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Yea... They do make money off people. There are few schools in NJ that charge 30k for RN a.s. Like jersey college and eastwick college! It is a shame!!!

I am going to FDU in teaneck NJ. It kind expensive but i get tuition reimbursement... Go for it

I got to the nursing home 6-8 hrs 1-2 times a week

I work 3-4 12 hr shifts and a 8 hr part time in a nursing home doing paper work. I work An average of 48-52 hrs per week, 1 day school 5-9pm... And clinical 8 hrs (4hrs twice a week).... You can do it... :-) is not hard at all

Don't do it... When i first became an RN, I bought a BMW worst mistake ever. After 8 yrs as nurse i try to leave below my means and try to save every dollar.

I am currently half way my AGNP, and I still work 1 full time and part time, plus gf and I hit the gym 3-4 times a week. However, i wake up 5 am and go to sleep at 11pm, i take advantage of every minute in my day. You can do it!!!!

I dont think you need that to get in the ED, make sure you have your acls and pals. Just apply for a transfer and wait...

Try a tympanic thermometer...

In my facility we had a resident that had an allergic reaction to ABT (she started to swell up pretty bad tongue lips) we gave her iv solumedrol, benadryl and epi sq. We save her life btw the Dr order all that over the phone. But we did it because it...

Well it sounds like CHF/COPD exacerbation 1. IV line 2. Give nebulizer treatment albuterol/atrovent with 3 liters of oxygen 3. Give 40 mg of lasix IV (if sbp greater than 120) 4.Give steroids solumedrol 125mg IV 5. Await for medics

Wow... That makes no sense...ltc facilities are so dumb sometimes, they only worry about state surveys and don't worry about patient care. Get your RN and run out of LTC, or try to find a good nursing facility where you can actually do some real nurs...

Update on IV push medications; In my facility we were able to push IV lasix 40mg x3 days and 20mg x3 days, then he was restarted on 40mg PO. The patient is doing well now, with a lot of improvement. I think we are one of the first facities in northe...

I dont think you should give cardiac medications like potassium IV 10meq or 20 meq in 100 ml bags, cardizem.. All those medications require cardiac monitoring, everything else like (IV ABT, fluids, tpn..) could be given at nsf.

Hey dont worry... I did that too, I worked in LTC for 7 yrs, and Now I work in a level I trauma center in big community center. Now you are going to learn a lot....

I think some medications are safe to give in a skilled nursing facility, like zofran, solumedrol, decadron, d50, pepcid, lasix 20-40mg (accurate I/O and >sbp 110). reglan, and that's it. Any medication that requires close monitoring should not be ...

Hi I was wondering if you have any updates on your MD ?

Well you should clean it, if you are going to use with somebody else. But you know you can your oxygen as a neb machine, just hook up the tubing to a oxygen and thats it. You can do this until you get a new nebulizer machine.

Hi... You have to learn how to delegate and follow up on your floor nurses!!!! Make sure you know what to do in a case of an emergency.

You should try to get more acute care experience, You need to learn more more more more so you can take care of patients in LTC

I was an LPN for 4 years, then I became an RN to work as an ADON for 2 yrs while getting my BSN. After I was finished with my RN, I realized that I didn't know anything as an LPN (giving pills all day). Now I work in a busy ER-Trauma center, NOW I re...

Hi everybody I need some help creating a mock code for some of my floor nurses. I work as LTC nurse educator/resource nurse, I been in LTC for 7 years, but this last year I been working in the ER in a Trauma Center in North Jersey. So I have more exp...