AliNajaCat

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  1. Catching something from patients?

    AliNajaCat replied to Peteypab's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you're in the washroom at the gas station (Mobil has really clean ones around here-- I know where every one is for 60 miles in all directions) you will wash your hands...but what if the person in...

  2. HELP! Threats to call BON!

    AliNajaCat replied to Nechic01's topic in General Nursing

    "Investigated" is not the same as "...and found to be a bad person." If you were investigated for felonious conduct (yours) or drugs or being drunk at work, yes, you would have to say so. You can also...

  3. Online RN

    AliNajaCat replied to Smerillatlpn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It is not possible to get a nursing education completely online. There are no shortcuts, because to sit for the licensure exam (RN is a license, not a degree) you have to have graduated from a program...

  4. Dear Nursing Students: We Need to Talk About Homework Help

    AliNajaCat replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Bumping again, since the long weekend has more people asking for homework help. Perhaps we could all take turns in bumping it once a week for the rest of the school

  5. Back to school - credit for AP scores?

    AliNajaCat replied to diannasawyer's topic in General Students

    UMass should be able to tell you if they will accept fifteen-year-old credits for anything. I"m guessing not,

  6. School and sterile gloving

    AliNajaCat replied to XalieHealbot's topic in General Students

    I liked the video, but noticed immediately he contaminated the fingers of the right glove. Watch it again and you'll see that he touched the inside edges of the paper packet with his hands, then when...

  7. Strange stethoscope question

    AliNajaCat replied to Username invalid's topic in General Students

    I have a terrific Littman and the head fell off the tubing within about a month of my getting it. Although Littman is really excellent about standing by their products, I figured I'd just fix it...

  8. Creative RN Degree Route Options

    AliNajaCat replied to rootedandadrift's topic in General Students

    The state boards of nursing decide what number of classroom and clinical hours, and what topics, a program must teach in order to have its grads able to take NCLEX in the state. Some may have more,...

  9. Nursing School questions..

    AliNajaCat replied to carmelruth's topic in General Students

    No, phlebotomy will translate into ONE nursing skill, and even that may not work out, because so many places have IV teams and you'll hardly ever have to cannulate (not just stick) a vein. If you do...

  10. help with apa citation of article

    AliNajaCat replied to roc23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And you always add the date the thing was retrieved, because if it changes, your reader can use the Wayback Machine (a real thing) to see what it was the date you retrieved

  11. I have not a clue on this impossible math problem

    AliNajaCat replied to bsnursing2018's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Gtt factor means "drops in one cc." That should get you where you need to go. :) And a unit of PRBCs is more like 250 cc. Hardly anybody gives whole blood anymore-- it's better to break it down into...

  12. Acid-Base Explanation Needed

    AliNajaCat replied to js2016's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Completely agree that at sea level, nobody will have a PaO2 > about 100 without supplemental oxygen. I won't bore you with the equation, even though it's actually not that complicated to...

  13. Facial Drooping in Adolescent

    AliNajaCat replied to Tencat25's topic in School

    IsTHATwhat'sgoingon!Metoo,andwhatapainitis! But I did discover that if you hit "return" and start over on the next line, it heals spontaneously-- it's a miracle! (Is there a patron saint for...

  14. Facial Drooping in Adolescent

    AliNajaCat replied to Tencat25's topic in School

    That would be CN VII, facial nerve. But good memory

  15. Did you choose nursing because it was your "calling"?

    AliNajaCat replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Students

    OMG, has this one come round again? Save some time and go to this link and check out the MANY threads that have beat this horse to death many times over. It's a job, it's a holy calling, whatEVS. As...

  16. Nursing School questions..

    AliNajaCat replied to carmelruth's topic in General Students

    I took a year off from college after my freshman year and did CNA work full-time for 15 months, then part time for my next two years of college, including full time summers and every vacation. My...

  17. I need help with clinical

    AliNajaCat replied to PokoMan's topic in General Students

    OK, you nailed it in your original post. So you wanted an opinion as to....what, exactly? Whatever you planned to do this upcoming long weekend besides Thanksgiving dinner with family, cancel it....

  18. Classmate Failed Out :(

    AliNajaCat replied to GhostlyClouds's topic in General Students

    This is just the beginning. Also, realize that while other students may think that a peer may be a great nurse, they have no real-life basis for comparison or perspective. Yep, this is just the...

  19. DNP Online ;Chamberlain vs. Grand Canyon U

    AliNajaCat replied to vokaybo's topic in General Students

    Not a grad. But my general advice would be...go to a real school. Online looks enticing, a short-cut, easy, and easier to get admitted to, so attractive to a certain subset of people. However. Online...

  20. Help with A&P situation

    AliNajaCat replied to neuron's topic in General Students

    Let us review. {{Dang, I can't make those bolds go away, and I didn't ask for them in the first place. Sorry.}} OK, so you were only concerned about one question. We told you you will see more and...

  21. Seeking Interview with Infection Control Nurse!

    AliNajaCat replied to Bharatpur14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'll bet there are infection control nurses where you are. You'll probably get extra points for finding someone in another system that you can compare to the responses your classmates get from someone...

  22. Acid-Base Explanation Needed

    AliNajaCat replied to js2016's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not to throw a monkey wrench in here, but I disagree with your characterization of 7.36 as acidotic and your bicarb of 27 as normal. All the references I have show normals as pH 7.35 - 7.45 PaCO2 35...

  23. Seeking Interview with Infection Control Nurse!

    AliNajaCat replied to Bharatpur14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Call the local hospital and talk to a real live person you know is in the field. Every hospital has an infection control nurse. Before you talk to her/him, take the trouble to prepare and look up the...

  24. Nursing Diagnosis help

    AliNajaCat replied to nursingstudent987667's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OK, let's see if we can't tease this out. You don't have to come up with anything originally here, because, lucky for you, the profession of nursing is evidence-based and all the validated related...

  25. Could any RN answer these questions for my school project?

    AliNajaCat replied to juliabidles's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Call the local hospital nursing education department, the public health department, the college health clinic, the parish nursing folks, the public school nurse...make a date for coffee and a chat....