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Hi everyone, I was wondering if someone can give me the scoop on the new grad situation in Charlotte? I will be graduating my ADN program here in Ohio in May, then it's likely that my husband's job will be transferred to Charlotte this summer. I've...

That's very helpful - thanks so much!

Hello, I need to do an EBP report for school and I'd like to have an oncology topic as we're doing oncology currently. The problem is that I don't know how things have changed with nursing practice regarding chemo and nursing care over the years. ...

Thank you! ^^. I already wrote my paper but that's exactly the type of response I was looking for. Pediatric oncology has to be heartbreaking .

I'm capable of using google, thank you. I was just hoping to hear from people in the field who have been for awhile what their personal experiences as a nurse in practice have been. Sorry to bother you.

Reviewed our most recent respiratory test in class today. There was a question that had a patient in the ER with facial trauma and swelling and asked what the priority assessment was. Two of the options were to assess for patent airway and assess f...

I can't decide between med surg made easy or pathophysiology made easy. Can anyone who has seen both compare the two?

Did she have a c or episiotomy? That could be a why. You need a good perfusion to heal and avoid infection. Without knowing details, that's where my mind would go. But, I'm a student as well and there are a lot of people on here that know a lot mo...

I wish I could remember them Esme. It was pretty broad... Everything from someone in a homeless shelter to a postpartum mom. I'll let you know what my professor says about it. For now - on to cardiac!!

Thank you for all of the great replies! It's really awesome that you guys (who are clearly brilliant and accomplished nurses) take such time to help a lowly student that you don't know help understand these concepts. Very grateful!

My rationale for the pneumonia one was that even though the patient is being turned every two hours to try to prevent stasis in the lungs, the patient is still comatose, bed ridden, not ambulating, not able to cough and deep breathe, use IS, or sit u...

The rationale was pretty much "because I said so". I have an appointment to meet with her, though. Not to nit pick and argue points, but because I simply don't understand the rationale about a few answers. Another was a select all asking which pat...

Thank you for the helpful responses. That was my thought process. Couple of weird rationales on this exam honestly. I don't want to be "that" person that argues over every question, but I do want to ensure that my critical thinking skills are bein...

Cleveland Clinic is hosting a 3 day job fair for RNs at the Cleveland Browns Stadium at the end of the month. They will be interviewing and hiring on the spot in some cases.

I'll message you!

Good for you! We had that happen this semester - lost our 115 instructor three weeks from the end of class. Any big plans after graduation?

I can't speak for anyone else, but I used free apps. There was no place for us to leave anything or sit down at all at our clinical site, so I didn't bring more than what I could carry with/on me. So I had my ipod with apps (I used skyscape and got...

Really well, thanks Jennylou! How's it going for you? Any words of wisdom for us going into 128 and 129?

Really, burden away - it's winter break and I don't mind! :) Cut throat students? I really didn't witness that at all. The program is tough. They try to make it seem way scarier than it is. That was the hardest thing in the beginning. The first...

I started out with a big binder and loose leaf for each class. What I found is that it was a LOT of bulk to be carrying around every day and we have these tiny lecture desks that they don't fit on opened, so I transitioned into a 5 subject that I'd ...

Focus on the questions and what they are asking, rather than what you've memorized. If you could give examples of the kind of questions you are having trouble with maybe we could help walk you through them?

I started in the fall. I know it's hard going into the first semester not knowing what to expect, but don't worry too much - you will be fine! :) I'm happy to answer any questions you have.

It seem's like everyone is always telling me which semester is the "weeding out" semester. And everyone has a different opinion of which that is. So, I'm curious to know what the masses think. IS there a weeding out semester? Or will it be unifor...

Interesting thing is that before they even know who we're losing (there are a lot right on the border line of pass/fail going into finals) - They only have 100 clinical spots available for our class that started with 120. So that means they figure t...

That's good to hear. I'm just finishing up my first semester of clinicals and honestly, it hasn't been all that bad. Yes, there's a lot of material and time consuming for sure. I've just heard these horror stories and am in classes with people who...