SNtil11

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1. Should I go ahead and get "RN" engraved after my name when

   SNtil11 replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Nursing

   why not just order it now? you can always take it somewhere else to have it engraved after you pass your boards. :) be careful it doesnt get stolen. nice stethos tend to get picked up by other people and mysteriously disappear on different units.....

2. CSU Los Angeles School of Nursing (CSULA Fall 2010)

   SNtil11 replied to matthewandrew's topic in California

   Hey! Congrats to you all! I am a student at CSULA - and you'll probably see me at your orientation! :) good luck!

3. Prioritizing Nursing Diagnoses

   SNtil11 replied to >--stethoscope--o's topic in Student Assist

   ABCs come before Maslow's needs because without ABCs intact, you're dead, and if you're dead, safety isn't an issue. Also if he's got CKD, it's likely that the activity intolerance is more "impaired gas exchange r/t fluid overload" although "fluid ...

4. suctioning

   SNtil11 replied to SNtil11's topic in General Students

   Thanks guys. I spoke with my instructor, and yes, the resistance is one sign. Another is that if you were in the esophagus you probably wouldn't be suctioning any secretions. And lastly, if you were entering the trachea, there is an initial cough ref...

5. suctioning

   SNtil11 posted a topic in General Students

   I have a random question that came to me after I got home from clinical on Saturday. I helped my nurse perform suctioning on my peds patient (15 months). first question: the suction cath was inserted in the nose and down to the trachea: what kind of ...

6. Putting clinical experience on a resume?

   SNtil11 replied to AmyJean's topic in General Students

   i'm a second year student and what I do is, on the top of my resume I put "Second year (6th quarter) nursing student with clinical experience in med-surg (3 quarters), labor and delivery, post partum, women's health, and currently in pediatrics. you...

7. What would you answer for this test question?

   SNtil11 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   WHAT?!?!?! i'm bothered by that.

8. What would you answer for this test question?

   SNtil11 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   right - babies do lose heat because of heat loss secondary to immature thermoregulation... therefore the thermoregulation is the primary cause.

9. What would you answer for this test question?

   SNtil11 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   I am going to say B. Immature Thermoregulation, although the too answers are so similar. But it seems to me that heat loss wouldnt drop basal temperature so dramatically because the "thermostat" is set at it's normal range. if the thermoregulation me...

10. Honor Societies for Students

    SNtil11 replied to jbjints's topic in General Students

    yes, ranking will help you figure it out... but you also can't join, you have to be invited by your school's chapter. but as far as other HONORS SOCIETIES, your school may have a non-specific one (phi kappa phi) or there are other nursing organizati...

11. Items You Carry Daily in the Hospital

    SNtil11 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a student nurse and this is what I take: ALWAYS - my stethoscope... and i hate having it around my neck, but it fits in the leg pocket of my scrubs.... in case you're looking for another place to keep it. i always have my pen light, a pen (i lik...

12. subarachnoid hemorrhage questions

    SNtil11 replied to SNtil11's topic in Student Assist

    thanks for your help! I will check out the link right now. and yes, his GCS was 15 when coming in... so no probs there. :) Thanks for the explanation, it's making a lot more sense now :)

13. subarachnoid hemorrhage questions

    SNtil11 posted a topic in Student Assist

    hey there - i have a question about my pt from last week, and thought you would be able to help. Pt. is 7 years old and was hit in an auto vs. pedestrian accident. let me start off by saying is is in very stable condition and probably at home and bac...

14. subarachnoid hemorrhage questions

    SNtil11 posted a topic in General Students

    hey there - i have a question about my pt from last week, and thought you would be able to help. Pt. is 7 years old and was hit in an auto vs. pedestrian accident. let me start off by saying is is in very stable condition and probably at home and ba...

15. You know you're in nursing school when....

    SNtil11 replied to Valasca's topic in General Students

    when your room looks like a war zone because you can only clean when you're on break, and once you're on break, cleaning is the last think you want to do. and you wait to do laundry until you run out of clean underwear! (please say i am not the only...