pinkkitty11

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1. Central line dressing changes

   pinkkitty11 replied to Chieif20's topic in General Nursing

   Well there's your problem. Every time the dressing is changed, you are exposing the insertion site. I do one of these changes approximately every shift.. At my hospital we change every 7 days and as needed if soiled. I also make sure I have 2 pairs o...

2. TIPS/Info for passing NCLEX

   pinkkitty11 replied to paula77720's topic in NCLEX

   @thywillbedone:: If you can at all save up for the hurst review, I would. I was never a strong student in nursing school and hurst review made everything just... Make sense. The hurst is 350, and you get online lectures (or you can attend a live revi...

3. Critical patient scenarios

   pinkkitty11 replied to pinkkitty11's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you to all of you who replied to my post! It was really helpful to see that I did have a lot of this all written down.. and then the things I didn't know off hand were just a result of my inexperience. :)

4. Catheters!!

   pinkkitty11 replied to AKA_Glamour_Pearl's topic in General Nursing

   Johnny Knoxville straight caths himself twice a day in order to prevent buildup of scar tissue after he sustained some sort of, ahem, "injury" during Jackass. In peds I once took care of a patient who had a copper deficiency which caused him to have ...

5. Critical patient scenarios

   pinkkitty11 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I took a quiz yesterday in which our instructor was just assessing our overall 'critical thinking'. She said she wasn't concerned with us knowing specifically which interventions to use for these patients, just how we would go about it. So I really f...

6. Mayo Clinic Reality

   pinkkitty11 replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Minnesota

   I have worked at the Mayo Clinic in AZ since last May, and I have to agree with all the previous posts. Mayo is just truly different. It is an amazing hospital where the nurses are respected as much as the doctors are, and patient care is different. ...

7. Encouragement needed please!

   pinkkitty11 replied to cainca's topic in Student Assist

   I don't want to discourage you, but I am going to be honest! I am graduating from ASU in May with my BSN, and I think that the classes were as hard as A&P, honestly. Things are overwhelming, and you definitely will feel (at times) that you will ...

8. Did you take pathophysiology? How hard was it?

   pinkkitty11 replied to northmississippi's topic in Student Assist

   Pathophysiology was hard, but it was such a great class. It was definitely one of the best classes I have ever taken during school. I recommend that you take it seriously and really try to do well, because I have pulled out my patho notes several tim...

9. I need a good patient organization day planner/tool!

   pinkkitty11 replied to cincin1's topic in Student Assist

   When I first started I used report sheets from other people, but found that most of the time it was better to make my own-- something that made sense in my brain! I don't have a formal report sheet, but here is what I do: Get my kardex/patient profi...