hsienko

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1. Hey guys! Post what you are going to do right after you graduate. I'll start.

   hsienko replied to ThePhilster's topic in Male Students

   I hopefully will finish up in May. My immediate plans for after graduation are to get my diploma, buy some nice new bedding, eat a crazy big meal, and sleep, and by sleep I mean sleep for as close to 24 hours as humanly possible. After that, I'll f...

2. Oh the concept maps!! Would you please guide me on a good dx? I'm out of ideas.

   hsienko replied to thatchergirl's topic in General Students

   this person sounds like a death trap. ph is 1.5? how about risk of immediate death r/t to caustic-super-acid rust monster-type acidosis aeb ph 1.5 edit: then smile and tell your teacher ...oh phosporus...

3. Med Surg....UGH

   hsienko replied to Ciale's topic in General Students

   Nursing school is it's own unique beast. Having come from a background with a 3.8 in education, a 3.0 MS biology, and a 3.7 in electronics engineering, I'm thankful for each and every day that my nursing school gpa is a 2.7. Nursing school in at le...

4. What is this statement telling me to do?

   hsienko replied to Happified.'s topic in Student Assist

   discuss how drugs can be used (sans or without) therapy to help in the management of mood disorders. Psychopharmacology is the use of mood stabilizers, benzos, ssri's maoi's etc to help fix a chemical imbalance. How does fixing the electronics, or ...

5. New job and nervous as all you know what...

   hsienko replied to Getreal2011's topic in CNA/MA

   hate to say it, but if you can't manage to borrow a thermometer for a few moments, your future in health care in the supervisory role may be less than ideal. Take this opportunity to reflect on why you failed in a paid role, and how you could have b...

6. I need some CNA career advice....

   hsienko replied to hope4thefuture's topic in CNA/MA

   your work load in the hospital setting is what i'ld be interested to know. in ltc it could be 15+ patients, in a hospital setting it's likely it's less than 10 (although that's just a guess based on the workload of cna's in hospital settings I've en...

7. GN having trouble with exit exam

   hsienko replied to agj925's topic in NCLEX

   i hear kaplan is supposed to be good, either should be fine, from my understanding the NLN exit examinations are in sort of a pilot-beta product phase and shouldn't be used to keep people from graduating.

8. Urgent! Case study of the child with a burn

   hsienko replied to vague111's topic in Student Assist

   gate control pain theory might be worth looking at, also for #2 non pharmacologic interventions could be a possibility, no not a makeup set, but coloring, video games, or reading a story could reduce anxiety with a secondary effect of reducing report...

9. Working with student nurses

   hsienko replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

   Perhaps, but if the as the primary nurse have taken report on, and a student goes running around putting 16 french foley catheters in the pts nose or goes around making med errors, or whatever neat little trick they come up with it very well could be...

10. Are you man Enough to be a OB nurse?

    hsienko replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Male Students

    I enjoyed L&D, but there's no way with the 2 weeks of my rotation (out of 14) that I got to stock shelves, and the constant battles for right to provide care with nervous husbands coupled with the ability to sue through the age of 18 of the newbo...

11. Taking Micro, Phsyio, and speech together?

    hsienko replied to FATGUCCI's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I've heard that if you can handle an A in A&P and micro that you can rely on it as an early indicator of your ability to pass the nursing program with at least a C. I took micro and physiology together and our speech is integrated into other cou...

12. How to pretend you have the confidence when you don't

    hsienko replied to Java Mama's topic in General Students

    I remember the start of nursing school. I used to shake so bad everytime I was trying to give a subQ that I would joke it off and tell the pt I'm just making sure that i get the insulin gets mixed up good - not to mention having to use a shelf to re...

13. LPN Interested in Relocating to North Carolina

    hsienko replied to skayes's topic in North Carolina

    the biggest thing about moving "down south" to NC to get a job as a LPN is that the LPN/LVN is not highly sought after in our already oversaturated market. Most hospitals I'm aware of require a minimum of either a ADN RN or BSN RN, and most LPN's en...

14. nursing school - the cost on a child

    hsienko posted a topic in General Students

    just wanting to start a thread related to a certain topic that is lately becoming near and dear to me. My children -- before I entered nursing school were amazing, and they're still amazing and good kids....but the behavioral changes, and r/t outla...

15. The consequences of religious belief..

    hsienko replied to collins anyiam's topic in General Students

    rescinded.