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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    smk1 replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    You can give up to 3 mls in the larger muscles according to our sources, but just 1ml in the
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    The Largest Student Loan Actually PAID OFF!

    smk1 replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in General Nursing

    I know people that are borrowing to go on spring break, extra money for partying etc... I can't imagine doing that. I borrow what I need to pay for tuition, fees, books and child care, there is a...
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    The Largest Student Loan Actually PAID OFF!

    smk1 replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in General Nursing

    It scares me as well. I expect to owe about 12k when finished with my ADN. Plan to put 1k per month on that and have it paid off in 1 year. I don't like
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    New Grads - Rotten Shifts?

    smk1 replied to MililaniMom's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what I
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    Medication Time

    smk1 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    That was
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    Community College Selection Process-What A Joke!

    smk1 replied to Tim1957's topic in California Nursing

    There is one school in our area that works off of a lottery system as well (everyone with prereqs finished at 3.0 and above GPA is included). This program is the best opportunity for those with a...
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    Medical assistant??? Help please....

    smk1 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    CNA pay depends. In an assistant liveing facility it is usually the lowest, nursing homes you get paid more because you have a harder patient load and more responsibilities. A CNA in the hospital...
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    New Grads - Rotten Shifts?

    smk1 replied to MililaniMom's topic in General Nursing

    What I absolutely will not take is a day night rotating shift when I graduate. I know my body and I know that I will become ill. I would prefer day or evening, but could do nights if it were a...
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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    smk1 replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    We can't do IV or IM injections on each other, but we did SC, Intradermal on each
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    What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    smk1 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Garden Dove, I as a student can totally understand not wanting to precept or have a student tagging along all the time. I can see how it would slow you down and disrupt your flow of thinking and...
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    You are only taking one class.... It's no wonder you are getting an A!

    smk1 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey, I agree with you about getting into the lab, but for someone who just can't get enough time in there, these things will help. My instructor is one of the A&P national exit exam founders and...
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    You are only taking one class.... It's no wonder you are getting an A!

    smk1 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are good websites to study from for histology and
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    You are only taking one class.... It's no wonder you are getting an A!

    smk1 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For certain units...yes. We had human cadavers and our instructor made tests where each question tested probably 3-4 things at a time. Parts could be pinned from within other organs, from different...
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    What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    smk1 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    This is true. We are 2nd term students and can do a lot on a med surg floor, but not everything and we have to have supervision from an RN when actually giving the meds to the patient, hanging IV's,...
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    What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    smk1 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah some people are just ridiculous. The ones that really get me mad are the ones who just graduated maybe 1 or 2 years ago and they act like they have NO IDEA what it is like to be a student. I...
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    considering move to oregon?

    smk1 replied to debinius's topic in Oregon Nursing

    We have friends in Kennewick, WA which is just on the other side of the river across from Oregon. 3.5 hours east of the portland metro area. Very sunny and dry. According to them not a lot of snow....
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    A Celebration for Gompers

    smk1 replied to Jolie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, please sleep when baby sleeps. I know it is hard because you need to cook and have that shower and gets some laundry in, but realistically you need the sleep more than the laundry, and the...
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    Nursing at Disneyland

    smk1 replied to ManEnough's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah, someon had what looked like a heart attack or some sort of cardiac episode coming off of the jurassic park ride in Universal studios Florida. The nurse and medics were there amazingly fast....
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    Write-Ups & Disciplinary Action

    smk1 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry this is
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    Advice....Going Before Board

    smk1 replied to floridagirl78's topic in General Nursing

    I just hope you are ok, this must be a stessful time for you and nursing is a stressful profession by all appearances (I'm still a student). Make sure that your number one priority is taking care of...
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    Question about GI assessment RE: NG Tube

    smk1 replied to TRINI_RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    mucouse membranes, bowel tones, how they are handling the feeding, I&O info including your saline flushes if you are aspirating contents to check for placement, then not the color odor,...
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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    smk1 replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    My school also is big on evidence based practice. We are one of the top nursing schools in the country. Great program and if any one of the instructors asked us a question that we were not sure of...
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    A Celebration for Gompers

    smk1 replied to Jolie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Also, if you have not gotten a stoller yet, make sure you test run them around for a bit to see if the handles are too short. I am fairly tall and some of the lightweight umbrella strollers would...
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    considering move to oregon?

    smk1 replied to debinius's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I do ski, but only runs I know I won't fall on (green and blue) no moguls or at most beginning moguls, won't ski when it is actively snowing or drizzling, also hate getting wet and I must admit to...
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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    smk1 replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    It is interesting, we are taught never to give shots in the butt, but to use the ventral gluteal site to decrease risks of nerve damage to the sciatic nerve. However, we also are on the main med surg...