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  1. Bnp

    Guitar_Heroine replied to steelydanfan's topic in Cardiac

    I was wondering the same thing. I was looking it up in my lab book today because a patient of mine had high results and it says "...The BNP test is rarely done because patient history, physical...

  2. Moving to Spokane

    Guitar_Heroine replied to Lynn216's topic in Washington Nursing

    I would def check out the posts by lindarn, who I'm sure will reply and tell you to stay the hell away from Sacred Heart I'm a student there now and the staff has been great to work with, but those...

  3. Anyone have any experience with allergy testing?

    Guitar_Heroine replied to mandana's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know much about allergy testing, but I do know at the hospital I work at they can now do the tests via a blood sample instead of having to do the skin

  4. Giving meds in clinicals

    Guitar_Heroine replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    We start passing meds a few weeks into our first semester. We also take pharmacology first semester and must pass a math test and demonstrate medication administration in a one-on-one scenario with...

  5. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    Guitar_Heroine replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just a student... but one day in class before a test our teacher instructed us to make sure we turned our vibrators off! She meant on our cell phones but the poor thing turned bright red as the class...

  6. z track for all IM's?

    Guitar_Heroine posted a topic in General Nursing

    My nursing school taught us to use the z-track technique for all IM injections although I've read from many people who were taught to use it only for staining injections like iron. (We were also...

  7. Is it absolutly neccasry to swap out the needle after I draw it?

    Guitar_Heroine replied to bjware's topic in General Nursing

    Would you mind elaborating about technique? I wasn't taught anything more than to use a "smooth darting motion" and of course pinching for sub-q and z-track for IM. Are there more tricks to it? I ask...

  8. How did you get through your first bed bath?

    Guitar_Heroine replied to Nesher's topic in General Students

    I'm in my first semester of nursing school and for our first couple weeks our clinical instructor had us work in pairs. It helped a lot because we weren't that adept at assisting patients yet, so what...

  9. Nursing school making me sick

    Guitar_Heroine replied to Maisie's topic in General Students

    I think nursing school is making me sick too. I'm in my seventh week and ever since starting I've felt nauseous and vomit almost every morning after breakfast before leaving for

  10. Has anyone taken a music class as a pre-req

    Guitar_Heroine replied to RMA2RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Can you maybe get a copy of the syllabus to check it out? I started out as a music major so the music classes were easy for me, but I thought the classes for nonmajors (humanities credits) would be...

  11. Love it or rather die?

    Guitar_Heroine replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For some reason I loved organic chem. I think because it was so sequential and organized. Love A&P too. Hated my nutrition class and micro (both were lousy teachers though so that's probably

  12. What are your favorite "school supplies"

    Guitar_Heroine replied to SDNurseWannabe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I absolutely love office supplies! I have so many pens around here! My favorite/most useful school supply has been notecards and those loose rings similar to the ones on binders. I make my notecards...

  13. Bi Polar disorder??

    Guitar_Heroine replied to cramble's topic in Psychiatric

    If you're really interested, I would strongly suggest the works of Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychiatrist with bipolar. I really like An Unquiet Mind - a memoir and Night Falls Fast - dealing with...

  14. Paying back student loans...

    Guitar_Heroine replied to AdamRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just glad to hear I'm not the only one in this boat. I'll graduate with my BSN after 6 years of college too, with comparable debt. It stresses me out so bad but everyone tells me it's the best...

  15. Nose Piercing

    Guitar_Heroine replied to TypicalFish's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For our clinicals we're only allowed to have two lobe piercings in our ears and no facial piercings. So I had to lose 3 ear piercings and my eyebrow piercing. Sad But I can see where it could make...

  16. So... best PDA software?

    Guitar_Heroine posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've decided to splurge on a PDA, but looking at software is overwhelming with all the different drug databases, etc. (Do you need the general one AND the psych one?? Which general is best?) What do...

  17. Question on a Mental Health exam today. Please help.

    Guitar_Heroine replied to blondiii's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well... all I know is when I'm manic, my caregivers are really careful to set limits. And I'm in love with everyone. lol. I think B is the best

  18. RNS with depression - r u out there?

    Guitar_Heroine replied to zacsmimi's topic in Psychiatric

    I can't answer your questions except to tell you my experiences. I, too, have rapid reactions to ssri's. I'm dxd bipolar, but if I miss two days in a row I start to slip into depression and can tell...

  19. What's the most popluar Microbiology textbook?

    Guitar_Heroine replied to rhp123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We used Tortora

  20. Co-Worker Threatening Suicide

    Guitar_Heroine replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with you. While she may be bipolar, these are not bipolar traits. If anything I would venture to suspect BPD, as a former psych major with bipolar

  21. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    Guitar_Heroine replied to straba's topic in General Students

    Just accepted to the Intercollegiate College of Nursing in Spokane, WA. So

  22. Co-Worker Threatening Suicide

    Guitar_Heroine replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    She sounds borderline. Better safe than sorry though. If she's make outright threats of suicide I would call 911. Maybe go to someone trusted at work, but get someone else involved. It's too much for...

  23. warning about TB test and vaccinations

    Guitar_Heroine replied to Maisie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Can't you get the Tb test redone? It seems like a cheaper and easier alternative to an X-Ray. Good to know though. I got my tetorifice with the Tb and had to go somewhere else for chicken pox but I...

  24. for those that are done with a&p and chem

    Guitar_Heroine replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would suggest taking chem before A&P. It will help you better understand all that physiology better! I know people who tried to take them together and they had a tough time. It's better to have...

  25. SANE in WA

    Guitar_Heroine replied to cop2nurse's topic in Forensic

    I may be biased, but an EXCELLENT nursing school in WA is the Intercollegiate College of Nursing. The website is