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Strectchedlobez..... I guess you didn't read the thread 'Mockery of Nursing' before posting your question!! You sound like a good guy. I really hope things work out for you!!

i clicked on this thread because the title sounded interesting. what a disapointment. instead of a thread discussing the 'mockery of nursing' it is a thread aimed at humilitating fellow an members. and to think there are moderators on here participating. unbelievable. really, you're no better than a bunch of kids sitting in a cafeteria pointing and laughing while making fun of the kids who aren't cool like you. to those commenting that this is 'the best thread ever', and 'i'm laughing so hard i have pop coming out my nose' grow up.... this thread has been done before. it wasn't funny then and it isn't funny now, this thread is mean, unprofessional and very immature. what's most disapointing is that there are members commenting on this thread whose opinions i usually respect.

Never mind.... I tweaked it and went ahead and sent it.....

Oh.... I'm sending it the program co-ordinator, my main instructor and another lady... lol

this is a bit of a rush.... but i have been up all night thinking about this. our clinical placement in january isn't going the way it's supposed to. it is supposed to be in a hospital setting (we already did ltc) but there is only 14 spots in the hospital and the rest of the class will be put back into ltc. let's just say the class is pretty upset. anyway.... here is an email that i'm going to send. please let me know what you think. i am sorry if i'm not making much sense, but i'm tired.... which is one reason i need someone to proof this for me before i send it!! hi.... i'm not sure who to be directing this email to as i'm unsure of how our clinical placements are chosen, but i am wondering if there is anything i can do to ensure i am placed at the hospital in st. thomas? i am not trying to create any conflict, i am just trying to get the best education possible. i also don't want to come across as childish, as i know everyone in the class is probably hoping for a placement at the hospital, but i am only concerned about my own education at this point. i have a goal and i need this clinical to help me reach that goal. i wasn't going to say anything, i was just going to take my chances, but i am spending a lot of money for this program and at the end of the day i am the only one looking out for me and making sure i get the full learning experience that i am entitled to. i apologize if i am out of line with this email. like i said, my intent is not create conflict. thank you,

You need to know how to do them manually... no calculator!! Order: Clindamycin 0.3g Supply: Clindamycin 150 mg per ml Enter dose you would give. First you have to convert g to mg. And that's easy, you're just moving the decimal point. So now the order is 300 mg and you divide that by the supply. 300/150 = 2 Now take the 2 and multiply it by the ml. 2x1=2 Therefore the dose you will give is 2mls Order: Morphine 4mg Supply: Morphine 10 mg per ml Enter the dose you give in mls Order: Ilosone 500 mg Supply: Ilosone Oral suspension 250 mg per 5ml Enter the dosage you would give in tsp Hint: 5ml = 1tsp

My program runs all year, but like I said, I'm part-time. I'm pretty sure the full time students don't go during the summer because when have to use the labs the whole college is dead. Another thing is that Humber and Conestoga require 100% in the math components of the program. Not sure what Mohawk might be like, but I think Fanshawe is 90-95% I almost had a bird when I found that out as I'm not very good at math. (Actually I am I just didn't know it lol) The math for us fell in with our first clinical. Our clinical wasn't graded, it was either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. So if we didn't get 100% on the math quiz (which is dosage calculations for ex. Order: Tylenol 0.5g Supply: Tylenol liquid 500mg per 5ml. Enter the dosage you would give in tsp) we basically failed clinical. There were three chances to pass though, but they included tutoring from the college. I don't think anyone has failed clinical because of math, but it's scary knowing you could. Anyway.... what I'm trying to say is brush up on basic multiplying and dividing of percentages and fractions. We have clinical coming up again in January and we have to get another 100% in math, but this time it's on IV dosage calculations.... egads!!

i was reading the link you provided and found the most funniest quote.... they are also afraid of harmless side effects like [color=#0645ad]febrile seizures and dramatically overestimate the likelihood of permanent damage from typical fevers.[color=#0645ad][39] the underlying problem, according to professor of pediatrics barton d. schmitt, is "as parents we tend to suspect that our children's brains may melt".[color=#0645ad][40]

Hey.... I'm going to Humber for the RPN!! I wish someone had told me I didn't have to buy the current edition text book from the campus bookstore!! Textbooks are EXPENSIVE!!! I am only going part-time and usually have two classes at a time, so I only need to buy my textbooks as I need them. It's a good thing too, because first semester books probably cost over $500. I only bought my first two textbooks full price. It was on allnurses that I found out you can go to websites like Alibris.com and get your textbooks for literally a couple of dollars if you get the previous edition!! The previous edidtions are the exact same except the chapters may be in a different order or there may be an extra statistical chart. And every text I bought has been in great condition. You pay more for shipping. Also check out couponcabin.com first as they have coupons for alibris.com Serioulsy, don't waste your money at the campus bookstore!! Also, this is just me... but some nursing classes I don't buy the 'extra' textbooks required. This class it was a mental health textbook. Our instructor does amazing powerpoints with all the informaiton I need and I take excellent notes during lecture. Plus, google is an amazing tool!! Whatever you decide, you NEED the main textbooks. Your med surg, assessment, fundamentals. p.s. depending what your psych and soci texts are... you can have mine for free!!

i can see that since a fever creates an environment pathogens can't tolerate. it also causes white blood cells to produce faster also helping to fight the pathogens. anyway, a fever actually isn't harmful to the brain until it reaches 107. maybe i'm learning something after all!!

nursesante'..... serioulsy, please stop.... :icon_roll

I hear what you're saying OP.... Our class was split into four different clinical sites (all LTC). We all had the same course outline with the same supposed learning outcomes. We all paid the exaxt same amount of money to attend clinical and all had to put in the same amount of hours. However, the learning outcomes were so different! I was very fortunate with my clinical site as we were able to give the most meds, do injections and simple dressing changes, we were able to shadow the floor nurse as well as a wound care nurse. We were exposed to NG tubes and colotomies. This was a total hands on learning environment!! The other sites mainly focused on personal care. One site wasn't allowed to give injections or perform simple dressing changes. The one site was mostly textbook learning!! Hellooooo... we had enough of that in all of our theory classes! Clinical is the time to apply the theory learned! Anyway, there were so many inconsistantsies between the sites (course outline only required three nursing care plans be completed, the one site had to do one/two a week). I feel bad for my classmates that paid the same amount of money as I did and were basically shortchanged.

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hi everyone.... there was a thread on here a couple of days ago and i can't seem to find it. it had to do with medications and somone had posted a link to an older video on medication education and how the general public isn't aware of all the information regarding the medications they take. i was only able to take a quick glance at thread and thought i saved it for later, but i guess i didn't. does anyone know what i'm talking about?

Maggot therapy...

Where the heck is the anti-kudos button?????

lol.... kool-aide gave kudos to her rant!!

I was watching a rerun of Criminal Minds where the blond tech girl gets shot by her date. Anyway... the rest of the team is in the waiting room while she is in surgery and when the surgery is done the doctor comes out and tells the whole group how the surgery went and her prognosis. Maybe I'm on this site too much, because whenever I see things like this my first thought is always HIPAA violation!! Would this be considered a violation?

We watched a Mosby video last week about medication errors. The acting was horrible, but what was really unbelievable was how neat the doctor's orders were! They were printed with nice, even letters and numbers. I almost laughed out loud when I saw it. Why can't life be like a Mosby video....

unfortunately you can't escape chemistry!! chemistry will most likely be included in your biology classes! it probably won't go into great depths, but you will need to know all about chemical elements and chemical bonds. buffers and the ph scale are important to know as well. acid-base balance is especially important because this is the foundation for homeostasis. i am taking ns part time and my first biology class was with a nursing foundations class. i put all my time and energy into focusing on getting excellent marks in the nursing class because i thought it was the most important. (since i want to be a nurse! at the time it seemed obvious!!) i basically let my biology slide because i figured, unless i was going to be a heart surgeon did i really need to know the conduction system of the heart??!! the answer is..... yes!!! :smackingf pay attention... it might not seem like it at the time.... but all that information in biology that you may think is a waste of time, is actually so important... it really is the foundation for everything nursing. goodluck!!

One of my classmates has something on his record check too. He said something about an appeal, but it's going to cost $700 or something. I can't really remember. Also, I think he might have said something about soon you you won't be able to appeal because of a new law or regulation or something. It might be worth looking into, cause if that's the case you may want to deal with it now. BTW.. I'm in Ontario too ps.... sorry my memory is so fuzzy on this but I'll try and find out exactly what he said.

That's because it is!! But, it's for fun and could be a great way of raising money! Seriously, dude... Have you never had a poster of someone 'hot' hanging on a wall or in a locker??

i'd hang one on my wall! :loveya:

In my community all schools are peanut free. I remember, before I had kids, my girlfriend saying that her daughter's school was nut free. At first I thought this was absurd as a pbj sandwich is usually a staple for most lunchboxes!! I mean it's cheap and kids love it.... how could this be?? Just because one or two kids has an allergy dosen't mean all kids should suffer... does it??!! However, peanut free schools are now the norm, no one thinks twice about it! And because it has been in place for over 10 years (at least) kids don't even know what they are missing. It has always been a non issue with them!! I am sure there may have been a few dissapointed kids the first week or two this concept was implemented, but kids are adaptable and like another poster said it's not like they can never have a pbj sandwich ever again!! Also, I think most kids are sensitive to the needs of other students, especially at the primary ages where nut free is the most important. In the older grades kids with the allergies know enough about their condition to not trade their yucky bolonga sandwich with a classmates yummy, potentially hazardous sandwich. This really is about education for the parents of the non allergic kids!! I can't believe I was so thoughtless in my thinking before! Seriously... so what if my kid can't have pbj... they can still have jelly! How about a honey sandwich or egg salad. Why even a sandwich? There are so many cost friendly lunch ideas all one has to do is google it and their kids will have the best lunch in the lunchroom!!!

i am always a little weary when i see articles like this in the news because i think it gives people (kids, mainly) ideas. it's cheap, it's basically legal and very easy to get. yes, a news story like this is informative, but i also think it can be hazardous by helping to make this drug become more popular amoung young people. i think this about a lot of things... there have even been a few episodes of dr. phil on the dangers of this or that and parents beware, that have made me go; 'why are you showing this... do you know how many kids are going to go out and try this now???' maybe it's just me...