saintlouis

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1. Two newbie questions

   saintlouis replied to zaggar's topic in Men in Nursing

   At least at my school, we don't practice on each other. We use dummy's, then it's off to the races! I think the "practice on fellow students" think went out when HIV, etc. came in.... In all my...

2. problems with nurses at my clinical site

   saintlouis replied to Honeybun1206's topic in General Students

   I realize it's the primary nurses responsability in the end, as they are an employee of the hospital, but in my clinicals it is stressed from day 1 that if you signed it, you own it. It's my initials...

3. Any NP programs that teach holistic med?

   saintlouis replied to Foxfour's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   the Jewish Hospital College of Nursing and Allied Health offers a Holistic NP program. They are mixed in with Barnes/Jewish Hospital and Washington University Medical School here in St. Louis....

4. Magnet hospital

   saintlouis replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, in a city with 50 hospitals, there's only one magnet. I bet you can guess which one... Come on, if you're not from here, try to name more than 1 hospital in STL.... From all I can tell, magnet...

5. St. Louis Community College

   saintlouis replied to rkrs6673's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in my second (of four) semesters at Meremac. Paid for Clinicals?!? Nope- but you do get the bill for the uniforms, the books, the coffee (lack of sleep...), and now the drug test/background...

6. DOCTORATE for CRNA's?

   saintlouis replied to VickyRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Why don't ya'll point your guns at those without "RN" anywhere in their name- PA's and AA's- rather than each other? After reading the statement, seems to me the intention is to get all advance...

7. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

   saintlouis replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

   that's an easy question: if you work an 8 hour shift, you will be on your feet for 8 hours. If you work a 12 hour shift, you'll be on your feet for 12 hours... unless the next nurse is late or a...

8. Do you carry a clipboard

   saintlouis replied to luvdancink's topic in General Nursing

   I, too, am a clipboard junkie. But I've been looking at the PDA's... big selling point is the quick reference to a drug guide, but I've seen a few programs that will keep track of pt. info- vitals,...

9. St. Louis Community College

   saintlouis replied to rkrs6673's topic in General Nursing

   I'm currently at Meremac. Good luck! I suggest you get all the prereq's out of the way before you start the program- it will be a lot more time consuming than you think. It's reported that the comm....