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Thanks everybody! For sure I'll see what the other nurses on my unit use. All your input is greatly appreciated!

Thank you! It feels pretty great!

I know I don't have to bring my own. Just wanted an idea of what other nurses carry around. Thanks tho!

Hey folks, I just passed my NCLEX and have a job lined up for February. I'll be working on surgical and orthopedic units at a nearby teaching hospital. Besides a stethoscope, scissors, tape, and pen, what gear should a med-surg nurse have available? Also, with holidays approaching, what nursing related gift do you wish someone would get for you? thanks!

Do it! I'm a dude. I didn't think about OB before nursing school but had such a good experience in my OB rotation that I've considered it. The women I helped in L&D didn't mind me there and since I was useful and knew what I was doing they were glad and several thanked me for helping them. I think if you are confident and good at what you do patients will get past any initial bias and will be grateful for your help. If a few patients really don't want a male nurse so be it. But don't let that stop you from becoming an OB nurse!

just replied to your pm!

SHU's ABSN is going well. No regrets. Looking forward to wrapping this up in October!

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I took regular ethics and macroeconomics. Ethics at Middlesex Community College and Macroeconomics and Nutrition I took online at Thomas Edison State College.

Dear Cayenne06 and Dinah77, I too am an acupuncturist about to become a nurse. While practicing acupuncture simultaneously as a nurse or nurse practitioner will not be practical in most settings, the science / evidence based approach of nursing should not negate the positive effect on patient outcomes that acupuncture can provide. Over the past eleven years, I have seen acupuncture reliably help patients undergoing chemotherapy to have less nausea, fatigue, and pain. I have helped patients recover from many with orthopedic injuries including disc herniations, radiculopathies, arthritis, and many types of tendinitis. For anxiety and panic disorders, I have helped many patients resolve their symptoms without meds. As a nurse and later as a nurse practitioner, I look forward to recommending acupuncture in situations when it could be helpful. It is no accident that acupuncture departments are more and more common in American hospitals including Memorial Sloan Kettering and many others. Here is an article about an analysis of nearly 18,000 patients in the Archives of Internal Medicine that shows acupuncture is indeed effective for pain. This story highlights a cancer center in Florida that uses acupuncture to among other things, reduce the risk of permanent neuropathies.

I'm pretty sure there is no vaccine for Hep C and I don't recall seeing that on certified profile. Are you sure it asked for that?

Both. I knew I'd have to retake it because I wasn't yet immune (before the Hep B vaccine). When I retook the test I asked for the lab results to be printed with reference ranges and they were able to provide them.

I'm not sure. Even though my background check is done it says overdue because a school administrator is supposed to enter the date completed. I emailed the clinical clearance contact person at SHU about it yesterday but haven't heard anything back yet. I had my first Hep B Antibody rejected because the lab didn't include reference ranges. I think Certified Profile lists overdue items as Overdue and calls things Rejected if there is a problem with what was uploaded.

Mo - just call the assistant director tomorrow as she should be back. The emails I was referring to and I think KSH was too were the SHU address emails via pirate net. You didn't miss anything important. Most everything I've gotten on my SHU email is either a university wide announcement (like changes to parking or that someone died) or if it is nursing related it pertains to the traditional BSN students. I don't think we're expected to take any real action on pirate net except registration until after the 7/8 meeting.

The whole thing was a bit confusing with the 8/8 and 7/1 deadline. If you're not done with everything, I wouldn't worry because the deadline on the SHU packet says 8/8. I think Certified Profile (who administers the clearance) likely automatically generates deadlines. Mo - when you get packet you can check with the contact person at SHU for clinical clearance to make sure. Ksh88 - I think those emails, like most of the SHU emails we get, are meant for the traditional BSN students. I'm hoping we get some clarification on 7/8. I just finished up all the steps. The worst part about it is that my insurance didn't cover all of my titers so I ended up with a big fat bill!

The name of the group is: Seton Hall University ABSN 2015-2016

To those of you that haven't set up your SHU email, I set up a Facebook Group for our class.

Congratulations! That looks like a great program. It will be nice to get your MSN in five semesters! I wish you the best! I was looking forward to meeting you but that will have to wait As long as the Facebook Page only has a few likes, I'd like to make a Facebook Group to use instead since it will allow for privacy for membership and our posts, plus we can see who the other group members are and contact them. I need be friends with at least one of you to create the group so look for a friend request from Gerry Harrington (I hope I can use my own name on here!).

Might be good to call. Since you just recently paid your deposit, it might take a little while for the clinical paperwork to arrive. It took 2-3 weeks from when my deposit was paid.

Clinical clearance documents came on 5/26. Did you pay your deposit?

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So much info on PirateNet. It looks like we'll be able to create a group for our class on there. That may allow more privacy than FB for discussing school issues and communicating. I'm hoping we'll learn more about the possibilities for group interaction at orientation. Just finished my PPDs, drug test later this week, CPR done, and the rest all in progress. I think I'll just use the recommended company for malpractice insurance since the prices seem reasonable. Will you all do the same? Looking forward to meeting you all in about four weeks!

Nice! Did you create that? I was thinking something like that would be ideal. Liked & following!

Looking forward to the mail today!