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  1. Accelerated Bsn For 2nd Degree Students

    lifeLONGstudent replied to kkat4049's topic in Texas Nursing

    just graduated from tcu - 15 month accelerated bsn. compressed is the correct description... an accelerated bsn is definately not a shortcut. you will study your butt off, but you can do it. i...

  2. Medical Technologist program Ft Worth

    lifeLONGstudent replied to mama_flora's topic in Texas Nursing

    Don't get me wrong... I loved the job, but just hated the stuff that went with it (especially the lack of pay & respect). I'm a GN - currently studying for NCLEX. Plan to start the Parkland...

  3. 1 year ICU schools

    lifeLONGstudent replied to mammothsnw's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    100% of the people who don't apply.... don't get in. check out the info for yourself. look at the requirements for each school and you know what aana says (1 year). you don't get any extra little gold...

  4. Medical Technologist program Ft Worth

    lifeLONGstudent replied to mama_flora's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi, I WAS a MT... and I went through TSU for my last year (MT school in Fort Worth - near All Saints). To get a MT degree, you take about 100 - 120 hours at a university (in my case, UNT) and then...

  5. eating our young?

    lifeLONGstudent replied to happytobehere's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Maybe the older, more experienced nurses are not transfering into ICU because they are not willing to put up with the crappy attitudes that they get from the "experienced" $35/hour ICU nurses. So,...

  6. only 1 year of experience

    lifeLONGstudent replied to jessicah67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    for all you who applied after 1 yr experience: i am finishing my accelerated bsn in 3 weeks. i want to apply to crna school in a year. how did you guys discuss your intentions with your boss without...

  7. On ethics and consideration

    lifeLONGstudent replied to Just a CRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    therefore, this post grew out of the reality that many prospective students are accepted into more than one program. it also came from the knowledge that programs do a lot of work in advance to...

  8. Plantar Facitis-Heel Pain, help!

    lifeLONGstudent replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    I too have PF. This is what I have found: 1 - weight loss (in my case).. nursing school has really packed on the pounds :-( ... OK, so I packed them on, but the stress of school did not help. 2 -...

  9. This is really cool

    lifeLONGstudent replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm just subscribing to make it easy to find the www. I am 1 month, 14 days out from graduation (BSN)... will have to check out those web sites when I have free time on my

  10. Swan Lines

    lifeLONGstudent replied to 2ndChance's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    just curious - don't most CRNA programs want you to be CCRN? You would need to know about Swans for hemodynamics info on CCRN exam -

  11. anesthesia clipboard

    lifeLONGstudent replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    .... just subscribing to the thread so I will have the info when the time

  12. Who knew that a med tech = MD

    lifeLONGstudent replied to nursesaideBen's topic in General Nursing

    --- that would help get rid of some of the confusion and it more accurately reflects what we are and what we do!we, medical technologists, work in the lab running tests and have been called "med...

  13. Texas Health Resources online application

    lifeLONGstudent replied to grapejuice01's topic in Texas Nursing

    I just got hired at a THR facility, start orientation on 5/22 (am in my last semester of an accelerated BSN). I found the THR online application frustrating. I had problems with the computer accepting...

  14. My love for financial aid offices...

    lifeLONGstudent replied to birthmamaew's topic in Post Graduate Students

  15. early s/sx of your cardiac pts going bad?

    lifeLONGstudent posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi all: I looked over the last 5-6 pages on this thread and didn't see this question, so forgive me if it is a repeat, but here goes: What are some of the earliest (and later) s/sx that your...

  16. Horned Frog Roll Call

    lifeLONGstudent replied to darienblythe79's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    hey fellow frogs: mind if i ask what your backgrounds are? lifelongstudent tcu bsn grad in 3 months, 13

  17. So you are about to start clinicals...

    lifeLONGstudent replied to Just a CRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    my remedy to decrease the oversleep: 1. set alarm clock first 2. set cell phone alarm clock about 4 minutes past the alarm clock time. my cell phone will hold 3 wakeups times. 3. set pda alarm as...

  18. Book: Nurse Anesthesia SECRETS

    lifeLONGstudent replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Just replying (subscribing) so I can look up the books ya'll recommended when the time comes (and when I have extra money again). Thanks for the recommendations,

  19. Has anyone ever assisted in a roadside emergency?

    lifeLONGstudent replied to c5150b's topic in General Nursing

    "there were about 40 people standing around watching, half of them were screaming at me to do cpr. um, people, she's breathing and she has a pulse, i'm not going to perform cpr. i wish i knew how...

  20. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

    lifeLONGstudent replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey, just a thought, but maybe it really didn't have anything to do with "to use Lido or not".... maybe it was "this is how I do it and so therefore THAT IS THE BEST WAY... you need to always do it my...

  21. Bnp

    lifeLONGstudent replied to steelydanfan's topic in Cardiac

    I guesss I have been seeing it too many times in pt.s in whom the diagnosis was pretty clear via H&P and wanted to know if I was missing something in re: treatment modalities. Since the BNP...

  22. anyone waiting to hear from TCU- accelerated BSN program?

    lifeLONGstudent replied to premedturnednursing's topic in Texas Nursing

    hey ya'll, i am in the program now (we are the second abt class) and i can tell you that they (dr. l and dr. w -- cannot use names here on the website) say that they have narrowed it to about 30....

  23. hypercalcemia question

    lifeLONGstudent replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    heart and focker -- awesome explanations. I can memorize the s/sx of hypo/hyperCa, but I really want to understand WHY and you nailed it. thanks

  24. Bone Marrow Biopsy

    lifeLONGstudent replied to accent's topic in Oncology

    Just my opinions and what I have learned from experience: To the people (docs) who don't offer meds, I would like to see them go through a BMBX without meds. I don't think that is humane. I have...

  25. what stethescope do you recommend

    lifeLONGstudent posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    CCU nurses, What stethescope are you using and would you recommend it? I am starting BSN school soon and will need one. The cheap ones hurt my ears and I am contemplating getting a mediocre one now...