WSU_Ally_RN BSN, RN

MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!

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    HELP!! Need ideas for Teaching presentation

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to watchthis22's topic in General Students

    What was your original idea?? What does the teaching have to be on?? What clinical is this for?? Need more info before we can
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    Hip replacement questions

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    They probably would also do a H/H to check blood levels and a type and screen to make sure they had blood on hand for her, if
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    tests....

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to WSU_Ally_RN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I didn't think there was a state specific test, but they insisted that there was. They both said that before we could get our Ohio License, we had to take Ohio's test. I told them that I had never...
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    White Pants

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to sandslady02's topic in General Nursing

    I wear dickie's pants in white for work. They are not too thin, so you don't see through them too much. I wear the kind with 3 cargo pockets and tie tops. Also, as nursejennie said, wear tan undies...
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    Process recordings

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to NurseBranch's topic in General Students

    One of the first things I would do would be to talk to the instructor. Believe it or not, they are there to see you succeed... we're the one's who will be replacing them and becomming their collegues....
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    worried about being prepared...

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you are alone with the feelings you are having. I go to a school where we have skill check offs, and I still feel that I don't know how to do anything I was supposedly doing right for...
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    Why do some pt's bleed at IM injection site?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to EtoseLvr03's topic in General Nursing

    I was just going to post the same thing SMJ67 did... remeber that there are all those superficial blood vessels and capillaries near the surface of your skin... you probably just went through one of...
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    Cardiomart brand stethoscopes

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't trust getting a scope from somewhere I've never heard of, especially since they are so much cheaper.... you get what you pay for. But anyway, why do you think you need a new scope? In all...
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    STNA or phlebotomy classes near Dayton?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Megsd's topic in Ohio Nursing

    A PCT is a patient care technician... basically an STNA, but at a hospital. Each hospital around here uses different acronym's to mean basically the same thing. At Children's Medial Center they're...
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    Brainstorming, End of life and Morphine use.

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Antikigirl's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    WOW! I can't believe the thoughts of some nurses out there! I am currently in a nursing ethics class, and a big portion of the class is about death/dying and pain management. We have also had two...
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    BLS, ACLS certification locations SE Ohio

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to billzie's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm sure there is a Red Cross in the area... They offer those classes.... Fire stations in the area usually offer the classes
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    STNA or phlebotomy classes near Dayton?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Megsd's topic in Ohio Nursing

    MOst nursing homes in the area offer STNA classes and then you work for them. Also, if you wanted to get into the hospital, Miami Valley and Good Sam both offer PCT classes and then you work for them....
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    OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Currently I go to school in Dayton. I'm originally from the Cleveland area. I still have one more year of school left, and then I'll be moving back home. This summer I'm going to be working at the...
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    Vdrl????

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi everyone, I am currently in my OB clinical, and am studying for our first exam. In our notes, our professor wrote that after a mother gives birth and you transfer her from L&D to Mother/Baby,...
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    Crocs Nursing shoes

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I think in the store I saw them in, they were only running at about $30 a
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    Crocs Nursing shoes

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I see you're in Michigan.... is there a Foley's or any May store around? (Lord & Taylor, Hecht's, Meier & Frank, Famous-Barr, The Jones Store, Robinsons-May, Filene's, Kaufmann's,...
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    Need a funny nursing poem..

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to cheripa's topic in General Nursing

    if you go to the student nurse forum, there is a student nurse prayer somewhere on there.... this is the link to the post.... there are at least two prayer's on this thread... mabye they'll apply??...
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    Need online pathophysiology class

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to DDRN4me's topic in General Students

    I don't know if I would personally take patho online. This class I found EXTREMELY hard, and I went to class each day and took so many notes that my arm hurt and I could barely write for my next...
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    Stethoscope Diaphragm Covers

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to traumamedic's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Chad, I have a stethoscope by DRG that only uses the Safe Seal Diaphragm's as the diaphragm.... I have no hard diaphragm on my stethoscope. I can take BP's and get normal results with is......
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    Drug information website-any suggestions?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    don't know if you own a PDA or not, but I have one and I have downloaded EpocratesRx to it.... I can't remember the site, but if you google it, you'll find it. I think it's a great resource, and so...
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    TB skin test...a reaction??

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to LindseyLou2222's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I always seem to get a localized red, itchy reaction with every TB test I get, but they always come back negative, even if the irritation is still present. The bruise kinda concerns me. It seems to me...
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    Kind of gross...but fever blisters

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    unfortunatly, it sounds like you have cold sores, which is a variant of the herpes virus. They can and usually are caused by stress, and sometimes too much exposure to sunlight or food allergies. If...
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    Lpn To Rn?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to JLWLPN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm pretty sure my school offers this type of program, and it might be online.... I'm not for sure. I attend Wright State which is in Dayton. Sorry, but I have no idea where Canal Winchester is. Let...
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    ? for those of you who have a research class...

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to mitchsmom's topic in General Students

    My class isn't that hard, it's just hard stuff to grasp, if that makes any sense. I think because the subject is pretty boring, it makes it hard to understand. It is real hard for me to make myself...
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    I want a yellow stethoscope, know where I can find one?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Kyriaka, you can always have yours engraved on the metal part with your