wv_nurse 2003

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  1. Rn Failure!

    Look into taking a "Test Taking" course. Learning to test well can be invaluable when trying to master nursing exams. Do a web search, and read as much as you can on successful test taking!...
  2. Anferior MI and NO order for NTG drip...

    EXCELLANT post!! I do question the posted diagnosis of anterior MI with an RCA blockage I have seen right ventricular MI's bottom out with NTG--going into shock. A right sided EKG could have...
  3. What is it really like to be a new graduate nurse????

    This sounds like what my diploma grad friends describe as their shool experience.....
  4. Long term care nursing

    Off topic--but I love your nickname ParrotHeadRN!! Jimmy is a way of life!! Going to see him for the second time on this tour on Sept
  5. 3 1/2 y/o daughter won't potty......please give advice.

    Since its summer--try no pants for a day or so. One of my sons just didn't take the time to notice he needed to pee--but with no pants, well it was OBVIOUS! :rotfl: We also did the tiered reward...
  6. student with a question-

    It is true that all cardiac cells have the potential to initiate electrical activity. The SA node (pacemaker) has an intrinsic rate of about 60-100 impulses per minute (the basis for "normal" heart...
  7. New Grad in Huntington, WV

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Best of luck to
  8. Everything Happens For a Reason

    Oh I love happy
  9. so what happens if someone in your class cheats?

    What a risky way to give a test----no wonder there was
  10. Need To Vent

    Ditto what everyone else has said--(but keep washing your hands, need to protect patients from the germs of others no matter where you work) Good like finding what makes you happy!
  11. ADHD Ethics

    I don't really have an answer, but I am interested in what you will find out. A good friend of mine told me that the school called her to tell her she "had" to have her son evaluated for ADHD. She...
  12. tropical vacations

    Cruises are the best way to go----but Cozumel is absolutely gorgeous!!! As are the Cayman Islands--be sure to go to Stingray
  13. Any WV nurses here?

    Good luck to you! Going into a new job is always a little scarrey, and nerve racking. Just go in with an open mind, and expect it to be a little better--but maybe not nirvana (and hopefully it WILL...
  14. In addition to critical thinking skills and flexibility, I think strong assessment skills are a must. I tell new critical care nurses that even if they can't "diagnose"--if they can give the...
  15. "You Made Me Want to be a Nurse."

    Its an awesome story that deserves to stay at the front of the line so that everyone can read it!! So often we do feel like nothing we do matters--and this just goes to prove that in doing the...
  16. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    Well, when I graduated from nursing school (some....ummm...16 years ago) I KNEW I would never work: #1--psych. why? well our short psych rotation was overcome with depressed patients, and I found...
  17. My suggestion is to stop worrying about any advantage/disadvantage someone else or some other group has. Get the most of the opportunities provided. Unfortunately it is not a perfect world..... "It...
  18. GRE study guide

    I third the motion--don't waste the money!! I admit, I bought one book (aptly titled GRE--review), I did all the practice tests, and away I went. I did fine on all
  19. who are these people?

    :roll This was too cute not to
  20. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    Actually I was just truthfully wondering what would have prompted someone to start a thread "nursing students shut up..." A bad day at work? A student who questioned you about something you were...
  21. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    A previous post from Plato: https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=576983#post576983 I am wondering which one prompted this....well, to be frank.....RUDE
  22. BCAT exam for critical care nurses

    If I remember correctly--its just a standardized, basic critical care exam. Its pretty general, some strips, meds, situation-type questions. If you've been working critical care I doubt you need to...
  23. Do you use the trendelenberg position?

    We use a "modified" approach. We don't lower the head like we used to--but just flatten the HOB and raise the feet. Just a perfusion assist until we find the cause of the
  24. Nurses are underpaid in WV

    WOW!! Where are they paying that much?? Have you looked at facilities just across the river in Ohio? I can't believe that anyone is making that kind of money--unless the cost of living is...
  25. smoking students

    My policy for students who smoke is clear up front--no smoking in the view of the public, while in uniform. No breaks during the clinical to smoke, because they would be visible to the public. I...