Flightline BSN, RN

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  1. Flightline

    Who has read Echo Heron?

    Flightline replied to LiveLoveLearn's topic in General Nursing

    I read intensive care. I thought it was a pretty good
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    A Good CCRN Prep?

    Flightline posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Can anyone tell me a good way to prepare to take the CCRN exam. I'm willing to give it about a year's worth of study. But where to
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    Nursing caps required at your job?

    Flightline replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! As a modern male nurse, I've never understood the servility of nurses to MDs, but I guess it wasn't that long ago when females, in general felt servile to males. Now we have women's rights--which...
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    Nursing caps required at your job?

    Flightline replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I like the traditional male uniform with the zip up shirt. That's what I wore in nursing school, but now I go for the scrubs and I tuck the shirt in. It seems to go better with the ICU image. And if...
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    Joining army or air force

    Flightline replied to neyalynn's topic in Government, Military

    Go to nursing school first. You will be commissioned, they will beg for you to join, and you will most likely get serious retention bonuses. Consider transferring to a college that does have ROTC. If...
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    Dvt

    Flightline replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Daytonite. That's some good info I wasn't aware
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    Kitty litter as an order

    Flightline replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I want to know how this kitty-litter thing works out. Please come back and report your
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    Higher incidence of depression among nurses

    Flightline replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I became quite depressed in my first six months of nursing. The stress of nursing school then made worse by a busy tele floor and some of the most horrible personalities I've ever met in people,...
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    BP question....

    Flightline replied to Kiringat's topic in General Nursing

    Try again tomorrow on the upper extremities; it will probably work just fine. But if not, there's only two possibilities: 1. the equipment isn't working properly. Try a different machine. 2. The...
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    Hep C needle sticks

    Flightline replied to isis07734's topic in General Nursing

    I've been stuck twice. I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Really, the idea that you will get hep C from an insulin needle on your very first indicent is pretty
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    Need Help Finding the Right Path

    Flightline replied to AshBlonde83's topic in General Nursing

    Since you asked, I will tell you: You should go on and get a Ph.D. in psychology and then a counseling license and do that. You would be consulted by MDs and Psychiatrists or work in a mental hospital...
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    benzos...important question!

    Flightline replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask the patient if they have anyone that can pick them up. One dose not given won't cause them to go into WD, and they could take the next dose when they were at home. I assume they are on...
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    General Psych and Intro to Psych

    Flightline replied to lasalle15's topic in General Nursing

    In my B.Sc., I CLEPed about 30 semester hours. I also did ACT/PEP Tests. I can tell you this with all confidence. If you have textbook called intro to psychology, and you read it from cover to cover,...
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    NCLEX TEST( i really want 2 be a rn )

    Flightline replied to nena220's topic in General Nursing

    You became a CNA while still in high school? I'm impressed. Good going. If you didn't take gen biology in high school or didn't do well, take that before doing A&P courses. It may be required...
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    Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

    Flightline replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

    Further the reputation of our profession to whom? You have to have an RN and you have to have an MD or you don't have healthcare, at least not by any modern standard of say the last several hundred...
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    Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

    Flightline replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me, but who are
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    Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

    Flightline replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen an NP who was hired as an NP doing nursing care. Not once. I've seen NPs that have been hired as RNs doing nursing care, but then they weren't practicing as NPs. If there is a state...
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    Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

    Flightline replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that all depends on how long the pt is in the ER or in the air. But there's no dichotomy: medicine diagnoses and then prescribes treatment. Nurses in the ER do not do that. Nurses on airplanes...
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    Meds: PRN or scheduled administration

    Flightline replied to tntrn's topic in General Nursing

    I do like the idea of letting a patient know what pain meds the doctor has ordered for them and how often they can have them. In my own practice I usually ask if the patient has pain, and if they say,...
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    Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

    Flightline replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

    Progressing towards what? Pray tell; progressing towards what? What is the RN's role in medicine? If you are more concerned with the science of medicine, then be a medical scientist--be an MD. If...
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    Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

    Flightline replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

    You're absolutely right. That person is an idiot and don't base your concept of nursing on his/her outlook. They have self-esteem issues and a warrped sense of morality in that they think caring for...
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    Should I go to nursing school!

    Flightline replied to mctavishcat's topic in General Nursing

    Mother Teresa taught history before giving it all up to become...well...Mother Teresa. I think she taught high school. So, you can certainly switch to nursing. But reading your post, I would think...
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    The Addiction of Nursing

    Flightline posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think a common denominator among all who are in the field of nursing (and that field includes the RN, LPN, CNA, tech, and student) is the notion that one human being caring for another has a...
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    LTC resident telling a fib

    Flightline replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time "Jane" probably doesn't even remember what you say to her or what you do. She probably doesn't know the difference between an aid or a nurse, and though she smiles at you when you...
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    Career Change! Lots of questions!

    Flightline replied to Joelthomas's topic in General Nursing

    So, why