Pneumothorax BSN, RN

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    SICU Nurses..i need your help (interview)

    Pneumothorax replied to Pneumothorax's topic in MICU, SICU

    Soon to be grad yes! Great questions
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    SICU Nurses..i need your help (interview)

    Pneumothorax posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello!, I have an interview coming up on SICU and i was wondering if there are any questions that i should ask in particular about the unit? Ive only done 2days as an offsite rotation in clinical ,...
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    giving O2 per request?

    Pneumothorax replied to mursetudent25's topic in General Students

    not
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    giving O2 per request?

    Pneumothorax replied to mursetudent25's topic in General Students

    ya someone with COPD can have complications if they get to much oxygen, however if u put the NC on at 1/lpm and walked away its not going to kill them. it take a little bit of time O2 is a medication....
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    Depression r/t nursing school AEB becoming someone I don't recognize

    Pneumothorax replied to Jane says's topic in Health, Stress Management

    ya, ive probably dropped out (mentally) at least six times in the past 2 years, and now im ~40 days from having that BSN in my hands.. chin up buttercup... you can do
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    Depression r/t nursing school AEB becoming someone I don't recognize

    Pneumothorax replied to Jane says's topic in Health, Stress Management

    i think that anyone who is in nursing school is in the same boat you are. It literally sucks the life out of u and keeps on beating you down. YOu have a year behind you and thats a great...
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    PA vs. MD vs. NP

    Pneumothorax replied to aweaver94's topic in General Students

    Depends on what your ultimate goal is. Nursing practice (NP) is different from , PA practice, and its diff from MD practice. I agree, the path to MD /DO is pretty grueling but if its what you've...
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    Been working as a PCT for almost a year... go from 0 write ups to TWO within a month.

    Pneumothorax replied to Spikey9001's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    As an employee you cannot do everything "perfect" because "perfect" is a matter of perception hit the nail on the
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    Collective Bargaining..

    Pneumothorax posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can anyone explain this to me?.. I tried reading some articles online and the section about it in my management text book and just cant figure it out This is the question my teacher wants us to...
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    evidence based nursing??

    Pneumothorax replied to msuCON's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ewww research eww PICO ick ick ick!!! ok now that im done with that.. heres an EBP practice that i questioned a whole bunch last semester: not aspirating when giving IM injections. a new one that they...
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    Collective Bargaining..

    Pneumothorax replied to Pneumothorax's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you everyone! esme12- at the googling. i did that and came up short. i came here bc , well theres lots of nurses and probably know whats goin on job wise then little ol student
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    How to deal with ****-poor teaching?

    Pneumothorax replied to BlueEyedGuy's topic in General Students

    Open ur textbooks, notes and teach yourself. I had to do this for every test of community & psych. Sucked but I'll get thru
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    Ultrasound tech/nurse, can you have facial piercings/tattoos?

    Pneumothorax replied to Ashley Davis's topic in General Students

    probably. should you? probably not. whether you can or not, remember that you need to have a professional appearance, no matter where u work, nurse u/s tech, janitor or
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    Passing the nclex with one take.

    Pneumothorax replied to Love_RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    True that, I always say if we can grad RN school with the stress and crap going on.... Nclex shouldn't be *easy* but it's going to be
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    Would an NCLEX RN study guide be useful for nursing school?

    Pneumothorax replied to Lucidity's topic in General Students

    depends. our teachers write our tests like nclex style so it helps alot. but even if they dont write them nclex style at your school, they are very good resources for clarifing info you learned in...
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    Just rocked my exit Hesi

    Pneumothorax replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    awesommmmeeeee! i take mine in april.. not excited.
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    Nursing School Burnout - RANT!

    Pneumothorax replied to QuarterLife88's topic in General Students

    im 60 days from graduation guys. ya, im not gonna lie nursing school is super stressful and has its moments of suckage but its such a great feeling knowing that the torture will be over soon. it is...
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    Graduate nurse and ER?

    Pneumothorax replied to aghols12's topic in Emergency

    its up to you. if you can keep up with the pace. There are girls i know that went into ER nursing with zero expereince and are doing great now., there are others that are floundering so i think its...
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    Question about weird clinical hours

    Pneumothorax replied to gc1010's topic in General Students

    For my hospital clinically we would be assigned our 2 pts and would have to do per clinical paperwork. What kinda write up are u doing? I've never been to a SNF in a nursing capacity so idk how it...
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    Reality of Nursing skool

    Pneumothorax replied to 2bmalenurse23's topic in General Students

    WELCOME TO NURSING SKOOOOLLLLL you'll get better at it all. time mangement and lack of a life , sleep and breathing is all you need! :) Good
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    Job competition between student nurses

    Pneumothorax replied to Barnstormin' PMHNP's topic in General Students

    Yup! A lot of people in my graduating class have already received & accepted job offer& come Wednesday I may be accepting one as well
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    Job competition between student nurses

    Pneumothorax replied to Barnstormin' PMHNP's topic in General Students

    There's going to be competition, in my circle of friends we've applied for the same position knowing there was one opening but were nothing but supportive of each other. Don't worry, focus on you get...
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    I know that nursing involves multi tasking....

    Pneumothorax posted a topic in General Students

    however, having 800+ nclex questions /ati assigments due + a ridiculous project that is only worth 10% of our grade and clinical and studying for a test and doing another project for another class......
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    I know that nursing involves multi tasking....

    Pneumothorax replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    Gahhhh!!! Well I got the prioritization part down pat, it's just irritating that all the assignments are due at once lol! Anyhow I got it all done and a B on that major project. I'm thrilled
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    I have a BSN, but never passed boards

    Pneumothorax replied to nmmorgan15's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Id be really peeved if i didnt get my degree in the mail that says BSN on it after i walk at graduation..haha. RN is what u need to pass boards for BSN is after the 4 years of H***L they put us thru...