HillaryC

HillaryC RN, CRNA

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  1. Insulin drip and false low potassium levels?

    HillaryC posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a patient on an insulin drip (7 units/hr) whose K level came back at 2.7. Initially, the order I was given for replacement was 40 meq Klorvess pNGT (along with 40mg of furosemide for...

  2. How do you pronounce Acinetobacter?

    HillaryC posted a topic in General Nursing

    (1) A$$-sin-EE-toe-bac-ter (2) uh-SIN-it-oh-bac-ter (3) Some other

  3. How do you pronounce Acinetobacter?

    HillaryC replied to HillaryC's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I need to step away from the computer too That's a great site! I thought I was pronouncing it right, but wanted to be sure.

  4. Hopkins vs. UMD

    HillaryC replied to JenniferC's topic in Maryland Nursing

    US News and World Report (2004) ranks JHU tied for 6th (4.3/5.0), and UMB is tied for 10th (4.1/5.0). I saw, but didn't purchase the 2005 edition, and I believe the rankings were the same. For...

  5. Help!help!help!!!

    HillaryC replied to Repat's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to offer my sympathy. I'm sorry to hear you're having such a hard time. Have you contacted the IN BON? I'm a new grad, just licensed in DC, and I need a MD license. I got information...

  6. Personal Statment Question

    HillaryC replied to t2000JC's topic in General Nursing

    Hi T, I don't really have any good suggestions, but I wanted to offer you my sympathy! I'm working on my personal statement for grad school today (my deadline's 12/1). I think I'm going to try to do...

  7. Anyone taken the GRE test?

    HillaryC replied to BChapp3182's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took it in May. I didn't take a class; just used Barron's book/CD and a vocab book. Got a 660 Verbal, 800 quantitative, 4.5

  8. HUGE A&P Dilemma, object to dissecting cats, any options?

    HillaryC replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I'm happy to hear there are others out there with compassion for non-human animals. Please check out these two websites I've posted below. I'm sure they can help you figure out how to handle this...

  9. THE QUESTION US STUDENTS REALLY WANT TO KNOW?? Starting Salary and What State.

    HillaryC replied to dream8's topic in General Nursing

    Staff RN, Washington, DC. $24.00/hr for new grads. +10% for 3p-11p ($26.40), +15% for 11p-7a ($27.60), +20% for permanent evenings, +25% permanent nights. +$5/hr for weekends.

  10. IV questions

    HillaryC replied to daz2003's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, i'm oblivious. i shouldn't have answered :) i have no idea why you're trying to bait asap. take care,

  11. IV questions

    HillaryC replied to daz2003's topic in General Nursing

    I took latin for 7 years, and as I recall, stat was the latin word for immediately.

  12. Rad Tech ??

    HillaryC replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in General Nursing

    Here are my thoughts. (1) The RN shortage is only going to get worse, so there will always be lots of jobs available for RNs. (2) It would seem to me that there are more different kinds of RN jobs,...

  13. Help - What style of scrub tops do you prefer?

    HillaryC replied to NewNurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    First let me say how jealous I am that you get to wear real scrubs in school. I just graduated in May, and my school required a hideous 80% polyester (I'm not kidding) white mid-thigh length "tunic"...

  14. Anyone here work night shift-past or present? Need advice pls.

    HillaryC replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

    I just worked my first night shift 3 weeks ago, and now I'm shifting back to days :) I had the same problem as you -- not being able to stay up very late the night before. I'm one of those people...

  15. How long to obtain ADN?

    HillaryC replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I can only tell you about my ADN programs, which was four semesters. Many of us had Bachelor's in other areas, which meant we may have had many of the general ed courses done, but we still had to...

  16. Night shift RN giving sleep aids w/o order..

    HillaryC posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I'm a new RN working in Critical Care. I've been working for about 2 months, the last 3 weeks being night shift. Now, I understand that, in real world nursing, a lot of what they teach...

  17. Nurse's aid requirements in DC?

    HillaryC replied to littlehelper's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I had a similar experience when trying to find out about CNA work in DC. All I can think to suggest is to call some of the training programs in the area. I looked in the yellow pages under...

  18. Kaplan Readiness Test

    HillaryC replied to chrysalus1003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i would probably start by reviewing the analysis of your results and seeing if there are particular areas you're not as strong in. i'd also review the kaplan rules. keep in mind that 66% is still...

  19. Kaplan Readiness Test

    HillaryC replied to chrysalus1003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i believe kaplan considers 60-65% to be "borderline" and over 65% to be passing. didn't you get an analysis of your results? i got 75% on the readiness test and passed the nclex with 75 questions 2...

  20. Anyone get nclex results early?

    HillaryC replied to lovinghands's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took my test last Thursday and my results were online Saturday afternoon. I don't know if the Reagon holiday (Friday) counted as a business day or not, but the earliest I should have been able to...

  21. Is Walmart hiring?

    HillaryC replied to Headhurt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The day before I took the NCLEX, I made a halfhearted attempt at the 7th practice test on the Kaplan question trainer CD (the 265 question one). I got through half the questions with a 31% (roughly...

  22. The wait for results!

    HillaryC posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, I took the test this morning, and I've already checked the BON website about 7 times tonight. I keep hoping there will be an exception and I'll have a license number. I can't stand the waiting!...

  23. The wait for results!

    HillaryC replied to HillaryC's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you guys so much for the kind words! It doesn't feel real at all. I'm thinking maybe it will feel real when I start working?

  24. New Graduates, care to share?

    HillaryC replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i start a critical care fellowship on july 6. i'm going to be working in the surgical intermediate care unit of a 907 bed inner city hospital. i'll be doing 3 12's (rotating shifts ).

  25. NCLEX- any of the new kinds of questions?

    HillaryC replied to sanrionjb's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took the test 2 days ago and passed at 75. I had one new format question (select all that apply). It was a "which order(s) would you question?" one. It wasn't so bad. Other questions were a lot...