CityKat BSN, RN

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    MY quest to get into CRNA prgram!

    CityKat replied to NP2BE's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It also depends on your GRE scores. I know from researching that NOT all programs say one year. I was told by Columbia that you can apply, but you may not get in, then you should work another year...
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    What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

    CityKat replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    *UUUuuUGH* I just got my syllabus for my FINAL nursing class, professionalism. There are NO exams and our grade is based solely on a "group" project! I heard it's a pretty large group project. I...
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    Best way to mark your stethoscope?

    CityKat replied to spoiled_lil_sister's topic in General Students

    I just know someone is going to walk off with mine. I have found myself leaving it at patients bedside already when I am trying to do something. Luckily, I have friends that I work with in clinical...
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    Thoughts on Apple's Mac

    CityKat replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    Yes, I overlooked that. I guess everyone has their own personal experiences with mac. Me personally, I have never felt the "freezing" problems that you speak of. Quite honestly, I had more than...
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    Thoughts on Apple's Mac

    CityKat replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    Lizz... why don't you buy yourself a mac? Give yourself a month with it and tell us how you feel. You are such a strong backer of the PC, yet almost everyone who has replied has owned a PC and made...
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    Thoughts on Apple's Mac

    CityKat replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    Hmm..that's interesting. I was just in Apple the other day to figure something out and the guy told me that I have the Apple operating system with only the chip. Perhaps it is the newest ones out?...
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    Thoughts on Apple's Mac

    CityKat replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    Actually, they're only using the intel chip. They still have the same old mac operating system which is much better than the regular PC in regards to holes and constant operating errors. I have the...
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    Thoughts on Apple's Mac

    CityKat replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    I bought my macbook about 6 months ago and love it! I have used windows since the dinosaur ages and quite frankly, I wouldn't go back. There are waaaay too many holes in the windows system which...
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    stethoscopes

    CityKat replied to RNshark's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have both. I have a dual and a single and honestly, I use the single more than the double. It's easier to go from the bell to diaphragm with a simple amount of pressure or release of pressure....
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    Is it easier to get into Private School v.s CC

    CityKat replied to mydee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    indeed it is easier to get into private vs. public. It's more expensive and they usually have a higher applicant pool than public schools. Good luck, I went
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    Question about peritoneal dialysis

    CityKat posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi there.. I was curious if someone can clarify this for me. Peritoneal dialysis has a dwell time of 4-6 hours, correct? My notes from class say 20-30 minutes, but I keep seeing everywhere that it...
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    Question about peritoneal dialysis

    CityKat replied to CityKat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi Daytonite.. Thanks for all of your input and information that you've provided. Actually, we all have the same notes. They came directly off of blackboard and they're printed. I contacted her...
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    Question about peritoneal dialysis

    CityKat replied to CityKat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Interesting. My professors notes are incorrect. Not only is her dwell time wrong, but she also said one run through includes the "dwell time". However, according to these websites it includes only...
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    stethoscopes

    CityKat replied to RNshark's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a littman and I love it:) I have the one sided diaphrm that you can also use as the bell. Depending how tight you have it to the skin. Anyhow..Mine is purple, I would stay away from black...
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    No more NANDA diagnoses?

    CityKat posted a topic in General Students

    One of the chief nurses on my med surge floor told us yesterday that they are doing away with the NANDA diagnoses. This is taking away from our profession, yet again. Correct? Why are they taking...
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    No more NANDA diagnoses?

    CityKat replied to CityKat's topic in General Students

    My last day of med surg clinical which was yesterday, I asked my clinical professor about NANDA. I asked her why she didn't focus on care maps and nursing diagnoses like we are learning in school....
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    Who is studying for finals?!

    CityKat replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Students

    I start finals not this week, but the following. This week is a study week. I have an open notes final on Monday the 18th and then two cumulative finals in med surg II and Community on Wednesday,...
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    No more NANDA diagnoses?

    CityKat replied to CityKat's topic in General Students

    Indeed I know my nursing process:) This was told to me about a month ago. We were getting a lecture on the ventilator when she told us. I thought it sounded a little strange and she didn't clarify...
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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    CityKat replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    In my program, we had dummies to practice on. But, I injected my professor at that time, with normal saline. All of us in her class did. It was sort of strange, but it helped to ease my fear of...
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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    CityKat replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Not that I know of. I drew blood on my patient with the assistance of the RN. The patient was getting vancomycin and my RN showed me how to do it by drawing the first time and then I drew it the...
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    New Grads - Rotten Shifts?

    CityKat replied to MililaniMom's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm..I wouldn't say the night shift is "rotten". Some of us are night owls and would prefer to work through the break of dawn. Not only that, you usually get paid more if you work the 7p-7a. Again,...
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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    CityKat replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I learned them in my first semester of holistic fundamentals. I know how to find the area on the glute and adminster one. I have administered all ways. I have even had the opportunity to do a ppd...
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    My experience with hospice

    CityKat replied to CityKat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    thank you:) It was a very wonderful experience. I never thought I would walk out of there thinking that I would want to be a hospice nurse. I've always wanted to work in critical care and do...
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    MedSurg Class Tips Please Help

    CityKat replied to Leng27RN,BSN's topic in General Students

    What worked for me was really getting down and dirty with the information. I read, re-read and then read again my class notes and I would always ask myself "why". I also had a study guide for the...
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    Voting for Arnold?

    CityKat replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    I just heard about those Chevron ads from a friend back in the bay. UNBELIEVABLE. Why any person would support him with this kind of backing is beside me. I would rather go back to the Grey Davis...