Rosa2Little

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1. Preferred Nursing Shoe?

   Rosa2Little replied to Linz8's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I have the Dansko Marcelle (Mary Jane) and they are great. I also have the Sonja and the Professional -- which can bother my instep after a long day ( I have a somewhat wide foot and a high in-step)....

2. Weird habits you've picked up since starting Nursing school

   Rosa2Little replied to Kiringat's topic in General Students

   Driving down the highway and reading medical acronyms in the license plates... oh look there's THR followed by a DVT! Ironic? Or perhaps I've been studying a wee bit too

3. Too nice to be a nurse?

   Rosa2Little replied to law3576's topic in General Students

   "You're too nice to be a nurse"??! I say we add this to the stupid statements people make, like "you are so smart, you ought to be a doctor". Go right on, being nice, smart, caring, efficient, etc......

4. Help with a med calculation.

   Rosa2Little replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

   Flow rate (gtt/min) is used if you are regulating the IV infusion by gravity. If you are using a pump, you simply set the pump to ml/hr. You have 50 ml (includes the 1 g of Ancef that is required)...

5. Report Sheets

   Rosa2Little replied to Kaydee's topic in General Students

   Hi Daytonite, I really like the doc you are working on. Good Flow. I would add in code status, and precautions/safety issues. On the meds part, a nursing considerations column would be nice....

6. What kind of study area do you have/use???

   Rosa2Little replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Students

   I bought the Mikael corner workstation from Ikea yesterday. I just finished setting up. So far, I think it will work well. I'm so excited to have some space of my

7. Funny video - StudyBack

   Rosa2Little replied to group_theory's topic in General Students

   Thanks! I needed a laugh this

8. What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

   Rosa2Little replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

   Perhaps I am being too optimistic as to the skill set of today's student nurses (but I hope not). I will say that for the future of the nursing profession, these skills should be obtained either...

9. 100% dosage calculations?

   Rosa2Little replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

   If you were the patient and your nurse had to mix and draw up your insulin, what % of the time would you expect his/her calculations to be correct? Just another way of thinking about

10. What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

    Rosa2Little replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    Learning to be part of a group -- managing a project, alternately leading and following is an important part of life (I might also add the importance of solid public speaking skills to the mix). As a...

11. What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

    Rosa2Little replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    of course. you will sometimes have co-workers, clients and even bosses who are less than pleasurable to deal with. you smile, roll up your sleeves and deal with it -- the adversity should remain...

12. What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

    Rosa2Little replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    With all due respect, the difference between nursing school projects and real world projects, is that in the real world if a team member is not pulling their weight and they do not produce, they will...

13. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Rosa2Little replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am currently doing the BSN program full-time after leaving the high tech field. The program at my school allows me to take up to 3 grad level classes that will count toward my master's as well....

14. Wild Color Stethoscope?

    Rosa2Little replied to tofutti's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    There's enough seriousness on the hospital floor that can't be helped. Why not give your patients something to smile

15. The evil reign of PowerPoint Lectures

    Rosa2Little replied to agoodusername's topic in General Students

    PowerPoint can be a great tool, if it is used to augment the material. When professors simply read from the slides, or worse, have a slide show comprised of the tables or boxes that are in the text,...