Sarah Hay

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  1. Intraoperative homework

    Sarah Hay replied to sylim's topic in General Students

    Your welcome. I hope you can get your hands on one. In my text, the intraoperative care is about 30 pages long. Lots of information there! :redpinkhe Sarah Hay,

  2. Galen College Dress Code

    Sarah Hay replied to oosgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At my college we are allowed to wear jeans only to class. We are not allowed to wear jeans to get our clinical assignments or any nursing school function. Just to be safe, I'd bring along my lab coat...

  3. Bedbaths and Bedmaking

    Sarah Hay replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in General Students

    I am in an ADN program and my clinical days really do not provide a lot of learning experiences. We mostly just provide patient care such as bathing them and changing their beds. If they need help we...

  4. FAFSA QUESTION

    Sarah Hay replied to nolimitam's topic in General Students

    The 2008/2009 FAFSA covers this summer. I had to go to the financial aid office and fill out this sheet that transferrred funds left over from the Spring term to the Summer term. I hope this helps!...

  5. Intraoperative homework

    Sarah Hay replied to sylim's topic in General Students

    If you have a Medical-Surgical Nursing textbook, there is a whole chapter devoted just to intraoperative nursing. :redpinkhe Sarah Hay,

  6. Stopped at 85...FAILED

    Sarah Hay replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So, in order to pass the NCLEX you have to score say an 86? I'm going to look this up, I'm curious now. :redpinkhe Sarah Hay,

  7. Stopped at 85...FAILED

    Sarah Hay replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You failed at 85? Our professor has drilled it in our head that anything less than 85 is a failure but once you are at 85 you are safe. Wow.... I hope when you take the NCLEX in June you blow it out...

  8. Wearing scrubs to nursing school?

    Sarah Hay replied to jpearl119's topic in General Students

    I am in an ADN program in Florida and we are not required to wear scrubs to class. However, there are a couple unit clerks and techs who work before and after class that may wear their uniform to...

  9. California Prison Healthcare Services

    Sarah Hay replied to nminodob's topic in General Nursing

    I am in an ADN program in Florida and last Thursday there was an employment expo in the lobby. I went around and looked. There were a bunch of different people for all sorts of jobs that were open for...

  10. Dilaudid question - Personal Opinion

    Sarah Hay replied to MayLady's topic in Patient Medications

    In my last clinical, there was a patient who had Sickle Cell Disease and one of his medications was Diluadid for pain. The nurse said he was just drug wanting and the doctor made an order to give NS...

  11. Having second thoughts about NS - Please talk to off the ledge!

    Sarah Hay replied to midnight*sky's topic in General Students

    Wow. That sounds horrid! I loved my Pharmacology teacher and I wish she wasn't retiring. ]= This professor sounds out of wack and I think you need to talk to the director of nursing education at...

  12. pyxis dilemma

    Sarah Hay replied to cptluciejensen's topic in General Nursing

    I feel that you are absolutely right, Connie Elder. If your charge nurse is also suspecting her but will not do anything, you need to go the next step up. I would hate for you to lose your job for not...

  13. What exactly is CPNE?

    Sarah Hay replied to kermitlady's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The Clinical Performance in Nursing Examination (CPNE®) tests the application of the nursing process and technical components of nursing practice in the care of adults and children in acute care...

  14. Shoes

    Sarah Hay replied to austin9104's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i am a nursing student and we are not allowed to wear crocs. if we were, however, those would probably be my choice of shoe. as of now, i wear birkenstocks. birkenstock is a very pricey brand but it...

  15. Dear Instructor...

    Sarah Hay replied to LifelongDream's topic in General Students

    Wow. I wish my instructor would take a chill pill. You know, nursing instructors are ALWAYS RIGHT ... but the other day my professor said that you gain fluid intelligence by increasing your intake of...

  16. Do alternates get in the nursing program

    Sarah Hay replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the two year associate nursing degree program. It accepts 25 students and one is an alternate. In my program, the alternate did not make it into our RN program as no one dropped out, however,...

  17. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    Sarah Hay replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    just the way any viral disease is transmitted -- person to person contact, or by touching something someone with a virus has already touched, or from droplets in the air which come from a sneeze or a...

  18. Stethoscopes for Clinicals

    Sarah Hay replied to JumpingIn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I would suggest any Littmann stethoscope. I believe they are the best quality and are good priced. I am in my second year of nursing school and my stethoscope has been useful and I have never had a...

  19. What would you have answered?

    Sarah Hay replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    I understand that airway is like the number one thing you check for and I really do not know why the textbook says that. I am not employed at the moment and I just go to school full time. Our...

  20. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    Sarah Hay replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I just heard about it. I really do not know what to think about it other than I will be washing my hands every five minutes and taking strict isolation percautions everywhere. Other than that, I am...

  21. What would you have answered?

    Sarah Hay replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    I am looking in my medical-surgical text book and these are the steps of admission from the postanesthesia care unit: 1. Record time of patient's return to unit 2. Take baseline vital signs 3. Assess...

  22. Please help

    Sarah Hay replied to POMD01's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here are some acute transfusion reactions. I'm not going to define them but I am going to list some so you can look them up. Acute hemolytic Febrile, nonhemolytic Mild allergic Anaphylactic and...