dondk BSN, RN

Today I have a Patient on CMO... although, the patient is on IV fluids, has daily labs drawn, on IV antibiotics. Someone placed a new IV before my shift. My interpretation is that this patient is NOT CMO. HX.. non verbal although alert, respond...

I am sorry, poor choice of words. My frustration from this issue and it was uncalled for. When I researched this patient, they came from LTC on hospice, was "allegedly" on a pureed diet, although ED reports suctioning out "chunks" of food. The E...

Thanks, this pt was basically a nursing home dump on our ED door. Family is mostly absent, so there is little clarification. As I mentioned, my local management is also absent. I was just looking to make sure I am covered as I do not have much d...

you do not need three binders, one will do. Your binder will be mostly for lecture, maybe a section for lab. I don't know of any clinical that ever used/needed a binder. Although, folders are a must. At clinical you should have a folder for all the p...

I did the EXACT same thing, and I have to agree that THIS system works. While I did not buy the Kaplan online tool, I can say the book is valuable. My school also used ATI as well and even gave us the three day "prep" course. ATI and the three day p...

I am going with the odd's... I got the good PVT pop up. edit: got the quick results.. confirmed I passed, you can count on the PVT!

I recently completed the Fast Track program at Boyce, sure it can be done in 17 months. A few things should be mentioned. Being a Fast Track program it is a "set program", thus if you have a bunch of unfinished co-req's your choices are very limited ...

You really don't need the packet to start getting ready. The books you need are on CCAC central under 101. The books for day/evening at Boyce are the same. Since Boyce is big on lippincott and if you have the $$$, buy directly from the publisher (wit...

You don't need those vaccines.

I agree with *LIG, I fell for the 101 trap and bought the massive collection. I never used all the books even though they swore we would use them all. I am entering my last semester and agree 100% to wait. The books you can count on using... the fund...

Books... ask around, there are some you really do not need (ie, they are ancillary) and you will NEVER crack them open. If you REALLY want them, I suggest renting them. The same goes for 102 and beyond, some books will carry from semester to semester...

The lottery system varies by campus. Allegheny there will be a list that gets posted across from M720, the early bird gets the better choices, last on the list gets what is left over. In 101 you "should" have gotten a note to call registration and si...

Over the summer, I had a clinical instructor that alluded that they are considering making it a REQUIREMENT to have all the pre-req's out of the way. Regardless, getting them out of the way is preferred as the nursing courses are fixed. Basically, th...

Will the evening/weekend program work? It can, there are a bunch of "things" that can work against you though. To start, E/W (weekend only) usually is clinical only and not too many seats. So, if in your class there are not too many people who need w...

orientation tomorrow night, then class the next day... pass/fail drug calc the first night... talk about pressure! :) BTW.. Ipod touch.. best thing ever, saved my back from carrying those books and the ATI app is nice.

Sadly, I have to agree with everything. From the disorganization, condescending instructors, variances in clinical and the differences in material taught or allegedly taught. In my class, we actually challenged many of our exams, they were rife with ...

Anytime, good luck!

I was at golden living, your first place is LTC and you will be there for 6 weeks or so. If you have never been to a LTC facility, it will be a wake-up call. If you have been or work as an aide presently it will be comfortable to you. Just remember, ...

lecture and labs are school attire, dress comfortably that is most important. Clinical is scrubs, in addition don't bring ALL your books, for the first clinical or two a notebook is fine until you figure out what you need and what your clinical cla...

Practical versus realistic. Are A's practical? it depends on what you put into it to be honest. While the program does have SOME impact it comes down to the student. Realistic, now that is different. Some programs or grading schemes make the A diff...

Everyone has given great advice, while I can relate and appreciate the ultimate goal of CRNA. You are putting the cart in front of the horse. You primary focus is on becoming a RN, start there and build. Your choices are either a ADN or finding a sc...

As many have posted, resigning does provide some coverage, but it is not complete. By the letter of the law, a prospective employer may only inquire into the past history of a potential employee. Where they worked, the period they worked, are they ar...

I don't think it has changed, but you may want to double check. As I recall, if you are coming in from outside the CCAC program your GPA from ALL post secondary schools will be counted. Ideally, you need a 3.0 to be competitive. Now, if you are withi...

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this is correct, that is how it works Any earned credits and its GPA do not vanish. Point being if you did crappy at school X and did not "transfer" the credits you could essentially "hide" that crappy GPA. If you use those credits (and GPA), you h...