madninjaskillz

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1. When would you see D5 .45% NS w/ KCL used?

   madninjaskillz replied to jlevnajic's topic in Infusion

   I saw this used to treat hypokalemia in an elderly male patient with paralytic ileus s/p xlap sigmoidectomy. For three or four days after surgery, he was vomiting bilious gastric contents and his K was 3.1 when I saw him receiving D5 1/2NS KCl.

2. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

   madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

   Hi Macyymace -- Yes, volunteer at the hospital. You'll learn so much. Sometimes hospitals take a long time to onboard volunteers. You could look into volunteering for a hospice. If you're in Orange County, PM me and I'll give you the name of the hos...

3. USF MSN CNL non nurse spring 2018

   madninjaskillz replied to 5AAB's topic in School Programs

   Hi -- someone posted on the Fall 2017 forum about tips for the application. I was recently admitted and just started school. I think the best advice I could give is to read some literature about the CNL role (google: "AACN clinical nurse leader"), an...

4. Concordia University Irvine, ABSN Summer 2017

   madninjaskillz replied to helenma's topic in School Programs

   Thanks @Chadabees. New to California and learning my "geography". Thanks tons.

5. Concordia University Irvine, ABSN Summer 2017

   madninjaskillz replied to helenma's topic in School Programs

   @sulagana -- What's PCC and GCC? Thank you.

6. Concordia Irvine 2017

   madninjaskillz replied to LuckyMoon's topic in School Programs

   There's a PM group, too.

7. Concordia Irvine 2017

   madninjaskillz replied to LuckyMoon's topic in School Programs

   At 11AM I received an email invitation to interview on Friday, July 14, in the afternoon. See you guys there. Took me a little bit to find a photo that they requested. I used picmonkey.com to format it to their spec's (600 pixels x 600 pixels). See ...

8. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

   madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

   thank you, hritchie13!

9. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

   madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

   Congrats to those who were accepted. I was waitlisted. Please, do you know the deadline for accepting your offers or paying deposits? Curious what the timing is of when I might hear back -- if some turn down the offers. Thanks guys.

10. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

    madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

    Yes; I've been signed up for a while. It doesn't capture everything (it shows letter size mail only).

11. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

    madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

    i signed up for USPS's informed delivery digest -- an email preview of letter-size mail that will be delivered later that day. Maybe you guys will be interested, too. Here's a link. Informed Delivery® - FAQ

12. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

    madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

    mine is still the same as it was on april 15th.

13. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

    madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

    hritchie -- maybe they're notifying in batches or alphabetically. let's not lose hope!! i'm at the end of the alphabet. maybe someone got to the M's or whatever and then whoops it was 4:59PM -- time to go home.

14. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

    madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

    @achu920 thank you. hope it means you were accepted. thanks for responding.

15. USF MSN-CNL, Orange County, non-nurse Fall 2017

    madninjaskillz replied to rcarney's topic in School Programs

    @roseiro12 and @achu920 ... just to clarify... you have a different status than: APPLICATION STATUS: SUBMITTED Submitted Date: 4/14/2017 9:12:00 AM EST APPLICATION COMPLETE - TO BE REVIEWED AFTER DEADLINE ?