It is possible that they attach a TEAS and GPA "weight" to your name once you're in the lottery but I am not 100% certain of this. It's been a few years since I graduated and they were starting the...
akulahawkRN replied to GimletMinnesota's topic in General Nursing
In ACLS, the skills session and the megacode is the same thing. The best way you can be sure of passing the megacode is knowing how to do CPR effectively and to AHA standard, know the rhythms and the...
Sac City is very similar to ARC. Their application process is a little different, but in terms of numbers of applicants, seats available, etc... very similar to ARC. In other other words, it's...
akulahawkRN replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency
First off, remember that documentation is key. If the patient states they're in pain and would like medication, ask the physician. Do whatever non-pharm stuff you can for the patient. In both cases,...
The NCLEX isn't likely to be like any exam you'll have ever taken in the past. There is no pass/fail percentage. You could take 75 questions, you could take 265, or you could take any number of...
akulahawkRN replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing
A lot of knee pain comes from improper foot/ankle alignment. It's not just ensuring that your ankle and feet are put into neutral alignment, it's also ensuring that you have an effectively equal leg...
Body Mass Index is flawed in a very particular way. For most people, that aren't particularly athletic, it is generally useful. That being said, people that are fairly athletic can be significantly...
Here's an update on that. They're now saying that the shooting was accidental. The girl is being basically being charged with negligent discharge of a firearm on school grounds. She claims the pistol...
With all the prerequisites, both ADN and BSN programs are essentially the same length, when you actually start from day one of your first prerequisite course to graduation. This is because once you...
akulahawkRN replied to heynurse1996's topic in School
While I'm not a school nurse (I'm an ED RN), I am also a Paramedic and have been for some time. I can see how this could very easily happen. What I suspect is that the Paramedic that you were working...
akulahawkRN replied to YoursNursingly's topic in Emergency
Starting out in the ED can be a great place to learn! I did and I've only worked in the ED and I wouldn't have it any other way right now. Here's the caveat to the whole thing and it can make you or...
akulahawkRN replied to ChicagoRN3's topic in Emergency
I think I would tend to agree with some of the above posters. While either will give you a good starting point, the fact that you wish to do ED work down the road does make a difference. While the...
akulahawkRN replied to gypsierose's topic in Emergency
I would say for new nurses that are contemplating starting out in the ED, you will learn a LOT about there. That being said, you need to be certain that you're getting a longer orientation than other...
The fact that your IP is still active only means that they haven't actually updated your file. They have likely received your NCLEX results and those results are in the queue for actual processing...
Every basic first aid course I have ever attended has addressed the use of tourniquets. In short, if direct pressure does not stop bleeding in a limb (and the vast majority of the time it does), then...
It depends upon how I'm going to run the medication. If I'm just using the IV intermittently, I'll just prime a primary line and not worry about running the drip chamber dry. If I have a maintenance...
For the NCLEX, it's all or nothing. That being said, in theory, the "wrong" answer could provide a clue as to your knowledge level and probably more so than an entirely "correct" SATA answer. What I...
Preferably you should be using oral syringes that have the 0.1 mL marks for more precise dosing. If you do not and your patient is going to be getting sufficient volume that you need a 10 mL syringe,...
I work in the ED and for us, when a provider orders a fluid bolus, we run it wide open, whatever the volume is. If I need the fluid to infuse as fast as it'll go, I do two things: increase the height...
At any one time or total per shift? As an ED RN, my ratio varies from 1:1 though 1:6, depending upon the the patient population I'm assigned to. Most of the time it's 1:4. Where things get fun is when...
As an ED RN, I do this all the time. What helps this happen is our phlebotomists from the lab usually show up in the patient's room at about the time I'm about to start a line. If I'm successful with...
You're welcome. Now all that having been said, please update us when you find out. You've survived nursing school, exam review, actually sitting down for it, so you have definitely earned the right to...
Stop trying to re-register for the exam. If you're getting that response from the billing system, you likely have passed but this is NOT (by far) a 100% fool-proof guarantee that you have actually...
In the nuclear realm, I'm not too worried about detonations. @SummitRN covered the reasons. Ground detonations, while very dirty, initially have only very local effects and if you know which way the...
I would have to say that it sounds like he got some PO replacement and his potassium level went up and they may have continued to give him lasix and the like and held the PO replacement for a short...