bld24

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1. Brevard Community College

   bld24 replied to KnightRN's topic in Florida Nursing

   I think it was 36 points. I had the following: GPA 9/10 Orientation 5/5 Advisement 3/3 AP1 5/5 AP2 3/5 Micro 5/5 Algebra 3/3 Nutrition 1/1 Essay 2/2 90's on Net Math and 80's on comprehension with no...

2. I need help with smells

   bld24 replied to BlessedRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

   Try chewing a brand new stick of peppermint gum. I've always had an iron stomach, but I've found my achilles heel in the smell department. It's called the biliary drainage bag. I can smell it right...

3. Beer in the morning?

   bld24 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Night-shifter, nonalcoholic and occasional skier here. I have a very occasional beer or two in the am after I get off work. If I'm on vacation, I will sometimes have a drink in the morning. When I...

4. To Quit or Not to Quit

   bld24 replied to DustBunnies's topic in General Nursing

   Two years ago I could have written your post. Clinicals made me feel incompetent and stupid and I'm far from that. Clinicals were the bane of my existence. I dreaded going to almost every single...

5. Any advice please?

   bld24 replied to bld24's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to everyone that wrote with advice. I sucked it up and went back in and somehow they had assigned me this patient again. I deferred and switched the assignment, but it all worked out. The...

6. Any advice please?

   bld24 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new nurse, of less than a few months,scrambling along and having the common time management issues with taking 6 patients, trying to do things by the book, asking lots of questions and thinking...

7. Solumedrol

   bld24 replied to bld24's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the answers-we don't have those vials-wish we

8. Solumedrol

   bld24 replied to bld24's topic in General Nursing

   The dose is .96ml. I guess my concern is that the 3cc syringe that we use to waste the 1ml has so few markings that it seems a little imprecise when you waste 1ml. (Unlike the TB syringe where you...

9. Solumedrol

   bld24 posted a topic in General Nursing

   How do you prepare it? They way I was taught by my preceptor was to dilute in 2cc's of saline (per package instructions). My dose is .96 so I've been wasting 1ml of a 3ml saline flush, then...

10. Learning Thread: Med/Surg

    bld24 replied to RN28MD's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I thought in CO poisoning that the skin usually never presents as cyanotic, but cherry-red or pink and

11. Common skills needed for med-surg

    bld24 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi, I'm a brand new GN getting ready to start on med-surg in about 10 days. I'd like to brush up on skills and pathos, labs, etc that I will need for my job. Since i only have 10 days and I have to...

12. Nursing Students and Report

    bld24 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    My clinical group is always on the floor in time for report, but I seem to run into the same problem many times. I'll have 3-4 patients with 3-4 different nurses assigned. I have to find 4 different...

13. I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    bld24 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be worried, the majority of the students I see are doing the right thing, just like the majority of the nurses we work with aren't mean and nasty to students. We always hear the worst stories....

14. Desperately Need Help With Care Plans

    bld24 replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm having a problem stating a proper Nursing Diagnosis. This is the only part of the care plan I'm having issues with. For some reason my brain is just not getting this. For instance I have a...

15. Am I Crazy?????

    bld24 replied to futureRN09's topic in New York Nursing

    I took AP I & II and Micro last summer and got A's, but it's a lot of work. Personally, I'd match up the micro and chemistry in Summer A and the english and history in Summer B. But's thats just...