AliNajaCat

AliNajaCat

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  1. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    AliNajaCat replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    Independent consultant practice, cases all over the country, >$250/hr. Gives me a lot of flexibility to work shorter hours, worth more than money to

  2. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    AliNajaCat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I just saw this one again-- faze/phase. Your kid is going through a rough phase, a period of time; you aren't fazed by it because you survived her older sister's

  3. Falsifying documentation

    AliNajaCat replied to jigi888's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure your documentation is good. "Left foot Kerlix wrap removed, medial malleolus Telfa dry and intact; lateral malleolus Telfa saturated with serous drainage; no dressing on hallux, serous...

  4. Masters Program - Clinical Nurse Leader

    AliNajaCat replied to Robin.Hood1986's topic in General Students

    Wait.... you're going to enter a clinical nurse leadership MN program and you aren't even a nurse yet? No matter what they call it, somebody who has never worked a day as a licensed graduate nurse...

  5. Starting clinicals - Question

    AliNajaCat replied to Philly85's topic in General Students

    This link does not work. However I did find this, on the TX BoN FAQ site at Texas Board of Nursing - Education FAQ Are students practicing under the faculty member's license during clinical learning...

  6. Starting clinicals - Question

    AliNajaCat replied to Philly85's topic in General Students

    This link does not work. http://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tl...

  7. Service dogs in interviews

    AliNajaCat replied to emmafleur18's topic in General Students

    Just a tiny clarification of the previous post. The ADA prevents an employer from firing an employee who has a disability as long as the worker can perform the essential functions of the job with...

  8. Starting clinicals - Question

    AliNajaCat replied to Philly85's topic in General Students

    Citation from the relevant regulation, please. Even TX should know better than that. I know of no NPA (nurse practice act) that allows an RN to delegate RN practice to an unlicensed person except as...

  9. Am I good enough?

    AliNajaCat replied to enfermera21's topic in General Students

    Why would they grant an exception for this

  10. First code experience

    AliNajaCat replied to emmjayy's topic in General Students

    I once had a student who was enormously affected by a death on the floor in the SNF where we had clinicals---of a patient he wasn't caring for, whom none of his classmates were caring for, and whom...

  11. Starting clinicals - Question

    AliNajaCat replied to Philly85's topic in General Students

    No, no, a thousand times no. Students do not "work under" somebody else's license, whether it's a clinical instructor or a preceptor. Students are legal adults and work under their own scope of...

  12. Tips for personal essay!

    AliNajaCat replied to enfermera21's topic in General Students

    If you didn't learn how to write an essay (which has a particular format, i.e., required element) when you took high school English, here are two good references to get you started. We obviously...

  13. Really need help with electrolytes and fluids

    AliNajaCat replied to freckles23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes-- normal range for K+ is in the single digits, where Na+ is in the three-digit

  14. Standard NCLEX labs?

    AliNajaCat replied to ArceusAlpha's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Remember that NCLEX is not a test of memorized data points. More than anything, it's a test of your ability to critically think about the data points they give you so you can decide what you, the...

  15. RN-BSN Grading Scale

    AliNajaCat replied to whitemage's topic in General Students

    I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I'm not sure it makes any difference. Go, do as well as you can, pass, take NCLEX, pass, done. ("Scale" is different from "minimal passing grade,"

  16. What nursing field do you think is easiest and hardest?

    AliNajaCat replied to Tinkx RN's topic in General Students

    Hardest is the one you dislike the most. Easiest is the one you love the best. This is one reason you will rotate through all the major specialties in nursing school, to give you some

  17. math calculation help

    AliNajaCat replied to nurse2bbetty1989's topic in General Students

    Another way to look at questions like this, before you even start in with equations, is to think in your head what they have already told you. So: If there are 10,000 units in 500cc, how many units...

  18. My Phobia

    AliNajaCat replied to Lisa2.0's topic in General Students

    Yep. If it helps, here are two really nice little books to give you some perspective: 1) "Everyone Poops," by Taro Gomi. Everyone Poops (My Body Science Series): Taro Gomi, Amanda Mayer Stinchecum:...

  19. Really need help with electrolytes and fluids

    AliNajaCat replied to freckles23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did you read those posts above, the ones with a bazillion "likes"? You will certainly see people with hyponatremia and hypernatremia in the ER. You'll see hyper- and hypokalemia too. Remember: most...

  20. What is the goal of medical nutrition therapy?

    AliNajaCat replied to rroberts762736's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am sure that you will find that homework question answer in a very early paragraph in your nursing textbook or nutrition textbook. Check the index. You can copy it from there, not from us. Or.......

  21. Risk for infection vs infection? Need help with nursing diagnoses.

    AliNajaCat replied to 83STEIN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nursing diagnosis: Risk for infection (Domain 11, safety and protection; Class 1, infection) Definition: Vulnerable to invasion and multiplication of pathogenic organisms, which may compromise...

  22. i need some opinionated advice

    AliNajaCat replied to misspy's topic in General Students

    You don't mention financial constraints, but if you have a bachelor's in anything you will find it very hard, if not impossible, to get financial aid for a second one. I agree about the convoluted...

  23. Drug screen discrimination

    AliNajaCat replied to Steven46304's topic in General Students

    But .... what about my strainer? I'm a Pastafarian. Would I have to take it off to pee in the

  24. How Long Did It Take For You To Learn Your Study Style?

    AliNajaCat replied to Shookclays's topic in General Students

    I used to hand out "note-taking outlines" for my lecture classes. That way they didn't have to write so much, and they had a structure to use to fill in gaps from further study or review materials. It...

  25. RN vs. Lpn

    AliNajaCat replied to emerriwe's topic in General Nursing

    The ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice can be had for short money on Amazon. While it isn't a state-specific document, most states have boosted huge hunks of it verbatim. Also it's binding...