Julie029

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1. Your Worst Mistake

   Julie029 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

   I am sooooo glad I logged on today. I have been a nurse on a med-surg floor for only 9 months. I had worked with heparin drips very little. Recently at the end of my shift a Dr. ordred a heparin drip on a patient. I had just started to give report to...

2. Urinary elimination care plan

   Julie029 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My patient had bilateral renal stones. My nursing diagnosis is Risk for impaired urinary elimination R/T bilateral renal stones. My instructor did not like the 3 goals I had so can anyone tell me what they would use? I used maintain urinary output wi...

3. last semester and need some advice

   Julie029 posted a topic in General Students

   I am in my last semester of the ADN program. I am in GI now. I failed my first exam and my first quiz. And now today I got my midterm and the instuctor said I was below C average in clinicals. She said I am okay with meds and that I do all my work in...

4. T3,T4 and Tsh HELP??

   Julie029 replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the explanations. I do understand it now.

5. T3,T4 and Tsh HELP??

   Julie029 replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it is endocrine which is actually covered in our G.I class. Your explanation was very helpful. Thanks

6. T3,T4 and Tsh HELP??

   Julie029 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a nursing student in my last semester. I have an exam in G.I. this coming week and there might be a essay question about T3 T4 and TSH and how they interact. Can someone please explain this to me. I am not understanding it by reading the book. ...

7. Bipolar nursing instructors

   Julie029 replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

   I certainly did not mean any offense when using the term bipolar. I simply was referring to her constant change of behavior. I apologize if I offended anyone.

8. How did you find out about allnurses?

   Julie029 replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

   I was searching for nursing web sites and stumbled over it. And I love it here.

9. Bipolar nursing instructors

   Julie029 replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

   No, I am from Illinois. And I am sorry if you have an instructor like this.

10. Bipolar nursing instructors

    Julie029 replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your responses. That is why I love this site. There is always encouragement and good advice here. And I will let you know what happens.

11. Bipolar nursing instructors

    Julie029 replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

    I went to her after my exam and asked her what she was trying to do to me. She said she had done alot of soul searching the night before and had been reading her Bible. She said that she had seen a weakness in me in clinical and felt that I was not c...

12. Bipolar nursing instructors

    Julie029 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in my last 8 weeks of my first year of an ADN program. Throughout this entire 8 weeks my clinical instuctor has been driving me crazy. Two weeks ago we had midterm. Everything was fine. She said I had a little too much anxiety but that would eas...

13. pleural and pleural fricton rub

    Julie029 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a question on a quiz that asked that we listen and identify a lung sound. The choices were crackles, wheezes, or pleral friction rub. I knew the answer was pleural friction rub but when I wrote it down I only wrote pleural. My instructor checke...

14. Can I find employment at my age??

    Julie029 posted a topic in Career Support

    I will be graduating from the ADN program in the spring of 2006. I will be 42 at that time. Will it be difficult to find a nursing job at that age?? Are hospitals reluctant to hire someone at this age?

15. Question about med surg

    Julie029 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in my 2nd semester, 1st 8 weeks. I just got a D in the med surg class. I will go right on into psych next week and then after summer break I will take the class over again. Very devastating. My question is, are all ADN programs the same? In 8 we...