NICUismylife

NICUismylife ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Best route to get into mother/baby

    NICUismylife replied to newnurse085's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you don't need to work full-time, then job #2 for sure!

  2. anxiety about evening Childcare

    NICUismylife replied to Mahogany77's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, my first thought was "when will she study?" Actual in-class time and clinical time is such a small part of nursing school! From reading your post, I am under the impression that you are...

  3. Med Math Flow Rate for IV

    NICUismylife replied to cocostar's topic in General Students

    Right!

  4. Med Math Flow Rate for IV

    NICUismylife replied to cocostar's topic in General Students

    In each problem, where it says "set and solution" it tells you the solution. D5W and NS are both solutions commonly used for dilution. You are injecting the 10mL of medication into the 50mL bag of...

  5. Tell me I can do this

    NICUismylife replied to Nurse2bAlissa's topic in General Students

    Not knowing how the nursing program that you are looking at works, I really can't comment on it. For our program, you had to have all sciences completed before you could even apply to the nursing...

  6. If I wasn't good at A&P should I still choose to go into the medical field?

    NICUismylife replied to rybs's topic in General Nursing

    If you struggled in A&P and didn't find the subject matter interesting, then there is a good chance that nursing is not for

  7. DONT BUY TEASV PRACTICE TEST under ATItesting site!

    NICUismylife replied to ari3sdog's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    That is what the TEAS test is. It has virtually nothing to do with nursing. It is essentially an evaluation of how much you know, how well you are able to retain and apply basic concepts that you...

  8. Tell me I can do this

    NICUismylife replied to Nurse2bAlissa's topic in General Students

    Honestly, the first 3 years of pre-reqs and gen-ed will be a breeze, especially if you can take some of the non-sciences online. When I went back, my kids were 4, 7, and 9, and I continued to work 30...

  9. Considering Quitting Nursing School

    NICUismylife replied to hmoge's topic in General Students

    No one can really answer that for you. Some things to think about: What made you want to go into nursing in the first place? If your only answer is "money" then you should probably move on to...

  10. Taking A&P, Micro, CNA -- but what order?

    NICUismylife replied to mniicole's topic in General Students

    Are you already sure that micro will be offered next summer? If so, and if you do well with accelerated courses, then I'd go that route. You stand a better chance of achieving all "A"s in your science...

  11. Nursing Schools Not Responding to Email

    NICUismylife replied to Ramennoodles's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, it's extremely common for schools to have email filters so that they can only receive emails from .edu

  12. Dosage Calculations IV question.

    NICUismylife replied to tishalu's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're correct at first. It is 37.5 mL/hr (usually you round to nearest tenth). But for gtt rate, you divide by 60 mins/hr to get mL per min (37.5/60 = 0.625 mL/min), then multiply by gtts per min...

  13. Vegas Pre-nurs student looking for help

    NICUismylife replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    If you search for job openings at your local hospitals (they are usually posted online under "careers" on the hospital's website), then you will see the listings with the hours. For example, some of...

  14. Secret agenda of doing away with the associate program?

    NICUismylife replied to WCSU1987's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    What you're describing is specific to your area. I'm in CA, where there is a state-mandated RN-to-patient ratio. Because of this, LPNs are rarely employed in hospitals because they don't count toward...

  15. BSN nurses, how much did your schooling cost you?

    NICUismylife replied to lmjsierra's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't have my BSN yet, but my ADN is free (scholarships, grants), and I'm planned to go the WGU route for RN-to-BSN. If it takes me a year, that will cost around $7-8k, although my employer will...

  16. Opinion: Do bad TEAS scores = Bad nursing students?

    NICUismylife replied to NoTurningBack's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    This is inaccurate. I bought the study package. It contains study material that teaches you what you need to know to successfully do well on the TEAS. It also provides example questions to familiarize...

  17. Texas: Forensic Psych Evaluation with Polygraph

    NICUismylife replied to 75Gallons's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    WTH? You had to take a polygraph just to go to nursing school? Do you have a criminal history? Or is this standard in TX? I've never heard of such a thing! That is

  18. Prerequisites

    NICUismylife replied to emerriwe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Micro at my school was hard, but it was less the content and more the workload that was rough. I found the content extremely interesting (lab was even fun!), and it wasn't difficult to learn....

  19. Nursing Schools Not Responding to Email

    NICUismylife replied to Ramennoodles's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school's Allied Health Dept has a filter that will not allow any outside email addresses to go thru (only a school email address), so it may be that they are simply not getting those emails. If you...

  20. BSN and ASN

    NICUismylife replied to msheather413's topic in General Students

    Where are you that community college is $27k? That is abnormally

  21. BSN and ASN

    NICUismylife replied to msheather413's topic in General Students

    My local state college costs approx $13k (tuition and books) for RN-to-BSN in 15 months. There are online schools like WGU that are less (around $7k if you finish in a year) and private online schools...

  22. Which states will be accepted in California for RN license?

    NICUismylife replied to friedjalapeno's topic in General Students

    I have no experience with this, so I have no idea, but have you tried calling CA BRN to see if they can tell you? I would think that since the approval/endorsement will have to go thru them that it...

  23. Scenario

    NICUismylife replied to amanides's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That was my thought as

  24. Prerequisites

    NICUismylife replied to emerriwe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm sure it's different at each school, but nutrition was one of the easiest classes I have ever taken. I really didn't learn a single new thing. That said, I am a bit of a health nut, so I had done...

  25. Course for Monitor Tech

    NICUismylife replied to marie813's topic in General Students

    Call the education dept of the hospital that you are hoping to work for. They should be able to tell you where to take the course. They might even offer one