ChristineN BSN, RN

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    Misinterpreted lab values ?

    ChristineN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    What about how to calculate an ANC? For BUN/Creat you could include GFR and explain how the declining GFR relates to stages of renal failure My personal pet peve is a sed rate. I used to work with a...
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    Best/Worst list of Emergency Nursing

    ChristineN replied to hardworkinmama's topic in Emergency

    Best: The sense of teamwork among nurses Helping a pt make it through a critical situation Knowing I will learn/see new things everyday Worst: Knowing that we can be swamped and pts will just keep...
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    Previous IV Drug User

    ChristineN replied to studentbear's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have no advice but wanted to say congrats on 3 years clean! That is a great
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    Just how do we find preceptors?

    ChristineN replied to ChristineN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

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    What Is The Shift You Will Never Forget?

    ChristineN replied to bsartor's topic in General Nursing

    My most unforgettable shift was when I was working a pediatric step-down unit. We had 3 DKA pts on the unit, which was our norm, all of which required frequent assessments and hourly labs. It was...
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    new RN Grad with NP questions

    ChristineN replied to alltheway2013's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Depends. Do the programs that you are looking into offer RN-BSN or just MSN programs? It is financially cheaper to do RN-MSN but not all schools offer that. I did my RN-BSN first, and despite...
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    School advice for teenage daughter?

    ChristineN replied to e.r.r.n.9498's topic in Virginia Nursing

    What is your daughter's reason for wanting to attend a for-profit school? Have you explained to your daughter that on top of being over priced that her credits might not transfer to a RN-BSN
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    Resource Pools

    ChristineN replied to ezecowboy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    : Hey, I was a float pool RN for 2 1/2 years and loved it. At my facility float pool nurses were not required to work weekend shifts at all, as long as they worked 2 night shifts a schedule (or they...
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    Just how do we find preceptors?

    ChristineN replied to ChristineN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am attending LaSalle University and they make us find are own. My understanding from reading on all nurses that that while some schools will set up clinicals for you, there are many that expect you...
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    Why does it seem that working for a magnet hospital is a bad thing?

    ChristineN replied to pre-nurseshan's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at truly amazing magnet facilities (like my current one) and magnet facilities that did not deserve to be called magnet (former employer). At my current job nurses are very involved in...
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    So I passed my second semester, but I can't be a LPN

    ChristineN replied to truckinusa's topic in General Students

    Your non-nursing classes like A&P or nutrition might transfer but schools typically do not accept nursing credits from other
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    So I passed my second semester, but I can't be a LPN

    ChristineN replied to truckinusa's topic in General Students

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    The LEAST critically ill kid you've cared for in PICU :)

    ChristineN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Not a PICU nurse but used to float to PICU at my hospital and we admit kids to PICU daily that don't need a PICU bed. It is a waste of resources but unfortunately our PICU is seldom full and our peds...
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    So I passed my second semester, but I can't be a LPN

    ChristineN replied to truckinusa's topic in General Students

    Why are you trying to rush things? It sounds like you only have one semester
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    Is it okay to tell a patient to not disrespect you

    ChristineN replied to lolakbolak's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For the situation you described I probably would not have said anything. However I have had pts cursing me out and throwing things at me. In that situation I told the pt that her behavior was...
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    How hard to pay off 50k debt on a nurses salary?

    ChristineN replied to BOSS man's topic in General Nursing

    My husband has student loan payments that are $600/month, and he was paying that much before we got married. My husband bring in around 2k a month so about one week's pay goes toward student loans....
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    Housing problem for next week's assignment

    ChristineN replied to blackeyedsusan's topic in Travel

    While it is great that your recruiter was able to work with you, I really doubt it was going to take you over an hour to get to work from the Alexandria place. The apartment complex on my street in...
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    Umm...again, how many weeks of orientation?

    ChristineN replied to jrsRN07's topic in Long Term Acute Care

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    If you have a bad left shoulder, is being a CNA an option?

    ChristineN replied to pmabraham's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As someone else that suffers degenerative arthritis in my shoulder secondary to injuries sustained as a tech, this is great advice. Motrin and hot packs have been great to help me get through the day...
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    Dobhoff Tube Insertion

    ChristineN replied to infirmiere77's topic in General Nursing

    At my current hospital it must be inserted by physician only and placement must be confirmed by x-ray. Confirmation of placement is only accepted when the x-ray has been read by a radiology attending...
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    I said nothing; family, friends or a job will stop me from being a nurse

    ChristineN replied to rportee0's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There are part-time and PRN cna jobs out there which may be more convenient for a student's schedule. I personally work full-time as a tech throughout my nursing program, graduated, and managed to...
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    Foreign Transplants

    ChristineN replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in General Nursing

    Woah. I wasn't trying to critical but merely trying to provide some
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    Foreign Transplants

    ChristineN replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, if you do some research you will see that they are now doing live lung donor transplants, where one person gives a lobe of their lung to someone else. From the cases I have read about it...
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    Septic from Venepunture

    ChristineN replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen pts go septic from PIV's that were not changed out but never from just
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    Question about heparin

    ChristineN replied to SGroRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I would still give it, but I don't think you are wrong to be questioning. I have had liver pts with bleeding issues ordered Heparin that the docs later realized was a mistake. I think a lot of...