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I'm new to this forum. Received a waitlist letter for VCU's AMSN program today. Anyone else hear anything? There was a note in my letter saying ABSN letters would be sent out mid-Jan.

A 94-10 B 87-93 C 80-86 Below 80 is failing. The number of questions varies. Usually around 50-60. I prefer and do better on exams with 50 questions than exams with 100+ questions. Most classes have 3 exams and a final. A f...

You don't even have to have a CNA to be a "nurse" in my kids' school district. It's horrible. There should be some standard regulation about that across states

Stabilizing the vein really helps imo (one finger above and one below the insertion site). Just be aware that some instructors will criticize you for a finger above the site as it is easier to accidentally stick yourself that way. You might want to a...

Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it. It definitely wasn't a swishing sound. More of a lub-dub-dub. I feel so inadequate when it comes to heart sounds

A&P and Microbiology.

I'm a student and was wondering if it's normal to hear a split S2 sound on newborns? Sometimes when I'm auscultating and counting, it seems to me like there is an occasional 3rd sound. I asked a floor nurse about it and she thought that possibly I wa...

Does your school require you to cover them? It's healthier for you and your patients to be bare below the elbows.

I'm curious what your coworker's response was when you said his/her words hurt and upset you?

We have limited absences in our district. 8 are allowed. Also, my child has a cough all winter every winter, so I certainly don't keep her home for her "nuisance" cough. My children also have very sensitive skin and if I kept them home everytime they...

First I want to say that I'm so sorry for your loss and I hope you find some peace.As for me, in this siituation, if there was an obvious head injury, I wouldn't move the injured person even if that meant they stayed face down in the middle of the r...

The latest Cochrane Review found that influenza vaccination was completely ineffective at reducing transmission. I don't see why we are still discussing this. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0010949/

Ok, strictly speaking, if they are over 21 I wouldn't throw it out without their consent. I would give it (with their permission) to a family member to "take home". Not sure what my hospital's policy is about having alcohol in the hospital. I suspect...

If they are over 21, I would encourage the patient to dump it out themselves.

I don't care what color scrubs a peds nurse wears when caring for my child. I care that she's competent and compassionate. I doubt the kids would be put off by scrubs with a black background. Also, I think it might be a generational thing to associat...

VCU no longer has an AMSN program.

Ok, I'm spouting. Lol. I wouldn't really mess with the pump, but I would raise hell. 10 mins of alarming (barring any emergency on the unit) is unacceptable and I applaud the OP for answering the call light. I was also trying to point out that for no...

Flame me if you want, but if I were visiting my child or spouse in the hospital and their roommate's IV pump was alarming *for 10 minutes*, I would silence it too. Especially when there's a little button that says "silence" so clearly marked. Imo, 10...

Absolutely.

Grade deflation is a huge problem in my area (imo). I would support a standardized grading scale across the country, especially for high schools. Better yet, I think we should go from a letter grade system to a percentage system. In my nursing school...

It's disappointing that one cannot remove their own posts here should they decide the post contains too much identifying information. If there is a way, I haven't discovered it yet.

If you're in NYC, why don't you use public transportation? It's way easier than finding on street parking. Just a thought.

Martini's Visual Anatomy & Physiology. This book was published after I took A&P, but I bought it anyway because it's just so well organized and laid out. Also, I couldn't wait to throw away Marieb--that book was horribly written imo. I've ...

My 2 cents, fwiw: I think you should go to your instructor and talk about this. Calmly, non-aggressively, non-defensively. If it were me, I'd say something like this, "I feel disappointed and a little frustrated about a couple interactions and I'm ho...

I also completely support a bachelor's degree as the minimum entry point (grandfathering for those already in the profession, of course). I support a minimum standard of english grammar, and possibly a good psych screen. Lol