EricJRN MSN, RN

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    Therapeutic Phlebotomy help

    EricJRN replied to jwhitman's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We used to collect whole blood for therapeutic phlebotomy on outpatients when I worked for a hospital-based blood donor center several years ago. We would use the standard donor blood collection...
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    Is there really a control group that gets all 265 questions?

    EricJRN replied to JessicaRN11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Not true, though that has been a long-standing myth. If you go here to the 2011 NCLEX Candidate Bulletin and see page 13, you'll see that the only time a candidate gets a maximum-length exam is when...
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    Lactated Ringers vs .9NS

    EricJRN replied to Cindy 17's topic in General Students

    There aren't very many hard and fast rules where one crystalloid is favored over another. In your standard dehydrated ER patient who needs a liter or so, studies don't seem to show much difference in...
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    Where get NRP certification in Milwaukee area?

    EricJRN replied to SydneyJo1's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't get any specific leads here, you might just try the NRP website. Click on "Locate a Course or Instructor." Many instructors don't post their upcoming courses, but you can use the...
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    Clinical Nurse Leader, what is it exactly?

    EricJRN replied to soxy's topic in Nurse Management

    Although the CNL role isn't something I run into in the area where I work, I can speak to a financial reason that a direct-entry MSN might not necessarily make the most sense for everyone. Think of...
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    I need to know why?

    EricJRN replied to Leonie_P.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One suggestion. Rather than trying to make a direct link between just two of your patient's issues, think much more broadly about everything that contributes to this patient's critical status. How...
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    Leaving facility AMA...

    EricJRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In Houston a few years ago, there was a firefighter who delivered her baby at 9 pm and had to take a departmental exam for a promotion the next morning at 9 am. I'm not sure how long she stayed...
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    Help with Pharmacology homework

    EricJRN replied to futurenurse505's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The way I'm reading it, you're looking for a drug that was intended for one purpose initially but used for another purpose now. When you have a drug that is approved to treat one condition, using that...
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    Excelsior BSN, why so few people here enrolled?

    EricJRN replied to MissingMyErica's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Ah - could be! EC did have an initial licensure BSN program at one time, but they phased it out a few years
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    Excelsior BSN, why so few people here enrolled?

    EricJRN replied to MissingMyErica's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Lissa, Just out of curiosity, what do you mean when you say that your state doesn't accept the Excelsior BSN? In my state, the only programs that they approve are initial licensure programs and they...
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    Excelsior BSN, why so few people here enrolled?

    EricJRN replied to MissingMyErica's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I was in the program briefly. I took a couple of the EC Examinations with no problem, but, honestly, at the time I had a few too many irons in the fire. I wasn't very diligent about contributing to...
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    Hovering (a tiny vent)

    EricJRN replied to CAPPYBARA BREAKFAST's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work (in NICU), I often find that our babies' family members tend to hover. I love teaching and I'm all for explaining what I'm doing and answering questions, but sometimes people really do...
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    What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    EricJRN replied to onlyj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a new neonatal ICU nurse, my first hospital was having some staffing difficulties. I was once floated to work as a sitter with a confused elderly patient. Man, did that generate a lot of comments!...
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    client on beta blocker with no history of hypertension or cardiac disease.

    EricJRN replied to ADPIE1's topic in General Students

    There are multiple uses for beta blockers outside of HTN and heart disease. How could you investigate
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    Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    EricJRN replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Don't know about you guys, but "raw intellect" is the first thing I look for when seeking a new health provider. But I won't pick too much on an article that's this
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    male in nursing

    EricJRN replied to ALHANOON's topic in Men in Nursing

    we can use the steps of the nursing process here. the first step we always undertake in problem solving is assessment. before we propose solutions, we have to thoroughly understand the problems we...
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    Blood draws on infants

    EricJRN replied to crb613's topic in Pediatric

    Are you looking for the maximum safe volume? Like myfavouritescar suggests, in most infant situations there isn't a set amount that we draw. Rather than "drawing a rainbow" as a standard practice,...
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    Questions about EMT-B

    EricJRN replied to boojum's topic in Nursing Career

    Sounds like you have a good plan. I think I overestimated the extent to which my EMS experience would give me a jump in nursing (was first a volunteer EMT-Intermediate, became a neonatal ICU staff...
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    Is Nursing for Me?

    EricJRN replied to purpleorchid3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Welcome to the site. Can you be a little more specific with us about what you would find attractive in a career? What initially pulled you toward nursing or toward speech-language pathology? For many...
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    RNC Question

    EricJRN replied to BabyLady's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I used the Certification and Core Review question-and-answer book by Watson to figure out which areas I needed to focus on when I studied. I studied mostly from Gomella, Merenstein and Gardner, and...
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    NRP vs PALS?

    EricJRN replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    A few examples: There is a big difference in things like the ratio compressions to ventilations (3:1 for the neonate) and the rate for assisted ventilation (40-60/min). PALS also doesn't emphasize...
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    High Frequency Jet Vent?

    EricJRN replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Lots and lots of variation by center. At a previous hospital, we got micropreemies on HFOV ASAP, then used HFJV for those who didn't respond well to the oscillator. But once we weaned to a Servo vent,...
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    Would this kind of role be possible in the US?

    EricJRN replied to edogs334's topic in Emergency

    Oops... I read too fast. It looks like they are employed in several different settings - hospital and
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    Would this kind of role be possible in the US?

    EricJRN replied to edogs334's topic in Emergency

    It sounds like this is a prehospital role with a different scope of practice than that of current EMS personnel. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4634569.stm Here in the US, it would be a huge shift...
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    Gastroschisis

    EricJRN replied to qcumba's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oops... I didn't see your post before mine! Haha. Have a good