heartflutter ADN, BSN

heartflutter has 3 years experience as a ADN, BSN and specializes in Psychiatry, corrections, long-term care..

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1. Awful textbook?

   heartflutter replied to heartflutter's topic in General Students

   All ofhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0781793831 the "specialty" books (med-surg, psych, etc) are ebooks included in the bundle. Naturally they're all Pearson books. A friend sent me a med-surg text,...

2. Awful textbook?

   heartflutter replied to heartflutter's topic in General Students

   I'm half-tempted to ask the director of the program if she's read the Amazon reviews... We have a separate med/surg text, but I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for replacements for this...

3. Awful textbook?

   heartflutter posted a topic in General Students

   Just had orientation for my program and they announced we'll be using Pearson's Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning. They're excited about it and the way it's structured. Reading the Amazon...

4. Which off line schools for the LPN in Wa. State

   heartflutter replied to wberger's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I suggest looking into local technical schools for LPN programs. Avoid "private" schools at all costs (pun intended). The program I'm on the waitlist for at Bellingham Tech is around $6000 after books...

5. Comfortable shoes for the ER

   heartflutter replied to nursegirl75's topic in Emergency

   I have yet to try Vibrams because all I can picture is a toe being sliced off by an unnoticed Vanderlift wheel... but I'm definitely thinking about a pair for non-work uses. I have yet to find a white...

6. Comfortable shoes for the ER

   heartflutter replied to nursegirl75's topic in Emergency

   Merrell's Pace Glove. Extra "support" isn't how are feet were meant to be. Just let your feet do their evolutionary thing. Certainly helped my back injury when I switched to

7. Civilian Nursing...where do i start?!?!?

   heartflutter replied to serenityk579's topic in General Nursing

   There is an entire sub-forum dedicated to military nursing:

8. Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

   heartflutter replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

   My wife (a phlebotomist) always says, "There's no such thing as a tough stick, just a crappy

9. Living with poo

   heartflutter replied to dropbears101's topic in General Nursing

   On a smart-orificed note, I'd just like to take the opportunity to say that I hate, hate, hate the word "poo". BM, void, feces, waste... anything but

10. US RN to BSN program accepted in Alberta?

    heartflutter replied to heartflutter's topic in International Nursing

    I've dug around a little and found a couple .pdf's that might be helpful, but don't answer my question in all it's specificity. http://www.alberta-canada.com/immigration/media/LPN_June_2010.pdf...

11. US RN to BSN program accepted in Alberta?

    heartflutter posted a topic in International Nursing

    all righty, i posed this very same scenario to carna and they sent me back an e-mail stating: "we will not be able to assess your file until your application and required documents are in the office."...

12. Is anyone else annoyed by the expectations of male nurses in transferring patients?

    heartflutter replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Don't hospitals have care plans posted just like LTCs do? If my nurse and I ever got caught transferring a patient contrary to care plan, we'd be in it up to our eyeballs. Think of the lawsuit...

13. Shhhh! ---It's all a crock!

    heartflutter replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Ever seems a bit silly. I can understand the need for maintaining quiet when as convenient as possible, though. If someone's in the hospital, they need all the rest they can get and a quiet...

14. ER and strange phenomena

    heartflutter replied to EmergencyNrse's topic in Emergency

    That made my day. Gravity bursts and

15. insulin for non diabetics to prevent diabetes.. and aging? WHAT?

    heartflutter replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    There's a reason my pharmacology instructor told me that the absolutely most dangerous drug I would encounter as a nurse is insulin. What a crazy