HeavenBound0530

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1. how many patients do you get for clinical?

   HeavenBound0530 replied to glamgalRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Our first year you only get 1..the third semester we started out with one and worked our way up to 3, but our instructor only gave you three if she felt you could hendle the stressof having...

2. Reality Shock

   HeavenBound0530 replied to beanie72's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I'm the saem way...I knew ahead of time that we're understaffed and it makes me mad because our clinicals give us 1 pt. and we're supposed to do all the stuff that we're never gonna do when we...

3. First Time Nursing Diagnosis

   HeavenBound0530 replied to wsustudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   your pt. is also a good candidate for the diagnosis of ineffective airway clearancce....if she's on home oxygen she obviously has some trouble getting o2 into her blood because of her COPD which by...

4. Help! Will This Get Easier?

   HeavenBound0530 replied to mickeycat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I wouldn't say it gets "easier" persay, just that you get used to constantly being bogged down and running on only 4 or 5 hours of sleep and then dealing with everyday life while trying to study...

5. Work during Nursing School???

   HeavenBound0530 replied to Conz3434's topic in General Nursing

   I'm currently working as a Nurse Extern at a hospital and I'm in my last year of nursing. It has helped me sooo much with school as far as feeling confident about going into a pt. room or just doing...

6. 2nd year sudent who needs med. calc. help!!

   HeavenBound0530 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I have a crazy instructor who gave us these off the wall med calc. problems on our test. The one goes like this... You have a pump that's programmed at 50gtts/ml. It's running at 45 gtts/min. How many...

7. Daytonite

   HeavenBound0530 replied to CapeCoralChick's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I didn't think you had to have 3 parts with a risk diagnosis...i thought they were only two part...and either way i don't see how oxygen is a risk for infection...but that's just me..there are alot of...

8. ccac students in pa

   HeavenBound0530 replied to ravin8012's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   i'm a senior student also...I'm starting to see the tiny little light at the end of the very long tunnel...however, you've got alot of hard hard hard work ahead of you, I'm not gonna lie. Your life is...

9. Question about palpating pulses/assessing sensation in a patient's extremities

   HeavenBound0530 replied to mommagracy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   The first part is right, but Im not so sure about the answer for how to assess for sensation. I think you would want to do something along the lines of a neurovascular check which consists of the 5...

10. careplan books

    HeavenBound0530 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    what's the best careplan book out there do you think?? I need some help with careplans..i have a nursing disgnosis book but it's not the greatest...please help

11. NCLEX-RN Books

    HeavenBound0530 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have a question, i heard it's not too soon to start practicing for the NCLEX test (this is my first year/semester in nursing)..i was just wondering which books helped out the most..thank

12. I need just a little encouragment...please...

    HeavenBound0530 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My name is Rachel, I'm 19 yrs. old and I'm in my 4th week of my first year of nursing school. I'm starting to beat my head off of a wall because there is just SOOOOOOO much information and I don't...

13. Yay!!!!

    HeavenBound0530 replied to HeavenBound0530's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thank you guys.....I guess I also learned some other good points while taking this class......VERY GOOD STUDY

14. Yay!!!!

    HeavenBound0530 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know my grandmother is watching over me for sure and I've never been more sure then these past 3 tests I've taken in Microbiology. The antibiotic test I took i had an 84% (B), the bacteria tst I...

15. First mumps, then measles outbreak...

    HeavenBound0530 replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    I had to go get a physical the other day for nursing school and along with my tetorifice booster she put in pertusis (whooping chough) cause she said that's been goin around too, they've had 10 kids...