I can wholly relate to this! No, you are not being mean at all. I'm a fairly new RN working in the sub-acute unit of a LTC also. I was absolutely unprepared not only for patient's who want to be waited on, but for those resident's who make mean co...
I'm in an ADN program, so our pharmacology classes were taught by the general nursing faculty, both MSN. Extremely difficult classes and some of the information given us was questionable, but I decided the bottom line is to look up those meds and un...
Daytonite~ I've been keeping you in my thoughts and hoping that you have a full and complete recovery soon. I'm eternally thankful for all your help here at allnurses. My favorites "nursing" folder is full of all the links you have shared, and I kn...
RANCH GIRL replied to Laura77598's topic in Student Assist
Since you have 700 mL remaining to be infused and 7 hours' time to finish the infusion, work the problem like this: 700 mL/7 = 100 mL/hour to complete this on time.
I personally found my PDA to be an invaluable tool during my first and second semester clinical rotations. I have a Palm TX and bought the Skyscape constellation with Mosby's Lab, Taber's Medical Dictionary, and Saunders. As well for clinicals, al...
Gotta - I wear these knee highs from Nursemates. I don't have any problems with ankle edema, but figure an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!! http://www.allheart.com/nm881613.html
Here are the "normal" results that my reference gives: Reference Value: Color - yellow to amber Clarity - clear to slightly hazy Specific gravity - majority of random specimens fall between 1.015 and 1.025. Any random specimen with specific gravity o...
RANCH GIRL replied to 2bNursewith7kids's topic in General Students
Yes, we also have a criminal background check, but apparently last year was the first year that it was required by our clinical sites which really surprised me!
RANCH GIRL replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Students
I absolutely agree to form a study group, but keep it a small group with serious classmates. There are 4 of us in our study group and we meet and discuss our lecture notes. After that, we all do independent research and e-mail each other with detai...
:balloons: Congratulations!! Actually for the program I'm attending we don't have to give a lot of presentations or speeches. For pharm we had group presentations where 5 of us would go up at a time and read, for example, a side effect of a certain...