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If you work full time as an RN (3 12hr shifts/week) and are divorced with school age children, how does your custody agreement look? Im a night shift nurse and this may be in the cards for me but honestly I cant figure out how custody would work. M...

My hospital is getting ready to revamp out call bell system. Currently it's the basic patient calls out to a central desk and the person who answers either takes care of the issue or calls the nurse on her Spectralink pocket phone (think Nokia from ...

ievent2, I like the use of the word theoretically LOL. That's how our administration is selling this system to the nursing staff, needless to say we are somewhat skeptical.

Yep! Exactly.

Will they throw out a male OB Md? Again, our male OB RNs have been well received by patients and their families. It's been pretty refreshing!

We have 2 male nurses on our L/D unit and they are wonderful! Only one patient has declined having a male nurse so that has been refreshing. One of the things we do is present them as we would any other shift change nurse "This is L, he will be you...

My best advice is to remain focused on your tasks at hand and handle each new section as it comes to you. In the case of nursing school, trying to look ahead at what you should know is almost impossible. Things like care plans, drug logs, and nursin...

Just keep checking each day. They were available to order about a month before classes started and came in the week beforehand I believe. Congratulations!

From what I recall, the geology was a VERY VERY small part of the science section. You would do well to know your basic conversion measurements, yes. They will give you some of the ones that are more obscure and you have to do the math. My test ha...

We had A/P 1 (4 credits) one semester, then A/P 2 (4 credits) another. I loved it that way!

Got mine today too, so excited! GOOD LUCK TO YOU!

I start my 2 yr ADN week after next and I'm really excited, confident, and ready to go! The only topic that is looming out there for me is the Foley cath procedure. Poop, vomit, pee, blood, none of that really phases me (Im a mom of 3 young kids) b...

Yes, I read the entire article. Perhaps my feelings are biased because I know dozens of families who have gone through varying levels of fertility treatments and none of them would have reduced from 2 to 1. Not for social reasons, not for ease of p...

Sounds a bit dramatic to me, which is probably exactly what the "author" intended. For the record, actual adults going through reproductive assistance are counseled and topics like this are discussed at length. A person who had gone through extensi...

Right?

Correction: The scholarship I am receiving is awarded to 5-10 individuals, my bad! Im glad the hospital thinks so highly of the program I am beginning. :)

Obviously it varies from program to program. I am receiving a scholarship through a hospital covering my tuition. I had to apply for this scholarship specifically (i.e. not with the pooled application I also submitted for more general scholarships)...

The scholarship from our supporting hospital states that for each semester you receive the funds you will give them one year of employment if they so desire, after passing the NCLEX. Should you choose not to work for them, you must repay all those f...

Smuckers jars?

I just got back from All-Med Express on Midlo Tpk and they were awesome. Great customer service, saved me a ton of money on a stethoscope and my sphygmo., free custom ordering of scrubs with plenty to try on first, all around good experience. Worth...

Cfleharty, can he email it to you? Unfortunately, I think Im going to go ahead and wait for the book box, mainly because I want the latest versions and any e-versions that come with it.

If anyone is interested in joining my Google group for students entering the Fall '11 class, either PM me your email addy or put it here. I will send you a link! It is a private group, only visible by invitation. :)

Agreed. I had to shake my head when we got the long list of chapters they recommended we read before the start of class only to learn 5 minutes later that the books more than likely wouldnt be available until a week before classes start. Guess I know...

Agreed. Also, the school skeletons/bones/muscle men could be made available to us as needed in the bio lab(i.e. before an exam) should we feel the need to get more hands on to study. Is this available to you?

At orientation it sounded like books probably wont be available at the bookstore until about a week (2 if we are lucky) before school starts. Im going to bite the bullet and do the book box, that way I KNOW I have everything Im supposed to. Im going...