Melanin

Melanin

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  1. Missing PCA key

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks!

  2. Applying for jobs from out-of-state

    Melanin posted a topic in General Nursing

    For the past year I have worked as an RN in another state where I got into this great residency program, though I have kept my apartment in San Francisco. I did so because as a new grad, I wasn't...

  3. Priming potassium lines

    Melanin posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Is there a better way to prime a primary line when you're running potassium? As of now, I prime the line with the potassium (since, as far as I know, you can't back prime the primary line) - but I...

  4. Priming potassium lines

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks! So yeah, we don't have the kinds of pumps that will infuse a primary and secondary simultaneously, so we run two primaries (one with K & one with fluids) through 2 primaries, connected to...

  5. Nursing students and immaturity

    Melanin posted a topic in General Students

    Hi! I wanted to bring something up that really surprised me & I'm not sure what to do about it. First of all, let me say that we have a number of males in our nursing program, and they are...

  6. Nursing students and immaturity

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    Thank you very much. Yes, I will have a talk with these two guys to let them know that this kind of thing is definitely not okay with me. I'm not very comfortable doing this, but I see that it has to...

  7. Nursing students and immaturity

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    Yeah, me too - if I offended someone and didn't realize I was doing it, I'd want to be told and given the chance to never do it again. Especially if I was still pretty young and hadn't learned some...

  8. Nursing students and immaturity

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    Thank you very much for your advice - much appreciated,

  9. Nursing students and immaturity

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    I'm definitely not thinking this is sexual harassment in the sense that someone is hitting on me in a sexual way, but I do wonder if I would be the recipient of these questions if I were a man,...

  10. Nursing students and immaturity

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    Ha! That's funny! I was actually thinking about talking to my advisor about this, but I don't want to cause a big stink because I really do think these guys just don't have the maturity to understand...

  11. Nursing students and immaturity

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    Perhaps - but so far I haven't responded & it's escalated. I was hoping there was a way to nip it in the bud. Maybe it's too late for

  12. Embarrassing question from new nursing student

    Melanin replied to kb789's topic in General Students

    I agree that telling people what you're going to do as you go and explaining why is the best way to avoid this kind of thing. Say, "now I'm going to listen to your heart - in order to properly...

  13. How to pay back your student loans

    Melanin replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    This is going to sound like an ad, and I apologize for that - but I use Ting as my cellphone provider, and I only pay $21 a month. It's a GREAT deal! Also, I hear that while I'm in school, I can pay...

  14. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    Blech, I just wanted to let everyone know that I understand how awful it is to wait, and I'm so sorry if you didn't get in THIS TIME. But if you want to get in, I'm sure you will. Keep at

  15. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    We get a Muni pass?!?!

  16. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    They left me a message because I didn't answer the phone (heard it ringing, but I had already decided I hadn't been

  17. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    Oh, I know - it's just fun, after all this time doing prereqs, to think about looking like a nurse. I think the forum removed a link I left in one of my comments - it was to a list of medical...

  18. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    One more thing - I heard that peroxide will get blood out of your white

  19. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    So am I! I've got a list of the most common medical abbreviations in my pharmacology book, and they're not so bad. All the NPs at work use them in filling out patient forms, and they DEFINITELY come...

  20. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    @DAS225: That's a good point! They say "no clogs" - does that mean "no closed-back clogs," such as Danskos? I guess the white Danskos come in patent leather, which might be easier to clean than...

  21. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    I just got my call, too. I didn't answer because I was making toast and I assumed that it was a telemarketer on the line. First things first. Whew! Hang in there, whoever's still waiting. I had given...

  22. How to get nursing experience before you've been accepted to nursing school

    Melanin posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just applied to nursing school and I thought I was a shoe-in: I have a 4.0 in my prereqs, and I had a 4.0 graduate school gpa & a 3.6 undergrad. I got a 93 on my TEAS, and I've been volunteering...

  23. How to get nursing experience before you've been accepted to nursing school

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow, thank you so much for the advice! I will check with the program, as you suggested. I just found a phlebotomy course (there are tons of them offered this summer), and I'm definitely going to...

  24. How to get nursing experience before you've been accepted to nursing school

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Phlebotomy - I hadn't thought of that! It sounds like fun. .

  25. University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

    Melanin replied to alyssag24's topic in California Nursing

    Ugh, the waiting is so tough! Do you think they'll go ahead and send out rejection letters to us if they know, for sure, that they don't want us, or will everyone have to wait until the end of April...