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  1. Are all Excelsior Grads "Super Smart" ?

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I will be over my LPN at a local college this Summer and am really considering Excelsior for my RN year. There are currently about 5 of us interested in doing this together. My questions are... Are...

  2. Best Preceptor area???

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi Guys. I am a RN student that is having to decide on where to study 75 hours of preceptorship. I want to learn more than just be in the most interesting place for right now. I am torn between...

  3. pH Acid Base question

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope that I can make this simple. Here are the numbers. pH = 7.38, HCO3 = 30, PCO2 = 53. I have a teacher that says that this is Metabolic Acidosis w/ Full compensation, but I have read in...

  4. pH Acid Base question

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in General Nursing

    I understand, and agree. I waited until after class, and then e-mailed her. She blew me off as stupid and told to go study some more. She never would asnwer the simple question of "will the body over...

  5. pH Acid Base question

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, its hard. From the beginning, she has picked her favorites, and treated many of us as nothing, just shy of being out of line. I am not sure why she picked teaching. Thanks

  6. pH Acid Base question

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks guys, she got very defensive when asked.

  7. pH Acid Base question

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in General Nursing

    Now that is the question, some say that you might go with which one is greater, but my book says that the body will never over-compensate for pH, therefore whichever side of 7.4 that the pH is on will...

  8. pH Acid Base question

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry, but I misquoted what the teacher said. She said that it was Metabolic ALKALOSIS w full compensation. When I look in my book, it shows that Met Alk and Resp Acid have the same high HCO3...

  9. Best Areas for Preceptorship ???

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in General Students

    I am in my RN year and we are going to be asked soon to pick 5 areas that we would like for preceptorship. Here is my thinking, but I would like any advice. I do not have much clinical time as I have...

  10. Finding my niche ?

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi Guys. I am a 48 year old male student nurse that is just now completing my first of two years of an RN degree near St. Louis. I have one more year to go. The thing that keeps calling to me as we go...

  11. Can an older nurse get N2 military nursing?

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in Government, Military

    I am a male nurse, 48; 1/2way through my RN, and wondering if the military will take me when I am through. Is there a shortage of people who would go to countries where the fighting is? I have heard...

  12. Are all Excelsior Grads "Super Smart" ?

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I just recieved an e-mail from the Mo State Board and they said that after completing EC, we could sit for their boards.

  13. Are all Excelsior Grads "Super Smart" ?

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am assuming that endorsing it in another state means to work in a state that accepts EC, and then transfer the degree to Missouri. I woud have to check Illinois, as I am pretty close to that border....

  14. Are all Excelsior Grads "Super Smart" ?

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am checking with the boards in my State of Missouri. I really would like to leave my traditional RN setting for two reasons. 1) because my school, ( I will not name names) is in the middle of many...

  15. Are online LPN to RN programs OK?

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in General Students

    hi everyone. i tried this on the lpn-rn thread with no replies. i still have about 6-7 months to finish my lpn at a local college, but i am wondering about how well i could do by going directly to...

  16. Are online LPN to RN programs OK?

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in General Students

    I am surprised that no one has given advice. Cmon

  17. Can I pick Excess Fluid Volume for care plan?

    dbarnes2 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am doing a care plan and am being asked for the highest priority two diagnoses of my post, (4 months) myocardial infarction patient with edema in both legs. Can I choose Excess Fluid volume, or can...

  18. Can I pick Excess Fluid Volume for care plan?

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I gotta be honest- I am a first year, first semester student and this is my first basic care plan. We have had no training int his area, but have been told to do this. My patient is 84 yrs old, and...

  19. Can I pick Excess Fluid Volume for care plan?

    dbarnes2 replied to dbarnes2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for answering. The patient is post MI, and has had a pleural effusion for fluid against the lungs. I was going to use " in relation to the disease or past history. I am trying to give a care...