203bravo

203bravo MSN, APRN

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  1. Schools for students who dropped out of a nursing program

    203bravo replied to male2bnurse0's topic in General Students

    I have known several students that have failed their first attempt at RN and went onto LPN then bridge to RN.. may consider that

  2. NCLEX-PN while in RN school

    203bravo replied to kbaile04's topic in General Students

    It appears that Oklahoma does allow you to test NCLEX-PN after completion of 1 year of RN program if certain coursework was included: ELIGIBILITY obn To qualify for writing the NCLEX-PN via the...

  3. What are the best materials to review for the HESI exam?

    203bravo replied to shaliadg's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    need to be just a little more specific... are you taking the HESI Entrance, HESI exit, or one of the HESI specialty

  4. PICO question help

    203bravo replied to kimberlyr41280's topic in General Students

    You are missing a specific target patient population.. but would assume you would be targeting kids at their first recommended MMR vaccination. MMR is normally given at 1 year of age. so something...

  5. Quitting during/before orientation

    203bravo replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have been in management as well as a hiring position at several companies and if anyone quit during orientation they would not be considered for future employment... why? well these hospitals have...

  6. nursing prerequisite anatomy

    203bravo replied to anthony323's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    and paying for one of those

  7. Fluid and Electrolytes

    203bravo replied to Mfrazr's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    is there any dehydration? how could dehydration alter electrolytes? also how could the current meds effect

  8. Core Measures for Heart Failure

    203bravo replied to rebbylynne's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The joint commission removed heart failure from core measures reporting requirement in 2014.. probably the reason that you are having some difficulty finding current material. Here are the original...

  9. OB help - GTPAL?

    203bravo replied to here_we_stand's topic in General Students

    I've learned it the same way that here_we_stand has it spelled out: G - Gravida. This is the number of times a woman has conceived, including any current pregnancy. T - Term births. This is the...

  10. OB help - GTPAL?

    203bravo replied to here_we_stand's topic in General Students

    For Preterm or Abortions it would be one or the other based on the number of weeks. In your example it would 62302 IF the losses happened at between weeks 20 - 37. OR 62032 IF the losses happened...

  11. Meeting patient the day before clinical

    203bravo replied to augurey's topic in General Students

    same for

  12. why is preload and afterload important?

    203bravo replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Remember that afterload is the pressure that the heart must pump against to get blood out.. the greater that pressure the harder the heart must work... with significant pressure less blood is able to...

  13. Alpha 1 vs 2 agonists

    203bravo replied to efageant's topic in General Students

    Make sure you know the difference between an agonist and antagonist when defining medications and you will have answered your own question. Best of

  14. why is preload and afterload important?

    203bravo replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Your question directly refers to Starling's Law - pre-load is the amount of blood entering the ventricles during systole in order to be pumped to the body with the next contraction. The greater the...

  15. What about financial aid?

    203bravo replied to samanthakayemapes's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If they are federal loans and if it takes you longer than 6 months to get into a program and the loans officially enter the repayment period, you could then apply for a financial hardship forbearance...

  16. HESI NCLEX-RN Review Book

    203bravo replied to jfantacone09's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    worth every penny.. and be sure to register it online using your evolve account.. it will have online

  17. HESI EXIT EXAM

    203bravo replied to Shonlg's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    The best study aid that I found was - register this book on your evolve account and you will have access to practice exams... pay attention to those and review every rational no matter if you got the...

  18. Help me get into nursing school!

    203bravo replied to jaime_michelle's topic in General Students

    haha - and I can't even blame it on

  19. Help me get into nursing school!

    203bravo replied to jaime_michelle's topic in General Students

    Think you've missed the point a little --- while you are correct that you cannot predict who may sue and who may not... it's easy to defend your position if you've only used objective data during the...

  20. Log Narcotic Before/After

    203bravo replied to ArceusAlpha's topic in General Students

    I find it more surprising that there are still hospitals that are doing paper charts... I've done clinicals at some very small very rural hospitals and every one of them have had computer charting...

  21. Help me get into nursing school!

    203bravo replied to jaime_michelle's topic in General Students

    Oh

  22. Cc or university

    203bravo replied to akcw1981's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why not apply to both to increase your

  23. Help! Prioritizing care. Care Plan.

    203bravo replied to ciao_amore616's topic in General Students

    When doing a nursing care plan you don't pick a medical diagnosis and then make the plan work.. you do your head to toe nursing assessment and then write your plan based on what's going on at the time...

  24. Need help with an ABG problem. (Compensation)

    203bravo replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    It's important to understand the concept of compensation. Let's say that you have a patient that has been vomiting for hours... you would expect them to be alkalotic, thus pH would be > 7.45 and...

  25. IV therapy question

    203bravo replied to pisces1813's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's really impossible to give you the justification for the answer without having the exact question BUT think about what type of solution D5W is (isotonic, hypertonic, hypotonic) and what those...