bubblejet50

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1. No Oxygen or Suction in dining room...normal?

   bubblejet50 replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric

   All the LTC I worked at did not have a crash cart. I never utilized my acls in this setting. We did not have suction or oxygen without an order. Choking wasnt a problem during the entire 2yrs I worked LTC. These guys see therapy so often that at the ...

2. How is it that some NP programs are so much longer and some are so much shorter?

   bubblejet50 replied to priorities2's topic in NP

   The college in town here is a 4 semester program for pmhnp. Its built for bsn students. All the programs I have looked at (university of nebraska at omaha, vanderbilt, creighton university, and marquette university) do not have any np programs that l...

3. Any suggestions for a great RN to BSN school EXCLUSIVELY online?

   bubblejet50 replied to BrightLight0's topic in Online Learning

   Im in an rn-bsn program thats completely online. Its at university of nebraska medical center. Webpage is http://www.unmc.edu. I love it. I have very few projects and the program is 7 classes

4. Nursing school and my biological clock...pls reply if you can

   bubblejet50 replied to RN2Be77's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I found out I pregnant 2 weeks before we graduated. I was the 9th person in our class to get pregnant. I will say if you take nclex right away and land a job its not too bad. I graduated in may, took nclex in july, and got my current job in september...

5. Vanderbilt Pre-Specialty (for non-RNs) MSN 2013

   bubblejet50 replied to sarahdukie's topic in NP Students

   Im applying this december for a fall start for the dual FNP/midwife program but the admissions lady told me they only accept 5-8 BSN applicants a year! Im already nervous and to wait 3 months for a decision sounds horrible!!

6. Anxiety

   bubblejet50 replied to ericaej's topic in General Students

   I have anxiety disorder. During nursing school id have panic attacks during tests and even lecture! I never once took meds. Here is what I did to conquer the anxiety (panic attack free for 9months now!) If I drink caffeine it is beverage a day betwee...

7. Any benefits with joining Phi Theta Kappa?

   bubblejet50 replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

   I joined it for a resume builder since I really didnt do much extracurriculars in college

8. Obamacare

   bubblejet50 replied to Topher53's topic in Activism

   I saw it on the news. I looked it up on google and this was released about a month before I saw the tv story. This seems more reasonable. http://m.omaha.com/om/pm_27428/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=WFCzGRlb I believe things do need to change but I r...

9. 12 hour shift

   bubblejet50 replied to haiman7's topic in General Nursing

   I love 12's. I do days and its not a hosptial setting, nor is it geriatric LTC. We get overtime for over 12hrs in a day and our lunch break is paid. There is a lot of downtime and I only stayed late once. I just love my job!

10. Unclogging a g-tube

    bubblejet50 replied to KatieNoelLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Another trick ive learned is putting coffee down the tube. Works like a charm. My boss told me about this one day and it really did work when coke didnt

11. Obamacare

    bubblejet50 replied to Topher53's topic in Activism

    The news covered a story here that stated that "in response to obamacare" one of the local hospitals went on a hiring freeze and laid off 5200 employees. This was dec 2012

12. need help with ekg interpretation

    bubblejet50 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Student Assist

    Do.you have access to anyone's acls book? I learned ekg's the best through that class. I had a rough time in school with them. I knew "oh crap you're dying" and "you are fine" lol but acls got me to note quite a few different ones

13. Pediatric/Psychiatry Rotation Tips!

    bubblejet50 replied to Aerielle's topic in Student Assist

    In my school we were taught to bring the patient back to reality, for example tell the pt that baby was not real, but now working with a population that is more psych than medical you never tell a patient a hallucination or idea is not reality. You c...

14. Embarrassing? (Ladies opinion)

    bubblejet50 replied to msnursecp's topic in General Students

    The depends are actually quite comfortable! Lol I saw a pp say the incontinence brief as could be an option. After baby number 2 I had literally no bladder control for a week. They will hold a full bladder worth of urine so im sure they will work for...

15. New LPN/RN Pay Rate

    bubblejet50 replied to ArtisticNurse's topic in Indiana

    Area: omaha, nebraska Field: developmental disabilities medical support unit (ltc without elderly) Job: FT RN (new grad with ADN) Pay rate: $20.25