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    Do you know any good EKG books?

    GilaRRT replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I never said the book was bad. Anecdotally, many people seem to enjoy the book. However, he was into some pretty serious stuff back in the eighties, I will spare people the details. It's only...
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    Do you know any good EKG books?

    GilaRRT replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Except you would be supporting a convicted sex offender by buying the
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    Phasing out LPN's?

    GilaRRT replied to liberty_bell's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Every few weeks we seem to have a thread on this
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    CEN- Is is worth it?

    GilaRRT replied to T14WFLY's topic in Emergency

    You should spend some time reading the CEN support threads. You should find what you are looking
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    CO2 and hydration

    GilaRRT replied to lovethechaos's topic in Emergency

    Not
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    Jacked Up Sodium

    GilaRRT replied to OutlawNurse86's topic in General Nursing

    Volume depletion with concomittant hyponatremia. Hyponatremia is associated with several types of pathologies, not just the the hypervolemic dilutional hyponatremia we often associate as the...
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    Jacked Up Sodium

    GilaRRT replied to OutlawNurse86's topic in General Nursing

    Not really. I have some basic gen chem knowledge, but that is about the limit of my chemistry prowess. A mole is actually a number, Avogadro's number to be exact. In essence, Avogadro's number is...
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    Nurse Anaesthetist Course

    GilaRRT replied to kocheli's topic in General Nursing

    Yes; however, the CRNA program of your choice still needs to evaluate your transcripts. This would also apply to people educated in the United States as
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    Jacked Up Sodium

    GilaRRT replied to OutlawNurse86's topic in General Nursing

    Lets work this out: Look at a litre of 0.9 % saline. You should expect 154 mEq of sodium ion per litre of normal saline. (Remember the formula of molarity = moles/litres & 1000 mEq = 1 Eq ) So,...
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    Nurse Anaesthetist Course

    GilaRRT replied to kocheli's topic in General Nursing

    Typically, a cumulative GPA. You need to check with the programs however, as your foreign education may be a potential
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    Nurse Anaesthetist Course

    GilaRRT replied to kocheli's topic in General Nursing

    It varies; however, above a 90% is generally considered an A or a 4.0. Some schools require 92-93% to be granted an
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    Nurse Anaesthetist Course

    GilaRRT replied to kocheli's topic in General Nursing

    This is your grade point average (GPA). (4.0 = A, 3.0 = B, 2.0 = C, and so on) Are you currently working and living in the United
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    Nurse Anaesthetist Course

    GilaRRT replied to kocheli's topic in General Nursing

    More than likely, yes. The definition of "critical care" experience can be rather nebulous from place to place
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    The continuing saga of nurses vs. EMTs...

    GilaRRT replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I do not work in a nursing home, therefore I have no personal attachment to nursing in this environment aside from my days as working as a CNA. Again, some good and bad experiences. Focusing on bad...
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    The continuing saga of nurses vs. EMTs...

    GilaRRT replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    Once you start with personal attacks, any point you may have is lost. You need to realise that there are bad things that occur on both sides. I can say this anecdotally as an EMT and RN of several...
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    How Much Do You Make As a Flight Nurse?

    GilaRRT replied to MrsRitchie's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I make significantly less as a flight nurse with over three years of experience than I did as a new grad ER nurse eight years
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    The continuing saga of nurses vs. EMTs...

    GilaRRT replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, is the same story that is inversely related to the topic at hand on most EMS websites. Meaning, multiple threads of complaints about nurses. Unfortunately, I have experienced equal levels...
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    Time for a Title Change

    GilaRRT replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes people are going to disagree with you. you have to take the good with the bad on these forums. i am often engaged in rather... intense discussions with some of the members on this site....
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    Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    GilaRRT replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I think we have pretty well sorted the "feign" comment. We can continue to focus on it or we can move on to more productive
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    Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    GilaRRT replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    No worries, that happens all the time. I am willing to overlook the occasional misspell because small mistakes can occur. In addition, people from other countries frequent this forum and I know...
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    Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    GilaRRT replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Yes; however, I am using direct quotations of the OP's post. With that, I think we all understood the meaning of the word in question, spelling
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    Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    GilaRRT replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, this makes sense; however, you specifically stated in your first post that you did "fain" having an MI. Therefore, you should not be surprised by the comments. Your post was misleading and you...
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    Time for a Title Change

    GilaRRT replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    let's apply your theory to another field: way back in olden times there was a rather strange guy called isaac. in the 1600s he developed the calculus and many other concepts such as explaining...
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    So, who is working for the holiday?

    GilaRRT replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in General Nursing

    Start a 24 hour shift at 0700
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    Chest Wall Rigidity and Morphine

    GilaRRT replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    Histamine is a biogenic amine (has a nitrogen group) synthesized from the amino acid histidine. It is found in great concentrations within mast cells and within the granulocytes called basophils....