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  1. Pima CC Seat Shuffle

    soupermom replied to Staragate's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Congrats to those of you that got your start date. I'm also finishing up 4th semester (3 weeks of lecture left to go) and I have to say, it went faster than I thought it would. You'll be getting...

  2. Student Nurse with LTC question RE: clothing

    soupermom posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are currently doing clinicals in a LTC facility that has 2 floors, 3 wings, and from the looks of it, is understaffed most days. In our skills lab they talked a lot about the bathing process...

  3. A New National Union for ANA?

    soupermom replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Can you please tell me what of this info is not true please? I've been receiving info from the NRTW group for over 2 years and I don't see them the way you characterized them. They are trying to...

  4. A New National Union for ANA?

    soupermom replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Sorry to revive an old thread, but I recently went to our state nurses' association convention. The new CEO of the ANA was there and spoke about a new super nurses union that will be forming in...

  5. Pima Community College

    soupermom replied to beebee13's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Congrats on getting into the program! I'd be very, very surprised if it took you that long. Do you have all of your co-reqs done? If not, work on getting those knocked out. You won't have time...

  6. Dansko clogs

    soupermom replied to mamason's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    :yeah: mrsshifflette09 :yeah: Congrats to you new RN!!! After my first semester with my Dansko's I have to say that I really like them too. I have the Professional version. They are pricey, but I...

  7. Pima Community College

    soupermom replied to beebee13's topic in Arizona Nursing

    The wait at Pima is not that long anymore. People who applied last fall got into the Jan. '09 classes. If your pre-reqs are done, apply immediately as they are working on the admissions for fall....

  8. Questions about nursing school and nursing in general

    soupermom replied to TCLA's topic in Nursing Career

    You don't lift heavy patients by yourself, you use a lift and get assistance. No one wants a nurse to throw her back out. You'll be taught proper body mechanics in skills

  9. Questions about nursing school and nursing in general

    soupermom replied to TCLA's topic in Nursing Career

    I would suggest that you skip the HS guidance counselor and go to the community college and talk to an advisor. Tell them what you'd like to do and have them help you plan what classes you need to...

  10. Huge Nursing School Debt!

    soupermom replied to Shortigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing a 2 year program at the local community college and after all fees are paid, including tuition and books, it'll cost about $5,000. I would never do it if I had to pay

  11. Gardisil

    soupermom replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't post the entire thing for Gardasil from my Davis CD...I didn't want to get into some kind of copyright issue. But that should help answer the question you had...or at least confirm/deny...

  12. How do you get certified in another state?

    soupermom replied to WorkingMom19's topic in General Nursing

    We just went over this in lecture this week. There are some states that require you to do their licensing program. http://www.op.nysed.gov/nurse.htm The states on the following site all will accept...

  13. Gardisil

    soupermom replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    quadravalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, 18) recombinant vaccine (hyoo-man pa-pil-lo- ma) gardasil classification therapeutic: vaccines/immunizing agents pharmacokinetics absorption: well...

  14. Gardisil

    soupermom replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    There are other stories about it. I didn't link them all on the other post because I figured people would do a search on the site. But just in case people didn't, here's more (and there are more to...

  15. Advice about education

    soupermom replied to jon1989's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm doing an ADN program at the local community college and will be eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN when I graduate. I plan on doing the RN-BSN after that through a local university that offers a...

  16. Dansko clogs

    soupermom replied to mamason's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I bought Dansko Professionals on the recommendation of my friend who's been a nurse for years. I wear a women's 10-11, have a high arch and kind of wide feet. I bought size 44 and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...

  17. Gardisil

    soupermom replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Steph, I'm with you on that. And seeing more things like this don't give me warm feelings about the vaccine....

  18. Student Nurse with LTC question RE: clothing

    soupermom replied to soupermom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The PCT that helped me with the patient, she was telling me how infrequently they get their Depends changed, and sometimes soiled clothing doesn't get changed, and her words were "It's really sad...

  19. What nursing preprequisite(s) did you struggle in the most?

    soupermom replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    Physiology...especially the endocrine system. I did an accelerated course and we took 2 weeks for each system, covering both A&P at the same time. I loved the anatomy portion and was told that...

  20. Concerns about going into nursing!

    soupermom replied to purple_zen's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in first semester at Pima CC in AZ so we haven't gotten to needles yet, but I feel the same way you do. I just tell myself that it's just a bunch of cells squished together and I'm just pushing...

  21. Pima CC nursing/night classes?

    soupermom replied to denaa's topic in Arizona Nursing

    There isn't a long wait at PCC at all right now. There are people in our Jan '09 class that applied after the summer '08 session ended. I was told 2 years back when I started in Fall '07. I applied...

  22. Just applied to Pima CC Nursing

    soupermom replied to JazzysMama's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'll place a bet that NIDGM is offered a start date of Fall '09 or Sp '10

  23. Nursing Jobs

    soupermom replied to silentRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    There will be a recruiter fair at PCC West campus on Tuesday, January 27 from 10-1 down by the bookstore. It's open to students of all levels. Might be helpful to

  24. Just applied to Pima CC Nursing

    soupermom replied to JazzysMama's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I applied to the PCC program end of May 2008 and I started the program last week. I originally received an Aug '09 start date. I was bumped up within a week of receiving that assignment. There will...