sailornurse

sailornurse

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  1. Dosage calculation help please

    Here is a website where you can sign up for a daily calculation and do practice questions. DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations - Practice
  2. how to make NCP for Congestive heart failure

    OK, we won't do your homework for you but will guide you. What have you written for your draft? No need to interview her. Start with the Basics, Get your NANDA book out, using Maslow as a guide where...
  3. Titers for Admission

    I don't think that they manufacture them separately, I could be wrong though. The clinic I work at & the school I was faculty at students just got another MMR if
  4. DNP vs FNP

    APNP? Acute Pediatric NP? I am applying for Fall 2016 for DNP but only because I have the time/opporutnity, not because it will change anything I currently do as a FNP. If I return to teaching I will...
  5. New nurse and I hate it

    OK thanks for the basic info. What stresses you? Is it the type of patients, the volume of tasks, the pace or? I spent about 8 years on tele units & I loved it. What is the number of patients you...
  6. New nurse and I hate it

    Welcome to AN, I see this is your first post. What type of unit are you working on? How much orientation did you get? Are you on days or nights? 3- 12 hour shifts? BTW-if this is your real name...
  7. All the degrees, no job

    Welcome to AN! I see you just joined and this is your first post. As a new grad FNP, I would suggest that minute clinic/urgent care jobs not be your first job. You really need to get experience in...
  8. In home health risk assessment

    I did this for another company based out of Scottsdale AZ that hires NPs in many states to do these home assessment for people who have medicare advantage plans. I lasted 3 months. They say only 6...
  9. What path to take?

    OOOPs, not $10,000 wheee Actually here is the tuition for CNA. For the advanced Nurse aide which I have never herd of before!!! But I've only been a nurse for 39 years, The beginner level CNA cost is:...
  10. Need Help Deciding

  11. What path to take?

    OK I checked it out. $10,000 dollars for CNA ??? RUN As Fast As you can!!! This is known as a trade school, "proprietary" for profit. My Master's Degree for Family Nurse Practitioner cost less than...
  12. Thrown From the Tower!!

    I could not get through the first paragraph of first
  13. What path to take?

    Is that the name of the
  14. Nursing diagnosis question. Last resort help!

    Welcome to AN seeing this is your first post. We won't do your homework for you, we will help you AFTER we see what you have thought out. So- What do you have? We like to see your thought process. Got...
  15. Need Help Deciding

    Well I looked at Nazareth college, it has an RN to BSN program? You could go to community college, get the RN/ADN for $10,000 then finish your BSN at same private highly priced college for a total of...
  16. RN to PA

    Well NP is 2 years after a Bachelor's in Nursing, same amount of time. Both PA & NP have to take board certification
  17. Need Help Deciding

    $15 thousand for an LPN certificate is ridiculous! As is $30 thousand per year for a private college for a BSN. Your return on investment will be in the red. Do you know what LPNs earn in your...
  18. What path to take?

    What?
  19. Everest Institute

    What is the tuition for the medical assistant program. I believe this school was owned by Corinthian that went out of business? If you want to be a nurse don't bother with MA. Also is this a for...
  20. RN to PA

    How is PA school faster? OP, you have not even been accepted into a nursing
  21. Highest rank Nurse(any branch)

    I know this is an old post but Lt General (3 star) the rank is 0-9, Major General (2 star) rank is
  22. What path to take?

    Do not bother with medical assistant as it is not connected to the nursing field. If you can not start as an LPN or RN then go for nursing assistant. LPN's are not being phased out, there are still...
  23. Confused work ethics :-/

  24. Confused work ethics :-/

    Well time to refresh your resume and get it on indeed, nursing job cafe, etc etc. not saying it's time to go just time to start looking (I keep my resume updated and I have it on so many different...
  25. Annie wants us to teach cursive....

    Not a school nurse but have heard this discussion before about not teaching cursive. Reminds me of looking at copies of Old English calligraphy or declaration of independence and admiring the...