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what about dissolvable zofran...it is a sublingual very small tablet that has a good taste.

The actual number to look at is the one that says AD:45 if you are applying to a Associate degree RN program. This means that 45% of people that took the NLN test scored lower than you did, and 55% scored higher. Obviously 50% is the average. Hope this helps! My advice is to get a study guide specifically for this test and learn HOW to take this test. It really helped me. It helps you learn how to make a educated guess if you don't know the answer to a problem, among other things.

According to KY BONwebsite, http://kbn.ky.gov/education/nisf/nisfjohnsonjohnson.htm ,they are doing it just to promote nursing. The link I posted should explain everything they are currently doing. :-)

There is one at Wal-Mart in the medicine/ pharmacy section. It is near the diabetes supplies and pill boxes, etc. It is silver/black and comes a few accessories. It costs about $15 and I use it all the time to check my kids ears for infections and to look down their throats since my older child has a bad habit of waking up every day with a "sore throat". Good Luck!

Thanks for everyone's replies. :heartbeat This has been SUCH a hard choice. If anyone has any more advice, i'm open to it. As for my personality, I am very caring and enjoy patient care, but I also enjoy the technology part of healthcare. I would enjoy the responsibility of responding to codes, putting the sickest NICU babies on vents, etc. If I lived in a larger town (i live in a very small town, with a mid-sized town 30 min away), I would say nursing b/c I would have the opportunity to work an an RN in the NICU, ICU, etc. However, the NICU in the mid sized town is very small, and ICU also very small. No PICU's, etc. So, the nurses i've talked to say that my first job would be med-surg, or LTC. I have no problem with the death aspect of it, both my children have been critically ill at one point, and I feel that I can seperate myself from my emotions and do my job, and I handle stressful situations well. I m truly 50/50 on this, and it's killing me. I also feel bad b/c there is a HUGE waiting list to get into both programs, and almost 300 applied to each and only 40 got in to each. So, I know I need to make a choice ASAP so they will still have time to let an alternate in. It may even be too late for that, since orientation is over. Hopefully not. I know that either choice will be a good choice. Thanks again to everyone who replied.

I am trying so hard to make the right choice. I applied and was accepted to nursing school and respiratory therapy school. Both programs had the same pre-req's and I spent the last yr completing those. Also, both programs are 4 semesters. The respiratory program is an advanced program, which will qualify me for the RRT exams. It is also the only program in my state that graduates in Dec., instead of May, so jobs should be easier to find(according to past students). I went ahead and went to orientation for both, and explained my dilemma to both directors. I have to make a choice by Monday(tomorrow). I know that RT's make about 5,000-10,000 less a yr than an RN. But, do you honestly think it is worth all the stuff that RN's put up with. If you could do it over, which would you choose? The extra few hundred a month would be nice, but it's not that much, and money can't buy real job satisfaction. Please help!!

many nursing test questions have more than one answer. I would say the answer would be (3) first, then (1).

(F) Except as provided in divisions (D)(4) to (D)(8) of section 4731.053 of the Revised Code, a physician shall not delegate to an unlicensed person the administration of anesthesia, controlled substances, or drugs administered intravenously. This is from the Ohio State Medical Board website. It is located under the heading of "Delegation by a Physician".

yeah...she can also look into being a junior counselor for summer camps for kids with disabilities,diseases, etc. I know American Academy of Dermatology does them all over country, and i'm sure their hundreds of others

Congrats on WANTING to work! you are setting yourself up to be a successful young adult with that attitude. You have the right idea with brainstorming all the different volunteer, etc. opportunities. You will also have a little advantage over others when or if you ever apply to nursing school in the future. Best of Luck to you!!

It's your 2nd day! Give yourself a break. Take a few hours and do something you enjoy, like go swim or read a book. Tomorrow is another day.

I retract my above statement. I did some research on the subject, and it is the taurine that is in common energy drinks, Red Bull, etc., that can cause false positives.

That's great to hear that you all's NICU's use preventative devices and actually take measures to prevent it from happening. My son was in the only Level III NICU in the state, here in MS, and they didn't do anything like that. At all. They didn't even turn his head. If I had known at the time, I would have requested it or done it myself!

I am a student nurse- and a mother of 2. My youngest is 16 months, and spent 2 months in a Level III nicu. He ended up getting plagio. Brachycephaly, to be exact. It was quite severe, and he had to wear a cranial remolding orthosis. I completely see, and saw back then, that other things are more important the first few critical weeks than worrying about head shape. However, it is something that I believe is not addressed in the NICU for babies that have extended stays. My son's plagio could have been prevented. The treatment was not covered by insurance and was $3800, and required us to drive 1 hr each way to the rehab clinic every day for 2 weeks for fitting, and then once a week for 4 months. He had to wear a "STARband" helmet every day, 23 hours a day. Where we live it is 100-110 degrees in the summer & fall. So, you can imagine what it was like. Not to mention the stares and questions. No one said a word to me about plagio prevention in the NICU or at discharge. The pediatrician caught it b/c it was so severe at his 4 month checkup. A normal cranial "vault" percentage is 80-85%, and my son's was 98%. Even after treatment, it is still 90%. So, I think this is an issue that needs to be given more attention, even if it is mostly cosmetic. I say mostly, b/c some kids even up needs facial reconstructing surgery to correct a very uneven bone structure in their face.

yes because of the large amounts of caffeine can cause you to test pos for stimulants.