JacobIloved BSN

I'm starting CRNA school this August 2020. I'm also a writer by trade/hobby. I do a lot of personal statement editing for people going to CRNA school. For those of you that are audio listeners, I just started uploading some of the things I find mysel...

I minored in LPS (Logic and Philosophy of Science) while doing my undergrad nursing degree. I don't think that CRNA schools really care if you have a minor or not. However, minoring in a subject that was heavy on rhetorical logic (and formal logic),...

I just got my acceptance letter!

Can I take a look at your personal statemrnt? I find that the personal statements are often the deal breakers for a lot of people.

I'm pretty good with personal statements and resumes, drop me a dm and I'd be happy to take a look.

I'm a good essay writer, so let me know if you want me to take a look at any personal statements.

I got in!!

I got a call just now offering admission!!

I got in!

This is gonna sound really dumb, but did they offer coffee in the morning?

I scored 169 verbal 166 quantitative and 5.5 writing. I ended up doing like 10 practice tests (full sittings) on paper from any book I could get my hands on (Barrons, Princeton Review, Magoosh, Manhattan Prep, ETS, Kaplan). Nothing really beats the e...

Is this actually a major mistake? There was an error in communication and the patient didn't receive blood, but nothing happened to the patient, right? I would definitely call up the manager and ask to talk about what happened, and maybe offer soluti...

In the setting of DKA, it's very common to run a Dextrose infusion and insulin at the same time. The primary management concern in DKA is the ketoacidosis, not the hyperglycemia. Insulin gtt is used for ketoacidosis, not hyperglycemia. The side effec...

Put in work! Some people show up as new grads and immediately "get it", some people take time to warm up to being a nurse. But what differentiates the really good nurses from the okay nurses after a while is the amount of work that you're willing to ...

Are weighted blankets hot? One of the issues that I have, especially where I live, is that it gets hot during the summer. The uncomfortable heat is what keeps me up more than anything else, I think (and I'm too cheap to run the air conditioner).

Unfortunately, the advent of VA ECMO has only accelerated the growth of the illegal organ trade in China. You can now be kept alive without your heart, lungs, or kidneys. Also, in the last few years, China has produced some of the most prolific ECMO ...

I don't like to show certs - certs have nothing to do with how good a nurse is. I don't patients to think that I'm a better nurse because I have more letters after my name, I want to be judged by the care I provide.

One of the issues here is that it's a CMS requirement that every patient has a diet order, even if they're intubated/sedated/whatever. But this diet order doesn't cover enteral feeds or even paraenteral feeds. So patients often get ordered NPO and ha...

YouTube does a great job with teaching you the theory of inserting ultrasound IVs. I would definitely ask some of the nurses with experience to teach you hands-on. There's nothing like having someone physically helping move your hands so that you can...

In my experience, the difference between a mediocre new ICU nurse and a new ICU nurse that will grow into someone really good is the amount of work they're willing to put in. If they're not willing to put the work in to learn the patho/pharm/etc, the...

Ask about the nursing process and nursing judgment - a lot of what nurses do include weighing what has been ordered to what is good/necessary for the patient. While we can't directly contravene orders, we can always question them and ask for them to ...

12 hour shifts make sense in that you want to minimize the amount of handoffs given. Every handoff potentiates the loss of information --> more errors. The only trouble though is that night shift is always short staffed/inexperienced, though I don...

I got an interview offer and I called them to set up a day/time, but haven't heard anything yet.

Anyone else hear back yet?

When did you guys submit your applications? Just wondering because I submitted on the last day