EricJRN MSN, RN

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    INFJ Nurses :D

    EricJRN replied to His_girl's topic in General Nursing

    For the benefit of those who aren't familiar, here's a little info on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and how it factors into career decisions and personality characteristics....
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    calculation

    EricJRN replied to caringkay RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There is some distracting information in this problem, but don't get confused by the D5W or the 1/4NS. In this case, you're trying to figure out how much penicillin to give based on the child's...
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    Taking my 1st EC exam - Abnormal Psych!

    EricJRN replied to Pretty in Ink's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Good luck! I took the EC Abnormal Psych exam so long ago that it was called an ACT PEP exam at that time. I was a psych major at a traditional school looking for credit by exam. I remember doing well...
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    Got a Date!

    EricJRN replied to Medic15251's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Good news!
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    Treatment for hypovolemic shock

    EricJRN replied to csisn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Usually you don't look at dopamine until after you've addressed the fluid
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    MPAC CPNE update

    EricJRN replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Man, I had forgotten how tedious those waits were. Hang in there,
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    Venting about classmates with families...

    EricJRN replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

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    This thread will change your life forever

    EricJRN replied to mzattitude's topic in General Students

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    What do you take to clinicals??

    EricJRN replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    You're close. The pupil gauge is the diagram printed along the sides of many penlights. You can look at your patient's pupils, compare them to the circles on the pupil gauge, and decide whether they...
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    My RN venture ended today.

    EricJRN replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure what your status is now or what recourse there is to file grievances or get enrolled again. Here's what I do know - and I think it tells more of the story than you realize: Hopefull2009...
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    Als?

    EricJRN replied to short1978's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That's the most widely accepted meaning of the abbreviation. ALS can also stand for advanced life support, but it doesn't seem to fit in the context of your
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    Nursing preceptor says no to certain abbreviations

    EricJRN replied to cozzy66's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand these, but at a certain point, it's going to be easier to go along with your preceptor temporarily than it is to argue. Once you're off of orientation, you can use your hospital's...
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    Similar Repeating RN NCLEX Questions

    EricJRN replied to psychnurse51's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Moved this post to the NCLEX Discussion Forum. One of the great resources for NCLEX candidates is the NCSBN's NCLEX Candidate Bulletin, which goes over various aspects of the test and its scoring....
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    New case study

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

    Are we going on the assumption that the second gas was an
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    Anyone heard of "Gale Charbonneau" disease???

    EricJRN replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    What about something like Lennox-Gastaut? Again, not very close, but some
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    SRNA- requirements for application

    EricJRN replied to kirka's topic in International Nursing

    I moved this thread to the International Forum for you so that you get more responses regarding immigration and licensure
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    SRNA- requirements for application

    EricJRN replied to kirka's topic in International Nursing

    I notice that there is a contact email address on this page of the SRNA site. If you send her a message, she can probably respond to your individual situation....
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    Fluid Changing practices

    EricJRN replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm with you, Kate. I try to avoid fluid changes in front of parents at all costs, as I'm sure it undermines what little confidence they had in me to start. I worked a rare day shift the other day and...
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    I hate NEC

    EricJRN replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There aren't a lot of references to it that I could access from Google, but I found one that mentions TPN-associated cholestasis in adults. It says that this is less common in adults, but that it can...
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    Endocrine questions?

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

    Absolutely a myth. You can't predict a pass/fail result based on the number of questions or on the presence/absence of a certain question type or
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    Computation question please help

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

    That's the total volume of the fluids, but I think the question wants how much KCl specifically. If the patient received 440 mL of fluid and there are 1.5 mEq KCl in every 100 mL of fluid... the...
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    Wenkebock Type 1 & 2

    EricJRN replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One really quick phrase to remember the difference between second-degree blocks: Wencke wanders (or one-ders) In a Wenckebach block, the P wave wanders gradually away from the QRS until a beat is...
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    vents and cpr

    EricJRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in First Year After Licensure

    the changes were certainly interesting, but i don't believe they apply to this situation. the new "hands-only cpr" was intended to apply only to the layperson responding to an adult sudden cardiac...
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    Influencing stimuli for abnormal symptoms

    EricJRN replied to NN2BVE's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What other assessment data do you have to guide that decision in this patient? That's a big part of the
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    Male scholarships for male students

    EricJRN replied to skychiefer's topic in Michigan Nursing

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