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Thanks SmilingBluEyes! I really appreciate your help!

Hi everyone! I'm a second year ASN student doing my OB clinical rotation. I have a paper to write and one of the questions I am to answer is "describe the appropriate nursing interventions for the neonate who experiences cesarean birth". I cannot find anything in my book that delineates interventions for this situation. I presume that helping the child clear secretions from the respiratory tract is a must, if he didn't experience uterine contractions and passage throught the lady partsl canal to squeeze them out. Aside from that, if he is full-term and not compromised by infection or congenital defect, what would you do outside of the norm? Thank you so much for any help you can give me!!!!!!!!! -M :wink2:

Thanks so much for your reply, NurseJennie! I'm really excited and I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Congratulations to you on graduating! I hope I'll be there one day! -Mary

Hi all! I've been accepted into Ivy Tech Bloomington as an alternate for their ASN program this fall. I'm very excited about that, but I'm wondering if any of you are familiar with the particulars when it comes to alternate status. For instance: how many alternates do they select? what, realistically, are the odds that as an alternate I'll actually be invited into the program? I've read in other posts that some schools let you know what rank as an alternate you hold, but I've not been told how many people are ahead of me. I have to go to an orientation, just as though I've been accepted, and be measured for uniforms, etc. I'm very excited to be in the program , but I hate it that I have to rely on someone else's misfortune to get in! If any of you have had a similar experience or knowlege about this, I sure would appreciate a reply! Thanks! :)

I took Micro last summer, and although it's not easy, I ended up really liking it. What helped me the most is the MICROBIOLOGY COLORING BOOK. You should be able to get a copy at any major book retailer, or online. The website cellsalive.com (I think that's what it was called. If not that, then it's something very similar and a search engine should be able to find it), was also very useful. I'm sorry your instructor doesn't lecture well, because the subject matter isn't easy to figure out on your own. We had the benefit of a great instructor. Start right now making notecards to categorize each of the microorganisms you'll be studying...like gram pos/gram neg; obligate anaerobes; fastidious (sp?), etc. Organization is the key! Best of luck! -m

Okay, guys....nobody here has mentioned weakness in ability to identify a tissue on a microscope slide by its histology!!!! :rotfl: So, as a pre-nursing student, I'm asking you, are you all just fantastic at that, OR...is it really not part of the job???? :chuckle Do you actually ever use the histology in any way that you had to learn in A&P???? I'll sign myself... Frustrated student who can't tell a larnyx slide from a trachea...

Cheryl, I'm also in Indiana. I'm taking gen. eds. at Ivy Tech in Bloomington. I took the TEAS in January and scored in the 98th percentile. My perception was that the science portion of the TEAS was much easier than the study guide, although I consider the study guide to be an invaluable resource. I also remember a question concerning serial dilution, but also lag phase and log phase of a microorganism. If you understand BASIC principles of phyics and chemistry, you should be okay. The reading, lanquage and math portions of the test seemed to follow the guide pretty closely. I understand you're feeling stressed about taking the test, but it's not nearly as gruesome as our imaginations lead us to believe. I wish you the best! Keep us posted! -m

Thanks so much to all of you for your input! I guess I should stick it out in my quest to learn to speak Spanish. It's awfully hard for me to concentrate on it when I feel that I should be studying the cardiovascular system, or endocrine system in ANP. Anyway, thanks again! You all are great!

Hi! I'm not in nursing school, yet...just taking my gen. ed's, but I'm wondering, with so many spanish-speaking residents living in Indiana now, do you find yourselves needing knowlegde of the spanish language at work? I know Methodist employs interpreters (at least in the emergency department). What are your experiences? Thanks!

Yes, I'm so relieved! Now all I have to do is make my application to the program and wait to find out if I've been accepted. Keep in touch and let me know how your application process is going!! :)

I took the test last Friday, the 28th! I earned 87.6%!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo glad it's overwith, now! Good luck to anyone else who is about to take this exam. You'll do fine.

Thanks! I will!

Hi! I'm going to take the TEAS in the next couple of weeks. I've been using the study guide, but have found that I'm not as knowlegable about genetics as I thought I was! It's really frustrating to me since I've received A's in ANP 1, and MICRO. Anyway, I'm wondering how closely the actual test resembles the study guide in terms of types of questions asked. Is the study guide harder than the test? Any help anyone could give would be great......I'm getting really nervous!