smuin538 ADN, RN

smuin538 has 6 years experience as a ADN, RN.

Latest Activity

1. Frustrated trying to get a hospital job!

   smuin538 replied to Bcpenpal's topic in General Nursing

   I am frustrated seeing some people commenting here and saying it's always been this way or that it's been this way for a while, considering this is fully dependent on where you live and/or are trying...

2. ICU approach vs Floor nurse

   smuin538 replied to Flylik3abr1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Unused blood products should be returned to the blood bank. Sometimes it's difficult to maintain sterility, particularly during emergent/uncontrollable situations. Sticking patients while they are...

3. IV calculation

   smuin538 replied to Lelele10's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   If you are using regular tubing, then you find the rate with this formula: volume / time in hours For drip tubing: volume * drip factor / time in minutes The first part of the question is asking you...

4. Nursing 2 Med Surg clinical

   smuin538 replied to Bphoenix15's topic in General Students

   I agree with all of this and would like to add--don't do anything you aren't comfortable doing! I know instructors/programs vary somewhat in what they allow students to do at clinicals, but if you...

5. MSN/DNP for ADN with Bachelors in Another Field

   smuin538 replied to Onlyboys's topic in General Students

   Actually, I am about to graduate from an ADN program and quite a few of my classmates have Bachelor's degrees. Of the ADN to MSN programs in my area, some will use your non-related Bachelor's and...

6. Can’t cope with death, should I even go to nursing school?

   smuin538 replied to danielle0206's topic in General Students

   There are, of course, many avenues of nursing in which you would very likely be able to avoid being close to death/dying patients after you graduate. However, as a student about to graduate from an...

7. Nursing Student and Mental Math

   smuin538 replied to B246's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I am about to graduate from my nursing program, and my suggestion is to go buy a $1 simple calculator from Walmart and keep it in one of your pockets. Some med math can involve multiple steps and...

8. Is 54 too old to get hired as a new RN?

   smuin538 replied to OHRN2023's topic in General Nursing

   I graduate from my ADN program at the end of May and a woman in our class just got hired as a graduate nurse into the ICU at a MAGNET hospital in our area that typically prefers BSN nurses. The woman...

9. Ondansetron contraindicated for subdural and epidural hemorrhage?

   smuin538 replied to smuin538's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Thank you for the responses! So in the case of a head injury is it considered best practice to simply not treat nausea/vomiting

10. Ondansetron contraindicated for subdural and epidural hemorrhage?

    smuin538 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello! I had an ED rotation this morning and during morning huddle the attending was discussing the differences in treatment of subdural versus epidural hemorrhages. He mentioned in passing that...