LessValuableNinja

LessValuableNinja has 8 years experience and specializes in Cardiac (adult), CC, Peds, MH/Substance.

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1. Nurses! Let's stand up and help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

   LessValuableNinja replied to guest042302019's topic in COVID

   Both the medical nurse corps and red Cross are accepting nurse volunteers for shelter ops and deployment to coastal areas impacted.

2. QT correction methodology

   LessValuableNinja posted a topic in Critical

   [h=1]Hey All, While many articles and studies tout the importance of correcting the QT interval for either R-R or rate, there seems to be little consensus on what this means. In fact, many educational materials discuss this concept, then provide (po...

3. NEW RN: Need recommendations

   LessValuableNinja replied to Emilyyredd's topic in Critical

   AACN has some useful stuff. Notably their essentials of critical care and procedure manual (2 different books). If you aren't already a member, it's well worth it. You get sent two critical care journals and have access to old issues online as part o...

4. Being called a baby nurse

   LessValuableNinja replied to NurseA1987's topic in General Nursing

   "Baby nurses work in the NICU. I've been an adult nurse for 7 years."

5. Are My Stats good enough to get me into an Accelerated Nursing Program?

   LessValuableNinja replied to komalshaheen19's topic in School Programs

   Depends on the program. Ask them where you fall in a typical applicant pool.

6. Orders from hell...

   LessValuableNinja replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

   "phos was # this am." "Ok. Go ahead and milk him." "Like a cow?" Confused voice, "Oh. No. I mean give him some milk and recheck tomorrow." "So, not like a cow?" "No. Not like a cow." "Alright. Just wanted to make sure." Real conversation this week.

7. why can't nurses get safe staffing laws passed

   LessValuableNinja replied to lee1's topic in Activism

   $: summed up in one character, but AN makes me provide >5.

8. First Emergency Scare

   LessValuableNinja replied to basketball13's topic in School

   Psychological versus physical precursor doesn't preclude vasovagal connection. Both can be causal, much like hypertension can have either trigger. People react differently to stressors. The vagal nerve is simply the mechanism of transmission that tr...

9. Melatonin ok?

   LessValuableNinja replied to Ash2213's topic in Recovery

   I know that it's commonly given to patients in substance centers and doesn't show up on standard drug screens. It's also already in your body.

10. Newgrad+Nights = Study Time?

    LessValuableNinja replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in Job Hunt

    If your patients are cares for better than any others on the floor, there's nothing wrong with reading professional materials. However, if you're not to the point where you can honestly assess the status of the situation and know from experience tha...

11. Accelerated Nursing Program

    LessValuableNinja replied to annie1011's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It really depends on the program. I'd advise you to talk to schools of interest, and ask to talk to current students near graduation, or those who graduated in the last couple years. There's a lot of variance in ABSN programs. I could advise you on ...

12. University of Arlington Texas bsn program

    LessValuableNinja replied to Jessecor's topic in Texas (UTA)

    Congrats! And good luck.

13. ADN to MSN

    LessValuableNinja replied to colbyf's topic in NP Students

    You need at least an MSN that meets all clinical and class requirements for your state board and whichever exam you plan to take. The programs that meet these requirements are designated by the school as an FNP MSN, ACNP MSN, or whatever. A "regular...

14. My ENTIRE 4th Grade Class....

    LessValuableNinja replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Stand By Me

15. How do you deal with high pressure and stress as a floor nurse?

    LessValuableNinja replied to nurseburst's topic in Stress 101

    Breathe. You're doing just fine. It's my guess that you've researched your errors. My advice would be to research them more. You aren't quite confident, but you don't feel incompetent. Researching improvable moments will help a lot with your confiden...