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Hi everyone! I'm hoping to get some insight to this general hospital employment question. I will be a new grad as of next week (yay), with no hospital experience except for clinicals. I am fortunate enough to have been offered a position on the unit ...

Thanks everyone for your responses. I'm at the Gary campus, and they still aren't sure if they will have any summer classes for us. I heard they might offer Psych over the summer, then I would just have Complex Med-Surg, and Complex Family in the fal...

Those of you in the ASN program: I have a question about how long it is taking you to get through. I am second semester ASN, and will be done with Mat-Child, Med-Surg 2, and Healthcare Concepts this semester. So, that only leaves Complex Med-Surg lec...

Thank you so much Daytonite for your help! I'm still going in 100 different directions with this careplan. As I said my pt. wasn't sick anymore when I began taking care of her. The only reason I am even using FVD Dx is because her lab values were abn...

I have been racking my brain for the last 2 days trying to come up with feasible, pertinent nursing interventions for for a diagnosis of Impaired parenting r/t young parental age AEB mother is 17, and still in high school. My pt. is 2 month old, prem...

During my clinicals we had to cover our tattoos up with bandages. For 8 weeks I looked like I had attempted suicide d/t the bandages I had on both of my wrists. Another girl had a large tattoo on the back of her neck and had to walk around with this ...

option 1:you can take it wherever offers the aha bls for healthcare providers course. go to the american heart assoc. site and there will be a search option that lets you search for courses in your area. just choose the bls for healthcare providers (...

it all depends on what kind of student you are. if you can remeber things (very specifically) after only reading over it once then you could maybe get away with working that much and still get decent grades. most of the people in my class work part t...

congrats! i told you there was nothing to worry about if you got in at valpo! gary just takes forever to do anything. we are just now getting our handbooks and we've been in school for 2 months! the program is great, and hopefully you get mrs. d. our...

Ivy Tech doesn't have wait lists. They accept students to RN and LPN in fall and spring semesters. They award you points for your pre-req's and TEAS score and admit the top scores each semester. You still have time to apply for fall '09 RN program (t...

I would be wary of this school. I just started my clinicals and the director of the unit we are in said she won't hire any Brown Mackie graduates. She also added that she doesn't even allow Brown Mackie to come there for clinicals. This is coming fro...

when we had our registration date she asked for volunteers for evenings, and only a few people wanted them. so, she drew our names from a hat and put us into 1 of 4 blocks. fundamentals was 8/25-10/1 m&t 8am-1245pm and lab thur 8am-215pm then ph...

yeah, i love the program. i hear people complaining all the time about things saying "oh they wouldn't do that at valpo". the instructors/program chairs are tough. they give you rules when you start and expect them to be followed. for example if you ...

Nursenessa, I just wanted to give you some info about your vaccinations etc. for Gary (I just started the RN program there). You will need: A physical, the forms will be given at registration/orientation Pertusis vaccination, usually given as a TDa...

Nursenessa, I just started the Gary ASN this semester. Let me tell you, Gary takes their sweet old time getting those letters out. Don't drive yourself nuts, I did this summer. They were supposed to have letters out end of May/beginning of June, and...

I'm at Ivy Tech Gary. I'm about the only one though. I just started the ASN program Monday.

I'm kinda happy we have to wear uniforms to class. Although their not pretty (hunter pants/warmup with tan polo), I'm not gonna have to be picking things out to wear early in the morning.

Hey where on your uniforms did you guys have to put your Ivy Tech ASN patches? We won't get our handbooks until class tomorrow and I know they have to go on the left arm. I'm just confused as to whether I need to put a patch on my class uniform/polo ...

Anyone else here starting Gary ASN on Monday??

I'm having a difficult time right now understanding why some healthcare workers remain in a hospital setting when they are no longer (or never were to begin with) compassionate. On Sunday evening my grandmother fell down 5 stairs and fractured 3 cerv...

Sorry I haven't updated...Trying to get everything set before school starts (just had orientation last week so we only have 3 weeks for physical/labs/cpr/uniforms etc) and I'm leaving for Mexico next Friday for a week, so very busy. Anyway, what a r...

The ups and downs when it comes to the care of elderly patients is enough to make anyone crazy. Things aren't looking as great as I initially expected, and am very frustrated with the hospital admin. Upon arrival yesterday I was very happy to see my ...

You were right canoehead! My grandmother's prognosis has changed drastically. Yesterday morning they said they would be preparing to discharge her to a care facility because they felt she would not respond to any type of therapy. She is now awake, m...

I got in with all A's, 92 teas, and 3 points for living in region. I believe that adds up to 215 out of 223. Good Luck to your friend! My letter was postmarked yesterday so maybe she'll get hers on saturday because of the holiday.