SummitRN BSN, RN

ICU + Infection Prevention

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  1. By your reasoning, students SHOULD be performing enemas and foleys on each other and would except for those pesky lawyers. That is absurd. If you change your argument to there being some chance of...
  2. I hear a lot of "it didn't bother me, why should it bother anyone" and "I did it so others should have to as well." Clearly, you all didn't learn enough empathy during your bed bath sessions. Bed...
  3. Haha very
  4. Commonplace despite education and policy...
  5. Remember, too tight of a top sheet contributes to foot drop and pressure ulcers. Patients must be able to move
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    Regis Traditional BSN for fall 2013

    When they accepted me, I first received a phone call. You can also check your status online. I don't remember an email. There was probably a
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    Can visitors be 'forced' to wear PPE?

    I agree but the situation becomes sticky when it is parents and a minor
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    Adventist University Health Sciences BSN

    Another school? Denver, the entire front range, arguably the state, doesnt have enough clinical placements for existing programs. Yet another no-name school... not what the community (or the students...
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    LOC or ABC first?

    On the test, ABC first. In real life, you often assess LOC as you do your
  10. Before nursing school (BSN) I hadn't even thought of the possibility of making an occupied bed. I thought it was magic when we learned it. Lab is what taught me how. Clinical is what made me good at...
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    MAP vs SBP

    MAP is a more consistent measurement and is the better perfusion indicating metric. BP is dynamic, but overpressure injury in neuro is going to come from the peak overpressure, SBP. So I'd imagine...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    I think I read about this type of thing in the past... have they mentioned new uniforms? (The first stewardesses had to be RNs as
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    Regis Traditional BSN for fall 2013

    I want to say something like 5-10 alternates were placed in my class, quite a few. People apply to many programs, are accepted by many, choose other programs or paths in
  14. Sweet... let's make students uncomfortable to teach them empathy. That's logical and professional. Hey, why not just yell at them like a drill seargant to drive home the value of therapeutic...
  15. If I went to CU, I'd blame them for not planning ahead and placing accordingly. They knew this was coming for a long
  16. For that precise reason my friend at CU-D is most upset as they wanted to apply to the UCH CC residency and was told the same thing. I am glad you were able to still get a placement that met your...
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    PHRN transfer to EMT-P in other states?

    I find CCEMT-P to be a misnomer in how it is written. It is as if the bearer wants people to think of their EMT-P post-nominal title, Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic, and read it as Critical...
  18. I was told they still have OB and peri-op/PACU, but something about some tower move meant they weren't taking students
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    New Grad. Want to work in the ICU

    Being a new grad in the ICU is kicking my posterior... but in a good way... I feel myself improve slowly... I am just trusting what people say: it gets easier with
  20. A BA degree in a non-health/nursing related will not make you stand out as a candidate. It might make a good tie-breaker in otherwise equivalent candidates; it's better than no 4-year degree, but not...
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    Nurses can't be punished for violating HIPAA

    So it seems civil and criminal consequences are rare and reserved for egregious and malicious intentional
  22. Let's be clear: the A.A. system is a Anesthesiology pushed foil to counter the growing independence of
  23. Why should nurses have lesser educational requirements than teachers, an office worker, etc. Radiation technologists and respiratory therapists are transitioning to bachelors entry. People are going...