Quienes

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1. Consents

   Quienes posted a topic in PACU

   How does your unit handle consents? What where the stickiest situations you encountered verifying a consent? Can someone on a 5150 sign at your hospital? Foreign languages? Patients on pain...

2. Am I waisting my time with associates degree?

   Quienes replied to chall2011's topic in General Nursing

   Why not get your ADN then do an MSN

3. Should I Take a Different Path to Become a Nurse?

   Quienes replied to Eventually's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I think you should persue the ADN. Most likely your science prerequisites will expire prior to the BSN (while humanities last forever). Most BSNs have a 3-5 yr recency requirement for sciences....

4. Personal info was shared -HIPPA violation?

   Quienes replied to Quienes's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Thank you for the input, I am pleasantly surprised everyone has such strong convictions. I will follow up as suggested with the compliance officer. Great to hear your

5. Personal info was shared -HIPPA violation?

   Quienes posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

   My father was in the hospital for a surgical procedure. After he was discharged and home, he got a call from a "care-giver" who stated she got his information from the hospital. He is open to having a...

6. Teaching to NCLEX NOT teaching nursing

   Quienes replied to Counselort's topic in General Students

   There is some logic behind the madness of "teaching to the NCLEX", the questions really make you think like a nurse. I'm sure you've heard "critical thinking" from all your instructors, the NCLEX...

7. Question about the amount of studying you do

   Quienes replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Students

   Hi, I have great retention but to get through all our reading and paperwork I study about 20hrs a week, 8hrs on Sat and 8 hrs on Sun plus 4 throughout the

8. Is Compton College safe?

   Quienes replied to tigertjc's topic in California Nursing

   What's CUI? Just curious

9. Is Compton College safe?

   Quienes replied to tigertjc's topic in California Nursing

   Hi, I am in the the RN program at EL Camino in Torrance. We have had a few lectures from the Compton instructors who came to our class to sub. and they were EXCELLENT, I had heard all the negative...

10. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    Quienes replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    funny

11. Helpful and Interesting Reads

    Quienes replied to seferinoswitch's topic in General Students

    "The Help", it's a quick, at times funny and really heartfelt

12. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    Quienes replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, how interesting, I can't wait to hear what other people have to say about

13. What would you spend more money on?

    Quienes replied to sch1109's topic in General Students

    Hi, Go for the stethascope! I got some comfy white leather tennis shoes for $40 at footlocker, I wouldn't spend anyore than that, think of what your stepping

14. What do you use to carry your books around?

    Quienes replied to pandorasbox's topic in General Students

    I use a big rolling bag, plus a smaller over the shoulder bag. I try and throw my txt in the little bag and take it with me whenever I get in the car just in-case I get stuck somewhere I can catch up...

15. El Camino College Fall of 2010

    Quienes replied to JuneauEverest's topic in California Nursing

    Congrats on your acceptance it's great to finally get to start after taking all the pre-reqs. If you have time to take 48 dosing calculations I would recommend it for a couple reasons. First, of all...