nurseprnRN

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  1. Question for your med/surg instructor

    nurseprnRN replied to blackribbon's topic in General Students

    You're assessing peristalsis in the whole gut. Your instructors taught you how to listen to all four quadrants because that's the best way to describe where you hear what, not to follow the large...

  2. Math Calculations Help!!

    nurseprnRN replied to MarySnov's topic in General Students

    We see people here all the time who see a bunch of numbers in a word problem (and in nursing they're ALL word problems) and rush to plug them into a formula (often dimensional analysis), and then they...

  3. Quit during orientation

    nurseprnRN replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Anybody want to make book on how long his present employers will take to realize they're being played for fools by somebody who is explicit about not wanting to do actual work, preferring to sit at...

  4. Need help!

    nurseprnRN replied to Tasp72's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How the heck does the PA know what you can and can't do? Talk to somebody in the admissions office/academic advising/financial aid office and get the real scoop. Good luck! Let us know what

  5. ER Experience - I'm A Wee Bit Upset

    nurseprnRN replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    One caveat: This will make you perhaps more sympathetic with family members, and that will be useful. One thing to remember and never, never forget: Never say, "I know just how you feel, I had a...

  6. How do you leave it at work?

    nurseprnRN replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Small hijack here. I was one of those nurses, and I was still nursing. I definitely had patients and gave patient care. Besides, not all nursing care is at the bedside, involves individuals, or even...

  7. How do you leave it at work?

    nurseprnRN replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dear, it's not for the sheer sport of knocking you down. It's not really even all about you. We have all, every one of us old farts, been where you are and said (or at least thought) those same words....

  8. Nursing assessment test

    nurseprnRN replied to dontknow2015's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know what IMC is. Is that a medical center/acute hospital? I would guess that a "nursing assessment test" would test your knowledge of nursing at your level (RN? LPN?), probably assessments,...

  9. Escalate to Dean ?

    nurseprnRN replied to Theone40's topic in General Students

    Didn't get a syllabus for a med math test? Do you think it's different from semester to semester? Newsflash:

  10. Is this right?

    nurseprnRN replied to kariace's topic in General Students

    Not every college grants these boosts. It is not reasonable to feel entitled to an upgrade without checking it out WITH THEM

  11. I'm stuck and I don't know what to do

    nurseprnRN replied to LorieStesk's topic in Nursing Career

    Community college and transfer sounds like a reasonable plan. Except for one thing: According to what I see on their website, the University of Chicago doesn't have an undergraduate nursing school, so...

  12. Is this right?

    nurseprnRN replied to kariace's topic in General Students

    In high school, you get assigned to a guidance counselor, perhaps alphabetically or by homeroom. Your courses are often largely, if not completely, preordained, and you do not personally register for...

  13. Burnout/ Compassion fatigue

    nurseprnRN replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been a huge fan of a succinylcholine chaser after Milk of

  14. Why Do We Say "Nursing School"?

    nurseprnRN replied to singwithme123's topic in General Nursing

    Let's fight about it. Military school.

  15. Unusual treatments

    nurseprnRN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    No, YOU drink it. :: ducking and running

  16. Advice Needed: When is it time to pursue something else?

    nurseprnRN replied to amelissa's topic in General Students

    Frontier Nursing Service

  17. Lab values interpretation for "beginners."

    nurseprnRN replied to nurselove757's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is totally the point. Since when does "advanced nursing practice" leave out the part of having had some actual nursing practice in the first place? Yes, I know there are direct-entry NP programs...

  18. Mom of 4 - can I handle nursing school?

    nurseprnRN replied to berry987's topic in General Students

    On the contrary. Your children will see their mother working towards something that is fulfilling and benefits others, and that is an excellent starting point for conversations. My kids were the only...

  19. "Good" Pop up?

    nurseprnRN replied to md9068sn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Does your mother know you are affecting her credit rating by generating refusable charges on her card? They count, you know.

  20. PRN- Should I feel bad?

    nurseprnRN replied to fifiandclea's topic in General Students

    No. Your CNA job is temporary. Keep your eyes on the prize, which is your degree and will be permanent. :) That's what PRN is for. If they're chronically short-staffed, i.e., this is not a temporary...

  21. Work as a prn LPN during nursing school?

    nurseprnRN replied to lei8809's topic in General Students

    You will find that as class work goes by you will say to yourself, "Boy, I wish I'd known that last month at work." It's a great motivator to learn

  22. Pearsonvue trick June 2015

    nurseprnRN replied to HealthyFuture's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If I had stayed in Massachusetts, I would've joined the cast of thousands taking the exam in Boston or Springfield. In Arizona, there was only one testing station in the entire state, and we had new...

  23. married with 4 kids, never been to college, age 29, can i do this? am i too old?

    nurseprnRN replied to coldblooded's topic in Chamberlain College

    My oldest student was 63. She was married for 40 years to a guy who told her she was worthless, stupid, and could never amount to anything. She always wanted to go to nursing school, but that was out...

  24. Pearsonvue trick June 2015

    nurseprnRN replied to HealthyFuture's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I went to college in Massachusetts and took boards in Arizona. This is what everyone in the U.S. did. Pencil and paper in a big room with hundreds of new grads. Exam given twice a year. We worked as...

  25. Pearsonvue trick June 2015

    nurseprnRN replied to HealthyFuture's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am so with you. Somehow we survived without the drugs. However, we were not brought up in an immediate-gratification world where "freaking out" garnered us as much attention as we craved. We just...