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    Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    Music in My Heart replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I'd love to see the doc's evidence for that mandate. We do IV contrast CTs all the time and the radiology techs don't have a problem with a 20 low on the forearm, or even - in a pinch - a 22 that's...
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    IV Therapy skills taught in school?

    Music in My Heart replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    What I find particularly ironic about this discussion is its contrast with the oft-repeated perception that ADN programs provide so much better clinical training than BSN programs or, gads, ELM/DEMSN...
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    Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    Music in My Heart replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    You need to float to the ED. During my M/S year, I felt about the same as you (though I'd had some success, too)... Once I went to the ED and started doing it all the time, my skills developed very...
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    Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    Music in My Heart replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    First off, most of us have seen examples of petty tyrants within nursing programs who, for whatever reasons, choose to go after students and get them expelled - for what often seem to be personal...
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    Got accepted into VA, Quit current job?

    Music in My Heart replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Government, Military

    Congrats. These days, nurses are divided into the "haves" and the "have nots" insofar as the quality of their employers... you're one of the
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    IV Therapy skills taught in school?

    Music in My Heart replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad that my first sticks were on classmates rather than on patients. It was certainly a lower stress way to
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    IV Therapy skills taught in school?

    Music in My Heart replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    Reading he previous post, I realize that I was incomplete in my answer. I was at a California public university in 2009 when we were practicing on each other. After our initial introduction to IVs...
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    Transfusing blood

    Music in My Heart replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    ----- The horse done
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    Anatomy and Physiology 1, C average??? Should I Withdrawl or continue??

    Music in My Heart replied to foxycats's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The most you can get is a C... and you're presently getting a D. Bail out, if you
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    IV Therapy skills taught in school?

    Music in My Heart replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    We covered IVs but didn't have a class, per se. We did practice on each other and on patients. I'm glad we did because at least I had *some* idea of what I was doing when I started working (suck at it...
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    Failing grades and withdrawals

    Music in My Heart replied to eschoolgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your friend sounds like a marginal student. She's probably still qualified to get into some of the ADN programs - the ones that admit by lottery or waiting list anybody who meets the minimums. She's...
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    Anatomy and Physiology 1, C average??? Should I Withdrawl or continue??

    Music in My Heart replied to foxycats's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A "W" is much better than the "D" that you quite possibly may
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    Ok..vent..advise...dunno

    Music in My Heart replied to Sparrowhawk's topic in General Nursing

    It's only abandonment if there is no nurse to assume care of patients for whom you've already assumed care (from some other nurse).Failure to provide notice is a breach of workplace courtesy and would...
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    Ok..vent..advise...dunno

    Music in My Heart replied to Sparrowhawk's topic in General Nursing

    It's only insane for you, not for them. You're simply a body with which they can plug schedule holes. Beyond that, they don't care. If they're short-staffed, it's only by choice. The fact that they...
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    concern about nursing

    Music in My Heart replied to Monic2006's topic in General Students

    The two biggest areas to review are cardiopulmonary physiology and renal physiology... and the relevant parts of the nervous system. That's more than
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    Taking Micro, Phsyio, and speech together?

    Music in My Heart replied to FATGUCCI's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That attitude doesn't speak very well for the state of nursing
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    Gender/Race info on applications - to answer or not to answer?

    Music in My Heart replied to R!XTER's topic in Nursing Career

    Race is a political fabrication, nothing
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    Taking Micro, Phsyio, and speech together?

    Music in My Heart replied to FATGUCCI's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Science majors do it routinely, even with the upper division stuff... and often toss in some serious math to
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    Taking Micro, Phsyio, and speech together?

    Music in My Heart replied to FATGUCCI's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Physiology doesn't require a lot of memorization. Rather, it requires a thorough understanding of physiologic
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    Taking Micro, Phsyio, and speech together?

    Music in My Heart replied to FATGUCCI's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took micro, physio, and statistics together. It was a fair amount of work but wasn't to bad. Compared to nursing school it was more difficult conceptually but less time consuming. If you're a good...
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    Pharmacology Flashcards (drug cards)

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're welcome. I'm pleased that they appear to be so
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    Isotonic, Hypotonic, and Hypertonic IV Solutions

    Music in My Heart replied to CHovs's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Tonicity is simply a matter of how concentrated is a solution. That is, how many particles are dissolved in it. A 0.9% solution (NS) is ISOtonic, a 0.45% solution (1/2 NS) is hyPOtonic, and 5%...
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    ANA wants GM foods labeled, please join effort ant tell FDA

    Music in My Heart replied to dcookRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hmm, I'm not sure we have sufficient knowledge to make such a declaration. My initial thought is that you're wrong about that because the genetic changes can be made to numerous organisms...
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    ANA wants GM foods labeled, please join effort ant tell FDA

    Music in My Heart replied to dcookRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    To be succinct, "genetically modified" refers to gene splicing and recombinant technology rather than selective breeding.If, during the formation of gametes and zygotes, a novel gene is formed which...
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    ANA wants GM foods labeled, please join effort ant tell FDA

    Music in My Heart replied to dcookRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Which is precisely why ANA should be supporting technologies which enhance crop yields, reduce land use and water use, and enhance the nutritive value of food crops.Millions of people suffer from...