bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. Is nursing school realistic

    bgxyrnf replied to MeAnurse?'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If by "realistic" you mean quitting your stable, well-benefited job to go to undertake a course of study in which you have previously struggled even before your academic skills atrophied, my answer...

  2. Two sciences at once??

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

    These posts make me shake my head. I think any bright, competent student can successfully take multiple rigorous classes in one term. In fact, I believe that it should be the expectation of aspiring...

  3. Seasoned Nurses VS Newbie Nurses

    bgxyrnf replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Admittedly. They sound very cool... and another thing that I wish I'd been involved in inventing. I love elegant

  4. Seasoned Nurses VS Newbie Nurses

    bgxyrnf replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I'm old school... a dial-a-flow and a pressure

  5. Seasoned Nurses VS Newbie Nurses

    bgxyrnf replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    From an experienced nurse to a new grad: What you're going to follow are the orders of the physician running the

  6. Why Can't I Get a Job?

    bgxyrnf replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I always joke with the gamers: "If you enjoy that PS4/X-box, you have people like me to thank for it... feeding quarters into the Pong machine at the pizza parlor and buying a home version (hockey...

  7. Doppler during Code

    bgxyrnf replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in General Nursing

    Palpation, capnography, doppler, bedside ultrasound... they are all simply tools to provide as much information as possible to a clinician running a code. Each supplies different information and...

  8. Electrolyte Diagram: Ca Mg K P Na

    bgxyrnf replied to K-Tanz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    @schnem23, since the OP only hung around for a couple months and hasn't been by for going on four years, I'll post the file that they originally shared. Electrolyte

  9. Why Can't I Get a Job?

    bgxyrnf replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I don't think it's a question of whether you *could* but rather just how long you *would*. It likely also includes elements of just how efficient you would be at various roles compared to other...

  10. Which of following patients is at highest risk for fluid overload?

    bgxyrnf replied to disenchanted1's topic in General Students

    I don't know, man... I think he's thoroughly

  11. Moving to California...

    bgxyrnf replied to futureRN_22's topic in California Nursing

    With Kaiser, it's the money and the health insurance (presuming, that is, that you want their system). With UC, it's the experience of the academic medical center as well as good retirement

  12. Evaluation scaries

    bgxyrnf replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think the general behavior of the BRNs and the extortion industries that pop up around them is shameful. If we presume that most of the people caught up in this web suffer from substance abuse...

  13. Moving to California...

    bgxyrnf replied to futureRN_22's topic in California Nursing

    Well, it's 10 years out but I graduated into the breaking wave of the new-grad glut and I managed to stay in NorCal by getting a job at a little critical-access hospital. The pay sucked and the...

  14. To airway or not?

    bgxyrnf replied to Tonyia524's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Weird... double post... and one it won't let me edit while the other shows as blank. Java jumble or hypertext

  15. To airway or not?

    bgxyrnf replied to Tonyia524's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    About the only way that it won't be airway is if either (a) that's not a listed option, or (b) the airway is clearly demonstrated to be intact. For example, an ambulance is delivering a trauma...

  16. To airway or not?

    bgxyrnf replied to Tonyia524's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    About the only way that it won't be airway is if either (a) that's not a listed option, or (b) the airway is clearly demonstrated to be intact. For example, an ambulance is delivering a trauma...

  17. Which of following patients is at highest risk for fluid overload?

    bgxyrnf replied to disenchanted1's topic in General Students

    @ Sunnysideup1: Of more importance than the actual answer is why that answer is the best. Do you understand the rationale behind #1 being the best

  18. Why Can't I Get a Job?

    bgxyrnf replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Here's the thing about age... It's not the number of hours on the airframe, it's how much maintenance and modernization has been done. I am a solid 53 and yet people routinely think I'm much...

  19. Thermometer? Looking for cost Effective and Reliable

    bgxyrnf replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    I own four digital thermometers... Filac 3000 WelchAllyn SureTemp Plus (1 w/ an oral/axillary probe and one w/ a rectal probe) Exergen TAT-5000 I have a few comments and observations: 1) The Filac and...

  20. Nursing school vs price? Which is more important?

    bgxyrnf replied to Kaitlyn.w's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In terms of reputation, where you go to school is of little consideration. As well, what you might consider a top-notch program may not, in fact, be terribly well-regarded by the bedside nurses who...

  21. Rapid Response

    bgxyrnf replied to TinkerBellaRN's topic in General Specialties

    In our hospital we have a team of nurses who provide a wide range of services including in-house CCT, problem-solving support to the inpatient floors with various issues and tasks, conscious...

  22. Dosage calculations

    bgxyrnf replied to SROBISON1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Brad, I beg to differ. As written, they are not mathematically equivalent.30 mg/(kg*day) is equivalent to 30 mg/kg/day... Conceptually, I think it makes more sense to think of it as (30

  23. Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    bgxyrnf replied to Courtney M's topic in General Students

    You don't need to love it. I certainly didn't love nursing school and I didn't find it to be terribly challenging. It did require consistent effort but it wasn't very

  24. The Death Spectrum: A new(ish) ER nurse's perspective

    bgxyrnf replied to rldubz's topic in General Nursing

    I think on the spectrum of good to bad, ED deaths tend toward the bad. They're often messy and often unexpected, and more likely to have been someone who was healthy and functional shortly before our...

  25. Pearson Vue Trick RN

    bgxyrnf replied to hmmaiii's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think you should relax and actively work on not thinking about - let alone perseverating on - the results until you have the opportunity to know.The odds are better than 90% that you passed... and...