tiffmh1987

tiffmh1987 specializes in Nurse Tech (Med/Surg, L&D); RN: CCU, ICU.

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1. Hypertonic Solutions

   tiffmh1987 replied to His_girl's topic in General Students

   TPN and PPN (total parenteral nutrition and partial parenteral nutrition) are hypertonic. Other than that, I know that greater than or equal to 5% Dextrose is considered hypertonic (D5NS, D5LR, D10). Albumin and highly concentrated electrolytes (Pota...

2. Is it best to get BSN as opposed to ADN for second degree?

   tiffmh1987 replied to Becca2theresq's topic in ADN/BSN

   An RN is an RN. A bachelor's degree opens the door to management type positions, but I have asked myself that same question. I have an associate degree and work in critical care, as do many of the nurses I work with that have been nurses for years, ...

3. Clinicals??

   tiffmh1987 replied to NStiger88's topic in General Students

   Hi! Congratulations on your journey to becoming a nurse. :clphnds: Usually at the beginning of nursing school, you have clinicals from 7A-3P. I always used to arrive to clinicals early (around 6:00 or so) so I could go over paperwork, talk with the i...

4. new grad and I already hate working

   tiffmh1987 replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Med-Surg

   You know, I just want to say that I'm a fairly new grad. I graduated May 9th of 2008. My last semester of nursing school, I was having so many doubts. I had barely passed my 3rd semester and felt like clinicals were a joke, meaning I hadn't gotten to...