worrywart

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1. Question about vasodilators

   worrywart posted a topic in General Students

   I have a few questions I am stuck on and can't seem to understand clearly. How can calcium channel blockers side effects produce both tachycarda and bradycardia depending on the medication? For example: Cardizem produces bradycardia Nimotop produces ...

2. Intrathecal / Spinal / Epidural

   worrywart posted a topic in General Students

   I'm getting confused on the three types of pain management for labor and was wondering if anybody could clear up the differences. Is an intrathecal a type of spinal block and do you use a catheter for it? Does the intrathecal get inserted below the...

3. Peds after graduation

   worrywart posted a topic in Pediatric

   As a new grad is it better to start out on an adult med/surg or a peds hospital if you know you want to work with peds someday. I have been told a lot of different things. Mainly to start out on an adult med/surg floor so you get a broad range of t...

4. I need advice please

   worrywart posted a topic in General Students

   I am in my peds/ob rotation right now and currently I am having doubts about nursing. I have 2 semesters left and have made it this far so I know it would be a waste to throw it all away. I am a very sensitive person and have been having problems f...

5. Nurse externships and experience before graduating

   worrywart posted a topic in General Students

   I was wondering how many people graduated from nursing school without any nurse externships or clinical experience outside from nursing school clinicals. Is it possible to be a great nurse if you don't have that experience? I'm trying to get my foo...

6. HESI at your school???

   worrywart replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in General Students

   I am in a BSN program in Northern Michigan and they recently switched our testing services over to HESI within the last year or so. It is mandatory that we pass every test after each semester Fundamentals, Assessment, Psych, Med/Surg/, peds/ob ect. ...

7. I need advice

   worrywart posted a topic in General Students

   I am struggling through a very rough time in my life right now where I need some advice. I have anxiety and depression and am trying to fight through nursing school. I feel so lost sometimes because I used to be very interested in the health career...

8. How much med/surg do you use in pediatrics or OB?

   worrywart posted a topic in General Students

   I'm a nursing student in my med/surg semester and I had to withdraw from the class today. I feel like a failure and have been comtemplating changing my major for awhile now. I was never good at patho and I know med/surg is based strongly off of tha...

9. Do you know the patho when you're working?

   worrywart posted a topic in General Students

   I am in my med/surg semester and feel overwhelmed with all the content I have to know. I was just wondering how the new grads or experienced nurses get all the general patho and concepts down. I know not every nurse is going to know everything, but...

10. I need some advice

    worrywart posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, I am in the 3rd semester of my nursing program in med/surg. It seems like everyone else around me is really smart but me. It's very embarressing when I have to retake everything twice just to pass. I am failing the class and i have spoken to m...

11. I can't pass these tests. What to do?

    worrywart posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in the med/surg semester and I am very frustrated and worried about everything. We have to pass these HESI exams after each semester in order to graduate and I couldn't seem to pass my first 2 so I had to retake them. I just finished retaking ...