peytonsmom

I second the skills lab! There's no way to really study some things at home and knowing the procedure doesn't necessarily mean you now how to do the skill (or pass the checkoff!). My advice is to take it seriously right from the beginning. It's ea...

I graduate in December as well. I go to a nights program and we have summer classes so by the time December gets here I will have done 10 straight semesters of school (a whole 3 years and 4 months!). I am SOOO over school at this point and ready to...

A lot of it will depend on where you live. We are super saturated w/ nursing grads in my area so there aren't any ICU's that hire new grads period. All of the ICU's require at least a year of med surg, some of the bigger hospitals (and therefore hi...

I don't know of any hospital system in my area that hires CMA's. We have several STNA's on the floor and the rest of us that work as aides are just nursing students. In the major hospitals in my area if you are currently enrolled in nursing school ...

I'm with most of the people that say don't even bother trying. They're not going to get it unless they've been there. I think this especially applies to people that have been to college for things other than nursing. I have a business degree and I...

I'm getting ready to finish up my pre-reqs at Owen's this coming semester and am trying to figure out where to go from here. I know there is no way i'm sitting through a 3 year wait list for my ADN at Owens. I've spoken to someone at BG and it look...

The new ADN uniforms have a flipping zipper instead of buttons. They also have a collar and princess seams. blah. They are very formal and professional looking though, I just think the new tops really are kind of uncomfortable and like the old but...

I agree w/ LoveANurse. If you're able to knock out the BSN right away i'd do it. Like she said, jobs are scarce right now and hospitals can afford to be choosey. If there are plenty of qualified BSN grads out there, they're going to get first pick...

Yep! It does ratio/proportion, formula, & DA.

I second Calculate w/ Confidence. We used that in our program and I found it pretty straight forward. I also second (third, fourth) using DA. I was very anti DA going in and was sticking w/ the ration/proportion method. I was getting the right an...

I had a few issues on my transcript from my first go round in college when I was also dealing w/ some tough personal issues. When I applied to nursing school 5 years later, I had to write a letter explaining the grades and situation and it went to a...

This is half vent and half to see if i'm not just using the correct thought process here. The question was "List 2 complications of a cast extremity" I listed foot drop as one of my answers and it was marked incorrect. I submitted our form w/ the ...

I work a full time job, have a 27 y/o "big kid" husband , and a 4 y/o son. Dh is assistant coaching our nephew's pony league team and our 4 y/o has horse show and tball season starting. Did I mention my husband is also working full time and finis...

YES! We have a few of those in our class and I would die of embarrassment if I were their relatives!!

The time commitment! I knew what I was getting into beforehand but it doesn't make me hate missing out on time w/ my son and important activities. Our last clinical of the semester is the same day as his first horse show of the year so i'm going...

sreed - I'm taking the classes a little bit out of the order they have listed just because of the way scheduling ended up for me. Just be careful to note which classes have pre-reqs so you don't miss a pre-req and end up shut out of a class you need...

I took most of my science courses at a community college and agree that they were 1000 times easier there than at Mercy, but on the flip side of that I don't feel like I know as much as the people that took their A&P at Mercy. I did take Patho at...

I'm waffling between Acute Pain and Impaired Mobility for the primary dx. My pt consistently rated his pain at an 8 or 9 during the entire clinical weekend. He had a fracture in the neck of his femur which was repaired w/ a partial hip replacement ...

gentlywind - I actually had "impaired tissue integrity", can you tell me why 'impaired tissue perfusion" would fit? I'm looking at it in my book and the r/t factor and defining characteristics don't really fit my pt. Thanks!

Thanks! I had that one on my list too.

Okay, I'm still thinking about this and now i'm leaning more towards Impaired Physical Mobility because the pain could be a symptom of the IPM because of the fracture. More waffling.

But I don't think this is all of the problem. We also have a good majority of our patients on Medicare/Medicaid that doesn't pay as much as insurance does. How does adding more patients going to help the hospitals if they're still getting less mone...

My issue is with how it's going to be paid for. How can they cut that much money from Medicare payments to healthcare without there being a negative effect on the services provided? They say that once they eliminate "misuse of Medicare funds" that ...

I didn't apply until the spring, I want to think it was the end of April or beginning of May and still got in for the fall. I was on the wait list and enough people dropped out that I got the very last spot. Didn't find out until the very end of Ju...

I should also add that we are given a lot of opportunities in the clinical setting. I've heard from students at other programs that were never allowed to place a catheter or start an IV on an actual patient their entire clinical program being told t...