AnnieOaklyRN

AnnieOaklyRN BSN, RN, EMT-P

Adult and Pediatric Vascular Access, Paramedic

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  1. Urgent.....respiratory distress and respiratory failure

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to yatyu's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No Respiratory distress syndrome is a group of symtoms related to damage to certain parts of the lung that effects capilary membrane permiability. You can read all about it by clicking the link...

  2. S.Arrythmia Vs PACs

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    PAC will have a different p wave morphology and since they are premature they will come sooner than you expect the next beat. They can be patterened, but that is unusual. If it is sinus arrhythmia...

  3. I got in! I got in!

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to L&D_2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats!

  4. i feel like quitting (long post)

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

    Try and recover and regroup and go in to your next clinical day with confidence and just do what you need to. The less cofident you are the moe they pick on you, so do what you need to, read, do...

  5. Newbie Nurses and Student Nurses...

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to LadyNASDAQ's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for saying what you said!!! Those of us who are nursing students appreciate that someone thinks are oppinions or ideas have some worth.

  6. Urgent.....respiratory distress and respiratory failure

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to yatyu's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Respiratory distress is when a patient is having difficulty in breathing as evidensed by examining the patient. THe patient may or may not compensate for the distress. Patients can have mild...

  7. Who's waiting on acceptance letters?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to lainith's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck to you all!!

  8. Failed IV attempt

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    Take your time, do some vein shopping. Insert the needle at a 45 degree angle or less depending on how deep the vein is and once you get a flash remember to flatten the cather and insert it a tiny...

  9. FAFSA- before or after acceptance?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to kela1100's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Like all the others say do it now. You have to do it online and it takes a few days to even get a password to get into the system...

  10. Blood Pressure Kit....does quality matter?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to DesertRain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would conserve the funds and by a cheapy one cause once you are a nurse or CNA (Not sure what class you are in) you will not need your own anyway...

  11. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with NREMTP/RN. If you did not think it was an emergency do not say that you called an ambulace so he wouldnt have to sit in an e.d. It sure sounds like it was an emergency, lets think about...

  12. Posters that are not nurses

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and I just wanted to add one more thing... I have seen MULTIPLE threads on here with nurses complaining that paramedics are not doing their job right, so why is this ok???? So if some of you do...

  13. Posters that are not nurses

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    Well.... hmmm... ummm... I think everyone has a right to their oppinion, and like some of the other posters said it is nice to see the veiw points of others who may be either students or in another...

  14. Dangerous Situation

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to meagansmom's topic in Home Health

    I beleive it is legal to tell aurthorities since he is homicidal and not just suicidal.

  15. Trouble Entering Nursing School - Help

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to ukbsktbll's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    well I am assuming that you didn't take all of the gen ed classes for nursing while persuing your engineering degree. You could take some courses like anatomy and physiology, Microbiology etc. in...

  16. So you thought your ER experience was bad? - this is long but certainly ices the cake

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    My comment was not stating that you were implying all healthcare workers were bad. I was stating that we as users on here have no right to judge the healthcare workers whom you are speaking about...

  17. So you thought your ER experience was bad? - this is long but certainly ices the cake

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry your feel this way sky. I do not think it is fair for anyone on this site to make negative comments against other healthcare workers based on what they hear from someone. In other words if I...

  18. Need tips for working with student RNs!

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    I am a student and we pass meds, but we are supervised by our instructor and not the primary nurse. My school instructors emphasize to us that we are to ask them questions first so that we do not...

  19. Thinking out of the box re: Nursing education

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    How 'bout this instead... we keep our associates degree and get rid of care plans because that would cut the work almost in half.

  20. Are any new grads going to med-surg

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to awalke13965's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are going into a specialty area- pediatrics. Keep your chin up and don't mind what everyone else is doing, what matters to you is what you are doing and if you are happy doing it.

  21. What is BLSC?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to beba42's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It is just CPR fo the healthcare provider I beleive.. you sure it wasn't BCLS?

  22. HELP!!!! im in nursing school! i need serious help!

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to futgirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I work full time and am attending nursing school full time. Not fun. Anyway you will have your days of being tired and crying for odd reasons, it is part of the stress. Don't worry it will pass...

  23. Nursing School Questions

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to ajw2222's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Well I will try and answer as many of your questions as I can. I am a last semester nursing student not an RN yet. Taking the gen ed classes (english, ethics, math, A&P I and II, Microbiology......

  24. First day back!

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to DesertRain's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My first day back is tommorow. Good luck you all this semester. I am so excited it is my last semester before graduation in May, it went by quickley!!

  25. DNRs and ACLS

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Remember DNR means do not resuscitate not do not treat.