beth66335 BSN, RN

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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    beth66335 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a teacher back when I got my CNA certification that called a B/P cuff a syphgnomamometer,
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    New use for Visine???

    beth66335 replied to TX.RN.Shannon's topic in Patient Medications

    Nope its a myth; How to Pass a drug test, Pass a urine test - Pass Your Drug Test
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    Proper cleaning using alcohol wipes

    beth66335 replied to KiyaRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I use achohol pads to clean ports and hubs one time. Also, always remember to open the clamp before you scrub to make to port "pop" out slightly for better contact with the pad...I also sing Happy...
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    1st Nursing Cartoon caption contest - win $100

    beth66335 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    "i'm not sure about this hospitals latest solution for
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    Disgusting job but still keeping a smile

    beth66335 replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Jevity! I have looked like that when a feeding tube/machine malfunctioned....and I wasn't
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    nerves are getting to me! help!

    beth66335 replied to keldel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Two options for medical questions, if you don't know the answer say so; and explain that you are a grad nurse and still learning. Option two say," You know I'm not sure, but I will find out and get...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    The original poster of this message past away last year, but I checked the link and it gave me a failure URL so hopefully it won't work
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    Roane State Nursing Students?

    beth66335 posted a topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I just joined this site in May, after I got my letter for NS. I was just wondering how many people out there are attending Roane State's Nursing
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    Roane State Nursing Students?

    beth66335 replied to beth66335's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I agree with Brittany micah, just enjoy your Summer! I was in the class that started in 2007 and we didn't even get our books until right before we started, so there was no Summer reading list. They...
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    How much morphine is too much??

    beth66335 replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Tell them to take it up with the doctor that ordered
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    As a prereq for my nursing program I had to take either College Algebra or Probability and Statistics, which was considered a higher level math...does your catalog lay out your nursing curriculum for...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    beth66335 replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    I see by the date on this you are just about to graduate, has last semester been fun for you? I loved my last semester, beginning to feel like a real nurse and doing a lot more hands on stuff so I...
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    Do you bag your bodies naked?

    beth66335 replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    We have a kit that includes a yellow paper gown like the ones we wear in an isolation patients room. We put that on the body and tag their toe, and their bag of belongings if no one takes them, then...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Hey I have that, I didn't know it had a
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    You are welcome, it took me lots of practice and 5 math tests in nursing school to get the hang of this kind of math...I'm glad I finally got it as we have to take a math test at my job now every year...
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    Verbal assault by a pt.

    beth66335 replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I've had patients treat me badly both "with it" and not, and I make sure they are safe and tell them I'm leaving until they cool down, but I will be back to check on them soon. Usually works, they...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    the order is established in the question as 100mcg every 12 hours iv already, so the person that wrote the question is letting you know that they have calculated the dose based on the child's wt and...
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    Roane State Community College RN Program

    beth66335 replied to PianoPlayer07's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I just graduated from RSCC nursing program this last May and I can tell you they did take 160 applicants the year I started in 2007. I was dropped at the beginning of the 2008 year for not passing the...
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    Hi I am Ann... I am 51 and want to be a nurse

    beth66335 replied to annmel's topic in Nursing Career

    Congrats! I have graduated since my post and I actually took an extra year to do so because I failed the 3rd semester math exam by 2 points, but I persevered and I now work on a Cardiopulmonary floor!...
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    Questions for New Grads

    beth66335 replied to lifelearningrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i had a really short orientation and the floor i work on is very hard...but i love
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I was going to say what mb said...always dissect your problem and use the useful info and toss out the rest. If the problem is on paper cross out the extraneous stuff (or the stuff they put in to...
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    beth66335 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    250,000units: 1mL :: 600,000 units : XmL 250,000 X = 600,000 X=
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    Jobs, Jobs, Jobs??

    beth66335 replied to EMEddie's topic in General Nursing

    There IS a nursing shortage but also in this economy there is NO money to hire like they need to...so yes, the jobs will come back when the economy does and we will always need nurses in any economy....
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    I PASSED NCLEX-RN

    beth66335 replied to luvbug080688's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed mine too! I took it on the 24th and then did the quick results option on PearsonVue's website on the 26th. I had 75 questions, and I took Kaplan, but I didn't finish all the question trainers...
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    First day of nursing School *unleashed* post yours

    beth66335 replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    I don't know what post on this thread is my original, but I just graduated May 8th! I am now in the throws of "anxiety related to preparation for NCLEX AEB moments of wondering if I really learned...