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1. Doing my exam in Jan 2012

   spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in NCLEX

   I don't have that one.. Maybe I should buy it. Is that close to Timby and Smith Med surg book.

2. Did anyone else have a bad 1st day of clinicals??

   spn.charlotte replied to allsmilez's topic in General Students

   Don't feel bad or embarrassed. I'm in my preceptorship and I actually cried on the unit. My preceptor was telling me I need to be more organized, I should review my skills and questioned me what we actually get taught as I was in the middle of doin...

3. Doing my exam in Jan 2012

   spn.charlotte posted a topic in NCLEX

   Does anyone know the best books to study from? Thanks!

4. Care Plan Help Please :)

   spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Student Assist

   Yeah I'm looking for indicators for my assessment. Other treatments, in the past shes had chemo, leep for her cervical deplasia. she has asthma and allegies and she still smokes 1/2 pack a day. This is just a case scenario teachers made for us at sc...

5. Med Surg Course

   spn.charlotte replied to DPSGraduateNurse's topic in Student Assist

   Timby and Smith. Introduction into Medical-Surgical Nursing. I love that book :)

6. Care Plan Help Please :)

   spn.charlotte posted a topic in Student Assist

   I'm making a care plan on a pt who just had a radical mastectomy, I'm going to do do risk for infection... I've been looking in my Med Surg book and I can't find what a pt WBC would be after a radical mastectomy. I am wondering if anyone knows what t...

7. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

   spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Student Assist

   disturbed body image? would that be a good one?

8. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

   spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Student Assist

   Ineffective Peripheral Tissue Perfusion, Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit.. would those be good relating to her mastectomy?

9. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

   spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Student Assist

   The skills package is for skills testing. We get case scenarios and we have to have pathos, care plans and plan of care. I'm stuck on the mastectomy.. I know two diagnosis that will good for her: Acute pain r/t surgical incision AEB mastectomy and...

10. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

    spn.charlotte posted a topic in Student Assist

    I have a skills package and I need to make a care plan for a 48 yr old who had stage 3 breast cancer. She just had a radical mastectomy. She has 16 staples with 2 sutures holding the drain in place. She also has a portacath in upper left chest. ...

11. how to take blood pressure on the forearm?

    spn.charlotte replied to srn.kitty's topic in Student Assist

    Try using the diaphragm side not the bell, close the valve. You should hear it. Try it on a friend, I find it hard to read on myself.

12. I need help with some case scenarios for PLAN OF CARE

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Student Assist

    This what I have for C-section (I forgot to mention she is on discharge day) 0700-0900review patients chart, check ID, perform: Neurovitals, Glascow's Coma Scale and Head to Toe Assessment, check V/S and assess the 5 P's, administer medications, have...

13. I need help with some case scenarios for PLAN OF CARE

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Student Assist

    I have this for the R-hip replacement Plan of Care 0700-0900review patients chart, check ID, perform: Neurovitals, Glascow's Coma Scale and Head to Toe Assessment, check V/S and assess the 5 P's, administer medications 0900-0945assist with bed ba...

14. Help nursing care plan for risk of bleeding

    spn.charlotte replied to LeeLee4's topic in Student Assist

    assess for infection assess drainage for colour, odour, consistency and amount vitals BP and P especially if a pt is having an excessive amount of bleeding remember hypotesion and tachycardia = hypovolemic shock

15. how to take blood pressure on the forearm?

    spn.charlotte replied to srn.kitty's topic in Student Assist

    of course find the radial pulse and brachial pulse 1st!!