KimN

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1. Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

   KimN replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

   I am very sorry that you are going through this, I can only imagine how heartbroken you must be. However, I think it is wise for you not to go to the BON .. it is the instructor's responsibility to pull an individual from a program if they feel there...

2. Sweet relaxation

   KimN posted a topic in General Students

   After two weeks jam packed with midterms, lectures, seminar, CWE hours in the emergency department, and a group project - I am overjoyously happy to say that I have THE WHOLE AFTERNOON TO MYSELF! I came home and changed into my pajamas (at 1:00 in th...

3. Nursing dx & careplan help

   KimN replied to smansur's topic in Student Assist

   What information have YOU come up with? If you provide what you have done so far then we can try and help you organize or clarify those thoughts/issues. Without any information from you we can't help much.

4. Care plan diagnoses

   KimN replied to falleclipse's topic in Student Assist

   Well here is my two cents on the BP issue. Based on what is presented here we do not know what is normal for this patient. Yes it is unlikely that her BP is normally that high, however, we cannot assume that she is having increased CO when we really ...

5. New Graduation Requirements, Can They Do This?

   KimN replied to Jen D's topic in General Students

   Seems unfair to throw it on you last minute but usually you have more than one opportunity to take it .. many schools allow two - do you know if your school will allow this? I'm sorry I am really not trying to sound insensitive but I think it's actua...

6. Need help with Nursing Diagnoses: Preeclampsia

   KimN replied to samiam4's topic in Student Assist

   Okay okay let's see if I can make any sense here from student to student. It seems that maybe prioritizion is the issue here? I know when I started nursing school I would be so stressed about these things that I would find myself pulling for amy diag...

7. New Grads vs Me. I hate this economy.

   KimN replied to SushiRN's topic in Career Support

   Also I completely agree with Biffbradford's comment. The hospital I am working in does post jobs on their website etc. but primarily uses internal nurses already working for their facility to fill them. Most of these nurses that fill the jobs are fac...

8. New Grads vs Me. I hate this economy.

   KimN replied to SushiRN's topic in Career Support

   I have no advice that can help you with securing a hospital position, but I do have some insight on the new grad hiring thing. It seems that in my area many facilities are hiring straight from their own preceptored students from nursing school. For i...

9. Soon to graduate and still don't know what I'm doing

   KimN replied to greyL's topic in General Students

   I completely agree with the above poster. I used to be that first year student that complained about not doing catheters, etc. (although payback has been a you-know-what this term .. it's been catheters galore!) And although I do still think practici...

10. How'd You Get Your ER Job?

    KimN replied to commonsense's topic in Emergency

    I am in my last year of nursing school and asked my program director about signing up for clinical work experience credits on top of my class and clinical schedule. There are about five of us doing it and working full time with nurses in various depa...

11. Would keeping my own birth book be a HIPAA violation?

    KimN replied to somedayCNM's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know ... that sounds pretty. scary. I can just imagine the looks from other staff members you will receive when they see you writing patient information down for your own records and then leaving the facility with it. I'm also not sure that k...

12. Failing Nursing School(Life Story)

    KimN replied to louis345's topic in General Students

    Please don't ever believe you are dumb for having a rough patch in your program. This website is here for a reason, and there is a 'student' section for all of us, who just like you, are struggling at some point or another. You deserve to be where yo...

13. Anyone make it into nursing school with below a 3.0 GPA?

    KimN replied to Dre2416's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hey, as a senior nursing student I can tell you that there were people who made it into my program with less than excellent GPAs. The key is nursing specific pre-requisites ... in which case they pretty much needed to be perfect. I think you've got a...

14. Pediatric patient with DKA - insulin bolus vs no bolus

    KimN replied to KimN's topic in Student Assist

    Thanks for the responses! I don't think I did a very good job of wording my question. I was actually not intending it to sound like I was seeking advice about what I personally would do in that situation, but instead just trying to get some feedback ...

15. Pediatric patient with DKA - insulin bolus vs no bolus

    KimN posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hey guys, So I have been working on my case study for a pediatric patient that presents to the ED with DKA. As i'm doing my research I have been finding a lot of conflicting information about whether or not it is standard today to give an insulin bol...