EricJRN MSN, RN

NICU, Psych, Education

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    importance of schools with rural AND urban clinical experiences?

    EricJRN replied to lovelylady42's topic in General Students

    Suggestion: Tell us what you think about the differences between urban and rural clinicals. If you post your own thoughts, it's easier for students or nurses to respond as to whether your perceptions...
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    Nursing School Prospective Med School.

    EricJRN replied to neensmarie's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice in the previous posts. Just FYI, I know at least a handful of RN's who became physicians. When you're planning on medical school, you have to major in something. If you choose nursing (or...
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    New toy!!

    EricJRN replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Too cool to see how far we've come in that time, huh? Back in the mid-90's I worked for a small family practice office. Our (fortunately unused) crash cart had a small monitor/defibrillator with round...
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    Mother/Baby Nurse

    EricJRN replied to Nutmeg524's topic in Nursing Career

    I moved your post to the Nursing Career Advice Forum for more responses. You're right that the first step is to complete a nursing program. After that, you would apply for jobs on a mother/baby unit...
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    Good news - Texas/Excelsior Update

    EricJRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Just received an email that I thought you guys might enjoy. Recently EC called for its Texas alumni to contact legislators regarding proposals that could have jeopardized Excelsior's licensing status...
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    Was this ethical?

    EricJRN replied to animal1993's topic in General Students

    Used to run into these issues all the time in the prehospital setting. An alarming number of providers (prehospital and beyond) think of consent for treatment/transport as an all-or-none concept. I've...
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    PA to CRNA

    EricJRN replied to mongo73's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    http://sklad.cumc.columbia.edu/nursing/courses/programs/etp.php
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    Ready to start Excelsior

    EricJRN replied to Happy151's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Good luck to you! Let us know how things
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    What's your favorite "Done with a ton of shifts in a row" routine?

    EricJRN replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Mine generally involves some drooling. I like to play it by ear from
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    Today was the last day

    EricJRN replied to groovy jeff's topic in Men in Nursing

    Congrats! Keep up the good
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    Do male nurses recieve as much respect from patients as female ones do?INPUT IS GREAT

    EricJRN replied to david18's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree with the general trend of the responses. You may encounter the occasional patient who finds it weird to have a male nurse, but in general I get at least as much, and often more, respect than...
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    Would you look at your friend's bottom if they asked you to?

    EricJRN replied to Sash123's topic in General Nursing

    I think it was prmenrs who said it best in regard to being a NICU nurse: "I don't take care of anyone over 15 pounds unless we're related." Except that sometimes I'm tempted to lose the "unless" and...
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    NCLEX

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

    Yes, they have. When I used the Allnurses search function, one such thread popped right up. https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/took-nclex-yesterday-172406.html Did you just take it? Let us...
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    Medication that turns skin bluish?

    EricJRN replied to mistyda's topic in Patient Medications

    Agree with Jan. Amiodarone (Cordarone) is likely. Extended use of minocycline has also been associated with a blue-gray discoloration of the
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    code blue meds

    EricJRN replied to mkairo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The first one used in pulseless cardiac arrests is usually epinephrine 1:10,000. If you do a Google search for epinephrine, you should come up with some good stuff about its actions. That will...
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    Apheresis VS Dialysis job offer....need help deciding!

    EricJRN replied to xEdgexRNx's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    That's rough. I was concerned when I read the part about Obama. Approving embryonic stem cell research and seeing an increase in peripheral blood stem cell collections are not closely connected, so it...
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    QUESTION?????

    EricJRN replied to Shandra2008's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Haven't heard of a school that updates transcripts before the course is
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    Critical Care Nurses - Primary PALS responders

    EricJRN replied to jeannetterae's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If there's a positive to this, it's that PALS algorithms (or at least the arrest ones) have become less complex and fewer in number over the years. There are a few basic rules that can carry you far...
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    What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

    EricJRN replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

    I was on a roll recently while teaching an NRP course. In a skills station: "The baby's limp is tone." In lecture: "Suction the mouth first, then the nose. Remember it this way: you have one mouth and...
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    RSV

    EricJRN replied to oramar's topic in Pediatric

    I think you may be thinking of rotavirus, which is a GI virus that had a vaccine pulled (related to intussusception). The RSV vaccine (known as pavlizumab or Synagis) is still available, although it's...
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    For those who have worked as EMT's...

    EricJRN replied to kermitlady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like it was just a vent, much like the ones you would find on this site that describe our experiences with fellow nurses, docs, medics - you name it. I think you will find many medics with some...
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    Another EC RN made the grade!

    EricJRN replied to ougreene's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Awesome! Great
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    EMS Diversion Protocols

    EricJRN replied to pm80's topic in Emergency

    I know that a lot of regional advisory councils have started to get heavily involved in transport and diversion issues. You might see if your RAC has a website with some
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    EMT on a Resume

    EricJRN replied to Blueorchid's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that there's any problem with including the course under your Education section since you completed it successfully. Just don't list EMT-B under a Certification and Licensure section...
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    Texas Excelsior Alumni: Help with Legislation to Protect EC

    EricJRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Texas Excelsior Grads, Check your emails for a letter from Dean Nettleton regarding House Bill 3230 and Senate Bill 1397. These bills would ensure that grads of competency-based programs (like EC)...