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  1. Accelerated BSN Student Support

    RachieH replied to Dr. Shelia, RN's topic in General Students

    Peer support is/was huge in my accelerated BSN program. I am due to graduate in August and the support of my friends and classmates has been instrumental to my success. The key for me was focus. If...

  2. Houston-Area Satellite/Suburban Hospitals/Recruiting

    RachieH posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Lots of questions that I hope some of you can answer for me. I will be graduating from an accelerated BSN program in August. I was born and raised in Houston and lived there until I was 23. I am now...

  3. Houston-Area Satellite/Suburban Hospitals/Recruiting

    RachieH replied to RachieH's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thank you both for the information. How about the sign-on bonus for two years' NICU or ICU experience? Any ideas? Theoretically, the smartest thing to do would be to serve out my commitment, get the...

  4. Navy Officer Nurse Corp

    RachieH replied to MaleRNstudent21's topic in Government, Military

    Hi everyone, This has been a valuable read. I have a few questions. I am 37 and will complete my BSN this August. Am I eligible for loan repayment and sign-on bonus? What is the maximum age the...

  5. In your experience.......when a seemingly "stable" patient tells you they are

    RachieH replied to JennRN65's topic in General Nursing

    My father said it to his nurse he day he died. He also told my mother, who didn't believe him. He coded 3 hours later...and

  6. Fort Bliss

    RachieH replied to athena55's topic in Government, Military

    Holy God. You WALKED to WBAMC from Bliss???? God bless you. You couldn't pay me enough to walk that - it's uphill! And you had to cross Dyer to do it! High Point is the complex you saw up at WBAMC...

  7. Fort Bliss

    RachieH replied to athena55's topic in Government, Military

    Oy, athena. You might want to google El Paso, TX. We are 3500 feet above sea level and very mountainous!!!! I fear for you and your bike! Ft. Bliss is located in the NE side of El Paso, and is...

  8. Fort Bliss

    RachieH replied to athena55's topic in Government, Military

    I am not a soldier or a nurse - yet...I start a 2nd degree program at UTEP in May - but I was married to a soldier here and am very familiar with Fort Bliss and El Paso. Do you have any specific...

  9. For Everyone Starting Nursing School in May of '08!

    RachieH replied to FriendlyGhostRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Me too! I start UTEP's Fast Track program May 12. Now I have to figure out how to pay for

  10. Do I have too much on my plate?

    RachieH replied to PurposebyDesign's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am a single mom to a 4 month old son - I do it all. I work 40 hours a week, and attend classes from 5:30-8:30 pm MW and 6 am-8am Tues-Thurs-Sat. Yes, you read that right - I have a 6 am class on...

  11. Nurse Entrance Test (NET) scores?

    RachieH replied to MarathonGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't have the specific scores in front of me, but overall 98% percentile. "Post High School," I believe it's

  12. Hit 'Enter' Key to make Paragraphs! (Then I can read your allnurses posts!)

    RachieH replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    In addition, typing in all caps is the same as yelling. Would you burst into a room full of strangers and began screaming? I would hope not. So please go easy on the all caps as well. Typing in all...

  13. Hit 'Enter' Key to make Paragraphs! (Then I can read your allnurses posts!)

    RachieH replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for bringing this up - correct language usage is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. Coming out of lurkerdom to say...I have been a little surprised at some of the atrocious grammar and spelling skills...

  14. Military Nursing As A Single Mom?

    RachieH posted a topic in Government, Military

    I am interested in military nursing. For the record, I am 36, will have my BSN by the time I'm 38 or so. I know the age cutoff for the Army AMEDD is 47. Pretty much guaranteed deployment to Iraq is...

  15. Military Nursing As A Single Mom?

    RachieH replied to RachieH's topic in Government, Military

    GS positions = Goverment Service positions? Can you elaborate as to what kinds of jobs those are and how one obtains them? I've seen USPHS posted about a couple of times here...can you elaborate on...

  16. Loading Dose Calculation Help

    RachieH posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is actually my Chemistry for Health Sciences class but the prof wants to get us thinking critically early so here is a problem he gave us with regard to acetaminophen overdose: The nurse was...

  17. Loading Dose Calculation Help

    RachieH replied to RachieH's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That was enormously helpful. I thank you.

  18. Loading Dose Calculation Help

    RachieH replied to RachieH's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For question 2, the concentration of the maintenance dose. I think I was trying to make this exercise harder than it was. So for question 3 I got 500mL/4 hours = 125 mL/hr question 4-4900 mg and part...

  19. Loading Dose Calculation Help

    RachieH replied to RachieH's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    But wait! There's more! See, this was an article from Nursing magazine back in 2005. I'll type the para and then I'll tell you what the prof is asking from the article. Administer an IV loading...

  20. Loading Dose Calculation Help

    RachieH replied to RachieH's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That was very helpful! The too much info part is what kept throwing me. I kept wondering why that info was necessary. So if the instrux are 150 mg/kg and I have 49 kg then I multiply 150 mg x 49 kg...

  21. Eat Young/Unhappiness - Mostly Med/Surg?

    RachieH posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I've been lurking for over a year and am always dismayed at the number of vent/I hate my job/nurses eat their young/this is a horrible job threads. I absolutely understand this is a forum for...

  22. If You Could Work Anywhere

    RachieH posted a topic in General Nursing

    And I mean hospital-wise, in the country, where would you work? Let's say, hypothetically, you could up and move if you had to, taking your family would be a breeze, etc. If you truly had the...

  23. If You Could Work Anywhere

    RachieH replied to RachieH's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I guess what I'm really looking for are the Best Hospitals in America to work for. I know there are all kinds of lists out there for Best Hospitals in terms of care (like US News and World...

  24. Math and nursing

    RachieH replied to nurse2btracy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the nursing math right now...and after 15 years out of school, the first two weeks were really tough, but then I got tutoring, which has made the difference, I think, b/w a C and the A I'm...

  25. What I love about nursing

    RachieH replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Clemm! I doubt a monsoon could knock me off my intended path to becoming a nurse, but it does get a little discouraging reading about all the negatives. That being said, I do appreciate...