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  1. building a first aid kit to deal with heart attacks victims

    northmississippi posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, what would be some good things to have available for the victim that seems to be having a heart attack or even found unconscious and not breathing, that I can actually buy? I want to put it all in...

  2. Does EC do anything special to prepare you for cpne?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Excelsior College

    I hear about this cpne clinical from ec,,, do they give you any special guides or prep for this in particular? and skills sheets/dvd? surely you don't just have to happen to know how to set up a...

  3. Does EC do anything special to prepare you for cpne?

    northmississippi replied to northmississippi's topic in Excelsior College

    How many times can you go back to take the cpne if you fail? Is their a limit before you have to take nursing school over again as a whole?

  4. Any Advice for New Nursing Students?

    northmississippi replied to jrabbit0811's topic in General Students

    About 60% of the orginal class will either fail or drop out for whatever reason. But one thing I would do is get you a voice recorder for each of your classes (so you can keep the content separated),...

  5. Is this salary estimate bs or what?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Travel

    I found this list of estimated salaries for travel nurses by state, do you think it's bs?

  6. Is pulse and Heart rate the same thing?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is pulse and heart rate the same

  7. What are some jobs for a male nurse other than bedside care on med/surg floor?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hi, about to graduate and was wondering what would be some employment ideas for a male nurse other than being a bedside nurse on a medsurg floor at the hospital? Thank you to all who respond...

  8. Fall 2014 students...what are you buying in preparation for school?

    northmississippi replied to 7237dallas's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Dont go overboard buying extra books that you won't have time to read, I do recommend those medsurg notes, and lab notes,,they are little spiral bound pocket books that you can take to clinicals. You...

  9. taking bp,, had any luck doing it like this?

    northmississippi posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I've tried asking the pt what their blood pressure normally runs, but noone ever tells me right and its usually alot higher than they tell me.. have you run into this? I ask them so that maybe I can...

  10. Would hospital let me review my old charting/documentation?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you needed to see you old charting/documentation to prove you have meds on time, would they let you see it? They say to always document stuff, but what good would that do if it's not available to...

  11. First clinical coming up! Some advice, please?

    northmississippi replied to SaraMC's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And always wear your gloves when handling your pt, even if they are packing up to go home. Nothing makes your day more than helping your pt pack and getting final vitals only to be walking out the...

  12. First clinical coming up! Some advice, please?

    northmississippi replied to SaraMC's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You need a good game plan, As soon as you find out who your pt is and room number,, get up the med list and put it in your database along with lab values...you won't get them all but it will be a...

  13. Too late to be a nurse?

    northmississippi replied to woodland123's topic in General Students

    i would do lpn first then a rn bridge, that way you will have something you can use for work after only a year, work for a year to get all that paid off, then do rn and work part time on weekends for...

  14. Would hospital let me review my old charting/documentation?

    northmississippi replied to northmississippi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You may not believe this, but their are people that will lie about something you did or didn't do to try to get you in trouble. There must be a better way to cover yourself since documents are gone...

  15. New male RN student

    northmississippi replied to ericlangs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    record your lectures if they will let you,, i had two or three recorders to help separate the content for each class..... other than than, read daily your notes, skim the chapters, especially the...

  16. Study groups with people outside of nursing school

    northmississippi replied to studentnurseASN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the thing about study groups, is that you take alot of time but never study much material,,,, you drive 30 min to meet them, talk about 20 min, study 20 min, then talk 20 min, then drive 30 min...

  17. Best Nursing Study Guides and Help Books while in Nursing School

    northmississippi replied to RNpearls1908's topic in General Students

    Don't go overboard buying books because you won't have time to read them most likely. But the saunders nclex rn review, med surg notes, nclex 3500 software cd, and good care plan book like the one by...

  18. maintaining your feel for the radial pulse

    northmississippi posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    when taking radial pulse, i seem to lose a few beats, would it be good to let some pressure off halfway like, after 35 seconds to maybe the artery won't be mashed down so much it cuts the

  19. Is it possible for a student who failed before in a class to pass the program?

    northmississippi replied to stargirl018's topic in General Students

    you can, but you will be put under a microscope to perform, especially at clinicals. Learn to do care plans and nurses notes

  20. what is the material/studying like for online?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    may have to get lpn to Rn online,, but what is the study material and method like? do they just send you notes to study or do you have to look up tons of questions scattered in random order in a book?...

  21. What are the classes and materials like with wgu?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Western Governors University

    If your doing WGU online, what is the study method and class like? Do they send you all the notes you need, then you read thru it, then take a test? or do you do tons of research flipping through the...

  22. what is the material/studying like for online?

    northmississippi replied to northmississippi's topic in Online Distance Learning

    someone suggested

  23. Tips for Nursing Students also working full time jobs (40hrs/week)

    northmississippi replied to IanTeig1982's topic in General Students

    record your lectures so you can listen to them in car on way to/from school and work, and laying in bed at night,,, in never read the books but hit my notes hard, just headline the books. I would drop...

  24. lpn to RN online, whats the material format like? looking up questions all day?

    northmississippi posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I may have to get lpn to Rn online,, but what is the study material and method like? do they just send you notes to study or do you have to look up tons of questions scattered in random order in a...

  25. lpn to RN online, whats the material format like? looking up questions all day?

    northmississippi replied to northmississippi's topic in LPN to RN

    anyone else care to comment?? Anyone know what you have to actually do to do the online