nursing.mypassion

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1. MRSA & sex

   nursing.mypassion posted a topic in Student Assist

   Ok. I'm doing NCLEX-RN practice tests. One of the questions was about a pt asks the nurse when to resume sexual activities after being d/c to home after an MI. So, this prompts me back to a question a pt posed to me and a doc. when I was a nursing st...

2. flail chest - pneumothorax

   nursing.mypassion posted a topic in NCLEX

   NCLEX-RN practice question: Nurse should plan to care for a pt with "moderate flail chest" DOES NOT include: pleur-evac drainage system with the rationale that pleur-evac drainage system is for pneumothorax. From Brunner and Suddarth's Med-Surg tex...

3. Med errors: subpoena, copy of incident report

   nursing.mypassion posted a topic in General Nursing

   Why can't a nurse make a copy of the incident report (of the medication error the nurse made) as a personal file? Yet, she can keep a writing note of the incident. The NCLEX-RN rationale is that the nurse can be subpoenaed in court ? (it's a NCLEX-RN...

4. Physical exam for a High school student

   nursing.mypassion posted a topic in General Nursing

   OK. One is a BSN, RN and his sister is a high school student. His sister is in need of a physical exam to submit the results to her high school. She asks him to do a general physical assessment report so that she can turn it into the high school in t...

5. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

   nursing.mypassion posted a topic in NCLEX

   Practicing NCLEX-RN: How come Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia only requires standard precaution? I thought all pneumonia requires droplet precautions? (remember SPIDERMAN mnemonics for droplet precautions?) I did a search on Google on the mode of t...

6. Liver biopsy post-op and R-side lying

   nursing.mypassion posted a topic in NCLEX

   Again, I'm studying for NCLEX-RN. Even tho I've googled and learned that R-side lying after liver biopsy helps because it creates the pressure needed to counteract bleeding as the liver is very vascular. Still, I don't get it, I thought gravity will...

7. Leg cramps = Blood clot?

   nursing.mypassion replied to nursing.mypassion's topic in NCLEX

   Oh, I think I've got the answer. Blood clot may cause ischemia. Ischemia may cause leg cramps. Therefore, when pt experiences leg cramps, there's a possibility that there's a blood clot. Agree?

8. Leg cramps = Blood clot?

   nursing.mypassion posted a topic in NCLEX

   I'm practicing for NCLEX-RN. There is one explanation for 1 answer that doesn't make sense to me: Cramping in the calf = blood clot possibility (the pt is total knee replacement post-op). I've googled it all but couldn't find how cramping may indica...

9. HELP PLEASE, this question is stumping me.

   nursing.mypassion replied to help'sontheway's topic in General Nursing

   I'd suggest you do some research on how other ethnic groups like blacks, asians, latinos, other religious views look at diseases and view their lives in terms of pain, time, life, family cohesion, autonomy, informed consent, freedom. Then, you'll rea...

10. Is it okay for a CNA to call herself a nurse?

    nursing.mypassion replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in Relations

    Here is my 2 cents. I think CNA's do a lot of nursing work: bathing, taking care of patients, comforting them, some even spend more time with the patients than RN's do, etc. I remember I attended a talk by a nursing leader and he said that when we de...

11. help! stressed

    nursing.mypassion replied to nursing.mypassion's topic in Emergency

    That is very helpful. Thank you for your advice. I'll discuss it with my preceptor. She's very tactful with me and always kind to me. So, I'm thinking that she won't tell me what I'm doing to her. I think I should just go ahead and let her know what ...

12. help! stressed

    nursing.mypassion posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi, Thx for all the good pieces of advice I have received here. I'm writing to ask for help in terms of relieving stress for me and my preceptor. My preceptor is recently very stressed. Since she's very kind to me, I feel like I need to do sth to hel...

13. UCLA New Grad RN SUMMER 2011

    nursing.mypassion replied to studystudy's topic in California

    It's not until May for those who chose OR. OR interviews are on different dates rather than in April. That's what I heard. Hope we'll get what we've chosen. Best of luck to you and me all who chose OR :)

14. ENCOURAGEMENT...CNA before nursing school??

    nursing.mypassion replied to ahopefulsoontobe's topic in Pre-Nursing

    go for it. best would be a cna in the ER or float pool and in a hospital you'd like to work at as an rn later on.

15. Help - I am interested in nursing but worried about the level of respect

    nursing.mypassion replied to shining_brighteyess's topic in General Nursing

    i went to nursing school and condemned myself for choosing it 'cuz i was superly worried about how people are going to trust me. i was beating myself up for going to nursing until i found this awesome ER nurse who taught me so much that i'm in love ...