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    Portland SNF's - info needed!

    LoveMyBugs replied to 12monkeys's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I have heard good things about Marquis Care, and some very not good things about
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    Cheapest Online store to buy Littman Stethoscopes?

    LoveMyBugs replied to itsmyturn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    ebay.com just got a littmann classic II for
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    Retake Pre-req, vey concern BCC

    LoveMyBugs replied to KdnRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I dont see how retaking your science classes would hurt your chances of getting into a program. Most schools that I am aware of want A&P to be within the last 5 years of applying and therfore look...
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    Restocking

    LoveMyBugs replied to EMSnut45's topic in Emergency

    So we work int the same ER? I too work in a 23 bed ER, we have about 4 techs and 8 RN's working. It is the techs job to stock the rooms and supply carts. There are check lists in in each room with...
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    Best opportunities in OR

    LoveMyBugs replied to blacksea pebble's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Within the Portland Metro area there are about 7 nursing schools. So for that area they are not as desperate for RN. If you go to the Oregon BON website, they have a map showing the areas in Oregon...
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    Thinking of moving to Oregon from Tucson, Arizona.

    LoveMyBugs replied to silentRN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    All the threads below are about moving to Oregon; best way to research jobs in OR? New Grad salaries in portland? Mi RN moving to Portland oregon Couplet Care/Postpartum RN thinking of moving to...
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    questions about jobs

    LoveMyBugs replied to nicolerj116's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know which hospitals that you might want to work in? Go to their websites and look at their open RN positions they usually state how much the starting pay is, plus it will tell you if they have...
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    Trouble with an application

    LoveMyBugs replied to jmkeller81's topic in General Nursing

    Then why say anything at all on the application? You don't have to use that job as a reference, in most states, past employers can only verify that you were employed for a certain time, and I believe...
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    Trouble with an application

    LoveMyBugs replied to jmkeller81's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you listing your reasons for leaving on your application? Reasons for leaving would generally be discussed in your interivew. On your application for reason for leaving, you would keep it very...
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    Nursing School Explanation

    LoveMyBugs replied to rduterte's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Questions? Come to one of our Health Technology information sessions and find out all you need to know. Sessions are held on Wednesdays at 3:00pm in the Admissions Office in Chambers Hall....
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    Nursing School Explanation

    LoveMyBugs replied to rduterte's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would say that you need to go down to the school and talk to someone in the nursing department who can answer your questions. The advice office may not know all the answer to your questions/ That...
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    Need info on sensory intergration

    LoveMyBugs replied to Butterfly3001's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.onestopsensoryshop.com/ http://www.autismsuperstore.com/store-categories-Sensory-Toys_1441174.html http://kidscopetoys.com/sensory.aspx these sites have lots of sensory intergration
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    Need info on sensory intergration

    LoveMyBugs replied to Butterfly3001's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I wanted to add that the summer break from kindergarten and 1st grade my son had intensive therapy, twice a week with OT and SP, for 2 hours at a time, over that summer he made vast improvements....
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    Need info on sensory intergration

    LoveMyBugs replied to Butterfly3001's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing that I could suggest because I am just discovering this with my son is that the noise might be to much for him. I have child size ear plugs that I carry with me and my son is now after...
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    Need info on sensory intergration

    LoveMyBugs replied to Butterfly3001's topic in General Nursing

    As someone else has said, the is the book The Out of Sync Child and The Out of Sync Child has Fun your school district should also evaluate him and come up with an IEP, (Individualized Education Plan)...
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    How differet working at Hostpial or Nursing Home as CNA??

    LoveMyBugs replied to bluemountain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I worked in LTC before I got my job working in a ER. LTC- you generally work with the same clients, performing ADL's you get to know the routine of the clients and families. You may get a couple of...
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    CNA or MA for points?

    LoveMyBugs replied to SunnySunshine's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Like others have said, it really depends on what schools you are applying to. PCC dosnt give any points they are lottery at least for one more year. CCC, gives points if you have taken the CNA, EMT,...
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    Uterus transplants?

    LoveMyBugs replied to PiPhi2004's topic in General Nursing

    just my:twocents: if your going to spend up to $500,000. to have a child, there are hundreds of children that someone could
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    er visitors...a funny

    LoveMyBugs replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Know excatly what you mean! we have one pt that has made 30 trips in, in the last 2 months. He called on the phone one day and, he said, OH hi Ivana this is __, and I havent been in, in a couple days...
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    "I don't have AIDS"

    LoveMyBugs replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Just had someone say that to me this week. I was working at the front desk, and a man came in holding is hand telling me he cut his finger. So I put on some gloves to take a look and he got very upset...
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    internal waiting room

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in Emergency

    Anybody have these in your ED? Management has decided that the ED times are too long. They have hired a consultant who has implemented an internal waiting room. The idea is when beds are full, we take...
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    internal waiting room

    LoveMyBugs replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in Emergency

    That is kind of what the are doing with us now. Before a CNA would sit at the window, sign people in, if it was something really bad, then we would notify the triage nurse. What they now have done is...
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    best way to research jobs in OR?

    LoveMyBugs replied to nason3's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I dont know of any publications, but I am a nursing student/CNA. However the larger area hospitals in Portland are Providence, Legacy, OHSU- univesity hospital and dornbecher childrens, Kiasier, and...
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    What to do while waiting to get into program

    LoveMyBugs replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Nursing

    Are you applying to more than one school? I thought that I had all the pre-reqs and cor-reqs done and when I didn't get accepted into a program last year, I worked in an ER as a tech full-time. I then...
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    Degree Options

    LoveMyBugs replied to a4432's topic in General Nursing

    If me it is going to take a lot longer. While working on my pre-reqs and making sure that I had taken all the required classes for each of the 3 nursing schools I applied to, I ended up with enough...