Jonathank

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1. Blending Chiropractic and NP

   Jonathank replied to Loque's topic in General Nursing

   Your approach sounds balanced. So far in my ADN training, nutrition and exercise seem to be getting glossed over in favor of meds. Alternative therapies and wholistic approaches get mentioned in passing, then every possible drug or surgical interve...

2. Lethal injection nurse???

   Jonathank replied to Zhakrin's topic in General Nursing

   Stuff happens. The world won't end. Besides: once the first person bumps it, it kind of becomes new again.

3. Lethal injection nurse???

   Jonathank replied to Zhakrin's topic in General Nursing

   No way, no how. Not on a train, not in the rain. Not in a box, not with a fox. Not on a boat, not with a goat.

4. Nursing Pets

   Jonathank replied to cogath's topic in General Students

   When I see this thread title, I keep getting images of a cat being breast fed or a dog with a stethoscope and penlight. Count me as one more who values the companionship and stress relief that my dog provides me.

5. Doing real CPR as a student.

   Jonathank replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

   Right now, I'd prefer to watch- unless I'm in a situation where I was the only person there who could save someone. At least one of my instructors has said to use the method you're trained in, and I wouldn't want to have to stop giving compressions ...

6. Infant Circumcision in Nursing school

   Jonathank replied to AmberLB's topic in General Students

   I can see both sides of this one. It's cultural and traditional, but you're cutting nerve endings in a place where the kid will want them later in life.

7. For those of you who are certified in CPR?

   Jonathank replied to prime11214's topic in General Students

   I didn't see any put downs. The advice to relax was relevant to the tone of your OP. And it also apparently still is, given the tone of the above words. You'll probably watch a video and be given a booklet. You might feel for pulses on real peopl...

8. Are Nursing Dx "Malleable"?

   Jonathank replied to soon_2Bnurse's topic in Student Assist

   You don't have an NDX book? There are several "risk for" NDX's- including at least 2 specifically nutrition-related ones. Your program is probably just discouraging you from using "risk for" NDX's to keep you more focused on the short term. An MDX...

9. "Medic" to replace the term "nurse"

   Jonathank replied to stevea's topic in General Nursing

   I can't believe this thread is still alive. I can't add any new thoughts by this point, but I can summarize the two main thoughts succinctly: 1. The word nurse is evolving so that it is becoming gender neutral. It's almost there already for most ...

10. Entering nursing school in Sept. Any suggestion??

    Jonathank replied to sltenbroeck's topic in General Students

    Those lectures got me through A&P I, when I had a professor whose lectures were unlistenable. I had a great professor for A&P II, so the Cal lectures were just gravy then... Dr. Diamond is so thorough giving it to you old school style, she ...

11. Med Surg.

    Jonathank replied to BMT_survivor's topic in Student Assist

    As someone already suggested, sign up for more books on evolve. Also, you can often find questions by searching "(name of topic) nclex questions" or "(name of topic) practice quiz".

12. Nursing Theory Mystification Model

    Jonathank replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Students

    I feel you. I abhor our ADN program's fundamentals/med-surg/catch-all/kitchen sink "concept-based" textbook. The fluffy, undescriptive, pompous passive voice writing is just too hard to take sometimes. Not to mention, it's full of errors. I avoid...

13. English as Second Language Nurses!

    Jonathank replied to 0907's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you're already working on what you want to work on. Don't be so hard on yourself. English as a SL is hard because of the strange mixture of Latin, Germanic and Norse influences, and all the irregularities. I wouldn't even dare to tr...

14. 0.45% Sodium Chloride + 2.5% dextrose

    Jonathank replied to lkw56's topic in Student Assist

    Volume is volume. Unless you're leaving out info, the only volume I see is 500 mL.

15. Grade Appeals

    Jonathank replied to frustrated SN's topic in General Students

    It's group dynamics. Each response gets influenced by the ones before it. One starts it, a couple of others conform, and then the others start piling on. The attitude of the professor is indeed the key to knowing if appealing questions has a chance...