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  1. PDA Help!!!!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to studentnurse4964's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The free epocrates has no nursing considerations attached to any of the drugs, so you will likely be carrying a drug book with you as these considerations are incredibly important for

  2. Silly question about what is considered a liquid

    hypocaffeinemia replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm afraid that's not the principle at all. The patient's body doesn't care if its H2O comes from a bottle of water or room temperature pudding or green beans or a juicy chicken breast. It all...

  3. Promoted from within, CNA to Nurse

    hypocaffeinemia replied to sewin2music's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I already have a job lined up after graduation in the very same ICU I work in as a monitor tech. Here are what I foresee the pros and cons to be: PROS: I already know hospital and unit policies...

  4. Silly question about what is considered a liquid

    hypocaffeinemia replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

    What's silly is that we put all this weight on "is it a liquid or a solid"? The fact is that a significant portion of most presumably solid foods are water. Look at fruits and veggies, and even meat....

  5. Anyone else feel like they haven't praticed enough skills?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

    I've done more foleys by kind nurses pulling me out of the monitor room at my job to allow me to give it a go than I did my entire first year of clinicals. Same with other skills. I agree that amount...

  6. Grades don't matter!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    No one doubts that a significant part of nursing isn't learned until actually working, but working after graduation doesn't give you fundamentals. Anyone in any occupation can become efficient or even...

  7. Would you pick a school according to their pass rates?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in California Nursing

    Pass rates are largely a myth. Most schools make you take an exit exam (see: HESI or ATI) in order to graduate and to become eligible to test. This inflates NCLEX pass rates significantly. Here's an...

  8. Do you need a Laptop?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to dfw2lax's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nope. A desktop (or laptop) at home makes things easier,

  9. Why it is better to be a Nurse than a Physician.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to BaRNs's topic in General Nursing

    It's all perspective. Perks? The doctors' parking lot at my hospital isn't any closer than the employee parking lot, and I don't mind walking a bit anyways. Respect, prestige? Sure, to an extent....

  10. Grades don't matter!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    Yah. That's assuming the person with the C is trying hard. I think that's the exception, not the rule. The ones I know don't bother reading the text that accompanies the powerpoint half the time. How...

  11. Is the NET (nursing entrance test) hard?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to busylady61's topic in General Students

    The difficulty and depth of knowledge required on the test is akin to, from my personal experience and what I recall reading, a 5th grade standardized reading and math test. If you're competent in the...

  12. Grades don't matter!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    The students I referred to (the ones I think will make average to poor nurses) not only get C's and D's (and F's!) on lecture exams, but also do poorly in clinical evaluations and lab practicals....

  13. Denton County Hospitals

    hypocaffeinemia replied to DallasMonty's topic in Texas Nursing

    I worked for Denton Presby for several years and I loved it there. Great people and fairly laid back environment. I unfortunately moved back to Houston the same week they transitioned to the new...

  14. Grades don't matter!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    If the qualities you listed above were all that is required to be a good nurse, we would be replaced with volunteers who took a medical terminology course. The fact is that critical thinking,...

  15. Grades don't matter!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you entirely, MissKitty. Of course, no matter what the cutoff is, you'll statistically always have somebody at the bottom of your class passing. One of the good things about nursing...

  16. Drip rates!! Dosages!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to daazy28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Have you had any experience with dimensional analysis? Once you line everything up, it's simply multiplication and division. Give me a scenario or a problem you typically have difficulty with and I'll...

  17. Drip rates!! Dosages!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to daazy28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What do you mean 'we don't have to anymore'? Manual dosage and drip calculation is something you should retain and not rely on machines or pharmacy to do for you. If your patient is harmed with a...

  18. ER or Medsurg first?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Marette S.'s topic in Emergency

    Med/surg is its own specialty these days. Why should you work in a specialty you have no interest in? Go straight to ER if that's what you want to

  19. Renal Failure

    hypocaffeinemia replied to kind-hearted08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    From emedicine: What this means in simpler terms is that not only do you become hyperphosphatemic in renal failure, Vitamin D, which is necessary to regulate Calcium and Phosphate levels, is no...

  20. Peroxide usage

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I'm not a school nurse, but I recently read a study comparing wound irrigation solutions in the ER. Sterile saline was compared to sterile water and to tap water regarding incidence of resulting...

  21. How does California manage to staff with a 5:1 ratio?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    My area has the highest pay to cost of living ratio in the entire country, and the pay is quite competitive seeing as we're part of the Texas Medical Center (largest collection of hospitals on...

  22. Is the pay really that bad??

    hypocaffeinemia replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    Trickle down economics is not a viable economic

  23. How does California manage to staff with a 5:1 ratio?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how our hospital does it, but we have 4:1 med/surg, 4:1 ER, 3:1 IMU, 1-2:1 active L&D, and 1-2:1 ICU (1:1 for IABPs). Suburban Houston. No legislated ratios in Texas

  24. Why Is It So Hard To Get Into Nursing Programs If There Is A Shortage For Nurses???

    hypocaffeinemia replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to slip by with Ds in the prereq classes, too. That's pretty much considered a failing grade in my area, and it certainly won't help your GPA when to be competitive for my program you needed...

  25. Cheapest Online store to buy Littman Stethoscopes?

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

    Check out your local medical supply store. With stethoscopes, this is the one rare exception to the fact things are usually cheaper online- I got my Classic II SE for about $45 new