akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    is it worth it to keep your license active?

    Here's a thought from another allied healthcare professional... who is going into nursing myself. I've been licensed as a Paramedic for the past dozen years. While it's not exactly cheap for me to do,...
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    AHA BLS or RC CPR?

    Personally, I would go with the AHA CPR cert if only for the reason that it's usually more often accepted than anything else. If something else is accepted, it's going to have to be an equivalent...
  3. I'm but a student... That being said, at least with the IS, what I've found that sometimes makes it a bit more palatable (so to speak) for patients to use them is to educate them (and remind them they...
  4. Generally speaking, I have never felt seriously discriminated against because I'm male. Even during my OB/L&D Rotation, I found that most of the patients were quite accepting of me. I only had one...
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    Care plan & clincal question

    Where I'm at, we do something similar. We go to the hospital a day early to do prep on our patients. We get the meds, medical history, and so on. I usually also look at the nursing, physician's, and...
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    Alternate mailing address of Ca BON

    I would highly suggest sending them an email asking them this exact question or giving them a phone call so that you can get the appropriate address for that kind of service because Fed Ex will not be...
  7. You have asked a very broad question. What you're asking very easily can be a very lengthy post that would be worthy of a chapter or three in most textbooks I've ever read, depending upon the depth...
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    Do you calculate drip rates anymore?

    I'm still in school and my program requires us to know how to do those calculations ourselves instead of relying on the pumps. In my previous healthcare job as a Paramedic, we did manual calculations...
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    Teas test results help?

    That's actually a pretty good
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    My fellow gimps--a miracle has occurred

    I used to work at a rehab pool that specialized in exactly this kind of thing and had in-water physical therapists. I've seen people that absolutely can't stand on land be able to walk around in the...
  11. You have to wait for the BRN to give you the ATT letter. Most of the class that graduated from my school last May were taking the NCLEX about 4-5 weeks after they graduated. I think the last one took...
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    Palpations, physical exams on genitals?

    I'm going into 4th Semester and to date, there really hasn't been any need to do those exams on classmates. There just hasn't. There's enough patient and mannequin experience that we don't have to...
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    How to know if Nursing is right for you?!

    I would certainly echo some of the above comments in that I would highly suggest getting your existing student loans paid off, or nearly so, before embarking on something expensive like Nursing School...
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    Preceptor fired

    I would definitely agree with the above. Talk to your program instructors ASAP. Personally, I'd send an email to my instructor to notify the program of the issue and schedule a meeting with them as...
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    How do you take NOTES in class during Nursing Scool?

    I have Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 12.5 on my computer. I do not use it to take notes during class because most of the professors that I am familiar with would not like me speaking in the back of...
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    Stooopid

    That foot smell is similar, but mostly of horrific athlete's feet in the odor blend. Fumunda is, well, different. Indescribably unforgettable. It is a particular odor of just
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    The Top 10 Things I Loved About Nursing

    While I can't say that I've always wanted to be a Nurse, I can certainly say that I almost can't remember a time when I didn't want to be involved in healthcare, doing direct patient care. Sure, there...
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    Have you ever fainted while starting an IV?

    I haven't even come close to fainting while giving injections or starting IV lines (the last one I did was a few years ago). That included the time I was teaching someone how to do it and had to...
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    Wasn't accepted into a program.... Now what?

    Keep trying and keep applying. It took me 4 years to get accepted into RN school. Often the more times you apply, the more weight is applied toward your application. Remember, if you stop applying,...
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    Regular Backpack versus Rolling Backpack

    Normally I use a roller backpack. I bring my laptop, notepad/notebook, a few pens & pencils, whatever powerpoint printouts needed, and whatever books I need to bring with me. A roller definitely...
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    CA finger print cards??!!

    This is something you'd have to ask the California BON about. The hard card they may require that you do may simply be a standard fingerprint card that any US LE agency would have that they'd be able...
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    art line vs cuff pressure

    Disclosure: I'm still but a student... but I'm not inexperienced in taking manual BP's (about 24k of them, actually) I would expect that an A-line would be fairly accurate, as long as everything is...
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    Beginning of last semester!!!

    As I write this, I have 138 days until I take my final, final exam this coming May. I'm starting 4th Semester in a couple weeks and I really can't wait for it to begin! Of course, there's all sorts of...
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    Should i take a medical terminology class?

    In the long run, medical terminology is a good class to take. The issue with taking that class is that you're basically having to learn a foreign language. If I had to give some advice about it, don't...
  25. Generally speaking, this is completely correct. While I, as a Paramedic, might be glad to talk to the patient's physician, I would certainly also oblige that same physician to come directly to the...