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    community class

    RNTutor replied to Bornleader-NP-C's topic in General Students

    In my community class, our biggest grade was actually a group project where we collected data on a certain population in our area. Based on that data, we developed a presentation to share those...
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    RN to Sonography program

    RNTutor replied to Michi561's topic in General Students

    I have not heard of any. I would probably be surprised to see one, as the scope of practice does not really overlap between Sonographer and RN. In LPN to RN programs, there is some overlap so that...
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    Nursing Diagnoses Handbook

    RNTutor replied to Student2304's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think she was asking more in terms of the Implementations, which do tend to be a little more wordy than the actual nursing dx. If we are talking about the nursing dx, then I agree, no quotations...
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    Help with Erikson's Theory

    RNTutor replied to little2one's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for sharing that resource! I love it, and I think I'll be searching through the rest of "The Psych Files"
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    virtual IV (laerdal) vs. doing a real IV

    RNTutor replied to scifihippie's topic in General Students

    It's a tricky skill, and to a certain extent you just have to "get a feel" for it to become good. Is your virtual IV the kind that has a physical "arm" with a slot for the "needle", and you just have...
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    Introduction to Philosophy or Logic and Critical Thinking

    RNTutor replied to leesee's topic in General Students

    The point of getting a Bachelors degree is to become a generally well-rounded, knowledgeable person. In order to do this, not all the classes you take are going to be directly related to nursing....
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    Systemic vascular resistance

    RNTutor replied to ajitamamasita's topic in General Students

    I love the hose explanation! It's a very clear way of illustrating it. Not much to add, except how disease processes can fit into it... When you have plaques or clots, that narrows the "hose" and...
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    intravenous medication/secondary infusion

    RNTutor replied to nemoemo's topic in General Students

    It's just one of those mathematical "quirks." Whenever the drop factor of the set you are using is 60gtt/min, then the number you calculate for gtt/hr will ALWAYS be the same as the number you...
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    Newly graduated MA looking for RN programs

    RNTutor replied to liltray1984's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Please let me know what you find out! I suspect it's just for the current year (that's what it used to be), but things
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    Newly graduated MA looking for RN programs

    RNTutor replied to liltray1984's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Is the wait-list just for the current year in case any accepted students decide not to attend, or do you stay on the wait list indefinitely until you get in? I thought it was just a wait-list to...
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    Pre-Nursing Nurse Camp!!!!!

    RNTutor replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oops Going to edit my previous post to say "He"
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    Newly graduated MA looking for RN programs

    RNTutor replied to liltray1984's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Once you have passed NCLEX, an RN is an RN regardless of where you got your degree. That being said, though, some hospitals have preference for RNs from an accredited school. And you might have a...
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    Pre-Nursing Nurse Camp!!!!!

    RNTutor replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Really?!?! He shows that much excitement over learning about nursing, and that's the first thing anybody says? Way to be a buzz kill! PatMac10, I can't believe all the 'negativity' and teasing you've...
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    Newly graduated MA looking for RN programs

    RNTutor replied to liltray1984's topic in Virginia Nursing

    One more question...do you happen to have any other degrees, like a Bachelors in something
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    Newly graduated MA looking for RN programs

    RNTutor replied to liltray1984's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I just called MCI in VB to get some info, cause the last time I researched them (a few years ago) they were not NLN accredited. This is what I was told...They have their SACS accreditation to give...
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    Stats with first semester NS?

    RNTutor replied to MelanyJ's topic in General Students

    Probably depends on how comfortable you are with math. I might be a bad person to ask, because I enjoy math, and I actually love statistics!! When you take the time to understand WHY the formulas...
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    Question from Exam

    RNTutor replied to silverhalide's topic in General Students

    Did the question say what kind of procedure they had done? A lot of times I see questions about post-bronchoscopy care, and those kinds of questions are almost always checking to see if you know to...
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    vent ....feeling overwhelmed....in last semester

    RNTutor replied to wishNhopeNdreamN's topic in General Students

    Keep at it, you are so close and you have a lot of people who believe in you! Just need to believe in yourself, too. I get so mad when I read stories like yours because all too often that is...
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    Work Contracts with Hospitals for Tuition?

    RNTutor replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    I did not take advantage of this kind of deal, but several of my classmates did when I went through school a few years ago. T 1) I don't see why not. The main thing is they will want you to be...
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    Nursing Diagnoses Handbook

    RNTutor replied to Student2304's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The rule for using "quotations" versus just referencing depends on whether you are taking the information verbatim, or if you are summarizing. If you are copying word for word out of the book, then...
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    research class assistance

    RNTutor replied to ACNP 2B S1S2RRR's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, I agree that you're probably making it harder than it is. Whatever's going on in the world is going to be what people are thinking about, so nurse researchers might want to see what effect that...
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    TEST TOMORROW!! Need Help Desperately!!! Calculating Flow Rate

    RNTutor replied to ChrissyLove123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The answer based on the original question is 84 mL/hr. And no, you don't need to use the drop factor at all because the question is asking for ml/hr, NOT gtt/min. So it is as if you were calculating...
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    HESI version 3

    RNTutor replied to SimplyJiddy's topic in General Students

    I definitely agree with SimplyJiddy about doing a LOT of practice questions. The Kaplan course is helpful for some people, but really it's just a lot of review and studying and getting help for...
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    If you've taken pharmacology or pathophysiology...help

    RNTutor replied to lovelylady42's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think it partly depends on how your patho teacher decides to teach it. When I took patho, my prof focused a lot on Cancer, to demonstrate that how things go wrong at a cellular level effects the...
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    Nursing Research: Comparative vs Descriptive Design

    RNTutor replied to nursingstudent38's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sounds like 1 group to me. The other clue is "repeated measures" design. A repeated measures design will take the same person and change a variable for that particular person (in this case, how the...