IndyElmer

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  1. No jobs for new nursing grads?! Please helppp!

    IndyElmer replied to futurenurse97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here's an NSNA brochure (that is fairly current) about the Realities of the Current Job Market -

  2. No jobs for new nursing grads?! Please helppp!

    IndyElmer replied to futurenurse97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here's a May 2011 story about the nursing shortage (audio or transcript) - Sick Economy Means Nursing Jobs Harder To Find : NPR Here's another article, this time from December 2011 about the "nursing...

  3. 1 year LPN schools in Toledo, or within a hour away.

    IndyElmer replied to Lol1222's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Consider posting the Ohio and Michigan boards under the U.S. forums tab. You might find more nurses from your area posting and commenting

  4. Pre-class study ideas for A&P?

    IndyElmer replied to Jessily's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some instructors even provide lists of structures you need to learn. (My instructor did

  5. Pre-class study ideas for A&P?

    IndyElmer replied to Jessily's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are a lot of anatomy terms and structures that you can start learning so that when your class starts, you just have to learn a bit more anatomy plus the physiology part. (I find that trying to...

  6. Helpful study books for a&p I lab

    IndyElmer replied to luvofalex's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My number one tip? Make sure you stay in lab the WHOLE time unless you feel that you REALLY KNOW the material forward and backward! My school was a little different from yours. I took anatomy one...

  7. Helpful study books for a&p I lab

    IndyElmer replied to luvofalex's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    BONES - SKULL - Anterior View of the Skull MUSCLES - Anatomy Tutorial NEURO - BRAINS - brain - BRAINS & SENSORY ORGANS - https://homes.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/nerv/nervous.htm...

  8. Helpful study books for a&p I lab

    IndyElmer replied to luvofalex's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My professor recommended the Anatomy Coloring Book and I found it to be a waste of my time and I never got around to trying the physiology coloring book (though that one looked more useful to me in...

  9. A&P refresher book suggestions?

    IndyElmer replied to Kato2685's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For me, Dr. Najeeb has a very hypnotic voice and I start to feel sleepy when I try to watch his videos, but I like them a LOT better than my physio instructor who ONLY lectured to publisher provided...

  10. A&P refresher book suggestions?

    IndyElmer replied to Kato2685's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Actually, he also has a whole series on EKG interpretation

  11. A&P refresher book suggestions?

    IndyElmer replied to Kato2685's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If anyone has suggestions of particularly good VIDEO tutorials or short animation videos on various topics, those might also help. Sometimes reading it just sounds like "blah, blah, blah" but seeing...

  12. A&P refresher book suggestions?

    IndyElmer replied to Kato2685's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That example is perfect! I agree that it sounds like you need more of a physiology review (though a lot of books will be A&P), though I bet it wouldn't hurt if there was more "and this is...

  13. A&P refresher book suggestions?

    IndyElmer replied to Kato2685's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm trying to decide which book(s) I'd recommend. There might be some pathophysiology books that would address (in brief) the healthy situation as well as the pathophys and nursing considerations....

  14. A&P refresher book suggestions?

    IndyElmer replied to Kato2685's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do you think it's the anatomy or the physiology part that is getting

  15. Medical dosage questions

    IndyElmer replied to dm61's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you have already been told the mcg/kg/min and you can easily calculate the ml/kg/min without patient weight. if the question is asking you to calculate the rate in ml/min or ml/hr, then yes, you need...

  16. Medical dosage questions

    IndyElmer replied to dm61's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's what I got (but I'm relatively new to this :) ) 0.2 what? I got 0.2 mL per kg per

  17. Medical dosage questions

    IndyElmer replied to dm61's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    On the second one, it looks like you were just missing your conversion factor from milliliters to drops, that is, you need to add: 10 gtt x --------- 1 mL or... MULTIPLY by 10 gtt / 1

  18. Medical dosage questions

    IndyElmer replied to dm61's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It looks to me like you set-up the first one correctly, but because AllNurses formatting shifts things when you actually post, it's hard to tell. To me, it looks like you DID try to convert to to the...

  19. University of South Florida

    IndyElmer replied to AlexisNicole's topic in Florida Nursing

    There's a Florida forum section (under the U.S. heading) where you can post questions about Florida

  20. 3 Months until NS starts.. What should i be doing!

    IndyElmer replied to niqua8604's topic in General Students

    Although I do like these (the notecards, not the notebooks), I've found that a good portion of each isn't particularly useful while other parts are VERY useful. The parts that I find particularly...

  21. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    IndyElmer replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/what-did-you-115348.html

  22. Comfortable chair for studying?

    IndyElmer replied to ~RN67~'s topic in General Students

    I hope that model is as awesome as the one that I have. Mine slides in/under and back out, you can adjust the height from quite low to rather high and you can adjust the front to back tilt angle. It...

  23. Comfortable chair for studying?

    IndyElmer replied to ~RN67~'s topic in General Students

    Humanscale has several ergo tray models. If you decide to seriously consider, let me know and I can find my model number. I never would have made that type of investment, but I used that tray at work...

  24. Comfortable chair for studying?

    IndyElmer replied to ~RN67~'s topic in General Students

    I've heard that the balance ball chairs are actually pretty hard on a person, particularly if they are in the chair a lot and/or are trying to do computer work on them. (I was totally wanting to get...

  25. Going into Nursing School and Looking to get a jump

    IndyElmer replied to rockallnight's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here are a few areas that you can consider. If any of these appeal to you, I can suggest resources... Have you taken anatomy & physiology already? Is that one of your first-term classes? There are...