marikelly18

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1. What are your pet peeves?

   marikelly18 replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   granny who you help while she is in the bathroom. she uses 2 squares of TP folded over 5 times and "scrubs" her perineum with her microscopic piece of TP. then she grabs hold of you so you can help her off the commode. Makes me crazy!!! Use more...

2. COPD and O2 sat

   marikelly18 replied to Soran's topic in Emergency

   NEVER deprive a patient of oxygen!!!! Yes, in this situation eventually there is going to be a problem with CO2 retention...but that can be addressed later. The immediate problem is oxygenation of vital organs. Sats need to be at least 90%.

3. Moved to a new ER, now I don't feel like I'm a real ER nurse anymore

   marikelly18 replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

   You will learn assertiveness in due time. Day after day you will find that patients, families, physicians, coworkers....inevitably someone during your day will try and walk all over you. Eventually you will decide when it is enough and learn how to...

4. ER Wishlist Items!

   marikelly18 replied to HappyKYRN's topic in Emergency

   ativan mist to disperse in the waiting room!!

5. Drexel University FNP Fall 2014

   marikelly18 replied to Tibbymc's topic in NP Students

   Is anyone else still waiting to hear about the status of their application? I have been checking several times a day online and nothing has arrived via snail mail either. Is anyone aware of a date that responses were to be sent out??

6. Drexel University FNP Fall 2014

   marikelly18 replied to Tibbymc's topic in NP Students

   I am also waiting to hear back. I didn't realize that June 15 is the date that we are now looking at. It is getting awfully late to plan for work scheduling, etc. We are already planning for a September schedule and without having a letter from Dr...

7. Drexel University FNP Fall 2014

   marikelly18 replied to Tibbymc's topic in NP Students

   I am getting my resume together and hope to have it submitted by the end of this week. This program looks fantastic and I am really excited! Hope we can all take this journey together!

8. PRCM 3250J starting 8/26..anyone in?

   marikelly18 replied to SamRNmedic's topic in Ohio University

   I am in this class along with 4580. Hoping that it is reasonable to take them together.

9. 4580 starting Fall, first 5 weeks....

   marikelly18 replied to momofseven's topic in Ohio University

   I am taking this class, PRCM 3250J, and I also have 4600 in Fall II. Should be seeing you a lot the next few weeks. Good luck.

10. March 27th Cohorts and Newbie help

    marikelly18 replied to kevoncox's topic in Ohio University

    I am entering my 6th nursing class. Every book that has been "required", I have needed. So far, the only class requiring more than 1 book has been the ethics class. Otherwise, I have rented my books, usually they cost $20-30 a book. I think that'...

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

    marikelly18 replied to NBanasz1's topic in Ohio University

    Leadership and Diversity. Hope I didn't overdo it! Guess I will soon find out.

12. Global Health HSP 2210

    marikelly18 replied to cincinursemary's topic in Ohio University

    I would tend to agree. Time is a huge investment in this class. I would have to say I commit 25-30 hours per week. The DB assignments are not simple 5 paragraph explanations. They are in fact, lengthy 2-3 page papers, often with 8-10 references. ...

13. Global Health HSP 2210

    marikelly18 replied to cincinursemary's topic in Ohio University

    Almost finished with the paper. Again, I am having a hard time making it with what seems to be the "minimum". I have >10 references so far and still more to go. I am finding that as I go, the information that I find just keeps getting to be mor...

14. Global Health HSP 2210

    marikelly18 replied to cincinursemary's topic in Ohio University

    I agree with you healthlink97. I spend much more time on this class than any other I have in the past. Very time consuming. I also find it difficult to post to the DBs with only 4-5 paragraphs. I am generally around 3 pages as well. Usually betw...

15. Family Nursing January

    marikelly18 replied to NBanasz1's topic in Ohio University

    My TA has also been great. She provides a great deal of feedback with each assignment, making me feel like she is actually reading what was written. I tend to agree that this course has been somewhat challenging, but I don't think the expectations ...