BrendanO

BrendanO MSN, RN

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  1. Is there something wrong with me?

    BrendanO replied to Txp12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Similar to what several pp said, you might be appearing overconfident in your abilities. You're not being hired for your leadership skills; it's an entry-level position. When I was a hiring manager,...

  2. Defaming other nurses

    BrendanO replied to NurseMonica87's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's not defamation if it's true. As pp said, anyone with internet access can look up someone's nursing license on the public website for your state's professional licensing agency. An official...

  3. How to survive first year nursing

    BrendanO replied to annieelu's topic in General Students

    Yup, university-level classes are much harder than most high schools! Are the PowerPoint slide sets covering material that is not in your book? In all of my classes, the ppts were 90% material from...

  4. Academic advisor gave me inconsistent advice and I don't know what to think or do

    BrendanO replied to adriana12995's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How many schools have you earned college credit from? Your dual-enrollment classes are counting towards your institutional GPA? What science classes did you take in dual-credit programs, and what...

  5. IV Infusion Calculation - Please HELP!

    BrendanO replied to brains090's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You've got a typo in either the problem or your solution for the infusion time. Is it 20 or 30 minutes? Also, check your total volume to be infused. Are you sure it's 50 mL

  6. IV Infusion Calculation - Please HELP!

    BrendanO replied to brains090's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How do you think you solve it? If you can calculate the mL/min correctly, you only need to multiply by the gtt/mL to get the correct

  7. Can Text Convay Enough

    BrendanO replied to Reigh7's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I'm a recovering academic; I can't help my vocabulary and complicated sentence

  8. Doctors without Borders refusing free Pfizer vaccines

    BrendanO replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Seems like MSF is trading the opportunity to get 1 million doses free for the ability to get unlimited doses at a highly discounted price. They'd also be securing the discount for other NGOs and...

  9. Pre-nursing advice -- Stress, boredom, emotional health

    BrendanO replied to edolan's topic in General Students

    Sorry to hear you're struggling. I found the muscular and skeletal systems to be the "boring" parts of A&P. I suspect it'll get more interesting to you once you get to more complicated systems...

  10. Can Text Convay Enough

    BrendanO replied to Reigh7's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHA

  11. Can Text Convay Enough

    BrendanO replied to Reigh7's topic in General Nursing

    There's no emotional deficiency in the skillfully-crafted written word compared to the spoken word. Affect can be more than adequately conveyed in writing by a thoughtful author. However, it is...

  12. Manual Blood Pressure HELP

    BrendanO replied to Squidney's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How different are the pressures between when you hear the light taps and the louder thumps? Normally, systolic would be measured at the first audible Korotkoff sound. The problem is to determine...

  13. Need suggestions - Studying while driving

    BrendanO replied to Rionoir's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah, if you have an electronic version of your textbook available, you can have use text-to-speech to have it read to you (though this can be hard to understand/hilarious for scientific words). There...

  14. Direct Entry MSN Programs DePaul, Rush, Elmhurst

    BrendanO replied to catforhan's topic in General Students

    How long ago did you finish your BA? I just got in to Rush with an undergrad GPA of 2.88, but I finished my BA in way back in 1997. NursingCAS will recalculate your overall GPA to include any...

  15. Semester Hours Completion?

    BrendanO replied to MarjinWai's topic in General Students

    I had a terrible for my first two years in college, and I just got into a direct-entry MSN/RN program. You can definitely recover from the indiscretions of youth! That said, caliotter3 gave you the...

  16. Hurricane Matthew Relief

    BrendanO replied to ColeRN5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm not sure what the exact demand is right now, but two organizations that I'd recommend are: Project Medishare | Volunteer and Volunteer at the Haitian Health Foundation | Haitian NGO I've been...

  17. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    BrendanO replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't like the "other duties as assigned" parts of your job, have you considered trying to organize a collective bargaining unit at your workplace? That can go a long way toward eliminating...

  18. Alternate Applicant Questions

    BrendanO replied to Tnt036's topic in General Students

    Is the wait list ranked? Some schools give you an idea of where you stand in the alternate pool. You could try asking

  19. Psychomotor skills

    BrendanO replied to enfermeratobe's topic in General Students

    Practice, practice, practice. Do you have access to a simulation lab at all? If not, try to practice on your friends! Go through the pantomime of doing every skill you feel nervous about in a setting...

  20. Medical Assistant/ NREMT Certification

    BrendanO replied to funsizedprenurse's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    How many questions did you get on the NREMT? That can tell you how far you were from passing (potentially). Since you have experience in the medical field, I'd venture a guess that your exam...

  21. Scared of being rejected from nursing school...

    BrendanO replied to futurecoloradonurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Does UNC require/allow submission of standardized test scores to help support an otherwise weaker academic record? I'm pretty sure my high GREs did a lot to make up for my sub-3.0 undergrad GPA when I...

  22. Taking Anatomy and Physiology Classes at the Same Time

    BrendanO replied to DomoniqueH's topic in General Students

    Are you sure you A&P is a pre-requisite for Microbiology at your school? At mine, the only pre-req for Micro was Gen Bio 1. To your question, it depends on what else you have going on and how...

  23. Hurricane Matthew Relief

    BrendanO replied to ColeRN5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, I've only worked with groups in

  24. Hurricane Matthew Relief

    BrendanO replied to ColeRN5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Are you looking in the US, or for Haiti or the

  25. Is age an advantage or disadvantage for nursing school?

    BrendanO replied to Liveinthemoment's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What kind of nursing program? 4-year BSN? 2-year BSN? ADN? There are advantages and disadvantages to being in school at a young age. Good thing: you'll be earning a living early in life, if you manage...