Love4Me RN

I thought I would hate midnights but have come to realize I LOVE them. Couldn't pay me enough to work straight days. And yes I have a husband and 3 kiddos. At my hospital new grads hire in on days strictly for orientation (which is 20 weeks long). Th...

I use the Neonatal Littmann and it works just fine.

Yes U can. I did it. I work in a teaching hospital and got my foot in the door during my last year of nursing school. I started in our NICU as a student nurse. It is definately doable.

Hi everyone! I am a new nurse still in orientation and working in the NICU. Yesterday was my first time having an intensive assignment (as opposed to progressive) and I was taking care of a little guy waiting for a new heart. He was on a prostaglandi...

You guys are right. My original post should have had the concentration 500mcg/50ml. Sorry:cool:

I am okay with calculating the rate. It ran at 0.6 ml/hr. I use the dose desired/dose on hand calculation method: dose desired: 0.025mcg/kg/min = 0.025/3.9 = 0.0975mcg/min (then change mcg/min to mcg/hr since that is ...

As far as the question concerning how long it took to get accepted...I applied in May of 2004 and was accepted in July of 2004 and started the program in August of 2004. I did not apply until I had finished ALL of my prerequisites. From what I "heard...

I have been in the NICU (as a student nurse) now for 3 months. So far I haven't found a way to do my report sheet that is organized. I look at what some of the other nurses have and it is all narrative. I need something a bit more organized. So, how ...

Call around to the local nursing homes. Before I started nursing school I got certified as a nurses aide. I did 2 weeks of unpaid training at a Nursing Home in Waterford and then was eligible to take the certification exam. That is your best bet if m...

I am a student nurse in a level 4 NICU. We do the blood collections for most of our babies labs. More often than not they blood is collected from a heel poke. I have a hard time getting my kids to bleed very good. When I have asked the nurse about it...

You will do just fine in the LTC. You will do alot of the things that you learned in the lab. Expect to give a bed bath and do AM care. Change bed linens. Do lots of transfers and toileting. You will spend a bit of time looking through the chart. It ...

So how is everything going for all of you? Has clinical started yet? The semester is almost half way over!

I only had pre-clinical for my first semester. During pre-clinical we were able to meet our patient (that relieves a bit of the nervousness for the following day). In the charts we looked at labs (write down the abnormal values), the client's history...

I currently work the midnight shift as a CNA in a LTC facility. I don't have the best of backs (due to a good case of scoliosis) and beginning to have back pain from constantly lifting and transferring residents. Please don't take this thread as a ...

Yes, I am a second year student. Each instructor tests differently, so the only way to really know is to go by previous tests. Some universal pointers: the prep points usually cover alot of the info that will be on the test; alot (but not all) of th...

We use the Ackley book. It helps with activities and rationales but not all that great with the related to. Our instructor explained it to us that the related to is like the cause of the diagnosis. But the related to has to be in the present nothing ...

I agree about the prep points. They do seem like busy work and take FOREVER to finish. But hey, we have no choice in the matter. They do help when it comes to the tests. Usually whatever is in the prep points is a good indication of things to come on...

http://www.oaklandcc.edu/iic/iichl/nursing_candidate.htm Hope that link works. If not, go to the occ website, click on the "campus" link. Click on Highland Lakes. Then click the department "individualized Instruction Center". On the left side of the ...

Hi Dream. I also took Pharm in the summer of 2004. Had the same instructor and she is great. Pharm covers everything you need to know for the calculations test. However, they only go over it briefly. It is a good idea to do lots of practice calculati...

We usually have a guest speaker. Sometimes it is interesting sometimes not. We also give alot of information regarding upcoming events and/or any changes in the program. The first luncheon is good to get to know people. Last year we had pizza. There ...

By the way, I hope both of you are coming to the Luncheon next Monday. Sit and try and talk with some second year students. They have lots of pointers to share.

One professor is very serious about wanting depth to her prep points. I had her last year for OB and I would sometimes have 6 and 7 pages of written prep points just to get those 3 points. Almost half of the class did not have the required amount of ...

I can't wait to see what the green uniforms look like With some of the classes you have to purchase a syllabus and then there is a separate booklet that looks like the syllabus, but it is the prep points. I can't remember but I don't think that sta...

Uniforms for OCC can be purchased from any uniform shop (at least last year and they haven't told us any different for this year). I have bought them online and from local stores but never the bookstore. The patches that must be sown onto the arm and...

I was so happy last night when I was able to assist a nurse with her heel stick. She had already stuck the babies heel not once but twice and was getting ready to move on to the other heel (she had another tube to fill). I gloved up and jumped right ...