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freki ADN, RN

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  1. Apathy in nurses and students

    freki replied to freki's topic in General Students

    I'm new to this arena, so please help me understand. Is the ANA an organization for only RNs? It seems to me like LPN/LVNs and RNs are splitting off into two separate disciplines, but that's mostly an...

  2. Apathy in nurses and students

    freki replied to freki's topic in General Students

    I have no support. My parents are divorced and well below the poverty line. I work 3 jobs for a total of ~ 52 hours/week. That doesn't include volunteer time. I sleep an average of 4 hours a night...

  3. Care Plan Help Please

    freki replied to MInursingstudent's topic in General Students

    Maybe deficient knowledge as well? There's always something you can teach a patient. Here's some DM-related ones, since that is a major illness that touches so many arenas in a patient's life: 1. Risk...

  4. Are you a member of the NSNA?

    freki replied to nursepearl's topic in General Students

    I'm a member, and my class rep for the school. I attended my first conference over the weekend. In Idaho (where I'm at school), the state NSNA chapter have teamed up with the state ANA chapter, which...

  5. Is it harder to find a job as an RN with an ADN only than with a BSN? (San Francisco)

    freki replied to guevarrar's topic in California Nursing

    I attended a conference the other day and heard from Karen Daley, who is the President of the ANA, talk about the direction of nursing in light of the Institute of Medicine report...

  6. I am a male nursing student and need help

    freki replied to cwvpool's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Agree with fluid status, but in correcting his pain you can correct his fluid status (IV & fluids, anti-nausea medicine, and pain medicine). That is typically what is done. Therefore, the answer...

  7. For those that still use paper charts...

    freki posted a topic in Emergency

    One of the hospitals I work for recently moved us into a new 25-bed ER, up from 11 rooms. We average about 100-110 patients a day, but don't really have many in-house services as far as...

  8. Trauma roon in your ED... who gets it?

    freki replied to A&OxNone's topic in Emergency

    In our 30-bed ER we have 5 major rooms. The nurse assignments are split so a nurse has a major room plus 3-4 other rooms. Then, depending on the time of day, there are 1-2 float nurses that typically...

  9. Which (dictionary/lab/drug) books should I get?

    freki replied to freki's topic in General Students

    Has anyone used both in any one category?

  10. Which (dictionary/lab/drug) books should I get?

    freki replied to freki's topic in General Students

    Thank you. It makes me feel better that the ones your program required are the ones I'm leaning towards

  11. Help with BP sounds?

    freki replied to symphie's topic in General Students

    The first thing I would say is to remember how lenient +/- 4mmHg is. When I did it, we had +/- 2 or we failed. Palpating a pulse first is a good way to make sure you're actually hearing sounds....

  12. 1st clinical ... nervous .. any advice?

    freki replied to jxoxo's topic in General Students

    I'm just starting RN school this semester, but I can give advice from my observations with CNA and EMT clinicals, and from working in a unit that gets a LOT of nursing students doing preceptor...

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    freki replied to mamayogibear's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

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