16mm

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1. Disregarding 911 dispatcher

   16mm replied to 16mm's topic in General Nursing

   That's what I was thinking also. They said when EMS arrived they checked and there was no pulse. But this is after they'd been doing cpr for quite some time. Could that have contributed to

2. Disregarding 911 dispatcher

   16mm posted a topic in General Nursing

   An acquaintance of mine witnessed someone having a seizure in a restaurant. She and several others jumped up to assist the woman. 911 was called. The dispatcher informed the group that help was on the...

3. Wages

   16mm replied to awall04's topic in Nursing Career

   Way too low. I'm in TN also and new grads where I'm at off around $24 with great

4. Nurse Extern Jobs

   16mm replied to azgal81's topic in Arizona Nursing

   Where I live you can extern all year long. The best way, IMO, to find an extern position is to put the term "nurse extern" into indeed dot com and save the search. You should get email updates when...

5. Is ADN sufficient to ba trauma RN?

   16mm replied to lena04's topic in General Nursing

   I would call the nurse recruiter of a few hospitals and ask them to be honest with you about whether or not they're hiring ADN grads. That's what I did. I'll be finishing up my BSN

6. New grads in specialties without the basics

   16mm replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Consider me one of those new grads who will be going directly into a specialty as soon as I graduate. I know where I want to be (critical care) and I'm going straight for it. I'm lucky that I landed...

7. clinicals

   16mm replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

   We had an hour lunch and were free to go where we

8. book question - Jarvis

   16mm replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

   When I did health assessment the lab manual was absolutely needed. We had to do exercises in it and rip out the pages to turn them in. So if I were you I'd ask your teacher. I had a classmate who had...

9. IV push failure - how I am failing

   16mm replied to Brandazzle1's topic in Patient Medications

   Interesting! I don't have any advice seeing how I'm just a student, but I do appreciate you sharing your new found knowledge. I wonder what the rationale is for this? But honestly, I feel that if...

10. ADN vs BSN Battle

    16mm replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Lol. I see more bashing on this site of BSNs more than anything. Especially for pursuing a more "difficult and expensive degree" when ADNs are "better prepared clinically" and blah blah blah. I don't...

11. Medsurg Question

    16mm replied to 16mm's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks everyone for your responses! I really appreciate you all taking out the time to help me clear this

12. Medsurg Question

    16mm replied to 16mm's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yep. You're absolutely right! Guided imagery is for PAIN. Sheesh what was I thinking lol. But the good thing about missing questions like these is that I bet I'll never miss it

13. Medsurg Question

    16mm replied to 16mm's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes A and B were the one I was stuck on for a little bit. My thought was that the patient was becoming dyspnic r/t anxiety of the upcoming surgery you know? So calming him may relieve the anxiety. But...

14. Medsurg Question

    16mm posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, I recently completed my 2nd semester of nursing school and aced this semester:woot: The one thing about finals that really sucks is the fact that you can not reveiw the questions that you got...

15. One Year Later

    16mm replied to NurseGirl525's topic in General Students

    Good job!! I think we finished up prereqs and started our programs around the same time!! It's so crazy to think we're actually DOING it, you know? Instead of just fantasizing about it. But one things...