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    Thomas Jefferson University CRNA 2020

    valx92 replied to TraumaRN-CRNA2020's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Has anyone one the waitlist heard anything ? Would anyone who was accepted be able to let me know when your secondary enrollment deposit is or was due ? I was placed on the waitlist and told positions...
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    Thomas Jefferson University CRNA 2020

    valx92 replied to TraumaRN-CRNA2020's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know for other schools they look at the GRE, but I went to an info session for Jefferson over the summer and I asked about it and they said they don’t look at it. So it might help you elsewhere,...
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    DKA/HHNK

    valx92 posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hello all, I work in a medical ICU in a primarily cardiac hospital. It is rare we see patients in HHNK but it does happen. Most recently, a patient was admitted at 4 am and not initiated on fluids...
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    DKA/HHNK

    valx92 replied to valx92's topic in Critical Care

    This is why I was wondering if a protocol worked in other institutions, because of those kinds of nuances. I'll just be doing some reeducating. Thanks
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    Thomas Jefferson University CRNA 2020

    valx92 replied to TraumaRN-CRNA2020's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I applied in early November, I received an interview Dec 9th but I was out of the country so I deferred it to the next interview date which is this Monday, hope that doesn't hurt me. When I...
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    Lowest bicarb on abg

    valx92 replied to mpilkington's topic in MICU, SICU

    “Undetectable.” Guy’s ph was 6.5 and blood sugar was 11. He somehow managed to survive another 12 hours. Only 23 years old
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    University of Maryland CRNA 2020

    valx92 replied to TraumaRN-CRNA2020's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Did anyone upload “additional documents”? Not really sure what kind of thing schools are looking for
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    Childcare & STEMI Call Question...

    valx92 replied to IndianaJones's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    My boyfriend is a cardiologist who frequently takes call in the ICU. He just doesn’t schedule himself for call on days he has his daughter. If they try to schedule him, he just says no. His mom and...
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    Flash Pulmonary Edema after Blood Transfusion

    valx92 replied to ambersky004's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We usually give blood while the patient is on dialysis. That may have helped. Or a dose of lasix or bumex immediately following transfusion if she is still making urine. Hard to say based on this...
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    Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

    valx92 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The infectious disease doctor was rounding on a 87 year old patient who had been started by one of the fellows on antibiotics for possible gonorrhea. The ID doc writes in his progress note: "at this...
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    What is a good quality stethoscope?!

    valx92 replied to wedyer92's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have the littman master cardiology. worth every
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    reading EKGs- an advanced privilege?

    valx92 replied to NPmimzy75's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i guess technically the orthopedic doc would be allowed, but i hope he wouldn't do it without consulting
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    To Be (Monitored) or Not To Be (Monitored)

    valx92 replied to dianah's topic in Cardiac

    At my hospital there's an order whether the patient needs to be transported on tele or not. There's a protocol in place they must be transported on tele if they're on a drip like amio, lido,...
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    reading EKGs- an advanced privilege?

    valx92 replied to NPmimzy75's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm an RN at a small hospital on a tele unit. As an RN the doctors trust me to read an EKG and alert them for anything alarming but I couldn't sign it off. We have a few PAs and NPs and their scope...
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    Acute Care NP??

    valx92 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi all, looking for a little advice. I graduated with my BSN in May 2014 and I have been at my first job on a cardiac step-down unit since November 2014. I want to further my education, and my...
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    Telemetry Nursing Questions

    valx92 replied to Lyn56's topic in Cardiac

    1. If a patient exhibits say a 10 beat run or less of vtach overnight and already has labs for the morning, should I wake up the cardiologist or primary doctor if they don't have a cardiology...
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    DESPERATE for help & advice!

    valx92 replied to hbanga's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I found that I obtained strategy tools better by doing Hurst review than by doing Kaplan, but I found Kaplan's questions closer to the NCLEX questions. If you get the Hurst online course you get...
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    Elsevier CAT exam

    valx92 replied to A. Boogie's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I took the CAT exam! It moves up and down the way the actual NCLEX does like how if you get one right it will give you a harder one and if you get that one wrong it will give you an easier one. By...
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    How to become a neonatal np?

    valx92 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi! So i'm a high school junior and it's time for me to start looking at colleges and know what I want to do. Ultimately, I want to be a neonatal nurse practitioner. So I've been trying to research it...
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    What does a day in the NICU look like?

    valx92 replied to Cdnurstudent's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    theres a stickie on this already if you click here:
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    How to become a neonatal np?

    valx92 replied to valx92's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I understand why it would be worrying that I wrote that I want to be an NNP! ...what do they do? But that isn't exactly how I meant it. I knew a general of what an NNP does, but I was looking for...
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    How to become a neonatal np?

    valx92 replied to valx92's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thankyou! But, why would you choose to get a degree then go to nursing school when you could just flat out get a nursing degree? Just getting your nursing degree would be faster right? Does doing...