Reddy,RN

This story is the original poster's and it is extremely well done for someone who is mad and tired. I think this is a terrific point of view. I'd be curious to know how things are going all this time later. I'm not sure what "true feel" means. Th...

I've read through these pages and the question in the title only seems to have a couple of answers. One is to offer verbal support to the parent; the other is to offer to spell the parent with the contribution of time. Unsolicited verbal support mak...

A&P is short for Anatomy and Physiology. http://books.google.com/books?id=Dzr2pRTzxaEC&dq=anatomy+and+physiology&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=AIlNXIi__Z&sig=sQxaqsHd65YS5kAZWxm8zUQdlmo&hl=en&ei=1ClES5SlGJS1lAeDqp...

You will love being a nursing student because at first your clinicals will give you time to listen to stories. As a nurse, listening for the patient's cues that could show physical or mental issues are the skills needed. Not small talk.

The rewarding moments are tantalizingly few and far between. Also, the interruptions are themselves interrupted, sometimes to a laughable degree, but laughing is not encouraged.

My advice is enjoy your day job with weekends off and your 65K. Neither is realistically possible for a new RN. Start taking the prereqs in the evenings to see how it goes. Nursing is not a stepping stone to Physician Assistant AFAIK. It can be ...

It might be morally outrageous but a negative pressure room would work.

Mental Illness Chemical Abuse (MICA)

True. I even remember a House episode where a perfectly healthy woman in Antarctica had an undiagnosed broken toe. It created fat emboli which traveled through her system and caused all sorts of symptoms. Not a likely scenario but a possibility. Lett...

Massachusetts Board of Registration http://http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Researcher&L2=Physical+Health+and+Treatment&L3=Nursing+Statistics&L4=National+Council+Licensure+Examinations+(NCLEX)+by+Schoo...

The video of the UMass Amherst Nursing Clinical Sim Lab makes it look like a really great place to get to practice what you need to know before meeting real patients. Thanks.

Whew! What a thread. These may be in pages 25 to 89 but they're my pet peeves so, in no particular order: 1.) jewelry is not joo-ler-ee. It's jew-el-ry. 2.) unique doesn't get qualified: nothing can be most unique. 3.) Why not use "use?" Why "util...

Sorry it didn't work out the first time for you. Glad to hear you're determined. I stand by my advice in the other thread. Good luck. https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/i-need-help-382650.html#post3548282

Thanks for your post. The NCLEX was the single most disorienting test of my life, including the GRE. I remember getting angry too at so many "You are the nurse..." questions. I remember clicking those answers wishing I could tell someone in person wh...

Less time a day than TOG but closer to 4 weeks. And yes, every bit of that little book was mine by the time I was done. One thing that proved enormously helpful in practice and on GRE day was to start writing 1 2 3 4 in columns over and over before...

I think a guide of some sort makes sense. A few years ago The Princeton Review Crash Course for the GRE 2d edition gave me what I needed in Verbal, Math and Analytical Writing. Even more, it gave me the confidence tha I was as well prepared as I coul...

Some posts really make me wonder. Some make me think. A student who has ebonics deeply ingrained? Seriously? Who talks about ebonics any more? No learning contract at all this semester for him? No faculty or faculty/ administration "word to the wise"...

I agree to get in and transfer ASAP. Whatever the answers about a transfer, do you really need to know them when you are signing papers? Maybe holding off on those sorts of questions would keep you from sounding like you aren't happy before you even ...

Possibly type 1 diabetes: http://www.smh.com.au/news/lifeandstyle/health/diabetes-link-to-germfree-environment/2008/11/15/1226318995787.html

check out the fact-throwing in the nclex section. this is from page 22: contact precaution mrs.wee m - multidrug resistant organism r - respiratory infection s - skin infections * w - wound infxn e - enteric infxn - clostridium difficile e - eye i...

I felt insanely grateful when I passed the NCLEX and even moreso for a job offer. I'm curious, biok8e, are you the only one you know in your situation? It really does sound too good to be true.

The Anthem is my favorite so far. Great story. It should go into the student section for inspiration and instruction. Thanks.

:ancong!: Time to change your name!

You don't have any responses here. My initial response was, "You can't be serious." But I will take you at your word. What I have found useful is to scan the covers of the journals in the hospital's library. Look especially for journals related to E...

Great advice here. I would also suggest, for school and work: - Develop skills required for team work. Google if you have to but learn how to be a great team member and at least a competent team leader. Learn enough about yourself to know what sort o...