Jonathank

Here we go again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrsUmdNS2tg Let these buffoons know how you feel. Express your displeasure here as I've already done (copy and paste this address into your e-mail program): [email protected]

Your approach sounds balanced. So far in my ADN training, nutrition and exercise seem to be getting glossed over in favor of meds. Alternative therapies and wholistic approaches get mentioned in passing, then every possible drug or surgical interve...

Stuff happens. The world won't end. Besides: once the first person bumps it, it kind of becomes new again.

No way, no how. Not on a train, not in the rain. Not in a box, not with a fox. Not on a boat, not with a goat.

When I see this thread title, I keep getting images of a cat being breast fed or a dog with a stethoscope and penlight. Count me as one more who values the companionship and stress relief that my dog provides me.

Right now, I'd prefer to watch- unless I'm in a situation where I was the only person there who could save someone. At least one of my instructors has said to use the method you're trained in, and I wouldn't want to have to stop giving compressions ...

I can see both sides of this one. It's cultural and traditional, but you're cutting nerve endings in a place where the kid will want them later in life.

I didn't see any put downs. The advice to relax was relevant to the tone of your OP. And it also apparently still is, given the tone of the above words. You'll probably watch a video and be given a booklet. You might feel for pulses on real peopl...

You don't have an NDX book? There are several "risk for" NDX's- including at least 2 specifically nutrition-related ones. Your program is probably just discouraging you from using "risk for" NDX's to keep you more focused on the short term. An MDX...

I can't believe this thread is still alive. I can't add any new thoughts by this point, but I can summarize the two main thoughts succinctly: 1. The word nurse is evolving so that it is becoming gender neutral. It's almost there already for most ...

Those lectures got me through A&P I, when I had a professor whose lectures were unlistenable. I had a great professor for A&P II, so the Cal lectures were just gravy then... Dr. Diamond is so thorough giving it to you old school style, she ...

As someone already suggested, sign up for more books on evolve. Also, you can often find questions by searching "(name of topic) nclex questions" or "(name of topic) practice quiz".

I feel you. I abhor our ADN program's fundamentals/med-surg/catch-all/kitchen sink "concept-based" textbook. The fluffy, undescriptive, pompous passive voice writing is just too hard to take sometimes. Not to mention, it's full of errors. I avoid...

It sounds like you're already working on what you want to work on. Don't be so hard on yourself. English as a SL is hard because of the strange mixture of Latin, Germanic and Norse influences, and all the irregularities. I wouldn't even dare to tr...

Volume is volume. Unless you're leaving out info, the only volume I see is 500 mL.

It's group dynamics. Each response gets influenced by the ones before it. One starts it, a couple of others conform, and then the others start piling on. The attitude of the professor is indeed the key to knowing if appealing questions has a chance...

I guess the general advice is keep your chin up. Your determination comes thru in your post. You've already worked on your test taking skills. See if you can appeal to get another chance at your check off. My check off strategy is to wait until la...

I don't know about the legality (it may vary by state). But giving a placebo without consent is at least unethical. It's a violation of trust to say you're giving something that you don't actually give.

"writing a letter to Penthouse forum" This made me giggle.

New car or not, the laws of supply and demand still apply. The guzzler will not be in demand, and the smaller car you want will be. You're not the only person who's noticed the price of gas is up. I'd still recommend you crunch the numbers thoroug...

Whoever does that firing better have some really solid documentation about reasons other than HIV staus, and be sure that the party being fired doesn't have any documentation of discriminatory statements or actions. Otherwise, they're setting up the...

The pampering of the family and decent nurse/patient ratios aren't mutually exclusive. As somebody said, the extra services will be paid for. And as somebody else said, poor people won't get the pampering. If the patient care is lacking, people wi...

I saw an article about this recently. If you'd be getting a new car anyway, by all means get a fuel efficient one. But if you're trying to get a decent resale value on your old car, realize that the gas price climate is making lots of people want t...

I'll co-sign both of the responses you've gotten. The male nurse forums are kind of irrelevant to me (I've never seen a thread there that held my interest.) But they do get some traffic, so evidently some people find them useful.

Lots of openings in rural parts of middle America as well. Didn't somebody post recently about a $20K bonus still available in KY ? I kind of chuckle when I read posts about the lack of jobs for new grads in NYC or L.A. "Hit 'em where they ain't"...