Meg Harrell
Registered Nurse and Nursing Educator
Education
- BSN, Nursing, Florida International University
Professional Achievements
- Helps nursing students and graduates pass the NCLEX through expert content review, strategy coaching, and live weekly study sessions
- Partnered with major healthcare campaigns like WGU’s Heartbeat of Healthcare
- Featured in national nursing events such as NurseCon
Certifications & Organizations
- Registered Nurse, Florida Board of Nursing
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified
- American Nurses Association (ANA) Member
- CE Broker Approved Continuing Education Provider
Favorite Piece of Advice
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If you still want to try to get it off at home, here are the things that I always suggest. One, butter or lard is a really good lubricant. Other lubricants won't really like get under the ring and make things slippery, so try using those on the finger.
Also, hold your finger upright. Holding it up will drain the finger, while your finger facing downwards can cause more inflammation and swelling.
Finally, there's a trick you can try where you wrap your finger with floss and then wrap it underneath. You put the piece of floss underneath the ring and then you start to pull it, and that force will start to pull the ring out with it. Good luck!
If it’s a wet cough, that means your body's encapsulating the germs making mucus, and your body is trying to get that mucus out. You don't want to stop that process from occurring, because it's your body's own natural defense of trapping the virus bacteria and getting it out of your body. In other words, in the case of a wet cough, you don't want to stop coughing. What you want to do is take an expectorant, like Mucinex, and then drink a lot of water, but you don't want to stop your own body's natural response of getting rid of those viruses and that bacteria.
Co-authored Articles (5)
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How to
Prepare for the Nursing School Entrance Exams
Getting into nursing school can be a competitive process. In addition to high grades, work experience, volunteer experience, and a successful interview, applicants must take a nursing school entrance exam when applying t...
How to
Apply for the NCLEX
Congratulations! You are ready to graduate from nursing school to become a nurse. However, before you start practicing, you will need to take the state board exam for registered nurses, known as the NCLEX. Before you ta...