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I recently began working in our county clinic and am giving many IM injections. Not only in the deltoid, but for meds that require injection into a larger muscle & instruct either dorsogluteal or ventrogluteal placement. Of course, we were always...

I wholeheartedly agree with “Everline”—-nursing is stressful and at times exhausting, as are most jobs. One aspect that sets nursing apart from other careers is the satisfaction you gain from helping another person. When you put their mind at ease ...

To Aleonard13: I don’t think the 2 comments given knew the actual med you were referring to...Vivitrol does NOT come as a “prefilled syringe”, cannot be drawn with a filter needle and ideally should be placed in the ventrogluteal muscle. I’ve been ad...

Need some advice on PPD reading. I've placed 100's of PPD's in LTC with most having been negative---some with minimal redness, but rarely induration. Fast forward to my new job in a public health clinic. I'm working with my supervisor who has many...

Thank you for that great suggestion, 'Canoehead'. It is a little awkward for sure, although we gotta' do what's right now don't we? Currently, there is no other RN on the floor so at the time, I couldn't ask another colleague AND I didn't want to c...

Hey All! I'm here working on my C229 (WGU's Community Field Work) and would like to know if anyone out there has ever be "audited" by their course mentor and what that entails. Some of the phone #'s I have to supply are somewhat generic and I'm not...

Thank you, "BUYER BEWARE': I needed a good laugh today. "I never feel smart enough to be a nurse, only dumb enough. Sorry if not right answer". .....Ha Ha Ha, ain't that the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!

(In regards to Kimdesiree's message): I really think at times we can all say we've had moments of self doubt. I've been an RN for only 2 years and had that creeping feeling on & off through nursing school and beyond. But, I must tell you that ...

Ten times! You must have nerves of steel. I did Kaplan, Saunders & Hurst prior to NCLEX. Try different angles. Kaplan was classroom, Saunders was practice questions and I listened to Hurst audio as I'd go on long walks. Kinda' drummed it int...

As a 'second career nurse' I spent about 1 1/2 years in LTC. You learn prioritizing, juggling, multi-tasking and consistency, all of which are attributes you'll need as a nurse wherever you go. You learn to manage your time and ways to NOT forget t...

Well, that's the trick "Samari2"....there is NO sample paper. Unless you have a Facebook account (which I don't)---then I believe you can join WGU on Facebook and supposedly there's a sample paper there.... good luck!

I finished it last month and even though it seemed endless, when I look back it was just time consuming--oh! and confusing as heck at times too. But, basically what you want to do is go through the assignment step-by-step and answer each area to the ...

Thank you for your insight, "TheCommuter". The cheating angle didn't actually occur to me. When I did my ADN program they always supplied an example paper for us to get a better idea of the format they wanted used. This WGU project has extensive, ...

Anyone out there willing to forward the Task 1 from Facebook for WGU's "Community Health & Population" class ? I know it's lame, but I've been living without Facebook this long and would REALLY like to keep it that way---all except for getting a...

I know just how you feel. At least about the "conditon" rearing it's ugly head when you least expect it. It certainly nerve wracking, no doubt. I try to take one day at a time, sometimes one moment at a time. You mentioned that you feel your epil...

Gee, I think you may need to cut yourself some slack! You're very young and have accomplished SO much already---all with the major strain of a chronic conditon. I went back to school & chipped away at pre-reqs when my second child was 5. It too...

I believe if you have the desire to be successful, the enthusiasm to pursue what you ultimately want to do with your life, then YES! you can overcome this difficulty with math---no doubt! Just start training yourself like an athelete would do for th...

I attended a 5 day KAPLAN course and did ALL the Q-banks. Re-read SAUNDERS (I had used it a lot as a reference throughtout school to help before exams), although I felt Saunders was too 'rudementary' and the practice NCLEX-like exam in the back of t...

I'm afraid I "jumped the gun" on the position I accepted at an LTC & couldn't agree more with what you wrote. I graduated in Dec, 2014 took NCLEX in Jan & started working in Feb 2015. Hmmmm....maybe I should've been a bit more choosey, but ...

Brenda Johnson: Yes! Couldn't agree more. Putting yourself in the patient's predicament truly helps remind us of the importance of our care and what it means to their recovery/experience. I also like to think of the person as a close family member...

Snorkledorf: So nice to read your comment about "Pt in room 222". I, too am entering late in the game. Just graduated at age 50 and it's reasons such as given in this story to why I did it. It just occurred to me that this is exactly what it's a...

Thank you for writing that VERY inspirational story. It was certainly hard to read at first, but well worth how it left me----with a strong sense of "what it's all about" you know? I'm a newly licensed RN and this is the absolute reason that I purs...

63Tedbear: I can only tell you what I did and I had success when NCLEX day came. I really feel like I went overboard and probably could have done less, but here it is: I took an in-person Kaplan class which was 4 days, about 6 hours a day ($400, ...

I took my NCLEX this morning. Expected the routine 75 questions and was rudely surprised by 259! To prepare for NCLEX, I took Kaplan and did their entire Qbank and all their Qtrainers with all %'s in the high 60's (one even a 72), read Saunders AND...

XNavy corpsman What a great feeling, eh? Such a relief! I've been on cloud 9 all day....need to get ready for an ACLS class, then resume & job hunting!! All sounds easy after what we've been through! Congrats to you too!