BlessedRoseRN

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1. Cost of TWU RN-to-BSN online program?

   BlessedRoseRN replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Texas

   Good luck in finishing nursing school and the continuation of your education.

2. Cost of TWU RN-to-BSN online program?

   BlessedRoseRN replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Texas

   You know what I just applied and got accepted. There was no test to take to get in the RN-BSN program. It's not like regular nursing school there are no set number of spots. I think you have to have at least a 2.5 GPA with all your prerequisites for ...

3. Sam Houston State University - Nursing Program?

   BlessedRoseRN replied to AZ2B's topic in Texas

   SHSU does not have a nursing program i went there for 3 yrs and then to nursing school. They have a Pre-professional nursing program which is basically the pre-req's for nursing school. They only have 1 hospital and it's not that close to the univers...

4. Charge Nurses

   BlessedRoseRN replied to Maycee's topic in Med-Surg

   I wish our charge nurses did all these things ya'll speak of. Our's just usually sit at the desk, check labs, make bed assignments, they only do admissions if an LVN is getting an admission (since they are not allowed to do admissions) and only help...

5. What is the worst thing a patient has ever said to you?

   BlessedRoseRN replied to NurseStephRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was getting a pt settled back in bed from dialysis and he was still be NPO for a procedure later that day, when he arrived back to his room he had a lunch tray in his room, so I took the tray out and told him he was NPO and he stated "Ya'll said ya...

6. What is your Nurse to Patient Ratio

   BlessedRoseRN replied to dRN1's topic in Med-Surg

   At the hospital I work for in Texas our nurse patient ratio is 1:5-6 depending of if we are full or not. I don't like it all our patients have multiple morbidities and it's hard. Our charge nurses are lazy and don't know how to organize the patient n...

7. Petite Nurses

   BlessedRoseRN replied to Littlemisslizzie's topic in General Nursing

   I am an petite nurse 5'0, 95lbs. I don't even try to lift patients with out assistance. I workout a few times a week. I see nurses who weigh more than me who can't lift more than me. You will do fine. Petite nurses can fit in small spaces and I don't...

8. Did you sign a contract for your first job?

   BlessedRoseRN replied to Violet08's topic in New Nurse

   I didn't have to sign a contract when I started my nursing job earlier this year. If i had to I wouldn't be working there now. I think alot of those contracts are unfair. A few of my friends did go somewhere and had to sign for like 2 years and if th...

9. Cost of TWU RN-to-BSN online program?

   BlessedRoseRN replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Texas

   I am going part time. U can take as many as 4 classes a semester going full time and graduate in 3 semesters. I graduate May 10, so that's 4 semesters. Thanks for the luck!!

10. Cost of TWU RN-to-BSN online program?

    BlessedRoseRN replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Texas

    I started at TWU in Spring 09 in the RN-BSN program I paid like 1500 the first semester for 2 classes and books. The credit is $158 per credit hour but they add all these extra fees, like the gym, student services, computer service etc. I like it so ...

11. Patricia Benner's Nursing Theory

    BlessedRoseRN replied to BlessedRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I need to find examples of Benner's Theory used in clinical practice. I know alot of hospitals use it but I only found one hospital so far that has it documented and how they use it. I need a few more examples. I will try the nursing literature like ...

12. Patricia Benner's Nursing Theory

    BlessedRoseRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello All, I need some examples of Benner's Theory in clinical practice. I have searched and searched and have yet to find some. Can anyone recommend some sites I can use? Thanks. BlessedRoseRN

13. I need help with smells

    BlessedRoseRN replied to BlessedRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have yet to experience the smell of a GI Bleed, but if it's anything like the smell of C. Diff or worse I'm in trouble. I will have to try the Vicks under the nose.

14. I need help with smells

    BlessedRoseRN replied to BlessedRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I tried breathing through my mouth and the smell just went in my mouth and it just made me sick to the stomach. I don't want to be the nurse that thinks she's better than the other nurses b/c I can't handle the smell of certain things. My mom is the ...

15. I need help with smells

    BlessedRoseRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello All, I was wondering what do ya'll use to handle the awful smells of BM, Vomit, etc. I heard some use Vicks, but I don't see the rationale behind that, I thought it opens your nose more. I had a pt. with C. Diff we had to change and I almost lo...