CuriousMe

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  1. Does this math make sense to you?

    CuriousMe replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    wow, it hurt my head just to read that.....I'll stick to DA

  2. Does this math make sense to you?

    CuriousMe replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    Here's how I set it up: 1000mg/250 mL X 13 mL/60min X 1000mcg/1 mg = 866.66667mcg/min Then divide that by the 72 kg and you get 12

  3. Can someone explain how a study group is at all effective?

    CuriousMe replied to bhanson's topic in General Students

    I learn the material on my own, but then get together with a small group. Many of us were big in to making our own flash cards, so we'd go through all our different sets, then go through NCLEX...

  4. Any advice on how to get a critical care spot as a new grad?

    CuriousMe replied to b4may14's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our school doesn't take the HESI, we do take the ATI, do you know if they'd look at that instead? I'm starting to put my information together to apply to a few critical care

  5. Yale GEPN Applicants 2011

    CuriousMe replied to babymidwife1's topic in Post Graduate Students

    My Verbal and Quantitative scores are completely inverted from that (just took practice tests so

  6. Has anyone ever put down your career choice?

    CuriousMe replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    And you

  7. Would you marry a Doctor?

    CuriousMe replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But that's been the point of contention for a bunch of folks....there's a HUGE difference between looking for a rich man and the man you fall in love with is

  8. Questions for current ITT Tech Portland students

    CuriousMe replied to christinamuniz's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Popularity is not part of the criteria for

  9. Would you marry a Doctor?

    CuriousMe replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Whether he's "a catch" or not has nothing to do with his salary. The old saying is true: "if you marry for money, chances are you will earn every

  10. Would you marry a Doctor?

    CuriousMe replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unless their parents were wealthy and paid for school or they got an amazing scholarship package....Doc's have a tremendous amount of student loan debt to go with that "sexy"

  11. Leadership Management

    CuriousMe replied to nurset13's topic in General Students

    I'd ask the ED nurses in your

  12. How do you guys carry your stuff at Clincal?

    CuriousMe replied to kk83's topic in General Students

    I bring most of the same things....I ditched my small notebook, and instead I have two folded up pieces of paper. By using the folds, I can separate out different places for different information...

  13. Practice question that doesn't seem right.

    CuriousMe replied to dudette10's topic in General Students

    The theoretical guidelines I've heard say O2 over.....ugh....I think it's 2 L/min are dangerous for COPD, but less is fine. Every single practitioner....and my instructors have discounted this. I...

  14. having a boyfriend vs. nursing studies

    CuriousMe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, right. So this conversation was about the wisdom of PICKING a spouse because they make more money than they do and can be the "breadwinner." Many folks disagreed that making more money was not as...

  15. Any advice on how to get a critical care spot as a new grad?

    CuriousMe replied to b4may14's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Preceptorship is part of our program. For the last two terms, we work one-on-one with an assigned RN for 24 - 30 hours a week. Different programs have different lengths of these programs for their...

  16. This is why you should be careful what you post on facebook

    CuriousMe replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    According to the article, this wasn't a true clinical, it was a lab session at the

  17. having a boyfriend vs. nursing studies

    CuriousMe replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    I'll reiterate, if the man is supposed to be the main bread winner, are you going to work full time, and have dinner on the table each night? Or is it just the man who is supposed to live in the...

  18. This is why you should be careful what you post on facebook

    CuriousMe replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    That's just a question of who you're "friending." There's no one on my friend list that I'm concerned will get mad at me and try and harm me. Inappropriate pictures that friends post, are never on...

  19. Any advice on how to get a critical care spot as a new grad?

    CuriousMe replied to b4may14's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've been speaking with nurse recruiters and they all ask if I've had at least a 100 hour preceptorship in critical

  20. The ethics and laws associated with keeping a personal diary

    CuriousMe replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    You could keep a journal of your journey that doesn't include any patient

  21. Is a pathophys study book worth the money?

    CuriousMe replied to NurseGuy30's topic in General Students

    Did your program have a patho course? I just use the book we used for our patho

  22. The ethics and laws associated with keeping a personal diary

    CuriousMe replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    couldn't agree more. any strategy that is based on me lying is not one i'll

  23. Practice question that doesn't seem right.

    CuriousMe replied to dudette10's topic in General Students

    Yes, but were you in that situation in NCLEX

  24. Practice question that doesn't seem right.

    CuriousMe replied to dudette10's topic in General Students

    Things don't happen at the same time in NCLEX World....they happen sequentially. So, maybe the idea is...you see a patient in respiratory distress, so you put them on oxygen....you don't know...

  25. What would you like more training on?

    CuriousMe replied to HayleyHunter's topic in General Students

    Then I'd survey local nurses at my clinical site rather than survey random folks in a student forum....where I likely wouldn't find the folks I'm presenting to or working