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1. Would you hold digoxin for a low BP?

   fatrabbit posted a topic in CCU

   This "debate" came up in a clinical rotation of mine a few weeks ago. There was a patient who's SBP had been running in the 90s for a couple of days. His SBP was 85. His pulse rate was 80 and his potassium levels were normal. He was taking the digoxi...

2. Difficulty of nursing school?

   fatrabbit replied to eman1haddad's topic in General Students

   In my opinion, the hardest part about nursing school is the volume of information you have to learn. If you have good time management skills and find an efficient study method (and try not to be so type A), then you'll do fine. As for A&P, I've f...

3. Does your ICU use CHG wipes for bathing patients?

   fatrabbit posted a topic in Critical

   Is this a new thing? Do you think a lot of ICUs do daily CHG bathing?

4. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

   fatrabbit posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm writing a paper for one of my classes. I have to briefly discuss what the role of the nurse was in the 1970s/80s. The only sources I can find talk about events pertaining to nursing in the 1980s. I really want to know the experience of being a n...

5. Applying for nursing school on antidepressants

   fatrabbit replied to kristinamarie55's topic in General Students

   First off, no, mental health isn't considered in the application process. I'd think that if schools did exclude you due to your mental health that you could sue them. Secondly, don't let anyone tell you that nursing isn't for you because you have st...

6. Starting school in the fall, give me your shoe/equipment/etc. recommendations!

   fatrabbit replied to emmjayy's topic in General Students

   buy a book of NCLEX style questions and use that for studying. I think that the hardest part of testing in med surg is taking what you've learned in lecture and applying it to an NCLEX style question.

7. First semester nursing student

   fatrabbit replied to courty's topic in General Students

   Hang in there; I hated my clinical first semester, especially early on since i didn't have many skills and only one patient. Now, I'm in my second semester and am doing critical care; I love it. At least in my program, you don't really feel like a nu...

8. Why do different sources list different onsets, peaks, and durations for insulins?

   fatrabbit posted a topic in General Students

   For example:NPH insulin my instructor's ppt says onset: 2-4 hrs, peak: 4-10hrs, duration: 10-16hrs my text book says: onset:1-2hrs, peak: 6-14hrs, duration: 16-24hrs UCSF website says: onset 1-2hrs, peak: 4-6hrs, durations 12+ hrs does it have to do ...

9. What things did you need the most as a nursing student?

   fatrabbit replied to app18's topic in General Students

   -A good pair of shoes (or insoles and compression socks) -hi-lighters and index cards -good frozen meals -mulitvitamin -a watch with a second hand -hand sanitizer -an NCLEX questions book

10. Sacramento State Spring 2016 Application

    fatrabbit replied to coolmommy99's topic in California

    I'll be honest, this program is really competitive to get into. You definitely want to get at least an 88% on your TEAS test and probably have a 3.7 in your prereq classes. Also, if you're worried about grades, do some volunteer work. CSUS offers a l...

11. Sacramento State Spring 2016 Application

    fatrabbit replied to coolmommy99's topic in California

    Hi! You get assigned a clinical group, hospital, and unit to work on. You'll be on a med-surg floor taking care of one patient, once a week. You're last week in clinical will be 2 days, with 2 patients each day. You stay on that unit but get other ex...

12. Frustrated by cheaters?

    fatrabbit replied to Student2017555's topic in General Students

    At my school, pretty much everyone does this. It's actually encouraged. We have a mentor program where upper-classmen help us lower-classmen with things like study tips, how to answer NCLEX questions (all of our exams are NCLEX style questions), and ...

13. New student - shoes

    fatrabbit replied to hopefulhdr's topic in General Students

    To be honest, I tried Danskos and they just did not work for me at all. Plus, I'm already 5'9" so they made me look like a giant. Right now I were standard tennis shoes with Spenco insoles (only $20 and work better than aetrex, super feet, etc.) http...

14. First clinical taking care of 2 patients; does it get any easier?

    fatrabbit posted a topic in General Students

    This was my first time taking care of 2 patients and (at least) from 0700-1000 it felt so hectic. I was late for almost everything- vitals, assessment, meds... I felt so disorganized. When I asked my other cohorts, they said that they were doing fine...

15. Can you help me understand the rationale for choosing this IV solution?

    fatrabbit replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Students

    *is it because we're giving it at a slow rate so the kidneys have time to excrete enough of it? So if you gave 20mEq KCl too fast, you'd kill the patient, right?