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  1. Which is a better school. UCA, UALR,or Baptist.

    RNMBA replied to RNvision's topic in General Nursing

    All of the schools you list turn out good graduates. I have an Associate's from UALR and finished my BSN at UAMS. I've worked with, trained, and hired graduates from many programs over the years and...

  2. Resource books

    RNMBA replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I use Morgan and Mikhail a lot. It's a great starting point for almost any question and it has many great illustrations and graphs. The Mass General handbook is also very

  3. Question for SRNAs about laptops

    RNMBA replied to Lorus's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I use an mp3 player with voice recorder to tape lectures. I can burn the file to a cd for the car or leave it on the player for later

  4. Staff Nurses

    RNMBA replied to SCB's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You are a moron. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that you have trouble tying your shoes in the morning. Get your head out of your ass and pick another

  5. ??? about temp epicardial pacing

    RNMBA replied to LuvbabiesRN's topic in Cardiac

    The easiest way to set thresholds is to start low and increase the MA until you get consistent capture. Patients capture at different strengths due to individual differences as well as placement by...

  6. 7-on 7-off scheduling

    RNMBA replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I've done 7 and 7 with 12-hour shifts before and it wasn't too bad. Gotta love that many days off in a

  7. Femstops

    RNMBA replied to zambezi's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Your cardiologists and the Femostop reps are telling you to DC the Femostops because of several very nasty lawsuits that happen every year and get talked about a lot at professional meetings....

  8. Cell phones on telemetry floors

    RNMBA replied to bellehill's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine is a tech rep for one of the monitor companies. She says that telemetry equipment and cell phones are too far apart on the radio spectrum (her terminology) for interference to be a...

  9. clinical site interview

    RNMBA replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One clinical site for my school has a separate interview and the others do not. It seems like a way for the MDA's and CRNA's at the facility to have a little more control about who comes through...

  10. HELP!!! I can't COUNT the Apical Pulse!!

    RNMBA replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Students

    That's a good idea unless there are abnormal heart sounds. S3's and S4's would triple or even quadruple the number of sounds without increasing the number of cardiac cycles. Don't stress too much...

  11. HELP!!! I can't COUNT the Apical Pulse!!

    RNMBA replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Students

    You don't have to worry about counting both sounds. The "lub-dub" of normal heart sounds is counted as one pulse. The two normal heart sounds (S1,S2) together make up one cardiac cycle. The...

  12. Elderly patients: First name or Mr/Mrs?

    RNMBA replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the previous postings. It is a matter of respect to address a patient by their last names until they indicate another preference and I don't believe age is much of a factor. I will ask...

  13. NG tube irrigation

    RNMBA replied to rck213's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like a good question for some MSN student to take on as a project. I can't imagine the small amount of fluid normally used for irrigation to be of any great concern. The lack of...

  14. Can't give a friend an aspirin at home?

    RNMBA replied to PennyLane's topic in General Students

    Nursing professors certainly have your best interest at heart but that doesn't mean their instruction is always correct. The final authority on what you can and cannot do while working as a nurse is...