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The biggest thing here is when did her symptoms start? ( as others have said) If she is out of the window to be called a "code stroke", her vitals were stable, she was awake and alert, etc., then she was fine to wait for the doctor for a bit. If she were in the window, then you should have notified the dr and activated the code stroke system (however your hospital does it). However, if you are only 4 weeks in, you shouldn't be left alone and expected to know those things and your preceptor is the one who is ultimately responsible for the group of patients since he is supposed to be precepting you.

Yes- there is a good reason to vote for someone. ?

I've now been an ED nurse for 6.5 yrs. and currently live in NC. However, my first job as a new grad was in the ED at Shands @ UF (Level 1 Trauma Center) in Gainesville. I spent my first 3.5 yrs there and couldn't have found a better place to start out. You will learn more than you ever thought and get some great experience with very sick patients. Although I never worked at Shands Jax, I'm sure it is very similar to Shands UF. Good luck & congrats on the job!

^ and you can get a good one for between $500 and 700.

I highly recommend a Toshiba Satellite. I now have a Mac for Grad school, which is three years old and giving me problems...time for a new one, I think. My last laptop was a Toshiba and I had it for 8 years and never had a problem with it! It was a great computer!

I got accepted from the wait list today too! Yay!!!

I 100% agree with Myelin! All of these online schools like Georgetown, Frontier, University of Phoenix, etc that call and haunt you to go there are completely in it for money. And they all make you find your own preceptors and could care less where you do your clinicals. It makes a mockery out of the actual good programs out there!

I graduated with my ASN in Dec 2006. My boyfriend at the time graduated with me. We took the NCLEX together on Feb 1st (2007). He studied all day, every day from graduation until the test. I never opened a review book once or did any practice questions after graduation. The day we took it, we both passed with only 75 questions. So, is studying necessary? I guess it just depends on the person. I got A's and B's (but, mostly B's) in school and feel like I have good critical thinking and test taking skills. Best of luck!

Congrats! Unfortunately, Georgetown's online programs are not approved in NC (where I live) so I can't apply there. I have a friend in FL who is doing the FNP program through Georgetown though and she likes it. Good luck with everything :)

But, they cap their classes at 14 and I do not have L&D experience, so I'm nervous ?

I live in NC and applied to East Carolina University. The lectures are online. Lab will be on campus. Clinical all over the state. I am supposed to hear something next week.

The website: midwife.org is a good place to start looking for jobs. There are postings on that site. I currently live in NC and Midwives are used a lot here in hospitals, outpatient clinics and health depts. I used to live in FL until last year. I have lived in Gainesville and in Ft Lauderdale. The job market for CNMs in south florida is pretty much non-existent. In Gainesville, I was a staff RN at Shands @ the University of Florida and even being a large teaching hospital, they do not hire CNMs bc of all of the OB/GYN residents. I think finding a job as a CNM in FL will be hard. But, who knows....by the time you finish school, things may be different. Good luck!

Where I currently work and have worked, we just write our first name after where it says "Nurse: " We don't write our resume on the white boards.

In some cases, let docs yell and act stupid. You did the right thing by not leaving her in trendelenberg if she felt worse. With a pressure that high, he should have just been able to lay her flat and stick. I'm pretty sure she probably had some JVD going on.

Good format. Correct spelling. Both a plus. Personally, I'd leave out where you did your clinical rotations on a resume. It's not necessary and takes up a lot of space. That's something you may discuss during an interview, but not necessarily include on your resume. Also, see what others think, but I would leave out all of your non-nursing work experience since it is not relevant to the job you are seeking. While doing my pre-reqs for nursing, I was a pharmacy tech and I put it on my resume but some instructors told me not to because it wasn't relevant to nursing. But, let's see what others say...