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This post has been really helpful to me. I just accepted a job in a peds CVICU, and I am incredibly stoked and more than a little intimidated at the learning curve i face. If anyone has recommendations for pediatric-specific cardio materials, I woul...

I would talk with your clinical instructor about specific tasks and duties that you are responsible for week by week as you progress. That way you can know ahead of time what to expect and avoid some of the on-the-unit insecurity when you feel that i...

banana hammock.

I believe that Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock hires new grads into the PICU and into the NICU. This hospital has been on Forbes' 100 best places to work for years. Awesome place.

haha - well, no it doesn't embarass me...we just have different learning styles i guess. anyways, great thread, and i am learning alot too. take care.

I think the best answer to this issue has been given, and shouldn't be especially bothersome to anyone involved in this conversation. Is it acceptable for a nurse-patient relationship to transition into a peer-to-peer relationship? YES. Once the pat...

This is what Whole Foods Market does. If you smoke, fine. Your insurance will cost $10 more per paycheck to offset the eventual health care costs. That seems like an excellent option, because nobody is denying that smoking leads to higher health care...

i text my patients instead of actually talking to them. their families too. just kidding.

our class started out with around 200 and now we have about 150 I believe. Tests with 'critical thinking' questions caused most of the failures. Definitely a weed out time.

I'm in nursing school, and that is what I have to do for my clinicals. Paperwork while at clinical? Not a chance! I guess there is a lot of variation between programs.

"dona international is pleased to announce that a new code for doulas in the united states has been approved and defined by the national uniform claim committee. this code will come into effect on october 1, 2009 for services rendered after that date...

Thanks for your reply babyktchr. I have had one and only one experience with a doula, and that was the birth of my baby girl just shy of 2 years ago. It was fantastic, but I am not so naive as to think that every doula or every birth is as delightful...

wow babyktchr....strong words! how many doulas have you worked with?

i'm not sure what you mean... by buzz i was referring to the crna hype that is ever-prevalent. not sure what you mean.

Thanks WeeBaby. I am a 1st year BSN student and have been spending alot of time considering where I'll land - or where I would like to land - when I graduate. My mind wanders often to the CRNA track...but the truth is, and I was just sharing this wit...

Hi everyone - Dos anyone know of any CRNA programs that offer clinical rotations local to the program? I have issues with spending time away from family...well, it's alot more complicated than that, but I'd prefer to just leave it at that. I'm also c...

I'm in a BSN program too. I pay $82/semester, but I also had to pay $107 during the summer term. So I guess I am paying $270 this year - maybe you have access to some materials that I don't and that's the cost difference (?). The ATI books are prett...

New york city! Oh nooooo!!!!

NEW YORK CITY

Thanks Adonai!

thanks for your thoughts guys.

My wife had our daughter nearly two years ago. She had a natural birth in the hospital and we had outstanding nursing care as well as an outstanding doula who happened to be a L&D nurse. I should note that the doctors and nurses are relatively ac...

this would be a fantastic question to pose to the editor of the publication. i am curious how he/she might respond.

i kind of joked with my wife that we were going to eat hers...then i saw the damn thing. no thanks!

i'm a first year nursing student. although, nursing is a second career for me. on the first day of class an instructor asked for a show of hands of how many individuals in our class of roughly 200 planned to continue to at least a master's level of e...