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I am working on developing a 3 credit (40 hour) course dealing with literature/media and health care. As a seminar/general studies-type course, students would primarily include nursing students but might also include other students, such as human services majors who may go on to become social workers and some pre-med students. I've read many books, articles, poems and short stories and have also seen several documentaries, television series, and pieces of artwork all reflecting various aspects of health care. For this course, my goal is to include a combination of material that will not be overwhelming but yet will provide a nice sampling of what is out there and be meaningful and useful. I'm interested in hearing what specific material (books, articles, short stories, television series episodes, etc.) all of you think would be perfect for this type of course (and why, if you are feeling particularly ambitious :)). The material can be from the patient's perspective, family perspective, nurse's perspective, a third-party perspective, or any combination thereof. (I have some in mind, but I want to see if I'm thinking along the same lines as others, too.) I appreciate the input!

I'm a phlebotomist as well as a BSN nursing student. At our facility, we try to avoid 25g needles if possible, especially if we are using them for a CBC, SED rate... basically something where RBC structure/morphology really matters. However, we do use them on difficult veins and small children. The rule we consistently use, however, is that if we use a 25g needle, we never draw them using a vacuum-based system; we use a syringe (usually a 3mL syringe as opposed to a 6 or 12 because the 3 tends not to cause the veins to collapse as easily). By using the syringe, it makes it possible to pull back with the least force needed to get blood out of the vein. With the vacuum tubes, there is no control over the force of the suction. After drawing into a syringe, we have transfer devices that screw on to the top of the syringes via a luer-lock system, and we can pop tubes onto that transfer device.

Hi! I know this question is a little old, but in case anyone else stumbles upon it, here is the Millikin University (BSN) grading scale. 95 – 100 A 93 – 94 A- 91 – 92 B+ 87 – 90 B 85 – 86 B- 83 – 84 C+ 79 – 82 C 77 – 78 C- 75 – 76 D+ 71 – 74 D 69 – 70 D- 8 or less F To pass the traditional undergrad BSN classes, a minimum of a C- is required, so, really, a 76.99 (there's no rounding up/down) or below would = not passing the class.