rjt027

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1. Review of UNE online Organic I

   rjt027 replied to Bill2211's topic in NP Students

   Ok: literally just finished the final. 1) 82 questions, 4 hours. 1 Bathroom break (don't get up and drink 2 pots of coffee like I did) 2) some serious advice here. Get a scanner or just save your quizzes to pdf w/ answers. You'll find it helpful, tru...

2. Review of UNE online Organic I

   rjt027 replied to Bill2211's topic in NP Students

   I am taking the course right now. I'll warn you that I had some problems right in the middle of the course (father got terminally ill). I found it extremely difficult to return to the subject after having taken a few weeks to stay with my Dad. Other...

3. Any tips for UNE organic chem final?

   rjt027 replied to pumpkin's topic in SRNA

   I'm 2 modules from the end of UNE's organic chemistry 1. I have to say with dire vehemence. If you have any other choice. Do. Not. Take. This. Course. It is truly horrible at every turn. Index doesn't correlate with the book. The book is a copy of a...

4. Review of UNE online Organic I

   rjt027 replied to Bill2211's topic in NP Students

   There are a few problems with this course that the OP didn't list. 1. The page numbers in the index do not correlate with those in the actual book. 2. The instructor uses questions to make the student "think ahead" not to cover the work previously le...

5. How do you document telemetry in a paperless system?

   rjt027 replied to mistygwenrn's topic in General Nursing

   My small hospital ICU uses Meditech in junction with Philips monitoring. The interface between the two costs over $300K, so we're stuck printing out strips q4h & w/ any status changes then entering the measurements into Meditech then at the end o...

6. Monitor Technician Unit Secretary Job

   rjt027 replied to orange_dolphin's topic in Career Support

   There are usually dysrhythmia courses offered at most hospitals for staff. Its about 8 hours to have the stuff beaten into your head if I remember correctly. You can come have my position as the second I pass the NCLEX I'm fired with apparently no RN...

7. Macaroni & Cheese

   rjt027 posted a topic in Humor

   A Dietician walks into a patient's room and asks him what he'd like to eat. Patient: I'd die for some Macaroni & Cheese. Dietician: Sorry sir, we don't have any Mac & Cheese today. Patient: Alright, then, can I get some Apple Juice and come M...

8. Is it true about the poo?

   rjt027 replied to gaia1214's topic in Humor

   Last day as a CNA on a Med/Surg floor prior to transferring to an ICU as a critical care tech. 3-12 hour days. Day 1: Pt w/ Paranoid Schiz, GI bleed, CDIFF (read: Isolation), Colonoscopy prep. Day 2: Find out the patient refused the procedure this mo...

9. Graduating ASN, problem with post-nclex employment?

   rjt027 posted a topic in General Students

   Alright, this seems moronic to me, but here it goes. I graduate in December w/ an ASN. I currently work as a Critical Care Technician in an intensive care in a small town hospital (watch cardiac monitors, do ekg's, help lift pt's, etc)... 1) I just ...

10. Is 50+ pages of reading a week "normal?"

    rjt027 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Students

    I'm in my final semester of an ASN. I have worked full time all throughout school, have 4 kids, and am due to deliver my 5th at home (due date = last final date ). Prioritize, focus, Limit TV to 1/2 or 1 hour a day AT most, study flash cards 15-30 mi...

11. Broke Foot=withdraw from nursing school

    rjt027 replied to tattooedlilfreak's topic in General Students

    In the idiotically cut-throat program that is Nursing..... There are a few options depending on how empathetic your instructors/program heads are. A class mate of mine had a horribly torn cartilage in her R shoulder to the point of repeat shoulder di...

12. Is it me, or is there a dichotomy for male nurses??

    rjt027 replied to Mike32110's topic in Male Students

    Reading these, I see a pretty narrow-viewed consideration of male/female qualities. I love playing with kids, I have no problem with empathy in the slightest. Unlike previous posters, I don't each much cow, mostly Rabbit food :) On the other hand, I ...