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OMG - Reminded me of my first death as a home hospice nurse. I was in training. My preceptor had actually discharged the pt from service the week before because the pt had been on hospice for almost a year and had actually improved so she no longer q...

My friends still tease me about the call I got during dinner about "redness under breast from bra strap". Yep - ended up in 3 calls because they can't use anything without an order and had no powder on hand.

Huge coincidence that you asked this today. We were just informed that, going forward, we will be taking our calls 24/7 without stipend and that if we want to cover for one another it was up to us to work it out, but we would not be scheduled to cove...

LVNs in our ICF-N homes function as DSPs with extra duties. As someone else pointed out, your co-workers can make or break you. While the administrators usually try and schedule 2 DSPs for the shifts with LVNs, if there are call offs or there is shor...

I cover 4 ICF homes (total 24 clients) taking all calls 24hrs during the week, developing plans, doing assessments, checking meds and certifying passers among other things. In the Central Valley California area, pay is $35/hr. With a Masters and be...

Too late to help the OP no doubt, but I'll answer in case there is anyone else out there looking for feedback. I currently work on call 24hrs Mon 8am - Fri 5pm for my 4 ICF homes (24 clients). There is not additional pay for answering TCs during the ...

There are 3 of us working in a Public Health Program - Home Visitation. Our co-worker has been looking for another job in order to move out of the area. She was recently offered a job, but it doesn't start until January (4 months from offer). She is ...

Thank you everyone for your feedback. She has passed probation here and it is a government agency, so they will not be able to fire her without serious cause and our former co-worker gave 2 week notice because her new job was beginning training immed...

You need permit for all of the lots, except for weekends, but you are right that Q and P are closest to the nursing program. Daily permits are $3 and the semester pass is around $60, so if you have less than 20 classes you can just get them daily.

Glad you got the info you needed. You need a good Assessment book (Ndidi used Bates & the 2007 version is only $17). If you have a different one, then it is really reference material more than anything. It is more skills based, and practice, culm...

I understand. We had to take that class as well and I believe it is the only class that is required in addition to regular BSN, but because we were in a cohort that was designed to go on, we took it during our 5th semester of the BSN, before the MSN ...

May 21st is listed as the start of class for the summer, but I do not see Nurs136 available yet. Afraid you may have to call the nursing department to clarify what you need to do about that class.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! It sounds like you will have to take it. Yes, we did take N136 in that first summer. At that time, Health Appraisal was only 4 weeks long - I believe that it is still short, although I am not sure if it is 4 or 6 weeks long. I am a...

Re: FNP starting in Fall Due to cutbacks, any program that starts would have to be in the Summer or Fall, because there are no new students allowed in to the university in the Spring at all. This is a budget issue within the state universities.

NO!!!!! LOL Most of us are incredibly burned out on school after doing 3 years straight without a break (since the program goes through the summers and winters are busy) and the increased costs (started at about $2500 per semester and now at just ove...

Sorry I did not respond earlier. To my knowledge, the typical MSN classes have 12-15 students or so, but since I am not in one of those classes I have just heard that from instructors who talk about the difference between usual groups and our cohort....

Considering that they are starting another ELM group in May (that may be the discrepancy in your dates BTW), I wouldn't expect a response about the regular MSN program until end of May at the earliest, but that is just a guess. I know when I joined t...

We only lost 4 of our original 43 during the RN portion, and that was during the summer. Everyone else made it to the end I believe. I think only about 26 or so moved on into the masters and we lost a few more after they started it. They allowed othe...

I am just finishing the Masters portion of the ELM CNS course, although I will have to take 2 more courses in the Fall in order to sit for the National CNS certification test for Adult/Gero and Nurse Educator, I will have CA state CNS. The trick with...

I recently ran into this issue when I had to point out to a classmate that she was posting questionable statements on FB and may not realize that some of our nursing instructors have access to those. Some people may not quite understand how FB works,...

What about the phrase I hear most? "You dont have a life while you are in nursing school." It often comes down to what kind of student you are. If you need to read everything repeatedly and study for hours to do well, then you really don't have a li...

You might be doing what I frequently do, which is "putting the cart before the horse". Regardless of where you go, chances are high that you will have pre-requisites to complete. These you should be able to do in the evenings, weekends or online. De...

There has been some great info here. Definitely check out the surgery pages on www.obesityhelp.com but understand that people are individuals so look for good statistical data rather than anecdotal. My husband and I had roux-en-Y last year and do not...

I have 9 classes this summer. 6 at any one time - don't ask. Anyway, I use an accordian file (small with 6 sections and it's the same size as one of my binders - 1 1/2") and move the sections out of my class binders so that each day I have the sectio...

Can't go wrong with business casual. I think slacks and button up top look nice, professional and make a good first impression without being over or underdressed. You can always alter your look later. You will see a lot of varety of attire but, in o...