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  1. Questions! Help!

    musingmom replied to Ehiner02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It sounds like you want to take care of healthy babies. Perhaps you should look into early childhood education instead of

  2. Nursing students eat their young too.

    musingmom replied to Destined4More's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is not a universal experience. My cohort regularly made themselves available to support and encourage new students, starting at orientation. I'm not invalidating your experience, it sounds really...

  3. Questions from prospective NP

    musingmom replied to FutureNP777's topic in Nursing Career

    Specifically about math: a BSN will require College Algebra... And college algebra is usually a prerequisite for the chemistry that will be a prerequisite for the Microbiology that you will need......

  4. Is it really worth it... So Miserable!! So Insecure!!

    musingmom replied to nursy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I won't repeat what previous posters have said; which you seem to have taken to heart. I will encourage you to look at the big picture... Where do you want to be in a year? 5 years? Is this job going...

  5. Torn

    musingmom replied to Kaligirl02's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Do you guys think it is possible to actually do the three 12's, and 8 hr education class and do a prn shift every week?" Yes, absolutely. I finished a similar four month residency last year, that...

  6. My work Experience on the Resume. Please advice.

    musingmom replied to Caligula's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I stayed home with my kids for many years before becoming an RN. I had a section on my resume for "related experience" and "other experience." Under related I put my student preceptorship and...

  7. Clinical Question: Continuous PCA Infusions w/ XYZ Drip

    musingmom replied to CCNP-FL's topic in Critical Care

    In my facility, we would not use a continuous PCA, we would just have a fentanyl drip. For titratable drips, our protocol is to use low sorb tubing that does not have y connection and use a manifold....

  8. English (Career) Assignment

    musingmom replied to AshleyC2015's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think the assignment is to craft a cover letter asking for a job interview? (Perhaps I'm being too generous.) But if I'm right, pick a local hospital, Google the hospital name and "nurse recruiter."...

  9. Central line dressing days

    musingmom replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

    For what it's worth: My ICU changes central line dressings on Sundays and PRN. If it was inserted on Saturday, it gets changes on Sunday. This does occasional result in additional dressing changes,...

  10. Ativan Diffuser

    musingmom replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hypolorazepamemia. It's a

  11. Planner for nursing school

    musingmom replied to mecapon91's topic in General Students

    I used google calendar and Google tasks. I like being able to color code things, and I like the check boxes for tasks. Being able to see my schedule, as well as assignments on my phone helped with...

  12. Judge issues order enforcing nurse quarantine in Maine

    musingmom posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Judge issues order enforcing Ebola isolation of defiant Maine nurse http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/31/us-health-ebola-usa-order-idUSKBN0IK1LZ20141031?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews The...

  13. Judge issues order enforcing nurse quarantine in Maine

    musingmom replied to musingmom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yep, here's an update from Reuters:Judge eases limits on nurse who treated Ebola patients | Reuters What a relief. Guess I won't mail my strongly worded protest.

  14. Knitting during class: ok or not?

    musingmom replied to BusyBee91's topic in General Students

    I too am surprised at the negative responses here. As a previous instructor (not nursing) I never judged engagement by who kept eye contact the longest or who kept completely still. I evaluated...

  15. Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

    musingmom replied to RN403's topic in General Nursing

    Nowp

  16. APU ELM for Fall 2014

    musingmom replied to emu3121's topic in California Nursing

    Or rent your books... I got some great deals on amazon with

  17. New Grads: how long did it take you to find a job, or how long have you been ...

    musingmom replied to kieran07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Los Angeles, CA Finished BSN March '14 Licensed April '14 Applied to 50+ jobs Too many rejections to count, 7 interviews, multiple offers Accepted offer at end of June, will start New Grad ICU program...

  18. New Grad orientation...

    musingmom replied to Sparrow91's topic in First Year After Licensure

    duplicate

  19. New Grad orientation...

    musingmom replied to Sparrow91's topic in First Year After Licensure

    About to start 21 weeks new grad (paid) program in the

  20. Posting Licensed Number in social media

    musingmom replied to nomad29's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm not sure why it's a big deal. All you need is my last name in my state and you can get my license number; I'm the only RN with my last name, and the other non-RN license is a relative. That's...

  21. Pregnant during nursing school

    musingmom replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in General Students

    I had my 5th baby at the beginning of semester 2 of a 5 semester accelerated BSN. I had her on a Tuesday and I was in clinical in Monday. It worked out because I had an easy pregnancy and an easy...

  22. Survey to see if you can interact with clients

    musingmom replied to tytkhat's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    As a new grad applying liberally to jobs, I can say about 75% of them require a similar survey. Some of them call them personality assessments. There's no right or wrong answer they say, except of...

  23. Current students: question regarding minimum grades in your classes

    musingmom replied to NerdDoc's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Have you confirmed that there was a policy change? Perhaps this professor has inappropriately applied the 80% minimum. My school has a similar rule, there's a minimum GPA and a minimum per class of...

  24. APU ELM for Fall 2014

    musingmom replied to emu3121's topic in California Nursing

    So mommy999, you joined All Nurses just to post on this thread? I just finished the prelicensure portion at the main campus. My experience was very positive, and no one was fired in the last 2 years,...

  25. Mom & Nursing Student

    musingmom replied to KnottyNurse17's topic in General Students

    Nurse2b9742 made a good point about sharing schedules: I forgot to say that I shared my google calendar with my main sitters, so they always knew what was coming up and and we were all on the same...