swnewrngrad

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1. Colorado New Grads- Do you have jobs?

   swnewrngrad replied to Work in Progress's topic in Colorado

   I just graduated with my BSN and left Colorado just to go to school. I am now trying to get back and have sent out 50+ resumes and applied for 20+ jobs. I also have a bachelors in social work and the feedback that I am getting from nursing recruiters...

2. med math stumper- HELP!!

   swnewrngrad posted a topic in Student Assist

   Ok, I am taking my NCLEX in two days and here is a hum-dinger of an med-math problem that myself and my nursing friends cannot figure out. I am including the answer. This came off of a practice exam and I have seen the rational and still cannot figur...

3. Confusion on the NA/water relationship

   swnewrngrad replied to swnewrngrad's topic in Student Assist

   Sounds good... In DI when the water is leaving is the same situation as vomiting... where only the water is leaving but the NA is not?

4. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse

   swnewrngrad replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that RN jobs are hard to come by at the moment. I am a new BSN graduate, with a previous bachelor's degree in a related field with a lot of experience. I graduated with honors in both, BSN with a 3.75 and sent out over 50 resumes and applicat...

5. Confusion on the NA/water relationship

   swnewrngrad replied to swnewrngrad's topic in Student Assist

   So let me clarify... is NA excreted thought the kidneys as Mg and K+ are?

6. Confusion on the NA/water relationship

   swnewrngrad posted a topic in Student Assist

   Ok, I am confused about the sodium water relationship. I thought that I had a pretty good grasp on the concept and made it all of the way through school and then I attended the HURST review and their section on this topic has confused me.... Does nau...

7. CHEST TUBE TIDALING

   swnewrngrad replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in Student Assist

   I think that in the ED what you are seeing is when it is hooked up to suction and the tidaling and bubbling that they are referring to is in chest tubes which are not hooked to suction. May be wrong here but what I found online seems to lead in that ...