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I do a ton of PICC care and a fair bit of implanted port access and care. Blood draws and IV starts are pretty stressful in the home if you aren't confident you can do it. If you aren't confident in those skills you definitely need to speak up and ...

Hi Everyone. I have two finals left before I finish my first semester in an ADN program in Alabama. The school I go to is absolutely horrible and so unorganized. I have been looking into Excelsior and I don't care if I have to start over with my nu...

There is a girl at my school that was on home dialysis. She seemed to be able to handle everything. She did say though that if a kidney came along she would walk away from nursing school in an instant.

"If there were some kind of happy balance... a carefully monitored pregnancy, in hospital, but hands off unless a complication develops, fewer women would take these risks" My thoughts exactly. I am not a nurse yet, but I wanted so badly to have a...

Interesting reads. Thanks for sharing!

Amazing and beautiful story rn/writer!

Are there any current students in 102 in the night program at Jeff State? I am trying to transfer in to the program joining in 106 in the summer and am curious about the progression rate. Put simply, are most of the students doing well and progress...

I have already completed a semester of an ADN program. At the end of each semester you take a test called the ATI that is used as a predictor for passing the NCLEX. The highest level is a Level 3. I believe the TEAS is on a 150 point scale so a 7...

Oh I hope not. I have great grades - only one B - and scored Level 3 on the ATI. I guess it is good to hear a hard truth now though rather then spend the next 5 months pumping myself up.

I don't want to hope for anyone to fail but I am hoping that someone wins the lottery or their husband/wife gets a huge raise to take a job out of state or something :) I want a spot in your program!

That does say a lot. Thank you for the info! I just wish I had researched the RN programs better and started there! I hope this is a great semester for you!

This is hilarious. I needed that laugh.

I have read and posted on the thread Snow Days and it got me thinking. Is it standard to expect nurses and other healthcare workers to pay for hotel rooms and spend possibly days away from their families in cases of inclement weather? Does your fac...

I might would try get in touch with my contact for the interview and ask if they have time to perform the interview given the current circumstances. Say something like you understand things are probably hectic right now and just want to be considera...

Keeper, lol at snopocalypse - we have been calling it that too here in Birmingham.

I am also in Alabama and understand how impossible it is to get anywhere once there is ice on the roads. Several of our interstates are closed and there are many cities that have simply closed all of the roads in their jurisdiction. There literally...

I am so sorry. God bless you, the parents and that sweet baby. Praying for a healthy niece or nephew. I am sure that you and everyone else did everything that needed to be done.

So sad. I pray she has a good outcome.

I don't understand how anyone can say "If you are well enough to be on Facebook you are well enough to be at work." You do understand that you can pick up your phone, update your status and go back to sleep, right? There is no real effort required....

I just finished my first semester of nursing school. I agree with the others that you should take some time to do things you enjoy, but I would also make sure to brush up on my A & P and Micro too. It helped me tremendously to come in to the pr...

I think it is selfish and it seems to me that she is looking through rose colored glasses. Let's assume she does pass the virus on to the baby. But in 5 years she develops AIDS and dies. In the mean time Dad has become infected and 2 years later d...

Thanks Lunah. I had just looked at the courses required. I didn't see that link to the right. Oh well. I guess I will just suck it up and drudge on. Really don't want to though.

I don't see a problem with it at all. But I also don't see a problem with nurses accepting gifts. I mean, most people send a gift to their children's teachers throughout the school year because they are grateful for the work they do. Why should it...

Congratulations on graduating and an even bigger congrats on being a recovering addict! You have overcome two huge obstacles already. I doubt something as small as a physical can hold you down :)

My nephew died in a MVA also. His liver and kidneys were donated. Time passed and my cousin became pregnant with twin boys about that were born 5 days short of the one year anniversary of JT's death. We were so thankful for healthy baby boys. The...