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Getting ready to order some scrubs from Aviator and want to do my bet to make sure I order the right size the first time so I don't have to deal with the hassle of exchanging. I am 5'10" about 195 right now. My jeans are 34/32. When wearing generic s...

Just a sort of aside, but if folks aside from the patient are pushing e button it is no longer a PCA, by definition.

That's up to you. I always ask the question when I can expect to hear something back whenever I speak to someone. This serves to avoid the crazy speculation about what might be going on. It also gives you justification for making contact and followin...

Why not complete the app for the second place. It isn't like they are going to offer you a job tomorrow and only give you 5 minutes to make a decision. Plus, more options is always better for the job seeker, IMO. Good luck.

Judging the patient as a drug seeker and addict is not advocating for the patient, FYI!I don't think examining every option for the best possible pain control is a bad idea necessarily. However, what one person does when experiences pain is a horrib...

In my hospital only the patient is supposed to use the Pca. If the patient is unable to use a Pca another method of pain control should be used.

Most likely no one will vote in your "poll" as no one here is allowed to give legal advice. Your best bet would be speak to the board, the school and an attorney, not necessarily in that order.

Thanks for the input. Any others' input before I order in e next couple days would be appreciated as well.

Take my story with a grain of salt, but for me, it was just about applying to units. I graduated in Dec., passed boards first week in Feb. and was looking for jobs the whole time. Often I didn't even get an email that the units applied to declined me...

No knowledge about your particular needs. Just wanted to say I am jealous you get to use your own stethoscope. Working on a lymphoma/leukemia floor, most patients are on precautions and have a disposable in each of their rooms. I have a Classic II th...

I took my NCLEX (and passed) first week of this past February. As I recall the drug names were generally the generic and not the trade names.

My apologies. I did not register that part of the post.

I don't think that lying is the best idea to land a job.

Plenty of time buddy. I graduated my ABSN program and turned 30 last year. My advice will be to look at what you really want to do. I too love the excitement of emergency services. However, I do believe that nurses have better long term career prospe...

From another watch guy, make sure the stainless watches are using a high grade like 303 stainless rather than some cheap Chinese pot metal. That said, if you are super sensitive, high quality titanium is more hypoallergenic than high quality stainles...

IMO, you are doing too much. I am not saying the way I did it was the only way but I finished the NCLEX in 43 minutes at 75 questions and passed. All I did was Saunders exams over every content area. Go back and read the rationales. After a while you...

I give the full introduction whenever I call anyone who is not a personal friend of mine. It is the right way to handle things, IMO. Practically it also makes your call much more likely to be taken rather than being informed the party you are looking...

Take it or leave it, as my experience may not be typical. I graduate this coming Saturday from an 11 month ABSN program. I had plenty of time to do whatever I wanted during nursing school. I know some people really struggled. However, with a few clas...

I agree that it will depend on scope of practice and facillity policy. I do have a piggyback question. Here in MO, EMTs can use and are trained on the use of a Combitube. If a nurse was also an EMT and had a Combitube available used said Combitube o...

I am in the second semester of the accelerated program at Barnes. I believe it is very good, however, it is very intensive. If you are struggling with the classes at community college, I would urge you to look at the upper division rther than the acc...

i am not taking sides as i don't believe either viewpoint is entirely correct. however, merely relating anecdotal occurrences as fact is not a valid argument for how all lpns are trained. imo, so often everyone is so defensive of "their" certificatio...

Wear standard interview attire. As for the doughnuts, why wouldn't you let all the nurses have them if you brought them in

No need to get snippy. The fact of the matter remains, if there is a contract in place and it was broken, there are legal grounds to bring suit. Just because a lot of times people allow themselves to be taken advantage of, dies not mean that someone ...

Really? And on what expertise in contract law do you base this statement?

Do you have a written job offer? If so, have you considered legal action?