Medical-surgical Nursing

Anyone willing to share a medical-surgical syllabus? I am working on updates and looking for ideas for arranging the content.

taking pulse on CNA exam

During the exam you have to take the pulse with two nurses. I am a bit confused, do I finish taking it with the first state nurse, one wash my hands, document, end skill and then restart and take it with the next one ? I know if i document too early

Passed the nclex now what?

Hi, Allnurses

I am a Canadian nurse,who applied to the board of Minnesota to take the NCLEX. I took the NCLEX for the first time on March 6th 2015, computer shut down after 165 questions (I started at 8h00 and finished at 10h30) . I received my quick

What LPN to RN or BSN options are there in California?

I live in California and have discovered that we have some very limited options as to online LPN to BSN options. There are many Universities throughout the country that have programs but few in California.

I would appreciate any suggestions about on

New Nurse and New Mom

I will graduate from nursing school in may 2015 to become an RN. I also just confirmed that I am pregnant with my first child! I am elated beyond belief, but this will peg my due date around October.
How are facilities about hiring pregnant new nurs

Interested in Legal Nursing?

I hope they will forgive my double post, because I know there are people out there who never look at the Legal Nursing forum who have been giving this some thought, and so I would like to make sure you're aware of this chance to learn more:


Dear AAL

LPN to RN or LPN to BSN?

Is it a better, more economical decision to go from LPN or RN and then RN to BSN, or to just go straight from LPN to BSN?

Any theories or real life experiences would be helpful. Do you mean LPN to ADN? Because either way you will be doing LPN to BSN.

EKG class?

Next semester, my med surg class will be heavy on EKGs/tele. I was going to see about taking an EKG class over summer to make next semester, but a quick Google search didn't show me much. Has anyone done something like this? My hospital offers them t

Restrictions on using PTO

Do you have any restrictions (besides holidays) on using your PTO?

I work full time at a job M-F and I work at a SNF every other weekend. At the SNF, we cannot use our PTO on a weekend without finding our own coverage (unless it is part of a larger v

MO Private Practice RN to work in Hospital (on behalf of priv. pract)

Hello everyone.

Is anyone in Missouri working for a private practice group as an RN who's practice rounds in any hospital? If so what are you allowed to do in the hospital working for your MD or pracitice without being a hospital employee?

Any input