NurseKitten MSN, RN

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    help!!! I can't find these answers anywhere!

    NurseKitten replied to nursing_student119's topic in General Students

    a- chordi tendoni are needed to prevent back flow of blood into the atria due to the level of pressure occurring during ventricular contraction b- cusp valves prevent back flow of blood by closing...
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    Is there a trick to finding Popliteal pulses?

    NurseKitten replied to Jeri22's topic in General Students

    Remember that everyone's anatomy is slightly different. Sometimes they're hard to palpate...most floors have access to a doppler, if
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    NurseKitten replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    You poor baby! Sorry to hear about your kidney stone - and lots of fluids to clear the ureters AND the anesthesia! Good continued luck to y'all! It doesn't get much easier in a master's program...one...
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    height requirement for OR nurses?

    NurseKitten replied to Elise, RN's topic in Operating Room

    IMHO, they are full of it. Apply at a different hospital, and it is so totally the first hospital's
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    excelsior

    NurseKitten replied to zeik5411's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Neither did I - had been an LPN in dialysis for 4 years before licensing here as an ADN-RN in 1998. But if you go to Excelsior's nursing student portal, there is an archive of transcripts from all...
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    i have a question...

    NurseKitten replied to gieEe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A good care plan book is invaluable...if you don't have one yet, I'd recommend getting one,
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    questions!

    NurseKitten replied to wjddnjs's topic in General Students

    What does chemo do to the body, specifically the body's immunity? So if you were his nurse, giving the IV's what would you have to make ABSOLUTELY certain was done to prevent further
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    Amish Burn Treatment

    NurseKitten replied to country mom's topic in Burn

    That's what I love about this forum...it is an education unto itself. Thank you for enlightening me on something new. Fascinating stuff.
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    DD Girl RN

    NurseKitten replied to 2CareerRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congratulations!
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    The time has come...

    NurseKitten replied to Kelseyj79's topic in Online Distance Learning

    God bless - sending up a prayer for you as I
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    Help please!!!! Keiser career college or medvance in florida!!!!

    NurseKitten replied to Giselle07's topic in General Students

    Merely anecdotal, and my own personal opinion, so take it for what it's worth: The Keiser located where I'm at is ten kinds of a hot mess. Instructors that don't know their stuff, can't get it...
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    Accused of cheating by instructor

    NurseKitten replied to BWebb99's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, legal counsel. Because as stated above, you ARE considered guilty until proven otherwise, and the accusation alone is enough to call your future credibility into issue, especially in nursing....
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    NurseKitten replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    They can't tell you what you can and can't take, although if you end up needing to take it, they can keep you out of clinical that day. As long as you have a prescription for it, and it's for a...
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    Topics to study before Trauma/neuro SICU internship

    NurseKitten replied to bpf1987's topic in MICU, SICU

    This month's "Critical Care Nurse" has a good CE article on Traumatic Brain Injuries - nice way to go in being "up" on the current EBP and looking like a rockstar.
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    NurseKitten replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Vicodin is the most commonly abused medication, currently, according to my AANA journal. Interesting that when we took ours, though...I take both Adderal (ADD) and Valium (wicked TMJ with BIG...
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    Looking for Pain Medication Equivalency/Strength Chart

    NurseKitten replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    I like what you found - it'll give you a better idea of what you will see in various circumstances (e.g. PCA and peds), as well as clinical considerations, durations, onsets, etc. Nice job!
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    I am seriously freaking out

    NurseKitten replied to Coloradogrl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Relax, and breathe. Get someone who has done this before - a friend, or relative - to come sit with you while you do it. Good
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    Stethoscope for new student

    NurseKitten replied to squishy11's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Buy the single...the double tubing rubs against each other and you can't tell what's interference and what's the
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    What would you do in this situation?

    NurseKitten replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My point exactly - what was going on that made them think the resident might need it?? Regardless, with the elderly and UTI's, you can't know about something like that, and sit on it, so I'd still...
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    Topics to study before Trauma/neuro SICU internship

    NurseKitten replied to bpf1987's topic in MICU, SICU

    Go to www.pearlsreview.com and look in some of their trauma CE's. Tampa General also has a GREAT (and FREE) CE website that has a lot of good trauma stuff to
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    Topics to study before Trauma/neuro SICU internship

    NurseKitten replied to bpf1987's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ventriculostomies Camino bolts Spinal cord injuries Subdural/epidural hematomas - what are they, what is the difference. Subarachnoid hemmorages Indications for craniotomies Refresh your neuro...
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    For A&P1, what are LAB PRACTICALS/TESTS like??

    NurseKitten replied to tinediddy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on what topics/systems you're
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    What would you do in this situation?

    NurseKitten replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I might call the nurse who told me to get the sample before I called the on-call, and ask him/her why they told me to get
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    Stethoscope for new student

    NurseKitten replied to squishy11's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Anything Littman, but Ultrascope makes a nice piece of equipment, too! :) Good
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    Accused of cheating by instructor

    NurseKitten replied to BWebb99's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the potential for seeing legal advice. Unless she has proof, that's