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Is it because the program is shorter? Lack of class spots for ADN? easier? it just seems like you'd really be selling yourself short with job flexibility, opportunities, etc

oh i just saw this on one of the articles you posted "Equine Advocates, Inc. Permission to reprint MUST be requested - that includes for the Internet!" made me laugh....

hahaha *deep breath* hahahaha thanks cat show lady, next time i get a tib fib i'll tape a couple cats to my leg there's so many flaws with that article you could throw a tar covered cat at it and 10 of them would stick to it there is some evidence f...

I'm in month 8 right now - 2 class days 3 clinical. we have another 4 months of class, then its full time OR for the next 14. I have a very supportive wife who more than does her fair share, working and taking care of our baby.....that more than any...

I'd have to agree in that it seems that there's an unusually high amount of obese people working as nursing assistants. I was a CNA.......I'd say at least 60% (maybe more) of the people I worked with were obese, with probably 30%+ being morbidly obe...

ok we're not gods, and IMO most of what people are describing seems to be a little extreme maybe i'm just lazy, but here's my take: -i get 8 hours of sleep a night. more on the weekends if i feel like it -i'm up at 430 on clinical days, in the OR by ...

i know for a fact they couldn't care less if you have a GED. If anything, it will make your BSN more impressive. i would recommend a 4.0 in your college classes to emphasize the fact you've truly changed, especially with a record, however small. Mo...

in med surg nurses defense (coming from an ICU nurses perspective) med surg nurses are worked like dogs. and treated like them. walk a mile in their shoes and all that. of course, there are plenty of bad apples wherever you go, but i think thats the...

if you resign then thats almost an admission of guilt. i'd fight it. if it was 4 months ago it's odd that they'd just bring it up now your license is not in danger unless there is objective proof. allegations don't mean squat. and, there's always t...

i completely disagree with wannabesedated. in clinical practice, they're utilized in exactly the same way (generally and practically speaking). It's the educational philosophies that are different. Nursing academia obsesses over the semantics and mi...

to add to what others have said PACEP.org is a free site that will completely run you through hemodynamics from basic to super-advanced if you have the patience for it. Video lectures, pre and post tests. it focuses on pulmonary artery catheters, but...

in student terms: preload = pressure inside the heart during diastole (resting phase) -starling curve. to a point, the more volume sitting in a chamber, the better a heart works afterload = pressure the heart has to overcome to squir...

IMO pursuing the LPN is a waste of time and money. With your background you could easily get into an ADN class and be done in 18 months (or much less) going full time, and would leave you with a lot more flexibility in job opportunities (and earning ...

us news and world report puts out a ranking of crna programs every year thats basically a popularity contest. google it and look it up

I wouldn't worry about jobs as a CRNA. check out gaswork.com for just a taste of who's looking for CRNA's. Right now the demand is much bigger than the supply, and with the baby boomers coming, along with certain healthcare revamps, the demand is on...

no big deal......giving someone water is fine....... my 2 biggest mistakes: -hanging/bolusing a whole bottle of integrillin instead of albumin (as a new ICU RN) -as a student nurse: during clinicals i was in a room with my preceptor and a doctor - he...

yes i love it, it's completely worth it, and i would absolutely do it again if i had the choice between it and something else

undergrad: staying awake during theory pretending that nursing diagnosis' aren't completely laughable and out of touch with reality figuring out what to do with all my free time grad: studying clinicals trying to find free time

yeah........i can see that as a problem getting into an adn program. if you did have to do the LPN route, i would do one that would transfer as much as possible into a BSN program (skipping the ADN), and getting as many classes done while you're wait...

I am :)

I was a CNA ofr 6 or so years; i skipped the LPN route and just focused on my bsn (working as a CNA throughout). im doing my masters in anesthesia now in retrospect i would have done CNA--->ADN--->BSN bridge ---> MSN LPN is a waste of time a...

no doubt that humans emit different electromagnetic fields. however thats not whats decribed in the NANDA diagnosis. at all. I'm going to agree with hypocaffeine......if there are "plenty of people with positive results" then there should be no pro...

i'm not debating its existence or not, nor anyones subjective experiences with it i'm saying that if you're trending into the psychospiritual realm with an official sanctioned diagnosis by the AACN you can't cherrypick....oh never mind. allnurses.com...

if you're going to buy just one book to read before school starts...... basics of anesthesia by stoelting

yeah, definitely start taking those core MSN classes if that's the kind of program you're in if you can, take them in the intensive format.