beth66335 BSN, RN

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    calculation question (HELP!!)

    This needs to be ml/hour since the question is asking what to set the pump for and pumps dispense in
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    calculation question (HELP!!)

    This needs to be ml/hour since the question is asking what to set the pump for and pump dispense in
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    calculation question (HELP!!)

    50ml x 4mg x 60min = 12000 = 300ml 40mg...1min...1hr........40..........hr I think this is right...anyone
  4. I am now officially a class of 10'er as I failed my 3rd semester math comp test by 2 lousy points, and my school only give one chance a semester. But, 2 weeks ago I recieved my welcome back letter and...
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    Should I miss clinicals for...

    Unfortunately, people reply without reading to the end of a thread. I always try to skim through a thread to see what the OP has said before I reply...sorry people are still yelling,...
  6. If I am reading this right you need methods for preventing BV, not symptoms or how to recognize it, correct? I would say pt teaching, such as wiping from front to back after bowel movements and...
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    What education is needed to become a nurse?

    Take Algebra for sure, my school requires a college level Algebra class to apply to nursing school, and I never took it in HS, so I struggled. Chemistry would be good too, if you ever decide to go...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    Wait until school starts and ask your teachers if they allow taping during lecture before investing. My first semester I didn't bother getting one because one of my teachers didn't allow it and the...
  9. In Tennessee after you finish 2 semesters of school you can apply at several hospitals to work as a nurse extern. It's like clinicals with pay, you are supervised by a nurse that works there and it...
  10. My program, 2.75GPA (mine was 2.99), math class completed and 12 hours of prereqs at least completed before application, I had all of mine done except English. An 80% or greater on 4 of 5 sections on...
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    How to find if classmates passed NCLEX in FLorida

    That's good to know. I wasn't reading the question well enough, I was thinking how well they did. The "stacked up" part threw me
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    How to find if classmates passed NCLEX in FLorida

    I don't know about Florida since I don't live there, and I understand worrying...all nursing students do, but I'm sure you probably can't. I'd say it's a privacy thing just like people not being able...
  13. i agree we should all be able to voice our thoughts more
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    code blue meds

    This is a powerpoint presentation that runs through a whole code blue including meds and dosages and order of administration...it's pretty cool!...
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    Nursing Tuition off the Chain!! Need Help!!

    Most, if not all, of the nurses I worked with before I quit working for nursing classes at school went to one of the 4 nursing schools in our area, none of which are terribly prestigious or expensive....
  16. Not according to the top post....every person's choice to have kids or not, is their choice...their's As far as treating other colleges differently, I think people who treat others, with or without...
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    VENT: Depressed and Discouraged...Wasn't Accepted

    I agree with Daytonite, I failed my math class in prereq's and had to retake it and wait a whole year more to apply to my nursing program. Then last Fall, I failed the semester math comp exam by 2 pts...
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    Pregnancy and Nursing School

    I have a friend who got pregnant (not on purpose) in the middle of her first year and had the baby in September of her senior year. She struggled a little, but did fine and graduated on...
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    PIV air in tubing

    Yes, the correction is in post
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    For all those needing to pass exit HESI

    Yeah, you all need to look at the symbols at the top of HIS posts,
  21. I guess the effect on me of having children before starting down this path was I had to wait. I didn't go to school for my nursing degree when I was 19 because I was a terrible student back then and I...
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    Can I do it?

    "Doing" is definitely different than "watching"..."doing" is a task, with a focus. You won't really be able to think about what you are doing...just the skill steps in your head. You'll be okay I'm...
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    What should I know already?

    You won't be the only one with no experience I'm sure, and the one's that have it will probably be bored at first...but you won't! Even the people with experience haven't experienced nursing school or...
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    Discouraged- finished pre-req but too many applicants!

    The year I got into school we had 800 applicants for 160 spots...I got in...it can
  25. At my school the waiting list is only used to fill the places of people who don't accept their spot when they get their acceptance letter. If people drop after that deadline they don't call anyone...