognition ceremony" in a church, our school had no place big enough to have it until this year (we added a new building) and our class was the first to use the auditorium. We wore white outfits (pants, skirts whatever) and we even gave everyone 30 bucks to buy them from the money we earned. We chose the singer, songs music and what kind of reception to have. The school only dictated that we have white uniforms and if you wanted a cap it had to have the school colors for the stripes. They also required us to have the Nurses Prayer and we recieved lamps and recited this in unison. We had one guy who just stood there and did not recite the prayer because he doesn't believe in prayer. It was nice! Rachel I think it is wonderful that you are fighting for your class but decide what the biggest issue is the church or the dresses, that way you guys can concide on one issue and win on another. Hope all works out for you and your class

The testing centers won't even talk to you until you have your ATT, they test every weekday but only have so many slots available. Many other types of test are taken there besides NCLEX, insurance, real estate etc so only so at times you may have to wait up to 3 weeks if your area has alot of gradutates of not only nursing school but many other types too!! I went to the Pearson web site and got some of that info and our Director told us allot of it too. Our program went over all that with us when they had us to start on the paper work so I am sure yours will too!!

Brandy It may not look full time on paper but it is with study time, my school says 2 hours per credit hour for non-nursing classes our instructors told us 3-4 hours per credit hours and then 4-6 per clinical day once you start careplans. Some students took 8 hours once they got the patient information to do a care plan, others only took 2-4. The amount of reading is one of the biggest issures. See a thread in the student nursing forum about this. I estimated that I spent about 60-72 hours a week between classroom, clinical, study and drive time (aprox 1 hour roundtrip) Good luck and it can be done!!!

I used one large binder for all my classes, that way I had all my material with me and if I had extra time I could study. Sometimes the material from one class overlaps with another and having another piece of material helps me if I am not quite getting that concept. It is also a good way to never forget or grab the wrong notebook or binder. I used loose leaf paper in each section to take extra notes but I am a big writer in my books and highlight highlight!!!!

My pinning and recognition ceremony was on December 17th at 6 pm. We used the brand new school auditorium (first group to use it) and it was very nice. We had 3 speakers and we were pinned by one of the instructors (Med/surg that we had this last (3rd) semester. Our lamps were handed out by another teacher that my class had for 2 semseters and she was very emotional. We all lit our lamps and said a nurses prayer. We had a singer who sang songs we selected and had a reception afterwards that we did fund raisers to pay for. We can participate in the graduation in May with caps and gowns if we want. My school does really well for the LPN class since that is all the graduates in December the ADN only graduates in May and there will be another LPN class then too.. All our instructors were there except one who had a family emergency. My father commented that they all looked very proud and that one of them told him that they are happy for us and yet sad that we are leaving! So sorry that meany of you do not get anything we work so hard for this and the cermony and recogniton just renforces your sense of pride BUT even if you dont' get any ceremony you still NEED TO STAND TALL AND BE PROUD of you accomplishment because those of us on this site know how hard you worked and I am sure they will join me in applauding you (clap clap clap) :)