ANRN2B

ANRN2B

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  1. Please help, almost 2 years and no job!

    ANRN2B replied to cc8671's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Central Pa diploma program person here. Almost all grads are offered positions at the hospital, and the local Penn State campus is where we complete our 1 year RN to BSN program. Starting rate is...

  2. Dosage Calculation Question

    ANRN2B posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm having a problem with the following question: Order: Pepcid (famotidine) 20mg IVPB q. 12h. The label on the 4ml. vial reads 10mg/mL. The manufacturer recommends adding the famotidine to 50mL of...

  3. Dosage Calculation Question

    ANRN2B replied to ANRN2B's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, Don! You hit on what I did eventually figure out, that your total mL will be 52, not 54 because the order is for 20mg, not 40mg. I knew there was something I was missing at first, it just...

  4. Dosage Calculation Question

    ANRN2B replied to ANRN2B's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I think I may have figured it out. A microdrop set equals 60gtt/min. So I have taken 54ml x 60gtt/min and divided that by 60 min. to come with an answer of 54gtt/min. I'm still not 100% sure...

  5. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    ANRN2B replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Stargazer, if I was assigned as your student nurse I would consider myself very fortunate indeed. You really seem to get where us students are coming from. It's not a matter of laziness, or...

  6. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    ANRN2B replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is this thread seriously for real? Nurses getting upset over the fact that students won't break the rules?? Wow... This has nothing to do with not being motivated, not wanting to take charge of my...

  7. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    ANRN2B replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We risk the same fate. For as much as I would love to assist and learn new tasks, I will not take the chance of getting in trouble or getting kicked out of my program. My instructor has made it VERY...

  8. I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    ANRN2B replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would like this 1,000 times if I

  9. I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    ANRN2B replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Did I miss some details along the way? How does "sharing a chair" suddenly become "making

  10. I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    ANRN2B replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks! :) By the way, I'm not a new grad.

  11. I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    ANRN2B replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For all we HONESTLY, TRULY know is.....absolutely nothing. This whole story could be made up in an attempt to yet again down the "young, pretty"

  12. 4 steps of the nursing process?

    ANRN2B replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Planning outcome and evaluation is in there as well. Check out chapters 5 and

  13. Best Type of Watch for Clinical Sites?

    ANRN2B replied to SweetSouthernLove's topic in General Students

    I know exactly which Snoopy watch you are talking about and I have wanted one ever since I was a kid! Haven't got one yet

  14. My poor husband

    ANRN2B replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    ..........Thanks for

  15. Great tips for studying... review syllabus first!!

    ANRN2B replied to isa_salud's topic in General Students

    I see. I attended public school in the 80's and we basically had three choices, the academic course work, business course work, or vocational training. We were never given a syllabus of any kind. I...

  16. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    ANRN2B replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a depressed, rural area where the average wage falls roughly between minimum wage and $12.00/hr. for the majority. The cost of the average home is around $90,000. Once I successfully...

  17. Great tips for studying... review syllabus first!!

    ANRN2B replied to isa_salud's topic in General Students

    Do they utilize syllabi in primary education now? It's been 25 years since I've attended and don't have kids so I seriously do not know. What I find shameful is a lack of education in regards to...

  18. Great tips for studying... review syllabus first!!

    ANRN2B replied to isa_salud's topic in General Students

    I'm hoping we'll receive our syllabus next Monday so I can do the very same thing. The sooner I can see my first semester more or less laid out before me, the sooner I can get a grip on my new student...

  19. Should I quit my job, sell my house and sail to Hawaii?

    ANRN2B replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh, ok, I get it now! Just a lighthearted thread of friendly banter that goes BOTH ways. Silly me, from the looks of those first several threads I thought this was yet another demeaning thread...

  20. Should I quit my job, sell my house and sail to Hawaii?

    ANRN2B replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    What is up with the need for posters to constantly be downing other posters on this forum? Every day is another post belittling others behavior. So some people don't use proper English...or they...

  21. Financial Independence And Nursing

    ANRN2B replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother stayed at home with her children till I believe the youngest was in high school, then spent the rest of her working years as a textile factory worker. She retired at age 65. My pappy...

  22. The Start of a New School Year

    ANRN2B replied to RN403's topic in General Students

    Thank you for this. It helped to calm the nerves of this soon to be nursing

  23. Fall 2014

    ANRN2B replied to MrsSmith06's topic in General Students

    Starting September 8th!! Good luck everyone!

  24. Tips for Surviving the 1st Semester of Nursing School

    ANRN2B replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    Starting in September

  25. Staying afloat on a nurse's salary?

    ANRN2B replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    As long as your monthly income exceeds your monthly expenses, it's really VERY simple. Add up all monthly expenses and divide by 2 if you are paid biweekly, 4 if you are paid weekly. This amount is...