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    New graduate residency programs

    OlivetheRN replied to Clementine1's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I'm in one (with a lot of people from my class) at Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, and several from my class are in at Duke and one or two are in the one at Moses Cone. I've had a...
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    How long did it take you to master inserting an IV?

    OlivetheRN replied to RunawayN's topic in Emergency

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    Mandated colors

    OlivetheRN replied to KRSLPN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

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    Walk me through your ER

    OlivetheRN replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    Community hospital with several level one trauma centers within less than an hour by ground. We currently have 26 rooms since we just finished phase one of an expansion and moved into the new part...
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    wasting time?

    OlivetheRN replied to smurfynursey's topic in Emergency

    *facepalm*
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    wasting time?

    OlivetheRN replied to smurfynursey's topic in Emergency

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    Commuting from Charlotte to Winston-Salem

    OlivetheRN replied to kroy123pink's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    New grad jobs can be hard to come by these days. I graduated in May and several from my class have yet to get a job. I was very fortunate that my old boss that hired me for my CNA position while I was...
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    How to save up for our pinning ceremony:

    OlivetheRN replied to avianale's topic in General Students

    Our school provided the general graduation ceremony where you receive your diploma, but did NOT pay for the nursing class' pinning ceremony and we had to raise the money ourselves for that and our...
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    Er predictions

    OlivetheRN replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    Wednesday is our pelvic craze
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    President of Nursing Class

    OlivetheRN replied to clayz's topic in General Students

    I was VP of my class and the biggest issue that the president and I faced was laziness. We had to do fundraisers to come up with the money to pay for our pinning ceremony and senior luncheon and...
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    One in a million

    OlivetheRN replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient last week with tuberous sclerosis as one of my friend's daughters has
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    First Job - Not A Great Facility, Take It Or No?

    OlivetheRN replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in Emergency

    8 shifts?! Holy moly! I'm a new grad in the ED and we get anywhere from 3-6 months depending on our specific
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    One in a million

    OlivetheRN replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in my final semester of clinicals for school, I had a patient with situs inversus totalis. I was majorly confused when I heard his heart sounds on the right instead of the left. I must have...
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    Indications for bed alarm use

    OlivetheRN replied to guest112's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work at uses a fall risk scale, and our policy is that any patient who scores as being a high fall risk is to have the bed alarm on. Where we've run into problems is with patients who...
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    Chest Tubes and Tidaling

    OlivetheRN replied to Orizguy's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I'm on my computer instead of my phone, I liked it. 'Cause that post was seriously awesome. I was so excited about it I told a good 5 people about how I knew the difference now with excited...
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    Chest Tubes and Tidaling

    OlivetheRN replied to Orizguy's topic in General Nursing

    I flove you so hard right now! I have never had someone so clearly explain the difference between a plain ol' pneumothorax and a tension pneumothorax. I had some kind of vague idea of the difference,...
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    Mind gone blank :/ help with calculations please :-)

    OlivetheRN replied to passionateaboutlife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's what I thought. I was thinking maybe I had lost my mind
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    Mind gone blank :/ help with calculations please :-)

    OlivetheRN replied to passionateaboutlife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yep, you need 156 mcg/hr, so you're on thr right track. Next you need to figure out how many mcg you have per milliliter so that you can figure out your flow
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    Mind gone blank :/ help with calculations please :-)

    OlivetheRN replied to passionateaboutlife's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The better question is what have you worked out so far? We are happy to help on here, but will not do homework for you. If you give an idea of what you've already tried and where you're stuck, then...
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    Winston Salem State University

    OlivetheRN replied to Gem0607's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Oh, ok. I was wondering about the RN-BSN program as I graduated with my ADN this year and passed the NCLEX in June. Thanks
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    Winston Salem State University

    OlivetheRN replied to Gem0607's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    How is their program? I've been looking into it and haven't found much information on
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    New nurses in the ER

    OlivetheRN replied to chrisktrauma's topic in Emergency

    Yesterday was my first day in the ED as a new grad, and even though I was fairly certain my feet were going to fall off when I got home at 11:30, I loved it. My preceptor is awesome, and the entire...
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    Can I go to community college and transfer into a BSN program?

    OlivetheRN replied to womanofchoice's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, yes, yes. :) You can definitely start doing pre-req's at a community college and will ultimately save money, and have much smaller class sizes. I'm a HUGE advocate for starting at community...
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    When did you find out you got the job?

    OlivetheRN replied to KristenHuerta's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds just like
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    Danskos

    OlivetheRN replied to shopaholic42488's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If the length is ok and your heel is moving freely you've got the right size. I've found that the part that goes across the top of my foot just takes awhile to break in, and anytime I get new Danskos...