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BS General Science, Post Bach Teaching Cert, just over half an Education MA, BSN, and CRNA school in the fall! I took the long convoluted route. :) I know plenty of folks that went the ADN- BSN route. I think they were smart. A friend of mine went an...

I began nursing in the ICU as a new grad, and found out I was prego about 2 weeks into my internship. Your feelings are completely normal! You will be forgetful, you will be tired, you will throw up at work, and you will cry. You have a lot on your p...

It is funny that you mention that. My husband and I were just talking about how people are going to assume he is still the breadwinner when I am done with CRNA school for the very reasons you mentioned (I am a nurse/female and people don't know what ...

I am talking about Beaumont... Going over to the dark side I see? I thought we were going to be classmates at OU in the fall!?! j/k... lol. Congrats! The two girls from my unit are awesome people so it sounds like you are off to a good group come fal...

Two of my friends on my unit got in. Awesome people. Congratz!

I often question whether I am prolonging life or prolonging suffering. The solution to my frustrations is to go to grad school and get into an area of nursing where I don't get so attached to my patients, and for the most part will deal with healthy ...

Your post made sense to me... I have noticed there are some serious reading comprehension issues on this site. lol. Good luck with your educational pursuits!

I did Oakland's 1 year accelerated BSN program so I can't speak from experience about the RN to BSN program. I will say that the faculty and clinical opportunities was awesome in my opinion. I have a number of coworkers that just finished up at OU fo...

In the ICU nurses do total patient care. The job is cerebral and physical... You get home some days (not everyday, but I want to let you know what you are in for) and your brain is fried and your body feels like you just worked 12 hours of constructi...

I start in August, and I will have a 2 yr old and a 6 month old baby. My husband is behind me 110% and I have my mother in law to nanny for us 5 days a week. We bought a house 2 blocks away from the hospital that houses my program as well. I feel co...

I think Eastern is a fine school. Get good grades and get involved with activities that will make you stand out. After graduation, get into a good ICU at a teaching hospital (A Level One facility is a good thing as well). The one advantage to attendi...

See you guys at OU in the fall! I am looking forward to a good crew of people to spend way too much time with over the 28 months! :) Congratz!!!

ASA actually helps prevent/lessen the reperfusion injury associated with an MI when blood flow is restored to the ischemic area. Very important! It puts the A in MONA. :redbeathe

When I go to Bath and body works I buy some of the small sample size products and use them on my pts (I ask them/their families of course). I work SICU, so for the most part these pts are tubed, in pain, and in definite need of a little aromatherapy....

Congrats! I interview at OU on 10/22 as well. Good luck to everyone!!!

We throw a Bair Hugger warming blanket on the pt, crank the heat in the room, and use a ranger fluid warmer for IV infusions for hypothermic pts requiring fluid boluses. I work SICU though, and I dont know policies for other units as far as when the ...

Depends on the type of rash. If it is simple irritation I find A&D ointment has worked great. Anything that protects the skin from moisture is good. Some diaper creams actually sting a bit when applied so that is something to consider. If that ra...

I got my post bachelors teaching cert and decided while still student teaching that I wanted to go into nursing. I did a one year accelerated nursing program, which I had all of the prereqs for because of my general science degree so it was really ju...

We use the color system where I am. It is kind of reminiscent of "A Brave New World"... Oh look they are in OR blue... they are Alphas... And the people in ceil blue, the Betas. lol. It does help though. I like that all the RTs wear red and I can qui...

My mental health has definitely declined...lol:coollook:

He sounds like a keeper...lol. Sorry, but he sounds like one of the people I kindly remind of the visiting hours ending soon. It really bothers me that so many people in the general public think nurses are unskilled laborers that exist to clean up bo...

My mom is a manager in a cardiac progressive unit and they have the Nursing assistants do hourly rounding, not the nurses. It is too heavy a unit as it is, and the nurses don't have that kind of time to get every cup of water and put pts on the bedpa...

We actually did a trial and analyzed the pros and cons of 11 different ett tube holders our institution used utilizing set criteria. We now utilize (after trialing) the AnchorFast ett holder and it is great. We had a pt that due to her cond. required...

We use nxstage. No effluent bags to speak of. We have dialysis drains that the effluent line drains into (love that feature! we used to use prisma). Can be hairy to set up, but once it is up and running there are usually few problems other than routi...

Let people know. I had the same concerns as you when I found out I was prego with my son (second one is due in Jan. ) Even if you don't tell now, it will come out eventually when you find out you are supposed to get an admit that has shingles or CMV....