peds4now

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  1. Care Plans Help Please! (with the R\T and AEB)

    peds4now replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    Well, you need a book to give you the NANDAS for your Dx's. I've been using the Nurse's pocket guide to Dx, interventions, rationales by Doenges. And your textbooks should be giving you interventions...

  2. New CPR instruction?

    peds4now replied to OURN83's topic in General Nursing

    As they always stress at the CPR classes, this stuff changes all the time. I heard a Dr. Bob O'Connor on NPR today say that if someone doesn't want to do mouth to mouth at all, they can just do...

  3. STUDENTS: what do you want out of staff nurses? NURSES: vice versa....

    peds4now replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    from a 1st semester student: You are a nurse, trained in forming working relationships, and this has been assigned to you as part of your job, so even if you aren't wild about working with a student,...

  4. Bras

    peds4now replied to guest27716's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also didn't really like the Bravado bras. I have about 8 (combined!) years of breastfeeding experience and have always liked the Medela seamless bras. Good support and a bit padded to help with...

  5. I don't understand this profession..

    peds4now replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going into nursing as a second career too. Previously I worked as an admin asst. at financial firms and also in nonprofits. I also have a bachelor degree in History. I have to disagree with...

  6. 12N Sleeping During Break

    peds4now replied to MEDRQST's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm still a nursing student, but my husband works at Cedars in Los Angeles and there is a strict no sleeping during your shift, whether you are on break or not, rule there. It seems unfair to me, as...

  7. Should BSNs be paid more?

    peds4now replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    Do any hospitals pay someone with an ADN and a BA in something else a higher rate??? Just wondering. It's like having a BSN+. I'm about to start an ADN program now because I'm older and can't stay...

  8. Doubtful and then Reassured!!

    peds4now replied to scoley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm entering an RN program in the fall (that's in 2 mos.!), and I too am having doubts. A LOT of it is lack of self-confidence. I don't question my ability to learn the material, although maybe I...

  9. lower cost schools West Coast

    peds4now replied to MBA2CRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Check out all the community colleges in CA that offer 2-year RN programs. You can also do 2 years cheaply at a community college and transfer to a UC school to do a BSN. UCSF is probably the...

  10. What was or is your tuition for NS

    peds4now replied to anfe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm entering a Community College program in CA in the Fall. Books and supplies will be $2,000-3,000 the first year, and tuition is about $700. BUT, and this is the great thing, my tuition will be...

  11. Did you live off of student loans while in school?

    peds4now replied to wannabenursetx's topic in General Nursing

    I was notified late that I have a spot for nursing school this Fall. I just filed my FAFSA May 1, 2005, and I haven't heard from my school yet. It will literally be a week or 2 before school starts...

  12. Wearing scrubs in public...

    peds4now replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    The letter is a bit silly (kids, if you see a man in scrubs, RUN!), but for me it just begs the question, why are nurses who are not working in OR or other "sterile" environments wearing scrubs at...

  13. The Bullying Thread

    peds4now replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    This is a great thread! I've visited that Canadian site when my children had problems with bullies and found it helpful. I would also recommend that book Queen Bees and Wannabes WITH A GRAIN OF...

  14. Possible to Pump Breastmilk at school/clinicals?

    peds4now posted a topic in General Students

    My youngest child is now 4 months old and still breastfeeding exclusively. When I start Nursing School she'll be only 7 months and probably won't be doing more that tasting food. I have a good pump...

  15. Possible to Pump Breastmilk at school/clinicals?

    peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in General Students

    I agree with you there, just from my experience having 5/6 of my kids in hospitals. I think things have gotten a lot better than when my first was born 10 years ago, when I had found sugar water...

  16. Possible to Pump Breastmilk at school/clinicals?

    peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in General Students

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  17. Nursing School

    peds4now replied to ResaO's topic in Emergency

    AMEN! When I think about the time away from my kids my schooling and career will mean and start to doubt, I remind myself I want to be their hero(ine) and mine too. I'll be able to afford quality...

  18. Possible to Pump Breastmilk at school/clinicals?

    peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in General Students

    Thank you for the encouragement. People make the instructors for classes and clinical supervisors sound SO SCARY, that I wasn't sure they might even understand pumping when it came to a student. I...

  19. Child Care Costs/recommendations

    peds4now replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    You are lucky you child is already 4! If your child is 4, you will probably need a private preschool. In Los Angeles, our preschool charges ~$600/month for 8:30a.m.-3:45p.m, with hot lunch, and no...

  20. Skirts, anyone???

    peds4now replied to kellyo's topic in General Nursing

    Point taken... But more seriously, since it is true that in a hospital environment you are dealing with so many different kinds of people with different outlooks and ideas about what is appropriate...

  21. Nursing School

    peds4now replied to ResaO's topic in Emergency

    I'm in the same boat as you, more or less. Starting nursing school. But I also have a husband and 6 kids (4mos-11yrs.) to worry about, and strapped finances. I don't know about abusive instructors,...

  22. Skirts, anyone???

    peds4now replied to kellyo's topic in General Nursing

    I also wear only skirts all the time for religious reasons. I also think it just looks more professional. The selection in uniform skirts seems very limited

  23. Do you wear some type of support for your legs to prevent leg cramps?

    peds4now replied to JNT'smom's topic in General Nursing

    I needed them in pregnancy and still use them when I'm on my feet all day. I tend to get very mild vein pain around menstruation. the website Healthy Legs has good prices, always has promotions like...

  24. What choices did you make for L&D?

    peds4now replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm still in school, but the lack of respect as a human being, acknowledgement of my right to make my own medical decisions, and the lack of coherent, evidence-based care I received in labor and...