Leomom

Leomom has 4 years experience.

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1. Starting rn pay in memphis area

   Leomom replied to kcoday's topic in Tennessee

   Depending on where you work, hospital pay averages about $21 base, plus shift differentials. There are hospitals that start at a little more & a little less, but $21 is about mid-ground. COngrats on finishing your BSN!

2. Failed Med/Surg by 3/10 point

   Leomom replied to Ciale's topic in General Students

   Yes it is entirely possible to fail MedSurg & still graduate. I failed MedSurg 2 by about 2 pts. No matter how hard I tried, it seemd the harder I tried the worse my test scores got. However, I took the time to meet with my instructors, go over t...

3. Curious, re nursing and weight loss

   Leomom replied to Bonnie86's topic in General Nursing

   I have lost weight since starting work as an RN, about 7 pounds so far but I am also trying. As others have said pack your lunch, I do, I don't even take my bank card or $$$ in with me I drink hot tea in the AM when I get to work & after that 1 c...

4. Austin Peay nursing or a better school?

   Leomom replied to CrazyGoonRN's topic in Tennessee

   I don't know about anyone else, but I just graduated form the program May 6, 2011. I did fail one class but re-took it & passed without a problem. Good luck with finding a program it;s hard work but worth it in the end.

5. need help with interventions for decreased cardiac output!!!

   Leomom replied to christiestudentnurse's topic in General Students

   I'm going into my last semester so I will give you my thoughts on this. My first suggestion is to write out your nsg dx, depending on what its r/t & aeb will help to guide you towards your interventions. Decreased CO can be r/t so many things. So...

6. finally...... a break!!! or is it??

   Leomom replied to reeta116's topic in General Students

   Definitely take some time to rest & relax, then catch up on whatever housework has fallen behind. I take my last finl this afternoon for adult health 2 & then I'm done till January but I know I have 14 chapters to cover over break for one cla...

7. Careplan help/review

   Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in Student Assist

   Nsg Diagnosis: Acute pain r/t CABG incision & tunneling of surgical incision aeb pt stating “I need a pain pill I hurt here” while drawing a line with her finger over her incision, pt. stating “pain is 8 out of 10”, pt states “I have a really b...

8. Careplan help/review

   Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in Student Assist

   Pt info: Pt is a 52yo female, 1mo post-op CABG, wound dehisence wound is now infected w/ 6cm of tunneling & about 1in in depth. Admitted w/ pneumonia & pain at incision site. on 2L NC, IV antibiotic, scheduled & PRN pain meds. Hx of GERD...

9. Careplan help/review

   Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in Student Assist

   Ok, I will try not to be too long winded here & just give the needed info. Written careplans have been a challenge for me in the past, so this semester I really want to "nail" them. This was my first week of clinicals this semester & we have ...

10. Careplan help/review

    Leomom posted a topic in Student Assist

    I am working on getting this posted so please bear with me, I'm having some technical difficulties.

11. I don't get it

    Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in General Students

    Well it's official as it gets until grades come out. It's not possible for me to pass this class even if I get a 100 on the final. No matter how I figure it there is no way to pass this class, just freaking great. what a wonderful way to end the seme...

12. I don't get it

    Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in General Students

    From everything I could tell looing over my tests I wasn't paying 110% attention to the questions/answers. So I took extra time & red all the questions 2 or 3 times, underlined what was specifically being asked for & did the same with the ans...

13. I don't get it

    Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in General Students

    I just don't get it. The harder I try the worse I do & this was supposed to be the easy test. Now I have to basically reapply to take the class. If I fail anything else before I graduate then I'm out of the program with no hope of going anywhere ...

14. I don't get it

    Leomom posted a topic in General Students

    I met with one of my instructors last week to try & figure out where I'm going wrong with my tests. Well I thought I had it figured out, studied hard for my test I had today & did worse on it than any other test this semester. If I didn't get...

15. I want to help anyone who is needing help with cardiac rhythms

    Leomom replied to bethtruexrn's topic in General Students

    I would love the help. I took a class before this semester on cardiac rhythms but I still don't have them down. With the end of the semester basically here it would definitely help to have the summer to go back over stuff. Plus I fully believe that t...