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  1. Prerequisites

    nurseprnRN replied to Blessed_FA_RN's topic in Western Governors University

    Isn't WGU online only and for people who already have licensure obtained by a program fulfilling BON requirements for student hours in clinical rotations? You couldn't do an entry-level program in...

  2. Your worst nightmare

    nurseprnRN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    If this really occurred, it wouldn't be in the US and wouldn't be recent. You'd never get away with having a copy of a patient chart here, because even if it exonerated you, you'd get slammed for...

  3. Craziest vitals on a person who lived?

    nurseprnRN replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in college I went to the Red Cross regularly to donate-- it was sort of a family tradition. Being a healthy young woman I usually ran a systolic in the 80s. After awhile they learned that...

  4. Rationale for taking apical pulse prior to trach suctioning

    nurseprnRN replied to jena5111's topic in General Students

    I'd always eyeball the HR doing anything that might be stressful to see if there was any untoward effect. I think most everybody would do the same, given the opportunity. But you know what? I think...

  5. Craziest vitals on a person who lived?

    nurseprnRN replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a critical care clin spec in the ICU we got a transfer from the med/surg/tele floor of a guy who kept dropping his heart rate to mid-20's whenever they moved him. When he rolled in and we...

  6. How do you get to Blue from the mobile app?

    nurseprnRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    {{{klone}}} Take

  7. Is nursing for me?

    nurseprnRN replied to Uz25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ever planning on having your own children? Trust me. Their diapers and spit-ups will be just like every other child's.

  8. Be a nurse or not?! HELP ME PLEASE!

    nurseprnRN replied to ENT RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I so clearly remember the day when, as a new nurse aide, I had to take a tongue blade and collect a stool sample from a bedpan. It was weird. But you know what? I hardly remember any more such...

  9. Family issue..Thoughts?

    nurseprnRN replied to jrabbit619's topic in General Students

    Horseshoe is so right. When I was in therapy around the time of the end of my first marriage, my goals were simple: to figure out why I got embroiled in such a poor relationship in the first place, to...

  10. Graduate Nursing schools with no GRE

    nurseprnRN replied to kamododragon's topic in General Students

    I have no idea why you're scared of the GRE. Didn't you have to take PSATs, SATs, and other standardized tests as you came along? I certainly did, and I found that my scores were about the same in all...

  11. Can you fail Nclex ending on a sata?

    nurseprnRN replied to sas026's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ... and without spending lotsa bucks in review courses. HOnest. Chill out. You'll know in a few

  12. Case Study Help!!!!!

    nurseprnRN replied to kiah89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This assignment is more about you than that aide, as I am sure you understand. So what do you, the nurse, know about scope of practice and autonomy in judgment of the people to whom you delegate? Can...

  13. Hi! I need three nurses to answer a question for an assignment.

    nurseprnRN replied to allylorell's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Critical thinking involves the ability to pull in many different things to help see what's going on in a broader perspective. Again, the point if this assignment is only partly to expand your...

  14. Clinicals and walking boot

    nurseprnRN replied to deej394's topic in General Students

    I have worked in a lot of hospitals and not one would allow anyone to work with a walking cast, splint, or boot after a fracture no matter where it was sustained. I got to one winter working agency...

  15. Graduate Nursing schools with no GRE

    nurseprnRN replied to kamododragon's topic in General Students

    Have you searched out all the programs that interest you to see what they require yet? Seems like that would be putting the horse before the cart, IMHO. Good

  16. I Want To Support My Pre-Nursing Student Girlfriend. Please Help!

    nurseprnRN replied to Fredled's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And clean the bathroom and wash the towels and sheets so she NEVER has to. That's worth its weight in gold right

  17. High anxiety

    nurseprnRN replied to B0yMomX2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Learn the difference between "need" and "want," and make sure your children understand it too. I used to say, "I don't have money for that," which was the truth. I might have had money in my wallet,...

  18. A&P Muscles - Origin, Insertion, and Function

    nurseprnRN replied to augurey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your favorite mega online bookseller has the Anatomy Coloring Book AND the Physiology Coloring Book. Excellent resources. get the hard copies, not the online versions, because the extra pathways in...

  19. Question for your med/surg instructor

    nurseprnRN replied to blackribbon's topic in General Students

    What you say in your charting is, "Hypoactive/normal/hyperactive bowel sounds heard in LUQ." You don't have to make a medical diagnosis, but you do give data that can be compared to later assessments...

  20. Priority-setting questions are fun

    nurseprnRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    All, I got this question as a PM from a student who wanted to know the justification for the answer to an exam prep question. This is a slightly longer answer than I sent her because I was on a mobile...

  21. Peds Math...help!

    nurseprnRN replied to ashmora_009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The question is, is the dose as prescribed and prepared a safe dose? All you need to do is take the safe range per kg (50 to 200 mg), multiply it by the number of kg (18) to get the 24-hour min and...

  22. Priority-setting questions are fun

    nurseprnRN replied to nurseprnRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am sorry not to have seen this earlier, because these questions are classics...and because you will see something very like them many times when you come in to work. In my opinion, the insulin...

  23. I can't find anything online about the high failure rate of canadian graduate nurses nclex

    nurseprnRN replied to trsh12321's topic in General Students

    "Most" students do not take review courses, and they pass because they did learn what they should have in their educational

  24. NCLEX Practice Question Help

    nurseprnRN replied to strawberri24's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good thinking, and an exemplar for how to think through a problem by applying what you know. Again another example of how knowing why is more important than merely memorizing data

  25. How do I research getting a BSN when I already have a BA? What is that program called?

    nurseprnRN replied to OrangeMarigold's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Accelerated BSN is one term. If your BA didn't include a lot of sciences, you'll have to take all those, so you might not be saving a ton of time except for Gen Ed