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Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has a great chart they would be willin to share on growth and development of the fetus. I have found some based for teaching with parents, but am looking for something more specific. For example, at what age reflexes have ...

I am looking for a week by week development chart that is aimed for nurses as a pocket guide. Sort of what you could find for moms like at what week organs develop but more geared for nurses. Ie, age you are concerned about lung development and will ...

Hopefully someone can help us out!

Good Morning! For those who may remember, I posted months ago about wanting to do my senior in NICU following a job shadow. I applied for a NICU spot as my #1 choice for senior practicum, and was told yesterday they are only accepting one student, a...

Hi everyone!I've been working as a HCA since before starting nursing, and always knew I loved acute care settings. I had my heart set on emerg for senior. I did a job shadow in NICU an ER at a nearby hospital to get an idea of some options I could se...

Not a problem. Most of Canada is experiencing a nursin shortage, over the past few years they have been bringing nurses in from the Philippines. We are very fortunate there should be many positions upon graduation.

Hi, I'm from Manitoba, Canada.

This is true! Try doing job shadows, or look into other options for nursing... Home care, clinics, etc. I'm sure you will find something. All of us have felt discouraged at some point or another. Nursin school is not for the faint!

We have a fairly good job outlook here, currently there are around 800 nursing vacancies in my city, with 5 open positions in NICU currently. Thank you for sharing your story

I'm also wondering, for those that did your senior in peds/neonatal areas, did you find it more difficult to write the RN exam, which I assume is mainly on adults? Thanks again.

Here is a question for all of you nursing students and graduate nurses... How did you personalize your stethoscope? I don't want to just write my name on it with permanent marker. I made an ID tag out of beads, the only problem is I can't figure out ...

I'm in my second term of first year nursing in a new BN program, and for our very first rotation i'm one of the 7/225 students on a surgical unit. I have experience working on ortho as a HCA at my local hospital (geriatrics) which i'm hoping will be...

I just need some support... I just started term two of my condensed 3 year BN program on Monday. Our lecture videos for skills class was posted Sunday night, so I figured I would get a head start and watch one of the videos and do some medmath for an...

Since when do you give an insulin injection into the finger? Maybe I need to look in my book again. My bad, I misread the entire thread as checking for blood glucose levels, completely missed the injection especially after seeing comments about clean...

There was a girl in my class who failed her skills (min of 60% to pass) by .7 of a percent, No joke you're going to have your good classes and your bad classes... even your good semesters and bad ones as well! Hang in there!

My class was taught NOT to use alcohol swabs because people will rarely let the finger dry before sticking & cause irritation, alter the result (not majorly but I guess still noticeably.) As with anything, soap and water is the best method so it ...

*shrug* I just respond to the content of the original message... I don't think I've ever gone to someone's profile to investigate their other posts. It wasn't my intent to be rude, but it would have made more sense if OP specified they were in highsc...

We do take nutrition as one of the courses, but as a nurse it isn't your duty to give advice & prescribe the diet. I would say nutrition is very important for pt education and to help them understand. You could be interested in a career in dietar...

Yes, i'm confused. No information was given to suggest she is a highschool student, and since this is a nrsg forum, the assumption is the grade is regarding nrsg related courses... Knowing that she has Mono and has been home for three days is not en...

Wow, there really are a lot of posts similiar to these lately! I feel like a broken record... :lol: But NRSG school is a lot different from highschool. Even if you prepare, and memorize all your notes, you need to utilize critical thinking skills. Yo...

LOL, sorry but I literally burst out laughing... an hour?? I study for 5-8 hours a night, and thats a good night. Nrsg school is way different from highschool. I had friends that study for 30 minutes-1 hour a night thinking that will be enough. You w...

Honestly, your posts really doesn't share much information to be able to give much insight... Personally, If I had felt something an instructor said was incorrect/I had a different view on it/studied or read about it elsewhere as being something comp...

Ah, I always forget about stats. I feel awkward on this site constantly because in the US you guys have your pre-reqs, where as in CAD they are all part of our program, not offered seperately. Stats didn't even cross my mind... But again, we aren't a...

All of us either have, or will have experiences like this at some point! At least yours has a rational reason - i've had friends who have fainted while preparing a shower for a patient! :lol: but really... I know its hard to believe but we all go th...

What exactly do you feel like your struggling in? You need to assess both your strengths and your downfalls... Nursing school is tough, and you will hear this a lot; most A students usually receive B's or C's in nursing school. C's are perfectly acc...