mercedesbattista

mercedesbattista

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  1. Insulin gtt rates

    I wouldn't know what the highest has been for my unit. The hospital I just started working at is still paper charting & the insulin protocol is confusing. Most of the time I have the pump...
  2. Why so many travel positions?

    Most of the companies that offer these travel positions do offer health insurance. However, no other benefits like vacation &
  3. Why so many travel positions?

    I want to move out of the state of Florida to California. I have my resume ob Monster & CareerBuilder. I get lots of phone calls from nurse travel companies that only have 13 week assignments. I...
  4. Jacksonville nursing students. UF

    Why not JU or
  5. NOT going to the pinning ceremony

    I didn't go to mine. Our pins coated $60! I just wanted my papers so I can take the boards & get a job! I don't think you'll regret it. Ive been a nurse for 2yrs & I don't ever hear anyone...
  6. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    Wow, that's crazy but I can see my hospital doing sone crap like
  7. What pay are nurses making these days?

    It's not expensive to live in Jacksonville but according to these posts. Im living in the wrong city myself. My hosp is one of the top
  8. Failed NCLEX 3 times

    I took the 2 week course in class. I learn better in classroom. The. I studied about 5hrs a day. About 1-2hrs at a
  9. Failed NCLEX 3 times

    I graduated last year. Took Kaplan a week after graduation. Took the NCLEX 3 weeks after that & passed. It's well worth it but you have to put in the time to study. The Kaplan is all about how to...
  10. What pay are nurses making these days?

    I'm a new nurse with a BSN. Specialty hospital in Jacksonville, FLa. My base pay is 23.59/hr with me working nights & weekends comes to about
  11. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    My hospital is all about customer service. And screw how many patients we have, dressing changes, meds & what education we have to do. It's all about customer service. My patients constantly call...
  12. What I did to pass the NCLEX

    I graduated July 31st & took Kaplan a few days later. I took the 2 week Kaplan course & studied while waiting on my auth to test letter which took almost a month to come. I did all my qbank...
  13. I jsut finished OB & Peds so I know how it is to try & come up with some care plans for those babies. How about altered family processes r/t hospitalized infant. If she's constantly at the...
  14. CREATIVE MINDS ONLY!!!! Assistance please!

    Does the lab have props you can use? My last power point was about breast cancer so we had some play breast with lumps in them from our nursing
  15. Nurse Internship?

    In my program, during our last semester we have Nursing Integration where we have to spend 90hrs with a preceptor. We basically care for patients on our own without the instructor, just the nurse...
  16. School refuses to medication math to students

    Dito, welcome to nursing school. I'm in Jacksonville FL. in a BSN program & they give us a book with a bunch of math questions & we have a math test at the beginning of every semester.We...
  17. Cheaters in my med/surg class

    I wouldn't worry about it. Med/Surg is hard enough as it is. You should focus on yourself. I've been dealing with cheaters since 1st semester & they are still sticking together & we're now in...
  18. I passed! And How I Did It!

    Congrats! Thanks for the info. I'm really not that close to taking the NCLEX. I have 5 months before I grad, but I'm already freakin out about
  19. Venting about Leadership class

    I'm in a BSN program here in FL. Supposed to grad in April but I'm a semester behind now because I failed Leadership class. So now I won't grad til July. It was an easy class so I think I put so much...
  20. have to drop this semester/ depressed

    Hang in there. Everything doesn't always go as smooth as you want. I was supposed to graduate in April so I was about to put my house on the market because I'm moving after I take NCLEX. Well I failed...
  21. Venting about Leadership class

    All of what you just talked was on our tests. Last week we were going over "change" but he goes off on these tangents that have nothing to do with lecture. It drives me crazy. But now I realize I'm...
  22. Venting about Leadership class

    I know how you feel about community. I barely passed family community. We had to do a windshield survey & go out to neighborhoods, walk up to people & ask them questions! That was crazy Well...
  23. i need help coming up with an evidenced based question

    The other relies you got are correct. My EB question is a systematic review. This was my PICO question: In a population of diabetic adults, how does continuous insulin infusion compare to multiple...
  24. i need help coming up with an evidenced based question

    I think your question is fine. But if you want another idea. I just did one. How does continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion compare to insulin injections with glycemic