kirsnikity

kirsnikity has 10 years experience and specializes in L&D.

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1. Lying to Patients. Is it for the Best?

   kirsnikity replied to bluemoon28's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I do not try to explain FHR tracings to families and patients, unless I have a situation where repetitive lates or variables are becoming a problem, or a prolonged decel happens. If they press me, I gently explain it takes a lot of practice and trai...

2. Capstone 4/7

   kirsnikity replied to MBrickle's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I'll be there with you. I'm so excited to be done with this program! I'm finished with all my general courses so I'll be taking this class alone. Texas government was pretty easy, just pay attention to the class notes and you'll be fine.

3. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

   kirsnikity replied to MBrickle's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I very strongly recommend NOT taking research with a heavy class, like History or Vulnerable Populations. If you can, this class should be taken alone. It really is a nightmare...and I had a great group who worked well together.

4. Holistic health assessments

   kirsnikity replied to twindad85's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I agree, this class is incredibly painful and time consuming. You don't have to put much thought into the work, but the tedium is awful. Can't wait for this class to be over. However, after having completed Research I'm thankful for a tedious clas...

5. N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management

   kirsnikity replied to Quest4sure's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I'm taking this class too along with health assessment. There are very few threads about this course, which I'm taking as a good sign that it's not too bad

6. Nursing Research 4425 11/4/2013

   kirsnikity replied to Shara2RN2012's topic in Texas (UTA)

   December 8th cannot come fast enough! Four people in my group have checked in, but two are still out there. Hopefully we're all in good groups. The OOH clarified things a little, but I don't understand why they have to be so cryptic in the assignme...

7. British Literature starting 10/21/13

   kirsnikity replied to LakeEmerald's topic in Texas (UTA)

   No worries about MLA. I did everything in APA format (used perrla for my papers) and it wasn't a problem.

8. British Literature starting 10/21/13

   kirsnikity replied to LakeEmerald's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I just finished this course. There's a lot of writing but the grading seemed lenient. Lots of reading, discussion board posts, three essays, and two timed essay exams. Nearly all the reading material is available online, but I ended up checking ever...

9. Only 8 courses, $9K??

   kirsnikity replied to RNsRWe's topic in Texas (UTA)

   In addition to all the nursing classes, I've had to take four general courses through UTA (Tx Gov, Stats, Tech Writing, Brit Lit). I took one course (American Gov) at a local community college and used my RNC to satisfy an elective. I'm going to ta...

10. Uta rn-bsn nursing research 4325

    kirsnikity replied to sallyko's topic in Texas (UTA)

    I'm taking it next month too. Not looking forward to it based on previous horror stories. It's only five weeks though, and nobody's died yet...

11. CHG prep for all vaginal deliveries?

    kirsnikity replied to ocmama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use betadine prep on vaginal deliveries. I've always been under the impression that CHG is irritating to mucosa and shouldn't be used on delicate areas unless it's absolutely necessary. I know there are many facilities where no prep is used at al...

12. Vacation and school...what would you do?

    kirsnikity replied to MBrickle's topic in Texas (UTA)

    Is there any chance you can take a laptop and use wi-fi? There are tons of wi-fi spots in practically every neighborhood in Europe (not that you want to have to do schoolwork,but just in case you haven't completely finished health assessment?)

13. Nursing certification as elective credit??

    kirsnikity replied to Minch's topic in Texas (UTA)

    My understanding is that you cannot use courses to satisfy the elective, which is probably why TNCC will not work. Same with ACLS. I had no problems getting them to accept my RNC. You need to have a certification, not a course completion. Hope this...

14. NURS 3425 Holistic Health starting 04/08/2013

    kirsnikity replied to TBBRN2011's topic in Texas (UTA)

    I'm just finishing stats this week through UTA. I've found the class very doable. The professor has a series of online video lectures for every chapter that have been invaluable.

15. Who else starts 4/8/13? Prof Nursing A/B, Technical writing

    kirsnikity replied to NclexSally's topic in Texas (UTA)

    Hang in there folks. Part B (weeks 6-10) is way better IMHO. I just wrapped up the course today and I'm glad to be done with it!