AgentBeast MSN, RN

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    Become a successful Nurse if you hate A&P?

    AgentBeast replied to Enmc412's topic in General Nursing

    You can hate anatomy and physiology but you need to have a basic understanding of them to be effective as a nurse. The same holds true for psychology. Kind of hard to see the relevance of Maslow's...
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    Cleveland Clinic Interview

    AgentBeast replied to enriconohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/ohio-nurses/
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    Gluteus non approved IM site???

    AgentBeast replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    If you are anywhere near the Vagus nerve performing a procedure within the scope of practice of an RN you are doing something seriously
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    Gluteus non approved IM site???

    AgentBeast replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'd hope so. Otherwise I'd be asking for your money back from your school if I were
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    Certification Requirements for RN's

    AgentBeast replied to wrst's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly that and only that. It wasn't a statement about the value of obtaining CCRN certification. I thought that was pretty clear from my post. The OP asked what the acronym CCRN stands for, and it...
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    humorous clinical stories

    AgentBeast replied to Clovery's topic in General Students

    One of my clinical mates had a patient who was on a bed pan dropping a deuce so massive that the patient literally thought she was giving birth and she was in her 70's. Stunk up the entire floor
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    Certification Requirements for RN's

    AgentBeast replied to wrst's topic in General Nursing

    CCRN means nothing. It's a nursing certification in critical care, but the letters mean
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    Vaccination Waiver Please Help Quick!!

    AgentBeast replied to HHagedorn's topic in General Students

    You should probably start with contacting the office of whatever nursing program you are going
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    Level 1 student; help me out if you can

    AgentBeast replied to tarotale's topic in General Students

    http://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Comprehensive-NCLEX-RN%C2%AE-Examination-Nclex-Rn/dp/1437708250/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316476696&sr=1-1
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    How do you deal with feces???

    AgentBeast replied to JLWilliams11's topic in General Students

    Get a cat, you get used to dealing with all sorts of fun stuff really
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    Gluteus non approved IM site???

    AgentBeast replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, you could just curve it down and slip it up through the Obturator foramen. They probably don't want any of the stuff that runs through there
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    I feel stupid!

    AgentBeast replied to heavenwith7's topic in General Nursing

    Well, feeling stupid is better than being stupid. I'd
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    Gluteus non approved IM site???

    AgentBeast replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    You'd need one hell of a long and strange needle to be able to hit the Vagus nerve through the Gluteal
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    Gluteus non approved IM site???

    AgentBeast replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    Dorsogluteal is no longer used for injections due to the risk of injuring the Sciatic nerve. Vetrogluteal though is
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    I am stuck between which stethoscope to choose...

    AgentBeast replied to ColorfulStethoscope's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A good rule is to avoid scopes with a plastic head. They are usually pretty
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    School wait..

    AgentBeast replied to derekfitness's topic in General Students

    Sort of depends on what the admissions process is at a particular school. As another user suggested contact the admissions office for whatever schools nursing program you are interested in for an...
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    Why does everyone seem to want to work L&D?

    AgentBeast replied to IowaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah um, just say no to
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    Vital Sign Skills Test

    AgentBeast replied to my4helpers's topic in General Students

    Yeah you palpate the radial pulse and inflate the cuff when you can't feel the radial pulse anymore that is an estimate of systolic bp. You then inflate the cuff 2o to 40 mm/Hg above your palpated...
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    What courses can an LVN teach?????

    AgentBeast replied to lifein08's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In Ohio LPNs can't teach jack. BSN's with 3 years experience can be clinical instructors or lab preceptors. MSN/DNP/PhD is required to teach lecture courses. Each and every nursing school in Ohio must...
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    BS holder - ADN or Second Degree Program - Please help!

    AgentBeast replied to kalin's topic in General Nursing

    It's about the same either way. Nursing probably isn't for you right now. Either program is a huge time commitment. If you can manage not having much time for your kids for two 16 week blocks a year...
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    Tri-C in Cleveland

    AgentBeast replied to NewStart2012's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I think the email for us (Spring 2011) went out around the end of September. Our orientation was either end of October or early
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    Tri-C in Cleveland

    AgentBeast replied to NewStart2012's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Can be anywhere from a couple days to a couple months depending on how busy they
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    C'e' qualcuno che parla italiano?

    AgentBeast replied to mon74's topic in General Nursing

    nuq 'oH ghoS Daq
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    Change is scary!

    AgentBeast replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Change is also
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    Advice for student nurse regarding staff RN problem

    AgentBeast replied to RADIATION_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I was going to say there are quite a few folks in this thread saying the OP is a female when there is a large male symbol next to HIS