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I am a nursing student and have to give a presentation about nursing managers/administrators. It only has to be a few minutes long, but it is very difficult to find good information about this topic. Can anyone help me? Thank you

I am doing prereqs are Harding U in Arkansas and am considering going to the LPN program at Baptist Health so that I can get out in 12 months and start working. I would continue on, but I am unsure what the best way to move up would be--whether I sh...

I tried to go through nursing school with my Mosby, and then when I saw the Davis, I dumped my Mosby fast. Davis is a whole other species of drug book and really has what you want to know for your drug cards.

I am a pre-nursing student and did my first clinical last week. The patient had a medical diagnosis of hypothermia, hypotension and hypoglycemia. My teacher had me do my care plan on the hypotension and sepsis. I am supposed to write a holistic pr...

okay after what I saw today at the hospital in day 2 of clinical, you are 100% right. I learned an important lesson about how serious it is that a nurse be able to think and understand for themselves and not just "follow orders." It looks to me lik...

I just started nursing school, but I already know that I want to get an advanced practice degree, maybe even a doctorate. I would like opinions on which nursing doctorate route is the best and also what the difference is between a doctor of nursing ...

I am very interested in joining the National Guard. The recruiter told me that if I join as an RN that I will not be deployed unless I volunteered to do so. My husband is afraid that the recruiter is not being honest with me. Does anyone know the ...

I have learned that there are 3 medical units and one is not deployed as a UNIT but individuals can be selected to be deployed. They also said if you don't want to be deployed, don't join. I am still tempted though. Thanks for your input everyone!

I am 40 years old and am doing prereqs for nursing school. My husband and I just started actively planning for retirement and I just realized that my parents are broke, in debt and in pretty bad health. I believe that we will be taking care of them...

Thank you so much for all of the thoughtful input everyone. I am so grateful for all of you!

I'm a medical transcriptionist, and I hear doctors mess up all the time which can be amusing, but sometimes it is dangerous for patient care. I have a speed-talking ER doc who cannot or will not pronounce medications correctly. He will pronounce so...

when i was in the hospital last month, the LPN that took care of me in the ER (and one of the NICEST caretakers of my stay there) was a dude. He was great. Then on my last day in the hospital, the LPN that took care of me (and also one of the NICEST ...

I'm only in pre-reqs, but I brought my laptop because the textbook was online and when the teacher would refer to photos that weren't in our book, i was able to quickly find something comparable. that was all i used it for in class. For notes, I us...

"abominable cabinet!" I am going to laugh about that one for years to come and quote it frequently--no offense to your grandma--it is just so cute!

telling the nurse that his wife just fell, ok? of course you are going to be suspicious, right? But there is no reason to be suspicious, you hear me!!!! You hear me!!! I bet you are going to go over there and tell the cops I tried to kill my wife...

I didn't realize there would be a research paper. What was I thinking? Of course there will be a research paper! What kind of thing can I expect with regards to the types of papers professors are looking for? I can sling together some cohesive se...

I'm a transcriptionist, too. If I don't type things exactly right, I can lose my job. A dictation is a legal document that has to be perfectly correct so it can withstand in a court of law. When dictators mispronounce words and use incorrect gramm...

I am just getting into nursing school, but this is a career that I am choosing at age 39 with nearly grown children, and I am overwhelmed at the variety of choices for nurses. I already have an BSA, and at first I thought I wanted to be an NP or adm...

Thanks for the reply. The abundance of options is just overwhelming.

I'll be 44 when I graduate, too. I had to take algebra in summer school this summer, and I am so glad I did. When I started chemistry class, it was obvious that you really do need the algebra. When I took the TEAS this Fall, I scored very well on ...

The things that I am the most terrified of in nursing school are: 1. Practicing blood draws and IVs on fellow students. 2. Not being confident about doing them in practice. 3. The part of health assessment class where a peer is going to see my hor...

For my daughter not to be in pain anymore. It has been too many months with too much pain.

I'm only a medical transriptionist right now and even when I started doing this, people would ask me medical questions all the time. People asked me to interpret MRIs, find out about their medicines, their illnesses, tell them if their doctor is doi...

When I announced that I was going to become a nurse, my mother-in-law was immediately captured by the idea of me in a "little white dress with the little white hat and the little white stockings." I tried to explain that no one really wears that out...

I am almost 40 and just starting nursing school. My kids will be leaving the house in a few years, and my hubby and I are thinking that maybe we don't want to retire. I can't say that I have ever seen a nurse over 65 years old, but times are changi...