bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. New nurse: I get no respect

    bgxyrnf replied to Nurse326's topic in Emergency

    So an honest response from someone who's been around the block a time or two isn't what you were looking for. You clearly have no interest in hearing feedback from an experienced perspective. So be...

  2. Nurses who don't have the "passion"

    bgxyrnf replied to My_toe_sis's topic in General Nursing

    My motivation makes it sinful, despite the fact that I do an outstanding job and am regularly praised by my patients for being attentive and energetic in my care? The profit motive and doing a good...

  3. Nurses who don't have the "passion"

    bgxyrnf replied to My_toe_sis's topic in General Nursing

    I started nursing because it offers a stable job with solid pay and benefits; I no longer need to worry about being laid off and I get paid for my extra hours, something that never happened in my...

  4. so embarrassed...

    bgxyrnf replied to kesia123a's topic in General Students

    I don't think I saw anybody mention it, perhaps because it should go without saying, but... Have you spoken to your teachers about this? You don't need to provide any details but explain your needs...

  5. so embarrassed...

    bgxyrnf replied to kesia123a's topic in General Students

    It's not medical advice, it's nutritional

  6. IV infusion

    bgxyrnf replied to sara2016's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It shouldn't take but a few minutes to look up compatibilities in a drug guide (Davis's being the gold standard, imo). Generally speaking, antibiotics have limited compatibilities, particularly with...

  7. Pharmacology Help

    bgxyrnf replied to pammydawn1121's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I found Lippincott's Illustrated Review of Pharmacology to be very useful for the fundamentals and flashcards built off of the ATI review to memorize the details. If you're not using ATI in your...

  8. Want to be a nursing student, but too dumb at maths!!

    bgxyrnf replied to glittermoomin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The maths required for nursing are rudimentary and can be self-taught, if necessary, though are much more easily learned under the guidance of a tutor. The specific topics to cover are the...

  9. TNCC

    bgxyrnf replied to bear14's topic in Emergency

    TNCC is just a continuing education class, analogous to

  10. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    bgxyrnf replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    But it is a regional colloquialism and universally understood. I'm not even from the South (NorCal born and raised) and I use y'all routinely. It's something that I started doing when I first studied...

  11. New nurse: I get no respect

    bgxyrnf replied to Nurse326's topic in Emergency

    So here's the thing... When you are standing there watching, it is entirely appropriate to have someone direct you to obtain supplies... and that is how you learn where to find everything. Bypassing...

  12. Is Nursing School " Hard?" Would You do it Over Again?

    bgxyrnf replied to injured1's topic in General Students

    It really wasn't that hard. The material isn't conceptually difficult and is taught at a fairly superficial level. Perhaps the most challenging part of nursing school was attending to the voluminous...

  13. Is it normal that my school doesn't teach us IVs?

    bgxyrnf replied to Annie_1101's topic in General Students

    I attended an accelerated DEMSN program and we were taught IV skills in labs and would practice them on each other after clinicals. I didn't become competent until I'd been working for a few months,...

  14. dosage calculation question

    bgxyrnf replied to nursingbug's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Of course it's correct. 0.5g = 500mg You had 500 mg in 10 mL and then added another 100 mL to end up with 500 mg in 110

  15. Nursing Calculations

    bgxyrnf replied to Cmmc911's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Actually, pre-algebra... 6th grade covered it for my

  16. titers

    bgxyrnf replied to KellyVT's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My titers also came back positive after having been vaxed in college 25 year

  17. Trouble with med question

    bgxyrnf replied to LaBellaVita's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    All of which simply demonstrates why S.I. units are greatly preferred over Imperial units of

  18. what is death

    bgxyrnf replied to mexx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Academic death is the failure to attain tenure, often because of the failure to publish."Publish or

  19. PT/INR Test

    bgxyrnf replied to TingT's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If the PT is normal at 11-14s then it's essentially normal at 14.6s which is only 4% beyond the high limit. I would interpret these as unremarkable

  20. Nursing Student with a few questions

    bgxyrnf replied to Nurse2bQuestions27's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There continues to be a huge influx of people into nursing because of the low barrier to entry and the outstanding compensation that can be found. Economics 101 indicates that this will inevitably...

  21. Which job should I take while in nursing school?

    bgxyrnf replied to Ariana214's topic in General Students

    The job is likely to provide you a foot in the door. If you really want to be a peds nurse, take the peds job and make it work. To me, it's a simple

  22. Am I wrong from refusing to help a friend?

    bgxyrnf replied to Neywel120's topic in General Students

    Your friend is well on her way to flunking out of school and even if you were to dedicate yourself to helping her, you can't prevent that from happening. Prioritize your studies above all things and...

  23. ACLS Certification

    bgxyrnf replied to Java Mama's topic in General Nursing

    Our EMR orders explicitly say "EKG," not "ECG." I'm not sure I've ever heard a doc of any flavor refer to it as anything but "EKG" which isn't surprising given how strongly the field of medicine...

  24. ACLS Certification

    bgxyrnf replied to Java Mama's topic in General Nursing

    Ewww.... I just noticed the typo...It's not SUPERventricular... which would mean exceedingly powerful, rapid ventricular beats It's SUPRAventricular... as in the origin being above the ventricles....

  25. ACLS Certification

    bgxyrnf replied to Java Mama's topic in General Nursing

    The place to start is with the emergent: Ventricular tachycardia (VT, Vtach) Ventricular fibrillation (VF, Vfib) 3rd degree block Superventricular tachycardia (SVT) Atrial fibrillation with rapid...