ATI

FYI, our ATI books are in.

Julie said that we all need to sign up for the comp ATI, it is a requirement to exit the program. The dates available are April 28th from 12-3pm or May 2 from 9-12pm. She said to e-mail her to get signed up.

jlang@deltacollege.edu

KAPLAN REVIEW

Hello everyone, FYI I will be posting information about the Kaplan review soon.! I meet with Kim Thompson today from the student success program, and the offer still stands "Delta College will pay a one time $100 towards a review session of your choice". I will be posting the break down of cost, dates and the deadline for application as soon as I get the info, but we hope to have enough participants to hold it here at Delta so no one has to travel. Thank you :) Cindy

N 8 Lodi group

Meeting tomorrow 1/29 with Ms. Fields in Locke 230 from 10 am to noon. Bring your clinical requirements. Check your Delta E-mail for details.

Sutter Neuroscience Symposium - Sat Feb 2

No late reg fee will be charged. $25 for the breakfast, symposium, lunch and lecture

Sutter Neuroscience Institute Annual Neuro Symposium
Sutter Neuroscience Institute will host a morning of medical education followed by the David F. Dozier, Jr. MD Lecture and Luncheon. This CME program is designed to meet the learning needs of primary care providers, as well as other health care providers who treat patients with, or who are at risk of developing neurological conditions, disorders, and/or disease.
For more information, please call 916-453-5801.
To register: Print out the registration brochure (PDF).
Sat- Feb 2, 08 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Sutter Cancer Center, Sacramento Classrooms 1-4 2800 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816

http://checksutterfirst.org/neuro/SNI%20SYMP%202008%20Brochure.pdf

Jan 28 SNA mtg is cancelled / rescheduled

Ana Hernandez is ill and will not be able to attend. Per our charter, an SNA mtg can not take place w/out the faculty advisor present.
The meeting is rescheduled for the following Monday Feb 4 at 1:00pm in the skills lab rm 229.
The agenda will continue to be focused on New officer election and passing of information.

Many Thanks

Graduation Info

I thought this was interesting, so of course I had to Share:

As per Julie and Judy of the Nursing office of Delta College, the Pinning Ceremony (the Nursing "all white" ceremony) is May 28th and the College "Cap and Gown" Graduation is May 29th

NCLEX-RN Practice

Practice with NCLEX type questions and improve your critical thinking skills and test scores.
This NCLEX practice site is free for you and provided by the Nursing Student Success program.

NCLEX-RN Practice

More Review NS 9

N9 Test #1 Outline/Review, FYI, this review is under the class of 12/2007 who just graduated, it was posted by a Jenifer Williams, I tried to copy and paste, but it becomes one big paragraph and hard to read.

Thank You!

Thank You So Much! Many of you e-mailed me, with N9/N10 test review. You have helped so many of us, and we appreciate you!!!! I can't say it enough, THANK YOU!!!

Thanks Cindy

Nursing 10 review from last semester :)

N10 Midterm Study Guide

40/50 = 80%

-1- Difference between public health, community based nursing and home health nursing. Know the scope of practice, role, patients seen by each
-2- What are the sources of reimbursement for community based nursing. Medi-Care/ Medi-Caid / Medi-Cal / Insurance / Out of pocket
-3- How do 3rd party payers influence health care costs?
-4- Understand the difference between medicare (elderly, perm disabled) Medicaid (federal and state combined money’s, state ran, for indigents) MediCal (this is Medicaid in california)
-5- (A LOT) Primary (before sick i.e. birth control, immunizations) Secondary (already sick and have problem i.e. talking to pregnant woman about termination options) Tertiary (already has perm residual problem, must learn to re-live with this perm residual of being sick)
-6- What is community? (book def: where people work, sleep and play). PEOPLE make up community
-7- Community based nursing- what does it include ( what are the nurses, what do they do)
-8- Culture – think about working with other cultures
-9- Teaching – Approx 15 questions
-10-The roles of a nurse. Educator, Case Manager, Leadership, etc. Have a clear understanding of these roles.
-11-Families – know the cycles (Approx 7 questions)
-12-Leadership styles
-13-Epidemiology (Chap 2) what is it? And what role does it play in the nursing field?
-14-Affective domains of learning: Affective, Psychomotor, Cognitive
-15-Be able to clearly state what communication is. Simple terms, understandable to patients. No medicalese
-16-Teaching Need VS. Readiness (some patients have a need to learn but are not ready, whereas others are ready)
-17-What is healthy family functioning? In regarding to communication

Responding to Nurse Nickey, a friend that just graduated sent this to me :)

N9 Midterm Review

-1- 66% on the first five chapters, all multiple choice

-1- Chapter 1

1. Know the difference (how they differ) between leader, manager and follower.
2. Understand the decision making process of a committee
3. Remember Maslow and his hierarchy of needs
4. What is mangers decsion making process, give examples of how they work and apply.
5. Herzberg theory, what are they? How do they differ?
6. Organizational Behavior Modification. How does it work in an organization?
7. Gardner’s tasks- make them real and apply to each other to remember.
8. Understand the leadership theories.


-2- Chapter 2

1. Transformational leader – application of this role, what do they do? How they relate to the followers.
2. Transactional leader – what are the differences between the two
3. What keeps people happy in the workplace?
4. What is a mentor? What makes them good?
5. What is the emerging workforce? What are the baby boomers? How do they differ?
6. What is empowering staff? What does it mean?


-3- Chapter 3

1. Know Druker’s 5 basic functions and how to apply the tools to nursing practice.
2. What is quantum leadership? How is it used?
3. How do managers allocate resources at the unit level (people, equipment, etc.)
4. What is the definition of managed care? Which theory is managed care grounded in?
5. What are the key elements of case management?


-4- Chapter 4

1. What are the ethical points of nursing
2. Know the definition of: (Box 4-2) verocity, justice, fidelity, nonmalaficience, benaficience, paternalism, respect for others, automony (*most important point to teach patients to be autonomous of their own care)
3. MORAL model, what is it and how does it help us to make ethical decisions?
4. What is a whistle blower lawsuit? What makes it valid?
5. What is a decision making tool and how is it used?


-5- Chapter 8

1. What are the planned change theories?
2. What is linear vs. nonlinear? Are they planned change mechanisms?
3. How should a change agent be viewed by staff?
4. What are some strategies for involving or improving staff participation in the change process?

-6- Chapter 10

1. What are the correlates of job satisfaction?
2. What is the reason for having collective bargaining.
3. What is workplace advocacy and how is it used?
4. Know the difference of negotiation process and what it is.
5. What is it to be a facilitator?
6. What is it to be a mediator?
7. What is it to be a arbitrator?
8. What does a statutory supervisor refer to?

-7- Chapter 14

1. What is client focused care?
2. What are the detorants to appreciating cultural diversity?
3. What are empowerment and advocacy in reference to cultural diversity?

-8- Chapter 15

1. What is differentiated nursing practice?
2. What are the different nursing care delivery strategies?
3. Know the difference between nursing care plan, physician orders, a critical pathway and a units standing orders.


-9- Chapter 18

1. Know the implications of cultural imposition and what does it mean?
2. What are acculturation, ethnocentricity, and cultural diversity and sensitivity?

Nursing 9/10 Study Guide

Mrs. Azevedo, spoke today about a study guide for our nursing classes. She metioned the reviews were on the blog, I have looked at every blog known to man and I can't find anything from Azevedo.

I should have clarified which blog she was talking about. Does anyone know what blog she was speaking of?

Pictures With Nursing Review Speakers

Tues' Speaker Dr. Johnson

She is My BFF (Best friend forever)
Wed. Speaker- We Are BFF too

The NCLEX Davis book is by Sally, along with 26 other Books

and Sally and I are BFF'

Can I Borrow a Dollar Sally?

Fri. Speaker

We Are Charlies' Angels?!? And of Course We are BFF's

More Nursing Review 08' Pictures

Kat, Crissy and Me

We Shopped til We Dropped!

Barb, Dancin The Birthday Dance -Every night it Was Her Birthday :)

Gemeka Hittn' Those High Notes

Thanks Danielle, Loved the Brie!!!

Nursing Review 08- Me and The Girls

Nursing Review 08 - Pajama Party

Nursing Review 08' - Group Pictures

More for N10...

I had this saved on my email from last year....

please send to all of the ADN students :
Dear Students,
Many of you will be attending classes at the new EMSTI location (all of Nursing 9 and 10, and all of Nursing 1 students). Hopefully, all of you will have the opportunity to have a class out there during your Nursing Program.
The CORRECT address and location are:
1801 EAST March Lane, Building B, Stockton.
Directions:
Go east on March Lane, cross the intersection of March and West Lanes. Proceed to the second stop light, make a U-turn and go in the drive marked 1801 EAST March Lane. Go to the second driveway on the right and park to the east or back of the building. Please do not park in front of the building, as there are several medical offices and the patients should have the opportunity to park in front of their location. The door is marked "San Joaquin Delta College Associate Degree Nursing Program". You can Google it or map quest it if you need a map.
Also, please NO FOOD or DRINKS (including coffee). We want to keep it as clean as possible in the classroom.
Thank you, Mary Neville

FYI for N10

Here's the address for Emergency Medical Sciences Training Institute (EMSTI):

1801 East March Lane, Suite 260
Stockton, CA 95210

Contracts for NS 9 More FYI

Hey just wanted to pass this on. I e-mailed T. Azevedo about getting started on my preceptor hours the first week of the new semester. She responded and told me that a contract must be signed between myself and my preceptor and turned into her on the 14th with an additional copy for the clinical facilitator (we do not know who this is yet), before any clinical hours are started. And a copy of agreed hours to be worked. So she suggested that I get it signed this next week if I wanted to get my hours going for the week of the 14th.

For NS 9 students

I had e-mailed T. Azevedo about getting started on the modules that we were assigned on page 48 of the instructional manual, and this is what she had to say, just FYI :)

Hello again,
Sorry...the modules won't be assigned. I found out Elsevier was going to charge you $40 a module. I'll explain it all on the 14 of Jan. Just start reading...TAz

Preceptors for N9

Has anyone contacted their preceptor? Can we get in touch with them now to get our schedules?