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  1. Failed nursing class need help

    nurseprnRN replied to mecha-sorah's topic in General Students

    What part of "hospitals won't care" was hard to

  2. Isotonic, Hypotonic and Hypertonic IV solutions

    nurseprnRN replied to jneeley's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It was when you said this: It is not possible to mix two hypotonic solutions and come up with an isotonic one. Just ... not. There is no such thing as an osmolarity as an entity. Osmolarity is a...

  3. Educator pay vs. floor nurse pay

    nurseprnRN replied to Aurora77's topic in General Nursing

    Stand your ground for getting at least your present

  4. Had my first intetview, think I bombed some questions. Pick my answers apart please!

    nurseprnRN replied to Kam999's topic in General Nursing

    If you observe a breach in sterile technique you have to intervene right then to protect the patient. You can say, "Your glove isn't sterile there, it touched the sheet," or whatever. You cannot allow...

  5. O2 sat monitor question

    nurseprnRN replied to createun's topic in General Nursing

    Another consideration-- if the pt was NPO for all this screwing around, he's a bit on the dehydrated side. Add chilly rooms, a bit of endogenous catecholamines from fear, and you've got peripheral...

  6. TLC clotted over...

    nurseprnRN replied to muscledriver's topic in General Nursing

    I had a junkie once who loved him his central line. Nice big line, all right there, no screwing around with a tourniquet and arm

  7. Failed nursing class need help

    nurseprnRN replied to mecha-sorah's topic in General Students

    Honest answers to questions about things like this go a long way. No hospital will give a damn. Graduated from a real school? Passed NCLEX? All they need to know. As to grad school down the road,...

  8. How to calculate for "how much remains after X-Hours?"

    nurseprnRN replied to ChooSoul's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She did give the rate. It says, "50ml over two hours." If you can't do that in your head and come up with "25cc/hour" I don't think we can help you. I think some of your problem is that you aren't...

  9. Chemo administration question?

    nurseprnRN replied to mq316mq316's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And please, please, please learn to use paragraphs. And punctuation. And English words. And avoid abbreviations you don't define. I had an incredibly hard time figuring out what you were...

  10. Letter, to Myself

    nurseprnRN replied to Crew2Nursing's topic in General Students

    And be prepared to chuckle a little bit about the earnestness and flowery language about being a nurse, caring, dedication, passion, selflessness, and all that, resembling your admissions essay. This...

  11. Bullied by Clinical Instructor

    nurseprnRN replied to dorkiexcici's topic in General Students

    In some places it's illegal to record someone without permission. One skill you can use later when you run into abusive people is to say, "One moment, please," and pull in a witness. "Thank you. Could...

  12. I Need Help/Advice Please

    nurseprnRN replied to valliloves's topic in General Students

    It's gonna take you five years no matter which one you do, realistically. Do the BSN all at once and be done with it. You'll need it anyway; no

  13. nursing diagnosis prioritization

    nurseprnRN replied to celiafabrega's topic in General Students

    Prioritizing medical diagnoses is one thing. No breathing, no heartbeat, no circulation= no patient, dead person. Everything else sorta follows after that, and you can make your own choices and be...

  14. IV Certification online course in CA

    nurseprnRN replied to Nurse Chef's topic in General Students

    It's a hard thing for many people to learn. What makes you think it would be any easier-- or ought to be, just for you? If the school would accept an online didactic part of the program and then...

  15. Switching to health science

    nurseprnRN replied to sabrina17's topic in General Students

    But see, the thing is, that you are taking two pieces of data and making more out of it that they warrant. Your syllogism, as you present it, goes something like this: You aren't happy in your present...

  16. NCLEX- how many attempts is too many?

    nurseprnRN replied to dinah77's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The "you" in those posts does not refer to any one individual; it's a common conversational shortcut. If we used British English, I'd say "one," as in, "If one can't pass ... take care of one's...

  17. New Nursing School Blues

    nurseprnRN replied to nurse2324's topic in General Students

    There are a few lessons to be learned here, some of which may or may not apply to you personally, but that may well find their marks in others reading this. CNAs are often the students instructors...

  18. Possibly Odd Question

    nurseprnRN replied to want2b3's topic in General Students

    In my continuing crusade to get all nurses (and AllNurses) to give a more accurate vision of nursing to eliminate the word "orders" and all its connotations of superior/inferior, boss/functionary,...

  19. The B word. Again!

    nurseprnRN replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    So that picture of the path to our woodshed? It's 2/3 full of snow that came in since midnight (it's almost 2pm and has mostly stopped coming down now). And the driveway is 3-4 feet deep AGAIN. Our...

  20. NCLEX- how many attempts is too many?

    nurseprnRN replied to dinah77's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    And it's ok with you that they'll be taking care of your mom or your child? Ummm, no. Can't pass the minimum competency for being a nurse within three months of ending your education -- after which...

  21. I Have The Time and Other Lies

    nurseprnRN replied to Preeps's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And is therefore in violation of the nurse practice act, which mandates that the nurse be honest in all communication. This isn't optional or nice-to-have. Have them put that in their pipes and smoke...

  22. new device...a little rant

    nurseprnRN replied to jmtndl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but your fears are misplaced. This is a ventricular assist device that takes some of the workload off a failing left ventricle (spelling) and is usually used as a bridge to transplant for someone...

  23. The B word. Again!

    nurseprnRN replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    We have four cats, one of which is a real outdoors gal. She has been in and out about six times today, the last one coming in covered with snow and the buckle on her collar really icy cold. I think...

  24. My TCU CPR policy

    nurseprnRN replied to unsaint77's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There is a long thread in here somewhere about a woman resident in an ALF who went there specifically because she did not want to be resuscitated when her time came, and her family agreed with her....

  25. Loans for Daycare

    nurseprnRN replied to mag2124141's topic in General Students

    I got a check from the bank for my loan for grad school. Nobody asked me what I was going to spend it on, and a good hunk of it went to daycare. I figured that in when I decided how much to ask