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  1. Please help! I don't understand heparin flush 5ml

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you so much for this link, it is very helpful to me! I'm also trying to figure out the difference between a large (5ml) heparin flush to maintain line patency and heparin that one would receive...

  2. Spanish

    greenfaery posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am still a student nurse, currently living in Virginia, but would like to move back to New Mexico after passing the NCLEX (I am from Santa Fe.) I do not speak Spanish, but I realize that would...

  3. Spanish

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info Pablodog!! I do happen to be native, In fact I had my baby in the Santa Fe Indian hospital. I've heard good things about Alaska too, I have an uncle there and thought about it. Is...

  4. Spanish

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info Pablodog. Do you happen to have a link or something for this? I appreciate it. I thought about IHS but I haven't had very good info about

  5. School pin...oops!

    greenfaery posted a topic in General Students

    I have been so busy with my last semester of nursing school that I completely forgot to order my school pin for our graduation ceremony. Now it's too late and I'm wondering if anyone here can...

  6. New NCLEX format?

    greenfaery replied to Ivanabanonymous's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm not sure about format, but I just thought I'd mention that my professor just told me they are adding more questions about disaster planning and delegation soon. Hope that helps and good

  7. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

    greenfaery replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

    It also depends on the nursing program you are in. My program has a reputation for being pretty hardcore, and most students do not get more than 3 hours of sleep the night before clinicals because we...

  8. Do you think I should change my major?

    greenfaery replied to TrinaCNA's topic in General Students

    Or you could just go the LPN route, which doesn't take as long as

  9. Do you think I should change my major?

    greenfaery replied to TrinaCNA's topic in General Students

    You should get certified to become a nurse's aide, then go from there. Plus, it will look good on your resume when you do finish nursing school, and it will help you get a job by getting your foot in...

  10. Help with ideas for extra experience

    greenfaery posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, I am graduating this May 2010 with an associate's degree in nursing and I'm basically starting to FREAK out!!! I am overwhelmed with instructors saying things like "you won't get hired unless...

  11. Help with ideas for extra experience

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in General Students

    guiltysins, Unfortunatley my ADN program doesn't offer any kind of preceptorship, just clinical rotations. I love the doula idea though! I'll have to look into that because I'm thinking I might want...

  12. Sleeping Habits

    greenfaery replied to contactimprov09's topic in General Students

    I have the same problem, I'm a born night-owl. I can't wait to work the night shift as a nurse! I know this isn't the healthy response, but I actually find it easier to NOT sleep until after class,...

  13. Help with ideas for extra experience

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in General Students

    Thanks for your responses! I would love to volunteer, but I wonder what kind of volunteer would be the best experience for a nursing student, any

  14. When do you go from being a "new grad" to an "old grad" w/o experience?

    greenfaery replied to prinsessa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would also work on getting as many relevant certifications as possible that you can add to your resume, and learn a foreign language too (spanish!!!). I'm graduating this May, and I'm so not...

  15. Don't know that 1oz=30cc/mls....and it's the Last Trimester?

    greenfaery replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    I can tell you in real life (at least in every facility I've been to so far) there is no nurse sitting there calculating input when they have 6 patients. The aids certainly don't either, they have...

  16. Don't know that 1oz=30cc/mls....and it's the Last Trimester?

    greenfaery replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    2Beenursey, you do sound quite snarky and overly concerned with your classmate's grade. How do you know she just wasn't exhausted (as we all are in our clinical from zero sleep) and having a hard...

  17. Need help with fluids and electrolytes

    greenfaery posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, I have an elderly patient who has hypernatremia (sodium=150-high), his blood pressure is normal, and pulse is normal. He also has stage 3 renal disease, his BUN is 40 (high), his GFR is 38(low),...

  18. Surgery and anemia

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had no idea! I didn't have much info in my book about TURP and what do you know, these were TURP pt's.

  19. Surgery and anemia

    greenfaery posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone knows how soon after surgery will CBC lab values return to normal? It seems like every single one of my patients are anemic even several days after surgery....

  20. Spanish

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Medic09! I would love to work in Santa Fe, I am very homesick. But I am willing to go wherever I find a job. Do you know how the new grad job market is there

  21. Spanish

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in General Nursing

    i have a friend in the military who hooked me up with rosetta stone and unfortunately it isn't really working well for me. i think i'll go with book/audio stuff instead. glad i didn't spend the...

  22. Anyone starting non-hospital jobs in this bad job enviroment?

    greenfaery replied to luvmyguys's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey natrgrrl, do you think it would be wierd to apply for an LPN job even after passing the NCLEX? I'm just trying to make a "plan B" for myself if I can't find an RN job after graduating. I would...

  23. Surgery and anemia

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nursekitten: Thanks!! That was helpful. I also wasn't considering the possibity of hemodilution and these are mostly urology patients so maybe that is

  24. New Grad RN working as aides?

    greenfaery posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't remember where I saw this but there was a post about a new grad who passed the NCLEX and couldn't find a job but got a job offer to be an aide. I'm just curious if anyone has considered doing...

  25. New Grad RN working as aides?

    greenfaery replied to greenfaery's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't think about that,