shannonFNP BSN, MSN, RN

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    Preparing Injectables

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi yall =) I was wondering: When you are mixing two meds for injection, how do you leave enough in the syringe for priming the needle? My notes say onces the medications are mixed you cannot eject any...
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    Help! Transferring within hospital!

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in my second semester of nursing school. I have a job at two hospitals as a nurse tech. One I've been at for a year now as a CNA and nurse tech. The other I just started at 3 weeks ago on labor...
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    How do you learn to give injections?

    shannonFNP replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

    I think it's appropriate to revive this thead! I'm in my second semester and we did sub Q's and IMs this past week with IV's starting on Tuesday. We've been practicing on injection pads and oranges......
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    Do CNA's know what they are supposed to do or...

    shannonFNP replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    So do most of you RN's have an assigned aide? I have been working as an aide for the past year and our system is so unorganized. All of the nurses have just random patients all over both wings of the...
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    Mid June Mission Trip - Planning

    shannonFNP replied to MiaKeaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have to be a nurse to go? I would love to go, however, I dont have June off from school. I have July off and will be finished with my second semester. *sigh*.... one
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    Undermining: What it is?

    shannonFNP replied to nursbaybie's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Basically, undermining is like the wound is spread out underneath the skin that surrounds the visible part of the sore. So... the wound is bigger than what appears at first glance. You use a cotton...
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    My First Write Up

    shannonFNP replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Don't beat yourself up :) You sound like you're coping much better than some of the new grads I've worked with in the hospital. You know, the ones that don't give their 2100 meds, so they tell the...
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    I would like to know about jobs for cna's that can draw blood?

    shannonFNP replied to nymia78's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Drawing blood is not in the scope of practice for a CNA. As the other posters stated, if you are employed as a TECH such as in an ER, you can be delegated other activites, and I suppose in some...
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    PRN -CNA, is it hard?

    shannonFNP replied to wiSa's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I hate being PRN at a hospital, only because I don't have a "home" and coworkers that I see when I work. You work with so many different units in a hospital, it's hard to know anyone's name. However,...
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    Care Plans Help Please! (with the R\T and AEB)

    shannonFNP replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    Aviator, I'm not sure where you got your information from. This book, published by Pearson Prentice hall, was last published in 2005. I'm eagerly anticipating their newest edition, available in 2009....
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    Help with Tuition

    shannonFNP replied to blermey's topic in General Nursing

    Sharona, can you give us any more details about the grant you received from Corpus Christi? I love the area, and any help with school is ExTrEmELy helpful! I know of a few places, one here in Waco...
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    Area of Least/Most Lawsuits in Nursing...

    shannonFNP replied to Gottago's topic in General Nursing

    This is a GREAT topic! I'd like to know the answer to this as well. I'm considering being a CRNA... but I'm scared to death of the legal risks of the anaesthesia! I'm wondering about the OR as well....
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    Wages: RN vs. NP??

    shannonFNP replied to shannonFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You all have made really good points and a brought up a lot of different perspectives that I didn't think about. I would really like to be able to work one day without losing my back at an early age,...
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    Care Plans Help Please! (with the R\T and AEB)

    shannonFNP replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    I totally recommend this book called Nursing Diagnosis Handbook by Judith m. Wilkinson. It is fabulous!!! It has a complete NANDA approved nursing diagnosis list. You can look them in the index to...
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    Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    shannonFNP replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i feel dumb as a rock... but i totally don't get this! maybe i missed a part of the story? lol... someone
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    Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    shannonFNP replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's a complete downer when I can't read half the threads on this forum without the topic being skewed for debate. Please, this thread is for those that have had experiences similar to the original...
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    Rural Nursing Scholarship?

    shannonFNP replied to cindy0624's topic in Rural

    Hi, I'm posting to bump this to the top. I know there's someone in this forum that can help. I know that I'm looking for the same kind of assistance. A local hospital here in Waco, Texas pays 1600 a...
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    Employment Package/Offers?

    shannonFNP posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all :) I'm actually a first semester nursing student sneaking behind the bushes and reading your posts I was wondering what the hospitals are offering you as an employment package? Are any of them...
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    Surrender License or Deal with TPAPN

    shannonFNP replied to txrn1963's topic in Texas Nursing

    Sorry for my ignorance, but what in the world is
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    Dosage Problem.. !

    shannonFNP posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hi all, thanks for reading :) i have this dosing calc problem that i honestly don't think can be solved. we have to make a 90% on our dosage test to stay in the program. well, we took our first test...
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    Dosage Problem.. !

    shannonFNP replied to shannonFNP's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, I realize how everyone got the answer as 12.5. We're just trained to set up the problem ONLY one way which is by taking the label ml on top (or capsule/tablet... whichever form it's in) as the...
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    Dosage Problem.. !

    shannonFNP replied to shannonFNP's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Maybe if yall set it up in dimensional analysis... because you have to make sure that your mg cross out with something else. The first part of showing your work would read: 5 ml 250 mg Since...
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    RV's anyone???

    shannonFNP replied to RNERHOUSESUPOR's topic in Travel

    Sorry I didn't have the time to read through this entire thread to see if anyone else had asked this, but here goes: I was wondering how much it's costing you to be a travel nurse with your RV? If you...
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    Nursing Clipboards? Are they a go or a no?

    shannonFNP replied to Syncere's topic in General Students

    YES! Get one, you'll love it forever. Especially when you get into your own routine. The nurses here have to print out kardex's (which are like miniature reports on a patient) and MARS. Rather than...
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    11-7 Shift

    shannonFNP replied to DreamyEyes's topic in General Students

    I actually just went PRN from working fulltime nights on the pediatrics floor at my hospital. I quit fulltime to work days while I'm in school, and so that I don't have to "commit" to a certain...