bennettsmith

bennettsmith has 3 years experience and specializes in CNA/EMT/RN-student.

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1. Nursing qualities

   bennettsmith posted a topic in New Nurse

   As a new nurse I have this on my mind. Most likely a new grad will at some point violate one of the patient's five rights. We all hope no harm is done if it does happen. Here is what happens in the hospital as a new grad. A new nurse violates one of ...

2. your thoughts on testing

   bennettsmith replied to bennettsmith's topic in General Students

   Do you consider any of the other examples to be at a disadvantage on a test -considering the state of mind they would be in?

3. your thoughts on testing

   bennettsmith replied to bennettsmith's topic in General Students

   So you can choose your family? Just to stray from the original question even further -How would you go about choosing not to have those things?

4. your thoughts on testing

   bennettsmith replied to bennettsmith's topic in General Students

   I understand that the laws are in place to accommodate for those with a learning disability. The thing I do not understand is that in a medical program one has to meet a certain amount of criteria to get through. Everyone is held to the same standard...

5. your thoughts on testing

   bennettsmith posted a topic in General Students

   Last spring, one student nurse who had seen her grades on the borderline, dropped her classes and came back the fall semester. This time she still found only one of her classes too difficult to pass. so, now,after dropping it for the second time, she...

6. here is a question for you

   bennettsmith replied to bennettsmith's topic in General Students

   Yeah, the kicker is that I have no Idea what the best response is. Our teacher is good at making us panic. We told her we would give O2 at 2L/h and she looked down and gave no response -which means this question is going to be on the test. PPV seems...

7. here is a question for you

   bennettsmith posted a topic in General Students

   a patient dx with emphysema is currently going into respiratory distress. as a nurse you would? A.call the dr. b.give 2L of O2 via nasal cannula for 5 hrs c.provide Positive Pressure Ventilation d. put the patient in a supine position this was an ex...

8. first semester of finals,any thoughts?

   bennettsmith posted a topic in General Students

   So we got our "study guide" for fundamentals. most of consist of answering questions as vague as "how to portray care ", and "fluid and electrolytes". There are over a hundred-twenty questions like that. So it comes down to test taking strategies. An...

9. Nurse who needs an EMT-B cert. questions

   bennettsmith replied to StudyinginCT's topic in Emergency

   I have my EMT-B and I am currently in nursing school. You need to graduate from a certified EMT-B program to sit for the NREMT. There are some similarities in both programs but the regulations are different -you wont see a nurse jump in the ambulance...

10. Is every program like this?

    bennettsmith posted a topic in General Students

    So we are in finals now. We have one teacher who is very ambiguous about what she wants us to do. We thought it was funny at first that forgot what she would tell the class . Now we are wrecked from the experience. She has lost test, given quizzes an...

11. Any helpful books

    bennettsmith replied to LovelyGraduatedNurse's topic in Student Assist

    books a million has great resources for nurses. It would not hurt to become familiar with medical abbreviations, basic terminology, how to give a shift report and how to write a care plan. Our first semester they expected us to know it immediately. ...

12. Starting as a new nursing assistant tomorrow morning

    bennettsmith replied to AZ_LPN_8_26_13's topic in CNA/MA

    Stick with it. You are going to have good days and very very bad days. I found CNA to be a very interesting job for the most part and you will learn lots

13. IV Flow Rate

    bennettsmith replied to NeecyBSN_RN's topic in Student Assist

    I took 100ml divided by 90min = 1.1111111. take the answer and multiply by 60 min to get 66.66666 ml/hr, or 67 ml/hr.

14. am I making too much of this?

    bennettsmith replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    remember, choose you battles.