SkateBetty

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  1. 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

  2. Prior Florida RN's now residing in Wisconsin

    SkateBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear prior Floridians, I am graduating with an AS next month, and our family has intent to move to Wisconsin as soon as possible afterwards. Today I visited the WI DRL website, and have questions...

  3. Nicely Organized Report Sheet

    SkateBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    So far I haven't found just the right thing for taking report. I need a full page form for each patient because I write kind of big, with a place for everything. Please, could you put yours out there,...

  4. 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...

  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. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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

  10. 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,

  11. Online RN to BSN through Texas Tech

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Thank you so much for

  12. UW Hospital RN's in Madison, give me the gouge!

    SkateBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    In just a few short weeks I graduate with an AS in nursing, and am considering the UW Health "New to Practice" program for new RN's. If you've been through the program, have knowledge of it, or are...

  13. Your Employer - Are You In For The Long-Haul?

    SkateBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am planning to move in the next year, and have not yet settled on a location, although I have criteria in mind, such as which employer I choose, what the climate of the region is, cost of living,...

  14. RN to BSN Program

    SkateBetty replied to Aneroo's topic in General Students

    I am

  15. CVP and PAD

    SkateBetty posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Why should the CVP never be higher than the PAD? We do not wedge our patients, but use the PAD instead to approximate the PAWP. If the PAD is lower than the CVP what may be the cause, and how do you...

  16. Art-Line System

    SkateBetty posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Does anybody know the brand name of the arterial line system that has the reservoir for the waste built into it, so you can draw back the waste, then re-infuse it back into the patient instead of...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. 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.

  20. 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...

  21. 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

  22. Book for CV-ICU

    SkateBetty replied to CoCo612's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ditto on the Kathy White Fast Facts book. 100% applicable reference for critical care nurses. I use it every

  23. What do you like about CVICU/CCU?

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

    Autonomy - you have to think on your feet, move quickly, and make important decisions on the fly, and you better know your stuff because it's no game. Fixing a patient on the fly with medicines is...

  24. My Hands Are A Mess! Which Lotion?

    SkateBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    Naturally, I wash often, and use the gel going in and out of every room. I might get to use lotion about 3/4 way through my night-shift when it's time to sit down and chart, but inevitably a patient...

  25. Ideas for Career Day, 2nd-Graders?

    SkateBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'll be presenting for a group of 40 second-graders tomorrow, and need some ideas! I tried to get one of those devices you use to check for germs after hand-washing but couldn't find one. What can I...