lindseyp2012

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1. Career advice for or ICU rn thinking of going to school for something else?!

   lindseyp2012 posted a topic in Legal

   Hi! I am an ICU nurse for about a year and a half and I love it! No complaints but I'm preparing to go back to school (I want to go back and get a degree while I'm still young with no kids!). I have my bachelors in nursing now. In college I worked f...

2. Need an entire nursing refresher...

   lindseyp2012 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone! I'm a new grad, have been working in a medical-surgical ICU for about 4 months (without a preceptor) now. I was lucky enough to get a tech job in this same unit for about a year before I graduated, and most of that time was used as extra...

3. Acute-On-Chronic nursing diagnosis?

   lindseyp2012 replied to lindseyp2012's topic in General Students

   Yes, I realized it should be my diagnosis.. I've written diagnoses out for all three options but I don't know which to chose, because this unique patient has a very unique situation going on, with the acute-on-chronic pain. I don't know which takes p...

4. Acute-On-Chronic nursing diagnosis?

   lindseyp2012 posted a topic in General Students

   Hi! I need help choosing nursing diagnosis. My patient had a recent surgery causing acute pain, but this pain is exacerbated by a chronic pain disorder. Therefore, I don't know if my nursing diagnosis should be acute pain, chronic pain, or impaired c...

5. Best books/techniques to help prepare for nursing school?

   lindseyp2012 replied to lindseyp2012's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Awesome!! That is great information. Thank you so much!

6. Best books/techniques to help prepare for nursing school?

   lindseyp2012 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi everyone! I've been accepted into nursing school and start in January! Yay! I've had all of my pre-reqs (like anatomy, physiology, microbiology, etc). I'm just wondering what I can be doing now to help prepare. I'd like to order some books that wi...