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From Long Island, NY. It was okay. I was satisfied with it. I would have liked to learned more about pharmacology and pathophysiology, but most RN-BSN programs I looked at did not offer those type of classes.

I did the online RN-BSN. The curriculum was pretty basic. They have their semesters divided into two 8 week semesters instead of one 16 week long semester. I was able to finish the program less than a year and a half.

Okay, that makes sense! Thank you!

Thank you for your response. I just am having trouble grasping the fact that the catheter go through brain matter without causing any injury?

I just graduated from Chamberlain college of nursing with my BSN. Good luck with all your studies! I'm sure you will be just fine.

I just started my training in the Surgical ICU and have a bunch of questions. One that just came to me is, Does the insertion of a ventriculostomy drain have the potential of causing more brain injury? Does the catheter not go through brain parenchyma?

Hey, I just read a bunch of posts on allnurses about Latent TB and got really good information. I still have one question...Once latent TB is diagnosed and treated (if treated), when is the next time they should be screened for active tb? is there a routine to have chest xrays done once a year if you have been diagnosed with latent tb in the pass? Or do you just wait and if you become symptomatic then get a chest xray? Thanks!!!!

I was just wondering if anyone has seen D5W administered to patients with diabetes? I saw this the other day and asked the nurse why. She is a LPN and told me "maybe her sodium is too high?". How does D5W lower sodium levels????

Lots and Lots of review questions. I used the Saunders Review for NCLEX and Frye's 3300.

Hello, Just wondering if there is any significant difference between "leukocyte poor" and "washed rbc's" or if they're the same thing??

Just wondering why sometimes when you flush a saline lock that you're able to aspirate for brisk blood return, but you meet resistance when flushing afterwards???? - Positioning? - thrombus?

Awesome! thanks!!!

Thanks! I was on the right track. I thought it might make a favorable environment for infection, but I was confused on why you should moisturize everywhere else on the foot though.

I'm currently a nursing student and learning about diabetes. I understand all of the instructions for foot care of a client with diabetes except one... "Apply moisturizing cream to your feet daily after bathing. Do not apply to area between toes." Can anyone give me the rationale for not applying it between your toes???? Thanks in advance!!

I remember reading an article a while back on this website. It was about a student prejudging another student in the nursing program for always coming in late and getting away with things. Then later on she found out that the student was very sick and dying and whose goal in life was to become a nurse. Any one no the title of the article? I just spent an hour on this website looking for it lol. I figure I would post this as a last resort. Thanks!