caringwldflwr

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1. Online FNP Programs

   caringwldflwr replied to NICUNURSE04's topic in NP

   What about recommendations related to going straight from RN lisencing to FNP/NP programs or getting experience first? With any luck I'll be able to sit for the RN exam this spring/summer. There are several of us in my class that go back and forth be...

2. Question JVD assessment

   caringwldflwr replied to caringwldflwr's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. That confirms what I thought. So, if I understand correctly, when doing JVD assessment, if I see pulsation in what I am looking at, I am either seeing the carotid(s) OR there's a much bigger problem than JVD. Right?

3. Question JVD assessment

   caringwldflwr posted a topic in General Nursing

   When assessing for JVD, how do I know that what I'm looking at are jugular veins and not carotid arteries? Similarly, when palpating for the carotid pulse, how do I know it is the c. arteries I am feeling and not jugular veins?