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Are there any current or former ECU MSN-Midwifery students out there who can tell me how they like the program? Thanks!

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...

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 o...

^ 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...

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 y...

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 questio...

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 ha...

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 ...

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...

I recently applied to a CNM program as well and should know something by the end of October. The school I applied to caps their class at 14 students though, so I'm nervous!

Although they may be uncomfortable, a fever is NOT a bad thing. Most bacteria and viruses that cause infections in people thrive best at 98.6°F. Raising the temperature a few degrees is a good thing. In addition, a fever activates the body's immune s...

As far as the labs, I'm not sure exactly how it works. I was just told by one of the instructors that you have to come to campus a few days each semester. But, I'm not sure if it is a few days in a row at one time, or spread out over the semester. Di...

Ok, so I also just read that if used, a tourniquet should not be left on for more than one full minute. Also, it may cause hemolysis so it is not preferred.

The way that I had always been taught to do it is put a heel warmer or some type of warm compress on the heel for a few minutes to bring blood to the capillaries. Then, do your heel stick. You don't put a tourniquet on a diabetic's arm to do an Accuc...

I live in N.C and applied at East Carolina University. The lecture portion of the program is online, but I will still have to go to campus approximately 4 times each semester for lab. The clinical sites they have set up are all over the state of NC. ...

Hi. I just applied to NM program and am waiting for decisions. From discussions I've had with instructor, as well as CNMs, you are correct. CNM can do everything a WHNP can, PLUS are trained to deliver babies. Whereas, WHNPs CANNOT deliver babies...

Also, Teacher Sue: Kudos to you for continuing to answer and carry on this thread. I would have just wanted to bang my head against the wall 11 pages back. Nursing seems to no longer be a profession, but rather just a job.

Everyone here is getting so defensive over the fact that the original poster said that she looks down on job-hopping. But, I don't understand how any adult, licensed professional can honestly argue what she is saying. Yes- ONCE IN A WHILE it's unders...