REDDOG RN

:DHello, this is my first official question on allnurses!!! How exciting!! Before I ask my question I just wanted to say "thank you" to everyone on allnurses. I've read many things on here that have been extremely insightful and helpful. I'm very gr...

Okay, I'm going to throw a bunch of questions your way--How do you study for your tests? Do you have power points from your lectures? Do you tape your theory lectures?

what areas in med-surge are you struggling with? Can you be more specific? How far along are you in the med-surge class?

Oops-- I apologize!! The first part of the above post was meant for WANT2BANURSESOON!! On the second part about the uniforms, if either you or Househead4Life is interested in the uniforms let me know. REDDOG RN

Househead4life-- I think you have an excellent chance of getting into the RN program with a 3.85!! I've got my fingers crossed for you!! I graduated from OCC's RN program in 2009 and I had to wait over a year before I got into the program, but it was...

I was reading your post and wondering what the term "POD O" means and also what you mean by "POD O banding of the same." Just very curious what that means! I tried looking it up but got nowhere! I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain this...

Listed below are some examples for your nursing diagnoses that I would suggest: 1. Ineffective Tissue Perfusion (Cardiopulmonary) r/t decreased circulating blood volume aeb death resulting from compression of vital areas within the brainstem that con...

PawashRN-- I apologize for this response not pertaining to the original poster's question, but the question you had about the pt. with a decreased O2 level and drop in SAT'S and what happens to the body and how the pt. compensates for the decreased O...

Hey Newtress-- I didn't even know that about hiring agencies either!! I appreciate it that you told us about that!! I'll definitely steer clear of that!! I also agree about the *BS* ways that you have to apply for jobs now!! And too, the fact that yo...

Katie803-- I apologize to you that I did not round the 0.006 up to 0.007. So I'm going to redo problem #1 for you. Problem #1: The order call for 1/100 gr and you have on hand 1/150 gr per 2 mls. How many mls would you administer? So I'll list the st...

Civilenginer2rn-- I've got a bit of egg on my face here! I went back and looked at my 1/150 decimal calculation and when I calculated it out, I got what you had: 0.00666667. So I should have rounded 0.006 to 0.007. I do appreciate you pointing that o...

Katie803-- Okay, so let's set up the problems here: Problem #1: The order calls for 1/100 gr and you have on hand 1/150 gr per 2 mls. How many milliliters would you administer? This is what I would do: 1. Change 1/100 gr to decimal form. This equals ...

Katie803-- I went back and looked at your original post this am. That question was driving me nuts last night! Because from the information that you gave in terms of them wanting you to round to the nearest 100th didn't make sense to me. So with a re...

For nursing school, we were required to have "Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses." It's by Judith Hopfer Deglin and April Hazard Vallerand. They upgrade the editions each year. It also comes with a disk. I love it because it has extra stuff like picture...

I agree with all of the posters. If you conduct yourself as a professional and know your stuff it shouldn't matter how old you are. Heck, there are alot of nurses out there who are older and don't know how to act professional and don't know their stu...

katie803-- Do you remember what the original question asked? The one that you were talking about with the grains?

Does the case study mention what type of medication she is on? Why was the patient hospitalized to begin with? How did she get the facial bruising and lacerations? Does patient have a hard time walking? Does she need assistance when walking or doing ...

Does anyone know if there are any upcoming nurse job fairs in southeastern michigan at either colleges, universities, or area hospitals? Some that I recently attended have wanted nurses with 1 or 2 years of experience and turned us new grads away, sa...

Could you give some details about the case study? That would make it alot easier in helping you.

123 y 321-- Can you give me a couple of examples of what you mean?

Hmmmm.......Whatever happened to going to see a tutor? I would think that they would have some resource at their college campus where they could get some help. At my school (it was a community college) they had a place where you could go -- I think i...

Oops!! Want to clarify something -- what I meant by reading Saunders is that they give an overall explanation of how to answer NCLEX type questions. Like I said it really helped me alot!!

How have you been studying? Can you give me a detailed description of how you do it? (And I mean detailed here!). (For example - Do you study consistently each day, Do you do a section each day - i.e. fundamentals, GI,), hopefully you understand what...

123 y 321-- What areas are you having difficulty with in OA? Can you explain it in more detail? That will give me some ideas of how I can help you. Please don't feel that you are alone. There are many of us who have struggled with certain classes and...

ne1410us-- As a new grad and recently licensed RN, I read this forum daily, and I really appreciate the fact that you and others are willing to share your experiences - be they good or bad. I've learned much from this forum!!! I bookmarked this arti...