SkateBetty

SkateBetty specializes in CVICU.

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1. Confused evaluating RN to BSN online programs

   SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Have just discovered that although the University of WI schools are grouping the RN to BSN's together under the titles I posted above they each still have separate requirements in their general ed...

2. Confused evaluating RN to BSN online programs

   SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I'm glad you directed me back to UW Green Bay, and it is back on my list. Actually, it appears they have combined the UW system into a single online program called BSN@Home (for Wisconsinites), and...

3. Confused evaluating RN to BSN online programs

   SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Thanks for posting spreadsheet! I don't know why there are not more programs to choose from that have lower in-state tuition in WI. I'm still looking though. I have about 4K I can spend a year...

4. Confused evaluating RN to BSN online programs

   SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Oh, interesting. I live in Wisconsin. For some reason I can't remember I ruled them out. I'll have to look back and re-consider. I think it's because, like so many programs, I'll have to do a lot...

5. Confused evaluating RN to BSN online programs

   SkateBetty posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

   OK, so the range of requirements, coursework, and price-tags from one program to the next has my head spinning! :confused: Chamberlain has such an excellent reputation, and with only 14 courses...

6. Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences...FHCHS RN-BSN

   SkateBetty replied to MereSanity's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Does anybody know if a lab is required for Chemistry? I've had Chem with no lab

7. Online RN to BSN through Texas Tech

   SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Would you all say this program is appropriate for a busy, full-time working mother wanting to take classes part-time? Or is it better for someone that can be a full-time student? Thank you,

8. Online RN to BSN through Texas Tech

   SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Thank you so much for

9. Online RN to BSN through Texas Tech

   SkateBetty posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

   Is anyone working on the online RN to BSN from Texax Tech? Is it really as short and inexpensive as the website makes it sound? Any details or opinions about the program would be

10. RN to BSN Program

    SkateBetty replied to Aneroo's topic in General Students

    I am

11. Art-Line System

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    That's the one. It's made by Hospira, and is the Transpac IV Monitoring Kit with Safeset Reservoir. I so appreciate useful replies, rather than those that waste time with heckling mockery. Thank...

12. CVP and PAD

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Alright, that rationale makes a lot of sense! Thanks for the reply. The reason we don't wedge, as a regular practice, is because the PAD closely approximates the PCWP, and there is a risk for the...

13. Art-Line System

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    This system is similar to, but not the one I am looking for.

14. Reasoning against pushing meds through a-line?

    SkateBetty replied to mummer43's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Also, arteries are end-points, and meds are more likely to sit there, locally, causing ischemia, before they are finally taken back up through capillaries and distributed centrally where they are...

15. Reasoning against pushing meds through a-line?

    SkateBetty replied to mummer43's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Arteries are anatomically different than veins, and have a layer of muscle. They are more likely to spasm when drugs are administered into them, which can cause tissue