JustinAllen

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  1. 2.68 GPA! Please help!!

    JustinAllen replied to Mel_z's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    MelanieSoFab, I would call a few programs in your area and ask them their opinion (I don;t know of any schools in your area). Every program is different and I know that some of them apply EVERY course...

  2. 2.68 GPA! Please help!!

    JustinAllen replied to Mel_z's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    OR you could just finish an associated degree in anything at the Community College level and then transfer into a 4 year school. SOme 4 year schools just transfer your courses and NOT the GPA. Take a...

  3. Should I take the ACLS, PALS, and EKG as a 2nd semester student?

    JustinAllen replied to konp's topic in General Students

    Here is why I would take the EKG but not take any of the others. It will keep you out of trouble. The knowledge that these classes will teach you will give you information that is hanging out there...

  4. What books have helped you during nursing school?

    JustinAllen replied to nickster10's topic in General Students

    I like the Saunders NCLEX review book. It is organized by systems so it correlates to what you are studying in med-surg...plus has a CD full of questions on that subject to help you get ready for...

  5. New Grad willing to take a pay cut for employment?

    JustinAllen replied to kalevra's topic in General Nursing

    You leave out several important considerations in your reasoning: 1) Language barrier and the possibility of increased errors 2) Hospitals believe that if they can keep you for 3 years, they can keep...

  6. splattered with CellCept in first trimester

    JustinAllen replied to PrecautionaryPrinRN's topic in General Nursing

    Contact the manufacturer and also look at their website. Also schedule an appointment with your primary physician, who should be separate from the hospital physician that you should also see. make...

  7. I-Pad Use By Nurses

    JustinAllen replied to Penguin67's topic in General Nursing

    I am just finishing my junior year at a BSN program and have been using an iPad for the entire year. I am a non-traditional student and come from a tech background FYI. I use a regular notebook with...

  8. Legislative Issues

    JustinAllen posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering what everyone thinks are the biggest legislative issues out there for nurses today. I know that nursing does not have great representation in DC and was just thinking about what issues...

  9. Legislative Issues

    JustinAllen replied to JustinAllen's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your thoughts. Lots of things to look

  10. Healthcare Administration/Management... anyone????

    JustinAllen replied to josinda421's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a non-traditional student currently (read "older") and I have a strong business background but no degree. My original plan, after much research, was to get a double major in Finance and...

  11. ca nclex about to expire, how to reciprocate/endorse to Il?

    JustinAllen replied to rekka's topic in International Nursing

    Hm..please call the BON for Illinois. It's your license and you really want to get this

  12. Nursing program w/a minimum required to pass with a 90% on exams, what do you think?

    JustinAllen replied to nvsmom's topic in General Nursing

    Ask her what the successful completion rate is as well as the NCLEX pass rate. Both should be available to you. I bet you that the successful completion rate is going to be about

  13. Relationships with Doctors

    JustinAllen replied to G in Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder if thats the same with male nurses and female

  14. MSN difference education vs. management??

    JustinAllen replied to Lisa1980's topic in General Nursing

    To just take it a tad off track. (with the permission of the OP) BSN in Nursing, Minor in Healthcare Management accomplished in 1 year. After that: MBA in Business Mgmt OR MSN in Leadership &...

  15. Gift ideas for my stepfather, the soon-to-be LPN

    JustinAllen replied to TDCHIM's topic in General Nursing

    Smartphones are not the way to go...I love the iTouch instead. Bigger screen, easier to read and some great apps from Unbound Medicine, including Davis Drug Guide and others. (Nursing Central app) As...

  16. triage question

    JustinAllen replied to RNkalima's topic in Emergency

    I bet they thought it was a 2 because of the "severe pain or distress" part of the equation. I would have used a

  17. Ambulance Run

    JustinAllen replied to Nurse0621's topic in General Nursing

    I bet she going along because there is a pump attached to the patient, or a specific medicine that exceeds standing orders for paramedics. This is usually the only reason I ever had nurses in the back...

  18. NCLEX iPhone apps for free?

    JustinAllen replied to pinoysn's topic in General Nursing

    For $20.00 get the ATI RN Mentor app. The new updated version gives you both clinical and NCLEX questions. I don't go more than 2 days in a row without at least doing 25

  19. Medications Commonly Used on a Cardiac Unit

    JustinAllen replied to VickieStudentNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Vickie, Thanks for the info. In our program (BSN program) we have been giving all meds since our 3rd day of clinicals. Once we have given meds with an instructor the first time we were allowed to give...

  20. Medications Commonly Used on a Cardiac Unit

    JustinAllen replied to VickieStudentNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am very surprised that you are just now doing this in your second semester. We started seeing patients in our 3rd week of our first semester had had to know all of this for our patient starting on...

  21. Doctors get free food...ALL the time?!

    JustinAllen replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    That room was for the EMT's and Paramedics that visited the hospital. Many times as a Paramedic I had the option of where to take a patient, assuming there were no life threatening issues, to multiple...

  22. code on a baby

    JustinAllen replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Babies are scary. However unless you were pushed out of the way for freezing up or doing something wrong then be proud of yourself. Baby is pink, breathing and Mom and Dad are extremely happy you were...

  23. Wet-to-dry dressing question

    JustinAllen replied to CharmedJ7's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't re-wetting it prior to removal kind of totally defeat the purpose of a wet to dry

  24. I'm thinking about dropping out of nursing school...?

    JustinAllen replied to tatempole's topic in General Nursing

    Here's what I can say about that from experience. In 1990 I was also in nursing school and also had a small thriving company. During those years I was actually making almost twice as much money with...

  25. Infant CPR while holding the baby on your arm...What?

    JustinAllen replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely yes. Of course you can also do it the other way, especially if you are in a NICU or other stable environment. I will say that as a paramedic for 10 years that almost every time I have...