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travleur

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  1. entering a CRNA program with a BSN from abroad

    travleur posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hello, I have been a nurse for 20 years. I have experience in NICU, MICU, CICU, flight nurse, ER, and more recently as a nurse supervisor. I spent my last 8 years working in the USA in ICU as a RN. I...

  2. NCLEX Dosage calculation, problem with rounding numbers

    travleur posted a topic in General Students

    Ok I have a problem here. I will sit for the NCLEX in 3 days. I am practicing NCLEX questions with the Kaplan Qbank. I had no problem with dosage calculation until I came up with these two questions:...

  3. RN-to-BSN or RN-to-MSN prior CRNA program?

    travleur posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hello, I am a french nurse. I have 6 years of experience btw ICU, ER, PHRN, NICU and flight nursing but I haven't worked as a RN since 2003 (I'm currently doing a refresher course). I just passed the...

  4. ACLS vs PALS vs CCRN etc.

    travleur posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hi, I am a foreign nurse, I recently passed the CGFNS and I will sit for the NCLEX in 9 days. I know I should focus on that right now but I can't help to think about the next step. I was an ICU/CCU RN...

  5. What does ii mean?

    travleur posted a topic in General Students

    On one of my practice test question for the NCLEX I read: "The physician ordered acetaminophen (Tylenol) 325 mg tab ii PO" What does ii mean? I thought it means "grain" from a previous question but I...

  6. What does ii mean?

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Students

    but why does it say 325mg? I tought it should be either grain or mg but not both. What does that prescription exactly mean? Here is the full first part of the question: "The nurse on the medical unit...

  7. NCLEX when should I round result in ml in dosage calculation?

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Nursing

    oops, sorry I read that after I already answered. I will simply expect that they will tell me where and how to round the results as a couple people

  8. NCLEX when should I round result in ml in dosage calculation?

    travleur posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will sit for the NCLEX in 3 days. I am practicing NCLEX questions with the Kaplan Qbank. I had no problem with dosage calculation until I came up with these two questions: First I came up with this...

  9. NCLEX when should I round result in ml in dosage calculation?

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry but this doesn't make sense. It doesn't matter if the medicine will be given PO or IV, or any other routes because you will end up drawing the medicine with basically the same syringe to get...

  10. NCLEX when should I round result in ml in dosage calculation?

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Nursing

    thank you very much, now I feel

  11. NCLEX when should I round result in ml in dosage calculation?

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Nursing

    I've been told that you round to the nearest 100th for result 1ml which makes sense. But I don't understand why it would be different in these 2 examples. It is very frustrating because I always get...

  12. NCLEX Dosage calculation, problem with rounding numbers

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Students

    Now I just got this question: The nurse cares for a client receiving potassium chloride 25 mEq IV piggyback. The potassium chloride is labeled 10 ml = 40 mEq. Record the number of milliliters of...

  13. NCLEX Dosage calculation, problem with rounding numbers

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Students

    oh OK it makes sense. thanks a

  14. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    travleur replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    PhillysBelladonna, are you OK? Are you sure you pick the right job? I don't know if you realize but you will face situations much more stressful at

  15. How "for-profit insurers hijack our health care system"

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Unfortunately I seriously doubt it. Sadly, insurance companies still have a lot of life ahead of them. They have way too much power and way too much money to disappear... it is thanks to that power...

  16. How "for-profit insurers hijack our health care system"

    travleur posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    PLEASE TAKE TIME TO WATCH THIS EXCELLENT INTERVIEW (link below) Nobody can describe better than Wendell Potter how insurance companies, lobbyists and politicians put all of their efforts and money in...

  17. I'm tired of the unacceptable CGFNS Study Guide!!!

    travleur posted a topic in International Nursing

    i am studying using the cgfns study guide and i am amazed by the amount of mistakes and false information you can find especially in the supplemental booklets. not only the cgfns is the worst red tape...

  18. I'm tired of the unacceptable CGFNS Study Guide!!!

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in International Nursing

    Yes, I know. There is no way I'm gonna spend another half an hour on hold to tell them how poor are their material knowing perfectly that they won't give a ****. I know that there are people that will...

  19. Rh- mother w/ Rh- child and direct coombs+? Is it possible?

    travleur posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi, i am currently practicing cgfns questions (exam coming nov 11th!!). i think it is a mistake from the cgfns book (which, unfortunately, is quiet common on the cgfns practice guide) but i wanted to...

  20. Rh- mother w/ Rh- child and direct coombs+? Is it possible?

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Nursing

    That's a completely diffrent scenario. Your case was for ABO incompatibility, RhoGAm is for Rh

  21. Rh- mother w/ Rh- child and direct coombs+? Is it possible?

    travleur replied to travleur's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I should have mention it more clearly, yes the correct answer is A. But my question is: is it possible to have a coombs + if the mother and the infant are

  22. Health Care is a right

    travleur replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    as for the education, i am not talking about people who don't have desire to get a college degree. obviously. i am talking about kids that are smart enough to get a college degree and do want to, but...

  23. Health Care is a right

    travleur replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What amazes me is to see that one has to be either rich or extremely smart to be able to go to the best colleges. If you have an average IQ on top of being poor... too bad. It also amazes me to see...

  24. I can't hear a thing!

    travleur replied to Sprouts's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    yes it is a common mistake to have the earpiece facing

  25. Health Care is a right

    travleur replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    health care should definitely be a right, just like education should be (even after high school.) anyone who experienced healthcare outside the us know better and would agree. americans have the...