If you're near the downtown chicago area some of the hospitals there have nurse externship programs, i dunno when is the final dates for signing up though.
check the MSN section, Master of Science in Nursing/Master of Business Administration/Health Care Management is a graduate program for nurses, combination of advanced nursing and business management...
what I did in order to familiarize myself with the medications is I read the med section of my nclex review book every night before I sleep. I did not memorize each medications one by one but I did...
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Kamusta :) I work in a state regulated facility and I'm loving everyday of my work. Each day you learn more about your individuals. When I was in school I also loved psych nursing even in my boards....
I also had a few days of orientation (5 days) before I started to work by myself, I did every shift (7-3, 3-11, 11-7) shifts differ, as for my LTC facility, mornings were a little med pass, few labs...
i think you posted in the wrong topic? :) @TS Yeah I agree that setting limits would probably work with the kid/client, showing consistency and finding what triggers his behaviors can also help you...
probably there's a little suggestion box in your facility where you can write anonymously, one of the LTC that I have worked at has surveillance camera attached to almost every corner of the facility...
For the content I did use Saunders Comprehensive Book (blue book). I also made use of the Davis Nclex RN Success 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall by Hogan for the questions, Kaplan Question Trainers....
I love my La Charity book! :) It really helped me in preparing for the test, even though I found the prioritization part hard. I finished the book and answered repeatedly the questions, what I did was...
Make sure you know your facility's protocol when sending out a resident. Make rounds before, during and after your shift just to be sure. I onced worked every shift and each shift is different from...
really helped me a lot, especially with priority and delegation type of questions, don't get frustrated if you don't get most of the questions correct. what i did was to do again the questions that i...
anybody who tried to buy from Salus Uniforms? link : Scrubs On Sale - Nursing Uniforms and Medical Scrubs any feedback from this seller? thanks! from all of the links, theirs is the most affordable....