an2on

an2on BSN, RN

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  1. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Yes to answer your question.
  2. Average age of nurses on your unit

    average age on my unit is about 28... All nurses are under 35. I working in surgical trauma ICU
  3. New grad struggling...should I stick it out?

    Sorry no matter how bad you want to leave... you gotta hang in there. Wait a year and then leave. The experience you get will take you a LONG way
  4. Dosing calculation for Ceftriaxone 400 mg IM

    500mg reconstituted in 1.0 ml That means 1.0 ml has 500mg So each 0.1ml had 50 mg Draw up 0.8 ml and you get 400mg 0.8ml x 50mg - 400 mg Hope I'm doing it correctly
  5. Torn between specialties

    You can do pediatric ER
  6. NCLEX-RN is not as bad as I thought

    Very good question. They were NOTHING like the nclex. However, it was a good tool to review what you didn't so that you can go back and study it. There about 5 knowledge based, easy to answer questions on the nclex.
  7. NCLEX-RN is not as bad as I thought

    I used RN mentor app on iPhone and just studied endocrine system s ince I knew diabetes Addison's and cushings was going to be on the nclex
  8. Georgia board of nursing

    Hello everyone! Does anyone know how long my application will be delayed since I did not pay Pearson vue at the time the BON reviewer my initial application for licensure?? I just sent in my passport and paid Pearson vue about 4 days ago. Everything...
  9. Georgia board of nursing

  10. Georgia board of nursing

    My friends who took their exam at 8am got their license number but I think I will have to wait till Monday to get mine since I took my exam at 2p on Thursday
  11. Georgia board of nursing

    I waited 3 weeks. If it's been more than two weeks and you haven't heard anything, give them a call or email them
  12. Georgia board of nursing

    Did you turn in all your paperwork? Pearson vue, finger prints, and faxed or mailed your ID. If so, it should take up to a week for you to be cleared to test.
  13. Georgia board of nursing

    I tried the Pearson vue trick and I got the good pop up but It's not enough. I want something that says I passed! ;-)
  14. Georgia board of nursing

    Did you turn in all your paperwork? Pearson vue, finger prints, and faxed or mailed your ID. If so, it should take up to a week for you to be cleared to test.
  15. Georgia board of nursing

    Just took exam today ... Now waiting for results!
  16. Clayton State University Fall 2013

    Hey everyone! Good luck on your interviews. I'm so happy for you all. I'm a 4th semester student and I love the SON at CSU. The instructors are great and really prepare you to become a good nurse! Again good luck
  17. Is morphine still contraindicated for pancreatitis?
  18. First code

    Good job! you did the right thing.
  19. Clayton State Nursing Program Spring 2012

    Hey Jase, I am 6ft and I also wear a 32x32 or 32x34. So went a head and ordered the extra tall size and they were way too long. So I had to send them back and order the tall size. They are pretty good with the length so I don't think you should worry...
  20. Hey everyone! What are the percussion sounds over urinary retention? What are normal percussion sounds of the bladder? Our instructor said that it is tympany over urinary retention but I couldn't find it anywhere to clarify. Thanks
  21. homework: assessment and interventions

    esme12, call you help with my post about the bladder? Thanks.
  22. Clayton State Nursing Program Spring 2012

    We only wear uniforms on clinical days Tuesday and Wednesday. However, there are about 2-3 days throughout the entire semester where you would have to wear uniforms to lab. As far as studying, it really depends on what you have going on in a given we...
  23. Clayton State Nursing Program Spring 2012

    You need to know specifically grains, drams, teaspoons, quarts, pints. The book come with a chart with the conversion. but you don't really need to know all of them for the dosage test because in your first week they will give you a sheet with the co...
  24. Clayton State Nursing Program Spring 2012

    Hey guys! The old edition for the dosage book will suffice. I didn't know there would be a new edition until I got the bundle and I had already studied from the old edition. It is the same exact way of solving the problem with dimensional analysis. T...
  25. Supratherapeutic INR

    Hello, I receive my clinical assignment today with a medical diagnosis of 'supratherapeutic INR". What exactly is supratherapeutic INR? I've done some research but didn't get a clear answer. From my understanding, supratherpeutic INR means that a pat...