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  1. Nicotine testing question

    nursing81student posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I feel very silly posting this but it's something that is on my mind and Google is surprisingly no help for me on this...so maybe someone out there can give me some information or lead me in the...

  2. Nicotine testing question

    nursing81student replied to nursing81student's topic in General Nursing

    I know, I am aware of this, it's common sense. However, I didn't know about the policy until the day after. Obviously if I knew that they were a nicotine testing facility I wouldn't have done it....

  3. How exactly does a BSN program work?

    nursing81student replied to AlexisNicole's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Agree with the other posters...Where I go it is 1 year of prereqs, 3 years of nursing school. Most schools in my area are 2 years of prereqs and 2 years of nursing

  4. My online application status is still under consideration, its been 4 weeks.

    nursing81student replied to MissyMango's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I would call HR. Just be honest and say you want to touch base, let them know you are still very interested and did they make a decision yet? I just accepted a job offer as a Nurse Tech after PCTing...

  5. Which sciences to take together?

    nursing81student replied to melc0305's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would take Organic Chem and A&P II in the fall semester, and then Micro and Statistics in the spring. A&P and Micro are probably the hardest classes out of the 4 (well, were for me) and you...

  6. How to get my foot into the Women's Specialties door?

    nursing81student replied to sarah.e.foley's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Email the nursing manager of the unit you wish to work. Explain you are aware that there are no positions available right now, but you are interested in working on that type of unit if a position...

  7. Textbooks?

    nursing81student replied to Julesmama28's topic in General Students

    I have used older editions of books many times. Definitely email your professor to see if it would be okay. If your syllabus has readings listed as page numbers, then it will be very tedious to...

  8. adn or bsn

    nursing81student replied to dcw132003's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you have the time and money, then get the BSN. You never know where life will lead and having a BSN will always give you an edge over a nurse with an ADN. Many ADN nurses I have encountered who...

  9. CNA while in school

    nursing81student replied to jm08168's topic in General Students

    Any experience that you can get (with any type of patient) will help you IMMENSELY with nursing school. I have a PCT hospital job and I can not say enough how grateful I am to have had this job...

  10. Has anyone ever seen a surgery?

    nursing81student replied to kdbean530's topic in General Students

    We had one "off-unit" experience in our first med surg clinical...I chose the OR, and I saw a CABG with a vein harvest. It was such a cool experience. The surgeon let me stand right at the head of...

  11. What's the first thing you'll buy when you're officially an RN?

    nursing81student replied to mssjez's topic in General Students

    Step 1: Buy a puppy Step 2: Pay off student

  12. Last semester but.. I Hate Nursing!

    nursing81student replied to mitral's topic in General Students

    The things you can do with a Nursing degree seem infinite, especially if you are in a BSN program. Just stick it out, see where life takes you. I have had multiple nurses at work tell me, "You don't...

  13. Lawyer considering nursing

    nursing81student replied to legaleagle30's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi, I just wanted to note that it would be a lot longer than 4 years to become a practicing CRNA. You would need to take about 2 full time semesters of prereqs, apply to a 4 year (Bachelor of Science...

  14. advice on obtaining nurse tech position

    nursing81student replied to nursing81student's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Never mind...just performed a search and found plenty of answers...should have done that to begin

  15. advice on obtaining nurse tech position

    nursing81student posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    After this coming semester I will have my medsurg clinical completed. In the hospital system I currently work for, this means I can apply to become a nurse tech which from my understanding is the...

  16. syringe to collect specimen from foley?

    nursing81student posted a topic in General Nursing

    Although P&P say otherwise in my facility, I have only seen people (and I do the same) collect urine specimens out of the foley BAG and not use a syringe in the port. Personally, I empty the bag,...

  17. syringe to collect specimen from foley?

    nursing81student replied to nursing81student's topic in General Nursing

    question: I learned in school to use a needle in the port but that was in a video from the 1980s and I can't recall if the instructor mentioned anything...nowadays just a syringe is

  18. syringe to collect specimen from foley?

    nursing81student replied to nursing81student's topic in General Nursing

    Let us know what they say

  19. syringe to collect specimen from foley?

    nursing81student replied to nursing81student's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the quick reply. I can't help but wonder why this is the norm why I work. hm. I have been educated on all this at school but I guess I am just on "auto-pilot" at work and so used to...

  20. Anyone feel the same?!?!?

    nursing81student replied to clueless8133's topic in General Students

    I am almost to the halfway point in nursing school, and I have come to realize that a lot of it is just jumping through hoops and just doing what you gotta do to get through. It is great you have...

  21. 5 consecutive 12hr shifts

    nursing81student replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in California Nursing

    A lot of nurses I work with will work Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues to have 8 day stretches

  22. What info should nurses let a PCT/CNA be aware of?

    nursing81student replied to sh_eany's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/pdfs/ppe/PPEslides6-29-04.pdf Look @ the slide 5th from the bottom...re: giving a bed bath AGAIN...OBVIOUSLY it's wise to wear gloves when bathing a patient, but TECHNICALLY...

  23. What info should nurses let a PCT/CNA be aware of?

    nursing81student replied to sh_eany's topic in General Nursing

    Hm...I don't know why I have never thought about this before...I feel dumb

  24. What info should nurses let a PCT/CNA be aware of?

    nursing81student replied to sh_eany's topic in General Nursing

    If you do not anticipate coming into contact with any bodily secretions during a bath, then technically you do not need to don gloves. I was just making a point. Obviously this is rarely the case......

  25. What info should nurses let a PCT/CNA be aware of?

    nursing81student replied to sh_eany's topic in General Nursing

    This is surprising to me. A lot of the times the nurses will give me much detail when telling me about their patients. Or maybe it seems that way to me and they really aren't. I am also in school,...