SarahT

I would go for it. You'll get comfortable the more you do it, not to mention better at your skills. Read as much as you can, and ask questions.

I don't know much about nursing because I didn't choose that profession. I would assume, however, that to be a Critical Care nurse or Emergency Room nurse, one must have several years experience in nursing prior to that. Flight nursing is even more strict, with about 5 years experience total with ER and CC experience. What I would suggest is taking a thorough A&P course after graduating. You will have much more of an understanding when you start nursing school. Any knowledge you can gather beforehand will pay off. You will be overloaded with so much info, and having a good grasp on A&P will pay off very much.

Sis, Here's another good site. Their message boards are very informative. Cancer.org. Will talk with you tomorrow. Have fun at orientation. :wink: Thanks to everyone for the prayers, links, and info. It is greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much everyone, I appreciate the replies and understand it much better. Tonight if she calls me out in class, at least I will have an understanding of what I'm talking about, instead of "cookbooking" it. Thanks again!

Hey everyone. I'm new to posting, but have chatted a bit in the past. I'm just starting my 3rd semester (EMT-I) of class, and tonight we talked about IV administration. They showed us a video about it, where hypertonic/hypotonic/isotonic solutions were briefly mentioned. The video explained it in a way that clicked, but I don't remember which is which now. She said that in one of them, it brings fluid from the outside in, and another gives fluid from the inside out. (Example being trauma/blood loss- macrodrip with Ringer's and N.S. to add volume and buy a little time) I know what the medical definitions are, but as it is the first day studying it, I'm boggled. We will be studying it more in the next couple of weeks, but it's always good to understand it before class and not have that "i'm so friggin' confused" look in your eyes. Does anyone have an easy way to remember this? If anyone has any helpful advice, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance! P.S.- Before the "Search nazi's" get me, I did a search, and this is what it brought up. Educational Forum/Thread Game The roll of D5W in CHF patients IV Solutions You Carry Coconut IV Google brought up a few other ways of defining it, none of which I really understand at this point.