TaraBRN

TaraBRN

ICU-CVICU, MICU, CCU, ER

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About TaraBRN

TaraBRN has 23 years experience and specializes in ICU-CVICU, MICU, CCU, ER.


I have been a nurse for 23 years in ICU and ER. Finally going back to school to get my BSN and then FNP. Currently studying at Ohio University- RN to BSN online.

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  1. Roll Call 4580 Leadership, Starting 3/25/13

    I am not good at ambiguity and therefore this class has been very trying for me, at least it is almost over. This out of ALL classes should be the most structured as it is all about LEADERSHIP, from what I can tell about the leadership in THIS cours...
  2. Roll Call 4580 Leadership, Starting 3/25/13

    thanks for all your replies....I have the other numbers calculated..but..i don't understand.. not sure what to do, so thanks again.
  3. Roll Call 4580 Leadership, Starting 3/25/13

    I don't understand this at all...table 28.1 in the book has numbers in there for nurses etc. How can I answer the question "how may staff members are needed for one day on the unit" if I have no idea how many patients a nurse should take- do I just ...
  4. Roll Call 4580 Leadership, Starting 3/25/13

    I have no idea how you can calculate the staffing without knowing how many patients 1 nurse gets? this is totally frustrating
  5. Roll Call 4580 Leadership, Starting 3/25/13

    I don't understand how we are supposed to calculate how many staff members per day if we don't know the nurse/pt ratio. I mean this isn't one to one care we are talking about. I am totally confused
  6. Gerontology Spring 2013

    that's what I'm doing as well, although it took me forever to get it figured out and the TA was no help! It takes out my DB spacing as well- but I haven't gotten any points taken away bc of it.
  7. Gerontology Spring 2013

    I referenced the book as well- like this: (Touhy & Jett, 2010, figure 8-4). and she didn't take away points, so I assume it's all good!
  8. Gerontology Spring 2013

    I have started it, and no they do not want the tool scanned, just cited and referenced, don't forget too that they want our client to be cited (APA personal communication). My question is, what about this poem? are we supposed to read it to our clie...
  9. Gerontology Spring 2013

    Yeah, I thought the email/announcement was very unprofessional, I think she should have addressed the subject a little more gingerly and contacted the persons she was talking about directly. I think the TA and Professor in this class are generally n...
  10. Gerontology Spring 2013

    Is anyone using a Mac and having difficulty getting your APA format on Discussion Boards to Mashup to BB correctly? If so, and you need help, I have finally figured it out!