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Dale Dubin's "Rapid Interpretation of EKG" - AWESOME BOOK!! Just keep practicing, you'll get it. This is one of those things you have to keep reviewing and practicing everyday...even if for 10-15 minutes.

I know PBDS very well - but not the NICU version...but it is all basically the same. PBDS (Performance Based Development System) is an assessment of your skills and knowledge. It involves problem identification/recognition and problem management; ...

I would begin with your state board of nursing for legal stuff. CMS (...Medicare/Medicaid Services) is the place for billing. If this nurse is billing for services not provided...that is fraud...which is illegal...which she can be prosecuted for an...

First off, just know that you should treat these bodies with dignity & respect. All of these people donated their bodies so that students just like you could learn what you needed to learn. I have heard of students playing around with them...ma...

It can also mean Central Supply.

PhD & DNSc are both doctorate degrees in nursing. The DNSc tends to be a bit more clinical...I do believe. Most doctorates (nursing education or nursing research) do prepare you for faculty at the college/university level. Although you can teach ...

I was going to be a marine biologist...but after taking a summer job as a nursing assistant...I fell in love with nursing...and went directly from high school into nursing school and graduated about 4 years later. I have now been a nurse for about 1...

Parkland, in my opinion, has the best internship around this area.

Many hospitals have nursing student/tech positions for nursing students in their jr & sr year. I HIGHLY recommend getting one of these jobs your jr & sr year. The work requirements are usually pretty mild (maybe 1-2 shifts/month) & the ...

I passed by the skin-of-my-teeth.

Phenergran instead of phenergan...valentimes instead of valentines

I am developing an inservice on post-op complications for med/surg nurses. Can anyone give me or direct me to information regarding the most common anesthetic medications used and their post-op (actual & potential) complications? Thanx.:)

Very helpful...thanx a bunch!!

I'm wondering if this patient was having an allergic reaction to something in the heparin. I've been giving heparin for many years & do not recall seeing anything like what you are describing...small bruises occasionally, but nothing like that. ...

TAKE THE AID POSITION...AT THIS POINT IT IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF...+ THE OTHER STUFF TOO. Even as an aid, you will be picking up unit routine, lingo, practice, interactions with patients...let the nurses know that you are a nursing...

Wait until your first class and find out. I would go ahead & get the required text & wait on the others.

Good Lord, yes!! Come to the U.S. You can work anywhere & do just about any kind of nursing you want .

I knew the mandatory barcoding system would only be a matter of time...it seems, so far, it comes the closest to protecting our patients.

A teaching hospital + ICU or ER...best case scenario. Much more of a team environment with the doctors & nurses...in addition to what has been said above.

In the United States, all patients are assessed upon admission, and at the beginning of every shift thereafter and as needed. It would also seem that your colleague did not assess the patient either. I am rather ignorant of the scope of practice fo...

Courses that need to be completed prior to beginning nursing school...they depend on the program. Pretty much for any RN program you're going to need: Anatomy & Physiology I & II \ Chemistry - Inorganic & Organic ...

Welcome...glad to have you here. This is quite a supportive & knowledgeable group of people. I have enjoyed being here immensely.

Welcome to the board. I'm not in Delaware...but I do have advice. Continue to do as you have planned, but I would also apply to other nursing schools in the meantime...if possible. At least you would have several irons-in-the-fire that may pay off...

I agree...if it's going to take 5 years for ADN you could probably take an extra class here & there, work a little harder that semester, and have your BSN in probably about the same amount of time...maybe a semester or 2 longer. I know there has...

You will learn through time that most patients are better off dying quickly. I have been in nursing about 17 years now, but started as a CNA at age 16...I have seen death alot. I have come to believe that those that die quickest without suffering a...