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    Catheter dummy in school

    nurse4theplanet replied to ToryAdore's topic in Emergency

    you mean you had MALE dummies for practicing catheterization??? Wow. We only had females (some had male faces haha) and the lady partsl area was nothing more detailed than if you cut a half inch...
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    Contemplating CRNA..advice?

    nurse4theplanet posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Well, I have mulled around on this board for awhile now and I only recently learned what a CRNA is...up until last semester I had not even known they existed. Up until a two years ago, I had never...
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    Contemplating CRNA..advice?

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I completely understand the difference in the two routes. I have shadowed a CRNA in the OR. And I have detailed knowledge on what being a nurse educator entails. I am worried about the competitive...
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    What can you just NOT take?

    nurse4theplanet replied to Jerico's topic in General Nursing

    there was a good thread about this about a month ago, but I don't remember the title. for me its vomit. I am a sympathetic vomitter....just thinking about it will make me gag and if I see it or smell...
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    Addressing patients?

    nurse4theplanet replied to CanopyCindy's topic in General Nursing

    same as you...MR/MRS so and so and I say I am Brittney, your SN... then once a therapeutic relationship has been established, I let the patient take the lead. They may say, call me so and so. And...
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    DNR...is there a grey area?

    nurse4theplanet replied to yankeesrule's topic in General Nursing

    that's a good question and I would sure like the answer. Seems to me if they were dying because they had aspirated as opposed to their disease process, then you would be obligated to do everything...
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    Contemplating CRNA..advice?

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Is that a master's or post master's
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    Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You are soooo right. It is the same for all nursing routes, I think. In my ADN...The *program* is two years but my pre-req's were two years as well and I have been able to get all my BSN pre-req's...
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    I Wannt NANDA diagnosis list plzz

    nurse4theplanet replied to Nursing Eyes's topic in General Students

    The list from 1996 is ten years old now but nearly identical to the current list. It should serve you just fine. Use the websites also listed in this thread. If you have any specific care plan...
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    Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I hate it when this topic gets brought up but I can never keep my mouth shut...it's like sticking a box full of chocolates in front up me...I just can resist. Nursing is a very special feild and I...
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    Contemplating CRNA..advice?

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    ASU is 30K+ and UT is elusive on their website about tuition and fees so I expect it to be possibly higher. I understand that there are student loans, grants, etc. I am less worried about funding my...
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    Question about getting into ICU.

    nurse4theplanet replied to JTinSC's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am in an ADN program and working as a nurse tech in the ICU. Sometimes they let me float down to the CCU for the experience. Once I graduate, they have a 6 month new grad orientation program that...
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    Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    or please seek mental
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    I Wannt NANDA diagnosis list plzz

    nurse4theplanet replied to Nursing Eyes's topic in General Students

    Okay, I found the link to the new/revised diagnosis. Still don't have the complete list but this is what is different from the 2004-2005 version: New and Revised Nursing Diagnoses Approved at the...
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    Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    First, I want to clarify that I don't think those without a previous degree have nothing to lose, as I am one of those students. I just appears from the attitude/dedication of my fellow classmates...
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    I Wannt NANDA diagnosis list plzz

    nurse4theplanet replied to Nursing Eyes's topic in General Students

    Each year the NANDA diagnoses are review and revised (if they are so inclined). There are 5 New Nursing Diagnoses and 3 Revisions in the 2005-2006 Edition. I don't have a copy of the text however....
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    16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

    nurse4theplanet replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    hmmmm...is there a surplus of nurses down there? I am just curious because of the low wage and not using agency/LPNs. We are soooo shorthanded, a little less than half our nurses are LPNs and the...
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    16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

    nurse4theplanet replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    i don't live in that area, i live much further north. Our techs make 16 base and new grads start out at 19-22 depending on
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    16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

    nurse4theplanet replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, that is the states general avg. I live right by Memphis and a small house in a decent neighborhood is going to run you 1300 a month...a decent size house is almost 2000. But if you go about 45...
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    Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    having a few college hours under your belt and having a completed four year degree are not the same, imo. we had a heated discussion about this in my nursing class which is a traditional program....
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    Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I just don't see how a year is enough time either. Heck, I am going twice that long and still feel like I am merely scraping the surface. Hopefully these programs are structured a little more...
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    Nursing Student Unlawfully Removed from School

    nurse4theplanet replied to RobInAlabama's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly why the OP should follow his institution's greivence process and then seek legal advice if he is not successful. This is truly a sticky situation which involves a multitude of...
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    Nursing Student Unlawfully Removed from School

    nurse4theplanet replied to RobInAlabama's topic in General Nursing

    the only info I found were vague regulations for the school being recognized by the board and for the student's scope of practice...but nothing pertaining to the policies pertinent to what has been...
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    Does this article prove that BSN nurses are safer than ASN?

    nurse4theplanet replied to Roland's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    totally agree with SMK...too many unnamed variables to form an opinion on this study, and one study does not prove nor disprove anything. The patients must have similar history/current illness which I...
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    Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    nurse4theplanet replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye! Here are mine (and I am not a nurse yet) 1- dont put foreign objects in orfices that are meant to be exit only because they will get stuck 2- if...