Nurse AllBetta

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1. So I wanna be a health educator...

   Nurse AllBetta replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in Career Support

   I could really use some helpful advice from the "well seasoned" on the board.. please respond.

2. So I wanna be a health educator...

   Nurse AllBetta posted a topic in Career Support

   After making some tough decisions about my RN career and education, I decided that I want to be a health & wellness educator. I have a BS in another field, and an Associates RN degree. I sent my transcripts in to NCHEC and they told me I need so...

3. Resume for RN With One Year of Med/Surg Experience

   Nurse AllBetta replied to missninaRN's topic in Career Support

   Me three, been there, done that, got the t-shirt. :) Ready to expand my horizons. I want to remain optimistic despite the economy. I truly enjoy nursing but have realized (even in RN school) bedside care is not for me. But GOD bless the experience. I...

4. Maybe I'm not nursing material?

   Nurse AllBetta replied to stewiegriffin's topic in New Nurse

   @ JVRB4: O...M...G. You have directly stated everything I have been feeling since I started on my floor esp. remembering the action of each and every med. I know there is Micromedex but still I feel dumb esp. when my preceptor tells me with a polite ...

5. Any tips for alt format questions?

   Nurse AllBetta replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in NCLEX

   Thanks for the reply Stephanie. I get down to the two or three choices I know are right with the SATA and look at that lone or two last choices and start to think, "well it could be...or you could do that..." I need to figure out the way to totally t...

6. Any tips for alt format questions?

   Nurse AllBetta posted a topic in NCLEX

   As we loom ever closer to our grad date, we are are getting practice tests with the new alternative format questions used by NCLEX. Does anyone have any tips on the best way to answer "Select All That Apply" and "Ordered format" questions? It sounds...

7. Hemodialysis hwk.

   Nurse AllBetta replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in General Students

   Assesing the distal pulses! I didn't think about that one. As for the 'HT' I'm sorry I used the wrong abbreviation *tired student brain fart* I meant to put HA for headache thus the intervention for pain relief but I am also thinking that they would ...

8. Hemodialysis hwk.

   Nurse AllBetta replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in General Students

   You're right Day, in my post I just included the complications that we are to give interventions and outcomes for but I know I still need to add the RN Dx's. What I mainly wanted to see was if I was on the right track AND to also see if there were a...

9. Hemodialysis hwk.

   Nurse AllBetta posted a topic in General Students

   We were recently sent to our KD Unit and were asked as a part of our homework to give the diagnosis and interventions for complications of hemodialysis. This is what I came up with but I wanted to know what I should add/take away and if I am on the r...

10. Prospects of the CNOR/RNFA

    Nurse AllBetta replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the feedback moon. So do you feel that the job prospects are pretty good even for circulators? I'm smiling at the comment about doing floor work first as that is what I was going to do first before OR but I'm debating now...

11. Prospects of the CNOR/RNFA

    Nurse AllBetta posted a topic in Operating Room

    As I get closer to graduation (December -- yea!) I want to know more about the prospects of the OR nurse. I loved our clinical experiences each time and felt like I learned alot while watching some of the wonderful things the body and surgeons can do...

12. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    Nurse AllBetta replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    You know you are in nursing school when you gross out your family with a totally wikkid story about how you got to help debride patient Mr. So & So's necrotic decub ulcers in great detail. And then they look at you and say, "Don't tell me storie...

13. Patient juggling help

    Nurse AllBetta replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in Student Assist

    Thanks again!

14. Med-Surg questions

    Nurse AllBetta replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in Student Assist

    Thanks Daytonite! As for the positioning it seems the rule of thumb is "Affected side up" but I just wanted to also know the instances when this wasn't the case.

15. Med-Surg questions

    Nurse AllBetta posted a topic in Student Assist

    1. Positioning, positioning, positioning. :uhoh3:Any easy to remember memory joggers for a respiratory pt. with a certain disease process and the best position? (Other than the obvious of sitting the patient up?) Like I get confused whether or not w...