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Congrats! garn2b

All the best to you.:)

That's wonderful! You should be so proud. garn2b

Hey, I have to spend more time this weekend googling the latter chapters (after chapter 9). To find chapters 1-9 I googled on Tortora, name of the chapter, and ppt. Thereafter, I changed the last number in the website sequentially to get the next chapters. Take care.

Your welcome.

hey, we are using the same book. i don't start class until thursday. however, these powerpoints from the first few chapters might help. microbiology chapters: ch. 1 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%201.ppt ch. 2 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%202.ppt ch. 3 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%203.ppt ch. 4 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%204.ppt ch. 5 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%205.ppt ch. 6 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%206.ppt ch. 7 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%207.ppt ch. 8 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%208.ppt ch. 9 www.ivcc.edu/nett/powerpoints/chapter%209.ppt congrats to your daughter from the allnurses gang!:) all the best.

Hey SonyMom, I'll be starting at Lawrenceville this fall. How about you?

Congrats! Please keep the allnurses crew posted. All the best.:)

This family is truly amazing! This made me walk back in my children's rooms and just spend a few more moments of gratitude with them. I truly thank God that she was born into this family, and I truly respect what the father said about knowing that they could handle it. I wish I had a million dollars to send them so they didn't have to worry about how they would get back and forth to Miami for her surgeries. They will definitely be in my prayers...

That's the way to do it. With every step you take encourage yourself along the way no matter how big or small you feel the fete is. It takes several steps put together to reach your goal and you are on your way. All the best.

I had eczema as a child, and into adulthood. This time of the year was always worse for me. I have eliminated a lot of things from my diet (too much sugar (soda, sweets, dairy, white flour). In addition to that I started adding simple mineral oil that you can buy at the drugstore for about $1.50 on my skin immediately after a QUICK shower. It is important to let your skin airdry. If you just have to use a towel, simply dab the skin, do not rub it. In the event that you take QUICK baths, add about 7 capfuls. I suffered mostly on the sides of my legs, and buttocks. The combination of these two changes have been lifesavers for me. All the best...

Trauma Tom, I am so happy for you. Now you know that it is you and your wife's responsibility to SPOIL HER ROTTEN. All the best from us the crew at allnurses on the new addition to your family and on your finals. You have a bunch of people pulling for you.

MLK RN, I wish you all the best on your NCLEX. Please keep us posted and stay positive. Take care.

That is wonderful! You have a right to be proud! Way to go.

Congratulations! That is fabulous. :balloons: I wish you all the best.

Your quite welcome. I agree with the subsequent advice to get that bsn asap. I am getting my ADN because it's best for me right now; however, I will immediately begin working on my BSN once I'm working because it will only get harder to go back. All the best.

Hi BucklandRN, It is my understanding that the difference in pay between an ADN nurse and a BSN nurse is that a BSN nurse only makes .50 more and hour. Also the BSN is required if your goal is to move into a management position. I've read that here and been told this by several people. I don't believe that you will have a problem securing a job with an ADN. You could always call around to the hospitals that you would consider working at and speak with their HR person to check for yourself. All the best and take care.:)

Sure. The main website is www.gpc.edu. The nursing program site is http://www.gpc.edu/~acadaff/cat/programs/Nursing.html. Take care.

Hello psidrum, Good for you for going back to school. I just recently did the same thing myself. Georgia Perimeter Lawrenceville just started what's called a Learning Community for pre-nursing majors. The purpose of the program is to allow pre-nursing students to go through the pre-nursing and rigorous nursing experience together. It will be a win-win situation for both the school and the Learning Community students because by participating in the program you can get any extra assistance in any of your courses, you'll have a strong bond of peers around you because you're talking the same courses at the same time, and the school retention rate for the nursing program should increase. You have to commit to be available Monday - Friday 8am - 3pm even if you don't have a class scheduled so that you can be available for any study sessions, or speakers that are invited in to talk to the Learning Community students. The advantage of being selected is that you have guaranteed spots in all of your classes and guaranteed accepted into the nursing program beginning the following fall as long as you maintain the required 2.5 science GPA and pass the Nursing Entrance Test exam. I am in the first Learning Community at the Lawrenceville campus. We will complete our prereqs by the end of the summer and begin the nursing program Fall 2005. It's a sacrifice because of the 8am - 3pm commitment; however, you can't beat the benefits. Take care.

Congrats on passing the NCLEX!!!

I came across this article in my local paper today, and I'd like to hear from any of you that have done this at your hospital. http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0804/13pricenurses.html Were you pleased with this option? Do you think that this will eliminate agency nursing in the future? Just curious.

i read this in today's ajc business section and thought you all might be interested. nursing shifts up for bid riverdale hospital to use web to match rns and extra work by andy miller the atlanta journal-constitution published on: 08/13/04 the hospital nursing shortage has come to the online auction block. increasingly, hospitals are turning to an ebay-type bidding system to fill open shifts, where nurses work the vacant slot at a pay rate they set themselves. billy smith ii/ajc (enlarge) connie thompson (left) of bidshift helps southern regional medical center nurse lynda scott list herself on the web site. email this print this most popular how shift bidding can work: ebay in reverse * after initial scheduling of staff nurses, open shifts are posted online, with a maximum hourly rate the hospital will pay. * only nurses qualified to work that shift can bid on the available slot. * nurses then put in bids at the maximum rate or below it. * the qualified nurse at the lowest bid price wins the open shift. sources: sharp healthcare, spartanburg (s.c.) regional medical center now this marriage of web scheduling and health care wages-known as shift bidding-is coming to georgia. on monday, southern regional medical center in riverdale launches an online shift system from bidshift, a private san diego-based company. bidshift chief executive bruce springer, who lives in atlanta, says the company has set up shift bidding auctions in 14 hospitals nationally. such bidding lets nurses make extra money. and proponents say the web-based scheduling innovation reduces hospitals' use of temporary-agency nurses. this helps them save money and promotes more consistency in patient care. sharp healthcare, a san diego hospital system, runs a wage-bidding auction as an ebay in reverse. a maximum price is posted for an unfilled shift, and rns qualified for that shift then bid that wage or offer a lower one. the lowest bidder over a defined time period gets the shift. sharp, which operates several hospitals, uses the auction not just for rns but also for nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and rehab and respiratory therapists. sharp has sold 2,200 shifts since it started about two years ago and has realized savings from using fewer temp-agency nurses. "the whole thing is to incentivize nurses to stay at sharp," says angela athis, director of its staffing resource network. "it also has helped us recruit some nurses into our system." bidshift's springer notes the internet scheduling tool "is going into an industry that typically is not innovative with technology." still, the web wage auction is an increasing trend since its debut about three years ago. the hospital credited with pioneering a bidding system, st. peter's in albany, n.y., says it filled 43,400 hours by bidding in 2002, at an average of $37 per hour. compared with filling those shifts with agency nurses costing about $54 per hour, st. peter's saved $980,000, the hospital says. denise flook, a nurse consultant for the georgia hospital association, says the scheduling software has been expensive in the past. "but as more companies have developed them, they've become more affordable for hospitals," flook says. southern regional's bidshift start-up system will streamline the filling of vacant shifts. southern regional's system won't feature wage bidding, at least at the start. but it may be the first georgia hospital to adopt such a web-based tool for scheduling, according to the georgia hospital association. currently, nurses at the facility sign up for shifts on a first-come, first-served basis. now an rn will be able to go onto the web at home to sign up for slots not yet taken, some at an incentive pay rate. the bidshift system will pay for itself if 376-bed southern regional lowers its use of temp nurses by 6 percent, says maria kulma, vice president of patient care services. the riverdale hospital has a 10 percent to 15 percent vacancy rate for rns, and about 8 percent of its nurse staffing comes from temp agencies. temp nurses cost about $50 an hour, while staff nurses may average about half that, kulma adds. and a temp-agency nurse can decrease productivity because they may not know a hospital's routines, she says. nurses signing up for bidshift at southern regional appeared pleased by the new system, which also will include nursing-tech shifts. "i think it's going to be really good," says sheri taylor, a full-time rn in the neonatal intensive care unit who lives in senoia. "i will be able to use the internet at home and sign up." lynda scott of jonesboro, a part-time nurse, says she thinks bidshift will help her add extra hours. under the current setup, she says she doesn't know what shifts are available on floors other than her regular orthopedic/neurology unit. the american nurses association has concerns about nurses working too many hours under the shift bidding arrangement. "in general, this continues to be a way in which hospitals are not dealing with their staffing problems," says cheryl peterson, senior policy analyst at the ana. "clearly, there are nurses out there willing to be working. why are they not under full employment? "you have nurses bidding against each other," she adds. "it sends an interesting [message] to the patient: 'i've got the lowest bidder.' " yet according to neale callow, a san diego nurse who works at sharp, price bidding works smoothly. callow works as a "per diem" nurse at a base pay of $32.25 an hour, and much of the time, he can work an auctioned shift at about $43 or $45 an hour. the bidding isn't fierce, callow says. "somebody can come in and underbid, but most times, i get what i bid for," he says. if the hospital pays him $45 an hour, it still saves money from what a temp agency nurse would cost, callow adds. bidshift's springer says that if a shift remains unfilled under an auction and looms only days away, a hospital may shift to a priceline.com-like tool. that allows a nurse to offer a bid at any wage, with no designated pay ceiling. healthcare staffing inc., a leading provider of temp nurses to metro atlanta hospitals, says shift bidding is a hot topic among hospitals. "we're uncertain about what it's going to mean long term," says bill dallas, president of the firm. but, he adds, temp agencies will survive. "agency nursing isn't going away," he says. "we provide flexibility." this is something i will definitely look into after i graduate in 2007.

Hi Happystudent, Thanks for letting a novice pre-nursing student like me peak into what your days have been like. I've been following your posts for a while, and I must say that you've been very inspiring. Thanks for sharing the good and the bad with us all, and I agree with the others...you're a great nurse.