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hypocaffeinemia BSN, RN

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  1. License good for less than a year?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to L&DRN03's topic in Texas Nursing

    The State of Texas stopped using paper licenses in September,

  2. Nursing and Traffic Violations?!? SERIOUSLY

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Spoiled627's topic in General Nursing

    What's an "Ambulance Driver"? Sincerely, hypocaffeinemia,

  3. Dimensional Analysis Help

    hypocaffeinemia replied to pax1980's topic in General Students

    milli- is a prefix meaning 'thousandth'. millimeter is 1/1000 meter, milliliter is 1/1000 liter, and milliunit is 1/1000 unit. Therefore, it stands to reason that 1000 milliunits = 1

  4. Question for all you future Lone Star Nurses.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Faith_27's topic in Texas Nursing

    The advantages to the ADN are its cost and its close locale. I had to wait a year to get in due to them not even looking at classes I was taking the semester I applied, so I took all my BSN prereqs...

  5. NPO before surgery is nonsense

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Guest219794's topic in Operating Room

    I was speaking of an adult,

  6. Nike Shox

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Julie_RN2b's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Nikes are too narrow for my feet... I wear some new balance trail runners without any

  7. NPO before surgery is nonsense

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Guest219794's topic in Operating Room

    My best guess is that, although the upper GI tract is avoided in your feeding route, large aspects of the GI tract work in concert with each other-- the stimulus in the jejunum probably increases...

  8. Has anyone relocated as a GN to Texas?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Abbey0921's topic in Texas Nursing

    Best of luck to you, I'm a May GN in the same area and therefore your competition. I know that Conroe Regional and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands are already accepting applications online. I know...

  9. Which patients require cardiac clearance prior to surgery?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Essentially, patients with cardiac histories, significant comorbidities, and those undergoing high-risk surgeries: http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020915/practice.html...

  10. NP's working in the OR

    hypocaffeinemia replied to lindsayy333's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would think that Adult or Acute Care NP would be your best path. Neither particularly prepare you for surgical duties, but both would be useful for rounding on patients pre and postoperatively....

  11. Question for all you future Lone Star Nurses.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Faith_27's topic in Texas Nursing

    It is doubtful any classes would change. Some of the suggestions I've heard about is making more of the non-nursing classes that are already required, true prerequisites. The problem they are running...

  12. Question for all you future Lone Star Nurses.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Faith_27's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm about to finish from Lone Star Montgomery. What the others have said is accurate. Essentially, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell to gain acceptance unless you have close to a 4.0 in the...

  13. License good for less than a year?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to L&DRN03's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yup.

  14. graduate in 3 months & I don't know anything?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to stewiegriffin's topic in General Students

    I'd argue that 'observation' shouldn't count as clinical time. Yes, it's a valid learning experience, but it's essentially the same as shadowing. Clinicals are there to prepare us to be competent...

  15. graduate in 3 months & I don't know anything?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to stewiegriffin's topic in General Students

    I'm the same distance from graduation as you. My question, and I apologize for it's frankness: What have you been doing at clinicals? Here in Texas, our allotted and necessary hours of clinical time...

  16. The Circumcision Discussion

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Mattld, there are some health benefits, however, they are minimal at best: Penile cancer is incredibly rare to begin with, but it's a fraction more rare in the circumsized. Circumcision may help...

  17. Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    Yes, let's arrange this on top most of the class working full time, applying and interviewing for jobs, working on our numerous problem-based learning group projects, studying for our biweekly tests...

  18. Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    I agree with you entirely. I have all the same fees as you this semester (Texas, woohoo!), and on top of that my school is requiring a separate $150 graduation fee. On top of that, our pinning...

  19. The Circumcision Discussion

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We're also one of three countries that refuses to standardize its measurements to SI, the other two being Burma and Liberia. The fact that the rest of the civilized world takes a different path should...

  20. The Circumcision Discussion

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Repetition does not an argument make. I was aiming at your platitude (paraphrasing: It may be rare, but if happens to you, your probability is 100%!). The fact of the matter is that most people in...

  21. Dysrhythmias

    hypocaffeinemia replied to gaajr1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    a = without rrhythmia = rhythm. Without rhythm doesn't necessarily mean without QRS complexes-- just that they are not in any rhythm (irregular). They are indeed used interchangeably for the most...

  22. The Circumcision Discussion

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    rn/writer, with all due respect, they don't mind because it is largely a cultural norm. I guarantee you females in traditional Chinese families probably aren't all that concerned with the practice of...

  23. The Circumcision Discussion

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This line of logic is incredibly silly and could be used to justify...damn near

  24. The Circumcision Discussion

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is equivalent to advocating prophylactic amputation just because there's a chance your son might break his leg in the future. It is genital mutilation, no matter how you slice

  25. albumin low but Hb high ???

    hypocaffeinemia replied to rain888's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Another thought: Low albumin leads to third-spacing, which can lead to intravascular dehydration reflected in part by