NICU Guy

Have you seen the CDC Obesity Maps that show the percentage of a state's population with a BMI >30 over time? In 1985, the top color was 10-14%. Over the next 25 yrs, they added four new colors to the map. In 2010, they gave up adding new colors and made the top color >=30%. In 1985, only 8 states had 10-14% of the population labeled as obese. By 2010, no state had less than a 20% population obesity with 12 states having excess of 30% of their population obese. I have an issue with the BMI scale since it considers weight regardless of its source (fat vs muscle). You can have a bodybuilder with 10% body fat with a high BMI and is considered obese according to BMI scale.

What is your point? BCG prevents TB, it is a vaccine. BCG protection lasts for up to 15 years. COVID-19 protection was very limited (2-3 months) and it does not prevent you from getting COVID. What is your definition of the time limit that a preparation needs to protect you to be considered a vaccine (old CDC definition, not new)? My point is that for 225 years the preparations used as a vaccine were accurate to the CDC definition. COVID comes along and the "vaccine" does not perform as a vaccine (doesn't provide immunity or prevention), so they change the definition to fit their need.

I wish people would stop using the word "vaccine" when referring to Covid. For 225 yrs the definition of a vaccine was "a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce an immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from the disease." Covid comes along and the CDC wants to use the word "vaccine" even though the shot does not provide immunity from the disease. The use of the word "vaccine" gives the public the impression that getting the Covid shot will prevent them from getting Covid. Once it was determined that it didn't prevent you from getting Covid and you need to get 4-5 booster shots to get any kind of protection, the CDC changed the definition of "Vaccine" to "a preparation that is used to stimulate the body's immune response against a disease." They leave out the part of the definition relating to immunity from the disease. By that definition, Zinc, Vitamin D, Vitamin C are all vaccines. They don't prevent you from getting the Cold virus, but stimulate your immune response to fight against the Cold virus.

I agree with what the previous posters have said. My program was 15 months long. It felt like being on a treadmill at a full sprint for 15 months. You need to get your life in order before you start. You and your wife/husband/GF/BF need to fully understand that for the length of the program, school takes priority and relationship/family is going to be in second place. Before I started my ABSN program, my GF said "I'll see you in 15 months". It was her way of saying "You focus on school and I will do whatever is needed to support you, otherwise don't worry about me and our relationship".

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I am going to guess that my unit is 80-90% BSN and 10-20% ASN. The high BSN percentage is mostly due to a majority of the local nursing schools were BSN schools.

From what I have read on this site, do not apply for a license in New York. They are investigating any applications from graduates of nursing schools in Florida and may take a long time to get a license issued.

Did she graduate from a school with a high NCLEX pass rate? Did she get high grades in nursing school? The first 85 questions are a combination of 15 unscored (beta questions) and 70 scored questions. The computer will continue to give the applicant questions until it determines that the applicant has the minimal knowledge to be a competent nurse. The computer stopping at 86 questions means one of only two things: she did very well and stopped at the minimum number of questions or she did so poorly that it determined that continuing to give her questions would not result in her passing. If she attended a nursing school with a high NCLEX pass rate and she got high grades in nursing classes, it is extremely unlikely that she failed.

A couple years ago the hospital system switched from AHA to Red Cross RQI mannequins. I could do the compressions and keep them in the target circle, but the ventilations were either to shallow or too deep. It seemed like it was 1/16 inch difference between too shallow and too deep. After 5 attempts, the evaluator got an old stiff AMBU bag and I passed on the first try.

You can't take NCLEX without having all your paperwork sent to the BON. The school has to send the paperwork stating that you completed all requirements for the nursing program, which you did not. According to your school, you need to pass HESI exit exam to graduate.

To differentiate between a tremor and a seizure, place a hand on the limb that is moving. If the movement stops, it is a tremor. If the movement does not stop when you place your hand on the limb, it is a seizure movement.

I had a bad experience with applying to Vanderbilt Residency nine years ago. I was wait-listed. I had an in-person interview set-up with another hospital on Friday four hours away. On Thursday, Vanderbilt recruiter calls me and says that they have a 10:45 slot open for the next day. I tell them that it is a 6 hour drive on short notice and I have another interview on Friday. I asked if there was another slot they have available. She said no, that is the only spot they have. I said "I was wait listed and you want me to drop everything to drive 6 hours with less than 24 hrs notice and you don't have another slot available. Are you actually interested in me or just trying to fill a slot and waste my time?" She said "That is the only slot I have". I told her that I decline. She was taken back that I would actually say no to Vanderbilt. I had another interview on Monday for Vident in NC. They paid for airfare, two nights hotel, and rental car to interview a new grad. That indicated to me that they were interested in me and not just a body to fill a slot, like Vanderbilt.

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11% raise last month, non-union Midwest

You are doing a disservice to new grads by legitimizing the PVT trick. They are attempting to determine pass/fail based on a scheduling and payment processing software of Pearson Vue. It was never intended to be used as a "PVT trick". Prior to 2014, the PVT trick only used the scheduling software. It gave you a pop-up to allow you to schedule another test or it would not allow you to schedule a test. After 2014, you had to enter your credit card number. There are numerous factors that will give you an erroneous pop-up. There have been many people that got the "good pop-up" and failed and many people that got the "bad pop-up" and passed. Why doesn't AllNurses ask someone from Pearson Vue to discuss this trick on this site. We can finally find the true answers if PVT can be at all accurate or just people having Confirmation Bias, in which the PVT pop-up matched their result by pure coincidence. Why not use a coin toss to determine pass/fail. Heads you passed or tails you failed. You will then have a bunch of people come on here and say "I did the coin toss, got heads and actually passed. The coin toss trick is 100% accurate". Another option is Magic 8 ball. That has been used for decades to determine an answer.