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  1. Anyone take the HESI?

    dansamy replied to geekgolightly's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    In Alabama, the old nursing school curriculums were handled by each school individually. Each school had their own curriculum approved by the state board. There was no uniformity, and thus, little...

  2. How Long for NCLEX results in Alabama

    dansamy replied to TDE RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Alabama participates in QR. Apply for your license online and your NCLEX online and you can get your results in 2 days. It will also be available from the

  3. How to insert a suprapubic foley???

    dansamy replied to Just wondering's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Suprapubics are surgically placed. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a description for changing one. AllRefer Health - Urinary Catheters: Suprapubic catheters (Foley Catheter, How to Insert a Catheter,...

  4. CDiff Smell?

    dansamy replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I specified food. If I can smell an odor from a patient, it's pretty

  5. Someone talk to me...

    dansamy replied to Vich's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I will literally freak if I have 10 or 15 of those darn things. I hate them

  6. CDiff Smell?

    dansamy replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I have virtually no sense of smell. Thank god! (It's also why I like really spicy food. I can't smell it, so I have to taste

  7. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    dansamy replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think a patient has ever enraged me. I've felt empathy for those with inadequate pain relief, knowing that I've already called the doctor and I can't get anything else and what's already...

  8. Ms. Suzanne....

    dansamy replied to kitnaw's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Saunder's Comprehensive Review for NCLEX. It comes in -RN or -PN depending on what exam you're studying

  9. Delaying Children until after nursing school.

    dansamy replied to mydee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Get at least your ASN/ADN (whichever your school likes to call it!) before you have children. I have 3 small children and it was difficult getting through nursing

  10. What are the chances of getting into L&D?

    dansamy replied to *Bethany*'s topic in Nursing Career

    QFT. I could have gone L&D or nursery, if I took nights. My main interest is women's/children's areas. OB, L&D, Nursery, Peds, Post-Partum The only unit of interest where I could get days was...

  11. Ms. Suzanne....

    dansamy replied to kitnaw's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My exam is almost 8 weeks

  12. What are the chances of getting into L&D?

    dansamy replied to *Bethany*'s topic in Nursing Career

    As a new grad, the hospitals in my area practically offered you whatever area you wanted. I took a Peds day shift. I have a friend going to OR, another to Tele. Several went to ERs and ICUs in the...

  13. Ms. Suzanne....

    dansamy replied to kitnaw's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yeah, I have major test anxiety right now. I don't know why. All my HESI scores were well over 1000. My ATT came on

  14. how do i max my income as new grad

    dansamy replied to focker-male nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Umm....what's a Baylor

  15. New grad: what are my options other than Med/Surg?

    dansamy replied to secondfiddle's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my town, a classmate was interviewed for an OR internship. When she turned it down saying she decided OR wasn't for her, they asked her to tell them what area she was interested in and they would...

  16. Nursing Buisness Cards?

    dansamy replied to kcheng's topic in General Nursing

    Vista Print has some nice cards at inexpensive prices. Yes, I'd have cards for a purely networking reason. Not for

  17. Wow! Graduated, got ATT, got a job.....

    dansamy replied to dansamy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It would be funny if you guys were in the same town/same

  18. If you had your choice would you change time sheets?

    dansamy replied to Miss Ludie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I would. I prefer a set schedule, even with rotating weekends. I can plan my around the days I know I'm going to be working. I can take a Thurs/Fri as vacation days on my weekend off and have a...

  19. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    dansamy replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    New grad in AL:

  20. Circ on a 2yr old?

    dansamy replied to Danianne's topic in Pediatric

    I allowed my husband to bully me into having our sons circ'ed as infants. I hope they don't grow up to be angry and hate me because of it. I honestly had no clue. I just backed down and let my husband...

  21. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    dansamy replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    We "blow bubbles out our bottom". I picked it up from a child I babysat and now my children use it. Except my boys are now impressed by the word fart, so that's suffering a brief popularity spike....

  22. CNA ratio to patient

    dansamy replied to linda8532's topic in Arizona Nursing

    21 seems pretty heavy to me. When working med-surg as an assistant, day shift had 3-4 per 22 patients, evening 2-3, nights 2. The highest number I ever took care of was when I was pulled to another...

  23. NCLEX preparation...

    dansamy replied to dansamy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's actually a little over 6.5 weeks from now. I thought about scheduling for 7 weeks, but I decided that I would want my QuickResults and wasn't certain how the weekend would affect

  24. HESI entrance exam big deal or not?

    dansamy replied to momto2beauties's topic in Texas Nursing

    Get used to taking HESI. In many programs, they now dictate whether you progress to the next semester even if you passed your lectures and

  25. Yeah Or Neah???

    dansamy replied to busylizzy's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Please, if you get an acceptance letter and decide not to attend that particular school, don't forget to notify the school that you are declining. Most schools have x slots and if you were accepted...