LauraLiz

LauraLiz

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  1. I am in my last semester of school and was wondering what you love most about the area of nursing you work in? If you can't stand where are you working then where do you want to work? Thanks!
  2. Two questions...

    Wow, I can't believe that when I joined this forum I had just decided to go back to school, and now, here I am 3 months away from graduating! So, just wondering...How long did you wait to take NCLEX...
  3. Two questions...

    So you guys are saying don't wait? lol I want to get a job ASAP but I also REALLY want to take my kids to Disneyland before I end up with a new job and not able to take time off! We'll see... Maybe...
  4. What do you love most about your floor/specialty?

    Wow, I'm so glad so many of you love your jobs! Some of those areas you work in aren't even available anywhere near where I live now! I just finished precepting on the surgical floor, and I really...
  5. What do you love most about your floor/specialty?

    What kind of setting do you guys work in, in
  6. Shy Nurse

    I don't like the whole doing stuff in front of a bunch of other people either. . . but I made it this far, and I've made it through semester 1! I am fine one on one with a client. I like to know that...
  7. I wish I had my books already cuz I want to start reading know when I have time! I am soooo scared I won't be able to find enough time to study without having any "break" time between work and kids...
  8. Quick Question About a Loan, please!

    I took out an actual loan for the first time for this Fall too. I qualified without a problem, some subsidized, some not. . I only accepted the subsidized part though. I did everything I needed to do...
  9. 2 weeks to go...

    I start the first semester in 2 weeks too!! I'm soo excited and so
  10. I fainted today in the ICU!

    I fainted in my anatomy lab last semester while the teacher was pointing out muscles on a cadaver leg. Mentally I was absolutely fine, there was nothing about the cadaver that bothered me! I can only...
  11. Placenta/cord question...

    I'm writng an argumentative research paper and this question came to mind in the midst of it... In the case of a fetal demise, at any gestation, is the placenta and cord taken to have a thorough...
  12. Placenta/cord question...

    Do thorough placental pathology exams come at a cost to the
  13. Placenta/cord question...

    That's good to hear the majority do them, from what I've read the autopsy rate has been
  14. How does your facility deal with fetal demise?

    Do you happen to know the names of those children's
  15. Para or Gravida

    Awesome,
  16. Para or Gravida

    Yeah I was wondering about that...I knew miscarriages were spontaneous abortions...but medically isn't an abortion different than a spontaneous abortion? Your body naturally having an abortion versus...
  17. Para or Gravida

    Do you/Where do you count miscarriages and stillbirths in these
  18. Medical termination of pregnancy.

    What is a "PROMed chorio"
  19. Survey about Cytotec

    I can't answer these questions as a nurse, of course, but I was just recently given Cytotec for my IUFD. First, I was not asked to sign a consent form for this, had I known anything about it I might...
  20. i need some help with math!

    i took the iv flow rate quiz on this site after reading this site http://home.hiwaay.net/~theholt1/nurs1100/iv-calc.htm and i only missed one! and on that one i missed i was calculating mins instead...
  21. Hmm..with my first "real" paycheck I will...pay off some of my credit card debt, start a savings account for my son - always wanted to but never had money to put in it!, go out to a nice dinner, spoil...
  22. Job opening says "RN Required"

    So does that mean a new grad would have to pass the NCLEX Before applying and getting interviewed/accepted to the position? I am hardly a new grad yet but I know that there is a class of graduates...
  23. Job opening says "RN Required"

    I wouldn't personally apply without my license either, even for a graduate nurse position. Mainly because if for some reason I failed the NCLEX I would be terribly embaressed and not able to work...
  24. To all the mothers: Day Care Advice (long)

    http://www.naeyc.org/academy/search/default.asp Here is a link to search for NAEYC accredited