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  1. What kind of study area do you have/use???

    NYNewGrad replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Students

    In grad school, the public library and Barnes & Noble have become my favorite hangouts. No phone calls, internet or other such distractions... Just straight studying for a few

  2. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    NYNewGrad replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    1.Type of nurse? MedSurg 2. How many hours u work per week? 40 3. How many years of nursing? First year 4. What Shift: Day shift 5. City and State: NY 6. Average 2 week gross pay Take home after...

  3. Trouble with Narcan

    NYNewGrad replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, I agree that Narcan *was* the right choice to give an older lady with recent narcotic use. Depending on tolerance, body wt., etc. I think the dose you quoted here may be to the high side. On...

  4. What's In Your Pocket?

    NYNewGrad replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Are you guys carrying too much or am I carrying too little?! lol Pocket - alcohol swabs, 5 cc NS flushes and a pen. Hanging from my neck - badge and keys In the beginning of the day I'll have my...

  5. Accepted Columbia University's ETP student-meet-n-greet

    NYNewGrad replied to nycacoustic's topic in Post Graduate Students

    for me... suny 15 month bsn - approx. $10,000 currently attending suny fnp - approx. $14,000 total $24,000 for a bsn/rn and msn/fnp is more appealing to me than $115,000 quoted above... funny thing is...

  6. is FNP harder than nursing school

    NYNewGrad replied to smileysenior's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Isn't it amazing how much reading we do? For a 45 credit program, my syllabus contains close to 60 books! At least they're not all the same size as Harrisons!

  7. How are your summer classes going?

    NYNewGrad replied to christvs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Halfway through online Advanced Pathobiology... Very interesting and soooo much reading so

  8. is FNP harder than nursing school

    NYNewGrad replied to smileysenior's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Uh.. yeh... Not sure who told you that. I graduated 3.9 GPA from my BSN without sweating too badly. I'm working a whole lot harder just to understand the basics of 1000 page textbooks that are just...

  9. FNP....in hospitals.....in L&D?

    NYNewGrad replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In my FNP program we dont do anything near deliveries. We learn pre-natal, post-natal, gyn, etc. but no deliveries. Have you thougth about Womend Health

  10. Nurse Salary Survey in NYC

    NYNewGrad replied to LilyFutureCRNA's topic in New York Nursing

    I started at

  11. Need Help- Downstate Or Pace?????

    NYNewGrad replied to bklynnurse2be's topic in New York Nursing

    In Pace you'll probably work five times as hard than in

  12. any Nurse Practicioners from NYC here?

    NYNewGrad replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in New York Nursing

    Stony Brook has BSN to ANP/FNP and they have a program for non-nursing BA with Associates RN to FNP/ANP. Try going through your local hospital nursing ed dept to see if you can shadow NPs in the...

  13. Burnout in the first year

    NYNewGrad replied to yellow finch's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yep, Im at the same stage. Getting bored and frustrated on medsurg after only 6 months. Having just started an NP program is my only comfort, knowing that 'll move on soon (looooong three whole...

  14. Geez! Just spent over 1100.00

    NYNewGrad replied to adria37's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What type of oto/optho set do you all recommend? S/t decently priced and good... Also, between the Littman Cariodlogy II and III, where does the vote

  15. IVIG Administration

    NYNewGrad replied to cindyhyson's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I know I'm bringing up an old thread, but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more to add regarding infusing IVIG. My pt had an IVIG infusion order today, but by the time I left work this evening it...

  16. NEW YORK NP's! RN thinking of a bridge program to NP and general questions...

    NYNewGrad replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Maybe Columbia, not sure. Also try LIU, NYU or Stonybrook. I've been working for 6 months and am starting a FNP program in a few weeks. Yippee!! Really excited to go further...

  17. Stonybrook NP Program?

    NYNewGrad replied to NYNewGrad's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hey Athena, Thanks for the response. Its my first time doing a completely online program, so I was a little concerned about the quality of learning and such. Your post made me feel a little better...

  18. Why are unstable ICU/CCU pts on our med/surg floor?!

    NYNewGrad replied to christvs's topic in Medical-Surgical

    FireWolf, I'm with you on that. If once in every in 6 shifts I get a walkie talkie, then I'm happy. Norm is 6, and sometimes up to 8, total care pts with one tech. Out of the 6 pts, its expected you...

  19. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

    NYNewGrad replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

    The female who came in with

  20. Stonybrook NP Program?

    NYNewGrad replied to NYNewGrad's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Anyone?

  21. Charting

    NYNewGrad replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Okay how about throwing aorund some charting tips here. Here's some sites I found info on - http://medi-smart.com/documentation.htm http://www.malenursemagazine.com/charting.html...

  22. IV scenario

    NYNewGrad replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Nurse Angel. We run into these situations on my medsurg floor all the time. The blood line never gets interrupted - too sensitive and has a time limit to infuse. Our TPN and lipids are also...

  23. Why are unstable ICU/CCU pts on our med/surg floor?!

    NYNewGrad replied to christvs's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Totally know how you feel... Ratio on our floor on a good day is 1:6. If we're short (which I dont need to tell you how often that is...) it's 1:7 or 1:8. And one NA per RN. Yes, once in a while,...

  24. KCl through central access

    NYNewGrad replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU, SICU

    We do 20meq in a 100ml bag over an hour always through a pump. If its a peripheral line we'll dilute it by piggybacking NS, and thats usually pretty effective in preventing the vein

  25. Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    NYNewGrad replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

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