APBT mom

APBT mom LPN, RN

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  1. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    APBT mom replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Before I decided to be a nurse I worked at: a pet shop a pizza slinger at Little Caesars a telemarketer sold cell phones, direct tv, magazines, electicity for ENRON, credit cards cleaned houses...

  2. low overall gpa, high prereq gpa?

    APBT mom replied to shehak20000's topic in General Students

    It just depends on the programs that you are interested in applying to. Some go on pre req's alone and some go with all the classes you've taken. Best way to find out is to call the schools that you...

  3. What's the longest time you've had to wait for a grade?

    APBT mom replied to krenee's topic in General Students

    We usually get our tests back the same day we take it and if something happens and we don't I swear over the half the class starts complaining about how they have to know their grade. The longest I...

  4. Do you clean desk and hands before test?

    APBT mom replied to jbtampa's topic in Florida Nursing

    Nope I'm still thinking someone's cheating. I've even asked other students from different schools during clinicals to see if this is a "new policy." Those people that were removed from the program for...

  5. Instructor Thank You Gift

    APBT mom replied to lilyteen's topic in General Students

    Ask if they would be willing to sign a card. Not everyone likes to give gifts especially if they don't feel the need because of how they felt they've been treated. You can go and buy a book at Walmart...

  6. Instructor Thank You Gift

    APBT mom replied to lilyteen's topic in General Students

    We get the instructor a card and everyone signs it. Try to figure out what they like by asking them blank questions like how was your weekend did you do anything fun. Our first clinical rotation our...

  7. LPN Jobs in Tampa FL?

    APBT mom replied to qtcarol's topic in Florida Nursing

    How about a temp agency or something similar they hire people with no experience. Also I don't know if you live in Tampa but every Weds (?) in the mail a magazine called The Flyer comes and they have...

  8. Desperately need help with clinicals

    APBT mom replied to tlc2u's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How many pts do you have. If it was me and going by what you put I would do this Find which pt I have, find out their dx, get the meds, give them and do assessment at the same time, then fight for...

  9. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    APBT mom replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    Cheapest thing that I have gotten was a $10 gift certificate to the gift shop at the hospital I use to work

  10. research title???????

    APBT mom replied to fuel's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What was the previous post

  11. Am I too old to dorm on campus?

    APBT mom replied to hopeful84's topic in Florida Nursing

    I don't know if they have an age cut off for dorm housing. I know that USF in Tampa has a lot of apartments near by that are off campus housing. They usually consist of four to five bedroom apartments...

  12. Nutrition

    APBT mom replied to litlamp's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Does your school offer a nutrition class that's not for nursing. I took one a couple of years ago and it was great. The required textbook dumbed it down (not calling anyone dumb) a lot to make it...

  13. Do you clean desk and hands before test?

    APBT mom replied to jbtampa's topic in Florida Nursing

    Our school makes us go in a different room, can't bring our cell phones, purses have to go on the counter in the front, and any reading material must be put in in chair beside us, only one to a table...

  14. I Passed My Nclex-pn!!

    APBT mom replied to NARCAN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Congratulations I can't wait until I can take

  15. This may seem like a dumb question, but they always say there is none

    APBT mom replied to nububare's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We had a similar question on one of our tests and I thought that #3 was wrong too. So I picked #2. When the teacher explained the answer she said that you are just getting the consent that's already...

  16. Pre-made Drug Cards??

    APBT mom replied to EMSnut45's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Make sure that you are allowed to use them for school. A group of us got went a got sets of them to use for clinicals as our drug cards that we have to carry and our instrustors told us that they were...

  17. IV intake calculations...

    APBT mom replied to fizzgigger's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Add up the mls for the hours you were there. So if you were there for four hours the 1000ml of D5W would have ran 160 ml. I don't know if there was any other fluid in the med piggyback but you would...

  18. Documentation on Bruises

    APBT mom replied to fizzgigger's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For pt's who have a lot of bruising I usually put something like patient has several/ the exact number if there isn't too many bruises ranging from 2-6 cm on armsor legs... wherever they are. I'll...

  19. PLS HELP :( ROSS RIVER VIRUS MICROORGANISM... what is it??

    APBT mom replied to rachiee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here's what I found. This is he site that says what it is http://www.healthdirect.gov.au/topics/Ross_River_Virus I went here first clicked on the first article and it sent me here...

  20. Insulin dosaging with proper syringe choice

    APBT mom replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would check with my instructor. It could be a typo or a trick question. There are no 5 ml tuberculin syringes they only got to 1 ml. We had a question similar to that and the answer was you had the...

  21. Communication Barriers

    APBT mom replied to vmiller1981's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The only thing that I can think of would be if they are in pain and wanted an epidural or something similiar. I think it is a good idea but the only problem I see is how are you going to know what...

  22. How do you learn to give injections?

    APBT mom replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

    We had dummy parts and gave two injections in them in front of the instructor to make sure that we had the concept right and then we went to town on each other. We were allowed to give as many as we...

  23. Candida Albicans and elevated blood alcohol levels

    APBT mom replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I don't now how true this is but there was a girl that I went to school with that had a simialr situation. Her reasoning for it was Candida albicans is a type of yeast and there is yeast in alcohol...

  24. Math Help Anyone?!

    APBT mom replied to Im2exclusive's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My entrance exam was basic math with some algebra and geometry mixed in. It was asic high school math. Here are some practice tests that I found online that might help....

  25. Urine specific gravity?

    APBT mom replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    People who have diabetes insipidus drink large amounts of water up to 3L a day which causes them to urinate a lot but since they drink so much water their kidneys aren't filtering the blood right and...