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  1. Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    mammac5 replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm so happy that you'll be able to save $$$ on the exam/tests/immunizations! You can get your books used on the internet from lots of different sites online (Amazon, Textbooks.com, etc.), in the...

  2. Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    mammac5 replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I don't recall the prices of the titers but I DO recall being a little ticked off that I'd spent a lot of money to have mine done after they told us the prices for these things when we were at...

  3. Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    mammac5 replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Just a thought: If you get "permission" to wait and have your health requirements done here at student health, call them ASAP to make an appointment since they will fill up FAST for August when both...

  4. Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    mammac5 replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You're in for a wild ride, folks! I can't BELIEVE how fast this year has flown by - I'll be done one week from today with the RN portion of my program. So excited! And I'm so happy that y'all are...

  5. The most depressing conversation with my instructor

    mammac5 replied to SydneyJo1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would say that most of that is BS. I'm in a NP program right now and actually I'm happy I'm doing it prior to the DNP being "required" because I'll be grandfathered in and I'm not yet convinced I...

  6. Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    mammac5 replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I bought my Potter & Perry used, but I can believe it's outrageously expensive to get new. It's HUGE! Luckily you'll only have to carry it to class 3 or 4 times during first semester and never...

  7. Question- HIPAA violation?

    mammac5 replied to co1956's topic in General Students

    If it's not a real patient then you cannot have violated anyone's privacy. Having said that, it's better if you're using an example from some made-up patient to say that's what you're doing...

  8. Faulted by aides who want help with incontinence care

    mammac5 replied to Calliehoo's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you've been working with these NAs for years and really trust their judgement, you can't chart the skin assessment without actually seeing it for yourself...as long as they're soiled, you may...

  9. Question about study groups...

    mammac5 replied to ziggysgal,RN's topic in General Students

    No study groups for me. In my (limited) experience they tend to turn into b**ch sessions and gossip fests. I don't have that kind of time to waste! I study alone and when I run up against something...

  10. Running out of Steam!

    mammac5 replied to tlc365's topic in General Students

    I feel your pain! It has been a long road and at times it's been very hard to motivate myself to keep going. I try to close my eyes and remember the day I got thte acceptance letter in the mail...I...

  11. Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    mammac5 replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    So are y'all getting excited? I hope you are, because you should be. Strap yourselves in and get ready for a wild ride! Finals...done! Boot camp's going on now and it makes for long days, but it's...

  12. To All Female Nurses ????

    mammac5 replied to xGuYx's topic in General Nursing

    I think a good nurse is a good nurse, where there's a member involved or

  13. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    mammac5 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    Not just no...He11

  14. am I the worlds worst nurse?

    mammac5 replied to brownbook's topic in General Students

    Looking at and touching a patient's feet and LE tells the nurse a lot of information. Skin: Is it intact? Is the color what it should be? Is hair growing in a normal pattern and equally on both...

  15. No insurance diagnosis

    mammac5 replied to 2theBeauxn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We've learned to use "non-adherance" rather than "non-compliance" since it's supposed to sound less punitive or some

  16. An article on the job situation for new grads from the NSNA

    mammac5 replied to Anoetos's topic in General Students

    What I'm thinking is that a few years down the line...maybe 5 to 10...we're really going to be in BIG trouble, nurse-wise. By that time all the nurses who came out of retirement to work when the...

  17. am I the worlds worst nurse?

    mammac5 replied to brownbook's topic in General Students

    That's

  18. Can a hospital make you repay the cost of training you if you quit?

    mammac5 replied to confusedRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    Once you've signed a contract, you're committed. Unless of course you want to get an atty to argue that you signed it under duress, but that's likely to cost as much money as just paying the place...

  19. New student question...

    mammac5 replied to mnmcbm's topic in General Students

    I have a couple of suggestions: First, since you may be hanging around AllNurses a lot in the future as a student and beyond, make sure you're not using your real name or other identifying...

  20. Nursing School Dilemma

    mammac5 replied to MilwaukeeRNstu's topic in General Students

    Nursing schools can afford to be pretty choosy these days, which tells me they don't bother admitting many people who really don't have what it takes to be successful in their program. Having said...

  21. am I the worlds worst nurse?

    mammac5 replied to brownbook's topic in General Students

    My doctor checks my dorsalis pedis pulse when I go in for my annual...she checks my radial pulses to make sure they're equal. I check them on my patients...I mean, I'm checking their ankles/LE for...

  22. Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    mammac5 replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hey, y'all! Just finished final exams and getting ready to start boot camp this weekend. YIPPEE! Books...far be it from me to say that any of my fellow students are slackers! Looking at my book...

  23. No one thinks I can do it!

    mammac5 replied to MKO90's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Really, it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks about your abilities...what do YOU think about your abilities? That's what is important. If someone said to me (as in your post) that becoming a...

  24. Before we call doctor. What info should we have handy?

    mammac5 replied to Prado's topic in General Nursing

    JC was really pushing SBAR a few years ago...I've been out of the hospital for the past year, but I'm assuming this is still a focus for safe communication. This is valuable when calling the...

  25. Before we call doctor. What info should we have handy?

    mammac5 replied to Prado's topic in General Nursing

    Full SBAR S: Situation - who you are, who the pt is, what the patient is in the hospital for, what the problem is right now, your assessment findings, what you're concerned about. B: Background -...