akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    First clinical day was a nightmare

    akulahawkRN replied to freckles23's topic in General Students

    Remember folks, this patient had pneumonia on top of COPD... It's not all surprising that she was on 5L. If she's already low O2 sat already, toss in a whole lot of crud in the airway to further...
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    Pre-nursing student seeking options

    akulahawkRN replied to destineey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Being that it sounds like you don't have a Bachelor's Degree already, you're in a pretty good spot, actually. You have the chance to go into a BSN program or into an Associate's Degree RN program....
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    I hate anatomy and physiology

    akulahawkRN replied to kg1212's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The problem may be that identifying the structures involves spatial orientation, and that's probably something you're not used to using in that particular way. Depending upon how your hands-on stuff...
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    How do Nurses cope with the death of a patient?

    akulahawkRN replied to wrigleymarie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Death is an inevitable result of life. We all will die. Some of your patients will die before you do. It's OK to socialize with your patients, even the ones that you know are dying. That can bring the...
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    Any fellow EMT's out there?

    akulahawkRN replied to kbx827's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm a Paramedic and I have found that on the skills side of things, as well as simply making patient contact, it's helped me tremendously. And that's it. And I leave the Paramedic stuff at the doorway...
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    EPIC

    akulahawkRN replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I use EPIC at one of my clinical sites (I'm in school) and I'm finding it pretty decent to use. Probably the most difficult part of the system is learning what parts of it will auto populate the other...
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    Really rough instructor

    akulahawkRN replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    This is definitely good advice. If someone is in charge of your grade and you call them out for something that they didn't do right, and you do it especially where others can hear/observe it, chances...
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    Treating fever with acetaminophen

    akulahawkRN replied to Vespertinas's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm also of the opinion that a low-grade temp is a good thing. I typically won't medicate for a temperature unless it's over 101° or my kid is feeling uncomfortable at the time. Typically, she...
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    I am new here and finally need support somewhere

    akulahawkRN replied to mikeynlinda's topic in General Nursing

    First things first: we aren't allowed to give specific medical advice on this forum. That being said I'm sorry to hear that your wife of fifty years of age is having some problems. I think it is great...
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    Question about CHF

    akulahawkRN replied to Ginger80's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Something that should really be remembered is that right side heart failure can lead to left side heart failure and left-sided heart failure can lead to right-sided heart failure. The speed at which...
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    Requirements for California RN

    akulahawkRN replied to zeeRN-87's topic in Nurse Registration

    I completely agree with the person who posted about me: contact the California BRN and get started on the process now. There are some very significant challenges that are associated with nurses,...
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    Nursing school with Children

    akulahawkRN replied to Friskee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a dad who works full-time, who has a daughter that's 9 years old right now, and I have a wife that works full-time as well. While my specific gender isn't like yours, my situation probably is...
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    Score one for standardized scrub colors

    akulahawkRN replied to MN-Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would suggest that most laypersons do not necessarily look for the key to the color coding of all hospital personnel, but they probably do intuitively figure out that each type of personnel has a...
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    TEAS V hard?

    akulahawkRN replied to lauraline's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I found the TEAS V exam to be relatively easy. That, likely, is because I got decent grades in the prerequisite courses. I also took a pre-test, found out my weak areas, worked on those for a week or...
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    How are male nursing students perceived?

    akulahawkRN replied to erikmm291's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have also emailed nursing student, and there have been very few times that I have run into a problem being a male caring for female patients. Generally speaking, those times are when I would be...
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    To work or not to work (while in nursing school)

    akulahawkRN replied to manatee17's topic in General Students

    First off: I work a full-time work week. That means yes, I work 40 hours per week. Normally, I would not recommended that at all. There are a lot of factors that are involved in deciding whether or...
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    Will i still pass nursing school?

    akulahawkRN replied to na-na's topic in General Students

    Given a choice between a nurse that has skimmed through anatomy or a skin through physiology, I would much rather have the nurse that skimmed through anatomy and got in depth into physiology. Why?...
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    Really rough instructor

    akulahawkRN replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    There's a few differences between the rough instructor and the tough instructor. While both may give you a rough time in your clinical time, and both may bring you to tears at times, the tough...
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    Need tips on how to read an ECG

    akulahawkRN replied to eva123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would have to agree that YouTube is a really good series of videos for interpreting EKGs. Personally, I would not start with learning the really complicated stuff, rather I would focus on learning...
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    Rhythm interpretation a fib

    akulahawkRN replied to lolakbolak's topic in Cardiac

    A-fib is classically defined as an irregularly-irregular rhythm with no discernible P waves. Make sure you do your own interpretation and be certain that when you're looking at the rhythms that you...
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    Could someone of average IQ become an ADN nurse?

    akulahawkRN replied to Weber's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Precisely. IQ is one component of it. Having a decent memory, high attention to detail, and strong work ethic also have roles in nursing too. Being able to make connections between what you do and...
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    Emt or cna..which is better route?

    akulahawkRN replied to emily12345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're looking to become a Nurse, go to nursing school. It'll teach you what you need to know to START in the field of nursing. Becoming an EMT won't hurt you much, but it won't help you much...
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    Do you aspirate before giving an IM deltoid injection?

    akulahawkRN replied to seasalt1023's topic in Patient Medications

    We were taught to aspirate when doing vaccines, unless using a one-time use syringe. The other thing we were taught was not to be too aggressive with aspirating. This limits unnecessary tissue damage...
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    In Nursing school, do we review A&P?

    akulahawkRN replied to zeno33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You'll review A&P as you go along... but it's going to be relative to some process you need to know about. I'd hazard a guess that someone who is very strong in physiology will do better than...
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    What to do after high school to become a RN/BSN in short amount of time and money?

    akulahawkRN replied to shadowshodan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    AS others have said, you'll have to take all the prerequisite courses. There really isn't any way of getting around that. The private schools are costly and they'll send you to an outside school to...