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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 medication? What is an RN's legal obligation with regards to...

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 caregiver and asked her to come interview. She ca...

Why not get your ADN then do an MSN bridge?

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. You may also discover a specialty while completing y...

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 opinions.

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 questions require it and by answering and analyzing th...

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 week.

What's CUI? Just curious :-)

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 hype but it was wrong. This has been my experience wi...

funny LOL

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

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

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 in

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 on my reading. Otherwise I keep my binder and othe...

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 there is a mandatory math test given twice each sem...

I've heard there are some online programs. Univ of Alabama maybe? p

Hi, Finals were tough but I passed. I'm happy I got through it. Someone said semester one is pretty easy but I was really working hard to keep up. It got easier toward the end and clinicals were cool but there was sooo much reading. Tell me about you...

Hi, Did someone say Lovenox helps to prevent pressure ulcers?

Healthstar, I appreciate you not "wanting" to depend on meds your whole life but would you accept that Comment from one of your diabetic patients who didn't "want" to depend on insulin to manage their blood sugar? Those symptoms of anxiety such as ...

Sorry typo I meant to say meds, not mess! There are lots of drugs on the market for generalized anxiety disorders.

Are you eating well? Quit the caffine, get in an hour of cardio daily and practice some breathing excersizes. If all those don't help I'd suggest getting a referal to a good psychiatrist for some mess. It could be chemical.

Oh wow, only 13! What was your grade? Was the teacher tough? Is that normal? My semester is going okay, it's a lot of new information but so far so good.

Hi Daniela, How has third semester been? Do you love OB and Peds? Has it all come together for you? Thanks

Hi What was the retention rate at County? Did you loose a lot of students first semester? Did you ever have students transfer in from other ADN programs? Thanks!