pmabraham

pmabraham BSN, RN

Hospice, Palliative Care

Follower of Jesus • BSN, RN serving others as a Hospice RN Case Manager • Lifelong Learner

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  1. ati help

    pmabraham replied to 1apples's topic in General Students

    Yes, the practice exams help. I also found the ATI books for which you can get used (yet still current editions) on amazon.com

  2. Group project issues

    pmabraham replied to Ginja85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think the only one who loves group projects are the ones in charge of forcing such projects onto others. Why someone thinks they are of value, I don't know. Even when you get to pick your group...

  3. Nursing pay

    pmabraham replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    The following may be of interest: What Are The Best States To Live In If You are A Nurse? Registered Nurse (RN) information, RN Salary, RN Jobs Medscape Nurse Salary Report

  4. Borderline....

    pmabraham replied to al-sheikhh's topic in General Students

    You are not alone. You are not alone. The 1st and 3rd semester in our school is the hardest. During our orientation, we were specifically told "remember why you want to become a nurse." Revisit...

  5. First Semester Text Books

    pmabraham replied to afjags's topic in General Students

    If prerequisites, consider renting. For the actual nursing program, own might be best. Check with your school for what book(s) are used for the entire

  6. Nursing Text Books + Just Accepted

    pmabraham replied to fcp4life's topic in General Students

    For the "required" text books for actual nursing (vs. prerequisites), I purchased them as we've been hitting the same books (i.e. med surg, med surg 2, advanced med surg all used the same book) over...

  7. Nursing Textbooks

    pmabraham replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    If it's not required, and you find out you would like to use the resource, could you get it later? That saves money up

  8. Any nursing students with special needs kids?

    pmabraham replied to Roro1's topic in General Students

    I started working on my prerequisites for a RN program at 50; I just finished the 3rd semester of RN school at 53. Yes, it's doable. Go for your

  9. How did you pass Med-Surg?

    pmabraham replied to rachie_machie94's topic in General Students

    Lippincott's Q&A for the NCLEX RN in addition to the Davis Q&A for MedSurg were part of my tool chest for

  10. Nurse

    pmabraham replied to zusan's topic in General Students

    We have classmates with such a heavy accent you have to really and carefully listen to anything they say; and sometimes ask them to repeat what they said. I don't see a difference between that and...

  11. Difficulty of nursing school?

    pmabraham replied to eman1haddad's topic in General Students

    Our program doesn't require a 4.0 to get into the RN program; yet, everyone in my graduating class that came into the program with a 4.0 lost their 4.0 the very first semester. Compared to...

  12. Help, completely confused (pre-nursing, entry-level jobs, etc)

    pmabraham replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in General Students

    To the OP, 40 is young. My prerequisites took 12 months; looking back, had I wanted to go more insane, 6 to 9 months might have been doable. Some of my classmates took years because they spread out...

  13. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Are you stating it is normal for a person to believe they were born in the wrong body? Since there are far more people who have schizophrenia who hear voices they believe are just as real as the...

  14. Do you consider yourself a "pre-nursing student" or "nursing student?"

    pmabraham replied to NolaLj's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This fall I'll be starting my fourth semester of RN school. When I was doing my prerequisites, I would share I was a pre-nursing

  15. Would you use a Mentor/Tutor for Nursing?

    pmabraham replied to PaSSiNGaS's topic in General Students

    Yes, based on the class or subject matter along with how things would be structured including

  16. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Food for thought... Gender is an absolute. You are male or female, it is a scientific fact (DNA is not changed). How is it discrimination against a boy to make him use the boys facility? If he...

  17. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    The policy is that one can use a bathroom they identify with, not they they claim to or pretend to be transgender. That is just one part of the policy that makes it

  18. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    A Rape Survivor Speaks Out About Transgender Bathrooms is the

  19. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Out of approximately 320 million Americans. So yes, small numbers. "Are the sources really lying as you claim?" My only claim is that there are people who (hopefully it is unintentional) will make...

  20. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Since the entire LGBT community, per the American government census, is around 2% of the entire American population, what's your

  21. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Given no public forum, no public vote, no evidence-based practice, no research, all we have are a small amount of facts. We have the facts provided by the government that 1 person in 2,400 believe...

  22. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Given the extremely small number of transgender people in America, this is a good question. There are far more sex offenders than there are transgenders; and this very recent policy decision that...

  23. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    How long did it take concerning airbag deaths to go to recall, and then become a national issue? How long did it take for Bendectin to become a concern for birth defects? Since the issue with rest...

  24. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    I emphasize pro on the stand point if the U.S. government were ANTI, one would question their numbers. As it states, since they are very pro, you can count on them to be as accurate as possible for...

  25. Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    pmabraham replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    Our U.S. government has been very pro LGBT for almost all of Obama's term of office. Our pro-LGBT government did a census where they found 1 in 2,400 Americans identify themselves as being...