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  1. Lying to Patients. Is it for the Best?

    kirsnikity replied to bluemoon28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do not try to explain FHR tracings to families and patients, unless I have a situation where repetitive lates or variables are becoming a problem, or a prolonged decel happens. If they press me, I...

  2. Capstone 4/7

    kirsnikity replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I'll be there with you. I'm so excited to be done with this program! I'm finished with all my general courses so I'll be taking this class alone. Texas government was pretty easy, just pay attention...

  3. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

    kirsnikity replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I very strongly recommend NOT taking research with a heavy class, like History or Vulnerable Populations. If you can, this class should be taken alone. It really is a nightmare...and I had a great...

  4. Holistic health assessments

    kirsnikity replied to twindad85's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I agree, this class is incredibly painful and time consuming. You don't have to put much thought into the work, but the tedium is awful. Can't wait for this class to be over. However, after having...

  5. N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management

    kirsnikity replied to Quest4sure's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I'm taking this class too along with health assessment. There are very few threads about this course, which I'm taking as a good sign that it's not too

  6. Nursing Research 4425 11/4/2013

    kirsnikity replied to Shara2RN2012's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    December 8th cannot come fast enough! Four people in my group have checked in, but two are still out there. Hopefully we're all in good groups. The OOH clarified things a little, but I don't...

  7. British Literature starting 10/21/13

    kirsnikity replied to LakeEmerald's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    No worries about MLA. I did everything in APA format (used perrla for my papers) and it wasn't a

  8. British Literature starting 10/21/13

    kirsnikity replied to LakeEmerald's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I just finished this course. There's a lot of writing but the grading seemed lenient. Lots of reading, discussion board posts, three essays, and two timed essay exams. Nearly all the reading material...

  9. Only 8 courses, $9K??

    kirsnikity replied to RNsRWe's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    In addition to all the nursing classes, I've had to take four general courses through UTA (Tx Gov, Stats, Tech Writing, Brit Lit). I took one course (American Gov) at a local community college and...

  10. The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) rn-bsn nursing research 4325

    kirsnikity replied to sallyko's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I'm taking it next month too. Not looking forward to it based on previous horror stories. It's only five weeks though, and nobody's died

  11. CHG prep for all vaginal deliveries?

    kirsnikity replied to ocmama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use betadine prep on lady partsl deliveries. I've always been under the impression that CHG is irritating to mucosa and shouldn't be used on delicate areas unless it's absolutely necessary. I know...

  12. Vacation and school...what would you do?

    kirsnikity replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Is there any chance you can take a laptop and use wi-fi? There are tons of wi-fi spots in practically every neighborhood in Europe (not that you want to have to do schoolwork,but just in case you...

  13. Nursing certification as elective credit??

    kirsnikity replied to Minch's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    My understanding is that you cannot use courses to satisfy the elective, which is probably why TNCC will not work. Same with ACLS. I had no problems getting them to accept my RNC. You need to have a...

  14. NURS 3425 Holistic Health starting 04/08/2013

    kirsnikity replied to TBBRN2011's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I'm just finishing stats this week through UTA. I've found the class very doable. The professor has a series of online video lectures for every chapter that have been

  15. Who else starts 4/8/13? Prof Nursing A/B, Technical writing

    kirsnikity replied to NclexSally's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Hang in there folks. Part B (weeks 6-10) is way better IMHO. I just wrapped up the course today and I'm glad to be done with

  16. Nurse Initiated Order Sets

    kirsnikity replied to altomga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes we have them as well. We enter the order set when the patient is admitted (we already have a paper from the OB's office "ordering" the c-section). We can check and uncheck components as needed...

  17. Improving patient satisfaction in OB

    kirsnikity replied to PinkNBlue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, the local anesthetic is injected with a TB syringe. If performed well, the local injection is far less painful than the actual IV start. I speak from my own personal experience as a patient, and...

  18. Male obstetrical nurses

    kirsnikity replied to Claire98909's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No male nurses in my labor & delivery department, same with postpartum. NICU has two male RNs. Interestingly, over 50% of OBs at my facility are

  19. What is so special about working in postpartum???

    kirsnikity replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There's nothing special to me about postpartum, except maybe that it's less intense and (generally) lower acuity than other floors. At my hospital I end up having to float to maternity several times a...

  20. Starting UTA nursing courses Feb25th

    kirsnikity replied to vizzle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I am too. I'm also taking technical writing at UTA and an online US Govt class through my community

  21. What do you love most about your floor/specialty?

    kirsnikity replied to LauraLiz's topic in General Nursing

    I work in labor & delivery and it's where I always wanted to be. I love that I get to assist in bringing new life in the world. It never fails to amaze me. I get to be a part of a very special...

  22. Foley placement BEFORE anesthesia??

    kirsnikity replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Foley is placed after spinal is in, unless mom is getting general anesthesia. It takes less than two minutes to insert and you can't prep the patient immediately after the spinal anyhow. It's...

  23. How long until program acceptance?

    kirsnikity replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    It's been a few days now, but have you heard anything? If not, I would get on the phone with your enrollment specialist and find out what's going on. I have heard of people who didn't get officially...

  24. Improving patient satisfaction in OB

    kirsnikity replied to PinkNBlue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Several years ago our surveys were showing that many patients claimed the worst part of their labor and delivery experience was the IV start (I'd say we were doing pretty well if that was the biggest...

  25. C over c

    kirsnikity replied to worf's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've never heard of this before. Are you seeing C/C in writing? Sometimes you will see C/C/0, C/C/+1 etc and it means completely dilated/completely effaced/zero station (etc). I have never heard this...