sara567

I used to do this...extra underwear, deodorant, baby wipes, hygiene items. Steel toe, high boots. Water bottles. Most of the time you will be working with no air conditioning, limited electricity, in dirty situations. Not sure your age, but news articles of Katrina was a pretty accurate account.

Good comments/suggestions. Thank you. I have been doing everything that falls under being an occ health nurse, other than actual nursing, for many years. I have been looking to find a per diem job to increase skills, but having difficulty finding one outside of long term care. In the meantime, I have been volunteering at a clinic, but this is mostly just giving injections, education and basic intake assessments. I was doing this under my paramedic license for the past few years. I have a meeting this week to get this off the ground. Hopefully, everyone is on board.

The alcohol based mouthwash mixed with some water...kills all the smells. I don't find the essential oil spray we have helps with the strongest scents we encounter.

Thanks for the reply! I already do all the regulatory items, plus more. That part won't be an issue. I'm looking to get my COHN soon, as I have more than enough hours. i don't know how to get a medical director. We laid off the one we had when I got hired. I worked under my paramedic until recently, and just was a very experienced first aider. Ha!

I just graduated from the Adn program, and entering the BSN program. Make sure you look at the point system if most of your gen eds are done. Depending on your grades and some other items you may have little chance to get in without taking at least 7 classes at goodwin. You will need at least 19 points to get in (historically, anyone with a 19 or higher gets in, with a few 18's here and there). This info can be found on the goodwin website. If, you still feel worth it to pay and take the entrance exam, the NLN is all a&p. No real focus on any one area. There are study guides online that people have posted.

The life knowledge that I had as a paramedic certainly helped me. I admittedly had to read and study a significant amount less than my classmates. I wouldn't say that was due to what I learned in paramedic school, but due to the 13 years of experience in a busy, urban setting and having all sorts of patients that I would ask questions about, and do research on, any topics/illnesses that I didn't understand. The ED, at least where I am, doesn't care if a RN has an EMT-P, unless they are a flight nurse. You won't be switching roles, if you are hired as a nurse, you will work as a nurse. I don't believe anyone said education, in and of itself, is a waste. We have all said that it is a waste of time and money to get your medic if you are looking to be a nurse. At this stage, get a job in an ED with your emt (assuming you are one from your name) and get the experience that will be very beneficial no matter which of the 2 paths you choose.

3rd as someone that has done both (separately) and don't recommend them both at same time.

I wouldn't do both at the same time.

Just as an FYI: dexcom is just one of a few brands that offer this. For none of the cgms (continuous glucose monitors) is one supposed to do treatment off the numbers that the cgm provides. It measures glucose differently (interstitial fluid), is affected by pressure (many people have issues if they sleep on it) and hydration levels (if numbers are more than 20 off, have them drink water). Also, while they are only fda approved for wearing in the stomach (for adults...kids have a few options)for many people that doesn't work and they eventually figure out where are good places for them (mine are in my thighs). It's also important to know that there will be days the child doesn't wear it at all, for various reasons.

Not a school nurse, but I am a dexcom user. They should be able to direct a time frame for when you get alerts. You can also get them sent to your email.

No. Just something that some of us keep track of. My personal belief is that SATA is the top tier of questions with priority and delegation being right under. So a high ratio of Either of these to total questions is a good thing. That has no backing other than personal observation of my, my classmates, and random other people's experience.

What we were told is no brain dumping. You can use as many boards as you want, just raise it in the air and they get you a new one. Tbh, as the other 2 people in this post have said, all I used it for was to tally SATA. that is what most of my classmates have also said. In retrospect, brain dumping wouldn't have helped me on any of the questions. The items that I thought i would, never even came up. In reality, while a poster may have stated they failed for "using too many boards" you don't know why thru failed, and neither does that person. They received a paper that said they were deficient in a certain area, and that was it. I would spend more time concentrating on studying and knowing the material than worrying about the type of marker you will get and how unfair you feel the rules are.

I'm not sure if this is a real post or not. It's hard to imagine someone with so many inconsiderate and unprofessional people around them. I can't imagine ever dismissing my child if they stated they were going to hurt themselves. If it is not real, joking about hurting yourself is not funny. With that out of the way, I am choosing to believe you are serious. Life is not easy. Nursing (or any career) is something you have to want to do. Nursing school is going to make whatever issues are already in your life that much harder. You are of an adult age. While it is apparent from your other posts that you are depressed, now is not the right time to be taking on new activities. Understanding that we want to make our parents proud, at some point we all have had to cut the umbilical cord and decide that our happiness is more important. For many people that occurs right around the age you are now. So, congrats, you are right where you should be. Now you need to make a decision. Change your major or not. Only you can decide that. If if you are thinking of hurting yourself, please reach out to one of the below numbers. They can help you for the immediate time of staying healthy and safe and help you maintain safety. Your above stated issues may seem overwhelming, but I promise you, they are just little blips in life. Even if you stay, get your Rn and decide you don't like it, Just get a new job. In my life I have been a teacher, an emt, a corporate professional and just recently became a nurse. As for those numbers: 1-800-273-8255 to talk 741741 to chat 1-800-442-4673 to talk

You have way more going on than nursing school. Not saying that no one has completed nursing school with anxiety, depression, or any other health condition, but it certainly needs to be under control. PCOS is pretty common and I'm surprised when you say you think know one knows about it. I was diagnosed over 20 years ago, and know many people that have it. There are options to control a lot of the symptoms. Are you being treated by an endocrinologist? You need to have your blood sugar checked and they can also level your hormones out to minimize excess hair. As for hair: there are lots of hair removal treatments to do until a time comes when electrolysis is an option. Because you are hyper aware of it you are causing yourself to believe that others are too. I highly doubt your parents are staring at it all the time. Your age is really not an issue. I had people aged 19-50+ in my class. The average age being around 30. If you aren't sure this is what you want to do, take time off. Take gen Ed courses that you can use for any degree you want. Many of these can be done online. Most importantly, breathe. You have a lot going on and can do anything you want, but need to try and fix things before taking on more.

So multiple parts of this is actually completely against the law. Both state and federal. Do not do it. Report them to the bbb and your Bon. What I see happening is that within a few weeks they will make an excuse for you to not have 30 hours. You will then be liable to pay them. You either will or won't. If you don't they will threaten to take you to court. They will threaten this for s long time, calling at all hours, multiple times a day. They will never bring you to court, because they know they are illegal, but they can make your life hell.

Yep. Sounds like you are in nursing school. You will get the hang of it. Just keep your head in the books and do the reading. 200 pages a week is nothing...I wish I had that in my program.

Hi! I'm a new grad. I have worked in my current role, in health and safety, for many years. My office is set up from when my employer used to have a nurse and Doctor on site...I still have 2 exam rooms, a waiting room, and everything else I would need to start up the clinic again. I'm not sure how I go about doing this, though. Do I need to find a medical director? Can I do pre-employment physicals without one? What about basic first aid? I already do the administrative part, so none of that will be a change. My employer knows I went to nursing school, knows I passed my Nclex and even gave me a substantial raise so that I stay. I want to use my nursing education, though.

i'm sorry you got bad news. It doesn't mean you should give up, though. You will get the areas you need to work on and use this info to focus. Does Hurst or U-world have a guarantee? I used ATI and Kaplan. ATI has a guarantee that if you fail they will work with you until they feel you will pass. Kaplan gives your money back. If either have a guarantee like ATI, use them.

While I would tell someone that had it shut off at 75 they most likely passed, any number between 75-265 has same probability of passing...or failing. Less than 20% of people fail the nclex. If you used the tools you mentioned appropriately, I'm sure you did fine.

Always amazes me when people post rumors, when the info is right there on the ncsbn website. The website even tells you what is on the test! You are right about the last question. For the record here are the 3 ways to pass NCLEX: 75-264 questions: When the computer is 95% confident you are clearly above or below the passing standard it shuts off. Pass/fail when at 265 questions: If the final ability is above passing: pass If the final ability is below passing: fail Run out of time: Answered less than 75 questions: fail 75-264 questions: it looks at the last 60 ability estimates. If they were all above the pass line, you pass. If even 1 was below the pass line, you fail. Ability does not equal question, per se.

Anything below a 77 (including 76.99999) you failed the course at my school. I have heard talks about them raising it to 80. Do your best and don't stress. honestly, if you are that close to failing something else is going on. Look for tutoring, different study method, etc.

Many other options that are tried and true...and much less. All come with a guarantee. NCSBN has their own, with a 3,5,8, or 15 week option. It's the same content, but you pay for how long you have access. It's $50-160. You could take Kaplan, ati, and hurst for that amount (actually less)

I just finished: full time job (50-60 hrs) plus a lot of traveling. Admittedly, some of those hours at work were spent doing schoolwork because I had that luxury. I wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise.

Well, no. A job you were at for 3 days, or even only a month, would (should) never be on your resume. You got a promotion internally at a job and then found your dream job Job hopping hasn't hurt you because you didn't do it.

That is up to you. If you are weak in certain areas, study that. If you are weak at certain types of questions do more of those. The he ncsbn gives a rough idea of what will be on the exam. Go through the list and make sure you know all the topics. When end I took mine last week I had 12 SATA and 30-40 prioritization/delegation questions. 2 classmates that took it the day before me had 30+ SATA and 12-15 prioritization. We all ended (and passed) in 75 questions. Are you good at these?