shaas ASN, RN

shaas is a ASN, RN and specializes in Aspiring for a CCRN.

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1. Relocating to CA

   shaas replied to mcabreza's topic in California

   Hi, mcabreza. Whether you are a new grad or not in technicality, the job market in both NorCal and SoCal are supersaturated (meaning it cannot even adequately accommodate our own new grads here). Moreover, is a huge surplus of BSN and even MSN-RN who...

2. Giant Concept Maps - My Kryptonite

   shaas replied to Stephalump's topic in Student Assist

   Two things stand out for me other than what I've mentioned in the other thread regarding coagulation. 1) If your pt. is not compliant with dialysis and has a change in mental status, a red flag (either a high serum uric acid or ammonia values) should...

3. High PT, Low INR

   shaas replied to Stephalump's topic in Student Assist

   Both values are WNL. Due to the hypercoagulable state (because of the pt.'s APLS), you need to first check if these lab values are within the targeted therapeutic ranges for whatever anticoagulation therapy the pt. is on. If lower than therapeutic ra...

4. Bio/Chem degree vs nursing degree

   shaas replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

   My $0.02: Content in biochem/upper division chem (including physical chem, which is nuclear chem) is much, much, much harder than nursing. Pre-med, pre-pharm, and any nonsocial sciences (i.e., pure sciences) tackle complicated concepts to grasp, henc...

5. Can someone tell me what exactly a VEC surgery is?

   shaas replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi, Ashley. Could it be laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure? VEC does not seem to be an acronym; rather, it could be a shorten form of the Vecchietti procedure. My $0.02 Shaas http://www.mrkh.org/files/ORG/Laparaoscopic_vaginoplasty.pdf

6. Aches and pains physiology

   shaas replied to squareRN's topic in MICU

   No problem. I am glad to be of assistance of any kind and to learn along with you.

7. Aches and pains physiology

   shaas replied to squareRN's topic in MICU

   It is mainly due to the inflammation process, to combat the invading and replicating virus (in this case) or bacteria, which is a pretty complicated cell signaling/G-protein-mediated process of nociception involving articular nerves. During the infla...

8. Straight BSN at West Coast University

   shaas replied to cabo2341's topic in California

   Wow. I am shocked to see such a high price tag with so little in return... We are finishing up our first semester by next week. We had minimum of 4 med. passes and 4+ subcutaneous heparin/Arixtra/insulin injections, not to mention some of us got to i...

9. whats the difference between Rn and BSN? or is it the same

   shaas replied to latricehill's topic in Pre-Nursing

   More specifically: RN-ADN = associate's degree in nursing; passed NCLEX and got RN licensure RN-BSN = bachelor's degree in nursing; passed NCLEX and got RN licensure. The essential difference is not in RN v. BSN, but in ADN and BSN. Both routes can l...

10. El Camino College Nursing Program

    shaas replied to Kimkim's topic in California

    Hi, Kimkim. I believe that they do have a recency requirement for their nursing prerequisites. As far as GPA and scores go, "cutoff line" varies by applicant pool per term and the program's willingness to accept a certain breadth of students from var...

11. Sinus tachycarida?

    shaas replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in Student Assist

    It is very true that not all students will perform at the same level despite having given the same instruction and material on the subject matter; therefore, they'd test differently as well. I believe that the biggest clue was not just tachycardia, ...

12. Sinus tachycarida?

    shaas replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in Student Assist

    Digoxin does address HR, more specifically myocardial contractility, but you should really look it up. You need to ask: it decreases HR by addressing what sort of conduction problem and what mechanism of action? For future reference: digoxin is indi...

13. Sinus tachycarida?

    shaas replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in Student Assist

    Hi, there. One thing that I can think of is that, in this situation, sinus tachycardia may have been caused by fever or pain (both elevate HR). And, there is no electrical/conduction problem as far as I can tell from the question's stem. The conducti...

14. Nursing care plan

    shaas replied to shalinig91's topic in Student Assist

    Hi, there. I'm a fellow first-year nursing student as well. There's not much data that you presented but one thing stands out from what's been written: risk for falling, again. Your client has a history of having fallen more than once, which means th...

15. Potassium and Insulin Relationship

    shaas replied to standout22's topic in Student Assist

    Red blood cells are anucelated cells. So, the environment within a RBC would be considered 'intracellular' whereas the space inside the blood vessel sans RBCs would be considered 'extracellular.' So, conclusively, even within the blood vessel there a...