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  1. This is honestly the most vaugue assignment I have had, thank goodness it is the last! We had to pick a topic based on a real person with a real issue that we could teach outside of school. The...
  2. Our final project is to identify a patient in need of teaching regarding a disease/illness/problem they are having, and develop a plan of care based on one of the things they need to learn. My broad...
  3. HELP!! Anxiety and Acute Pain NCP

    Do you have a nursing diagnosis book? I think that would help you alot. You would not ever say acute pain related to excessive alcohol. Heres some examples directly from the book: Acute pain may be...
  4. How important is GPA?

    The 1 yr program to complete my BSN is 45 credits, so assuming I earn an A in all those courses my GPA could potentially be a
  5. How important is GPA?

    I had a 4.0 before nursing school and got a B throughout the ADN program, leaving me with a cummulative of around 3.5. I am going to be attending an RN to BSN program BUT once I finish that...how...
  6. Constipation can be used as a nursing diagnosis, it is in my carpinito book. There is Constipation, risk for constipation, and risk for constipation. An actual nursing diagnosis according to carpinito...
  7. Help with Nursing Diagnosis

    I use the Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis by Carpinito-Moyet and in the back of it there is a section for medical conditions and ND and PC that go along with them. For DM it has the following listed:...
  8. My professor said you should really take them from the book. As far as the one you wrote, I think by making your own it makes it a little confusing because it leaves out information. The person is...
  9. Allopurinol reduces myocardial oxygen demand...according to my professor. I personally remembered it for completely incorrect reasons apparently. I thought it was an alpha beta blocker (ilol) I...
  10. advise!!! nclex-RN considering nclex-PN

    Not sure if it is the same when you are studying for a retake but at my school we have a 98% first time pass rate. They suggest that we take the nclex within 4 weeks of finishing school and not to...
  11. What would you do?

    Did this guy yell in front of everyone in the loby specific information about the patient? It seems like he was violating HIPAA in addition to lacking professionalism. I think if you send this email...
  12. First nursing test

    I am in my last year of school. I did not read everything they assigned, just the info that I needed. I used a book by FA Davis called Fundamentals Success, it also has a CD with many nclex...
  13. Cardiovascular system - important things to know

    just reviewing my notes and realized I made a typo...nitro tabs should tingle under