Devochka

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1. Be careful with FACEBOOK

   Devochka replied to Stephieee's topic in Job Hunt

   Facebook has privacy settings that you must not have been using. Nobody can see my posts except friends. You may have had your settings set to friends of friends, or acquaintances, or even friend requests. You can't even find my fb page or my name...

2. Answered wrong on Interview Question

   Devochka replied to missrn208's topic in Job Hunt

   Always A, B, C. Airway is always first. If you can't breathe, you WILL die. You can't take care of B until you take care of A. You can't take care of C until you take care of B. SOB first, then chest pain, then pain meds, then crazy family membe...

3. Cheating in the Classroom

   Devochka replied to meatballgirl's topic in General Students

   Being a polyglot (I speak more than 3 languages fluently), I can say this: It was always far easier for me to read the language than to speak, write, or understand it. Reading comprehension always comes first. Speaking and understanding always com...

4. Never live with a fellow student!

   Devochka replied to missk88's topic in General Students

   Venting is awesome, but you are missing out on a good nursing lesson: How to deal with difficult people. Have you ever taken a minute to sit down with her and tell her how you feel and that it would work better for you b/c of your adhd to be able t...

5. Help with patient review

   Devochka replied to eggnog9fuk's topic in Student Assist

   @Brinks, you are correct in that the liver will start kicking out sugar to get the body ready for stress, but generally, this is compensated for by the pancreas kicking out more insulin, assuming they have a normally functioning endocrine system, in ...

6. Question about the 6 rights of medication administration?

   Devochka replied to Lucidity's topic in Student Assist

   I think that the question is a stupid question. In the real world, you're not going to be sitting there asking which would be the most fatal and the rationale. Any have the potential of fatality, and all can be equally argued. You have no way of k...

7. Help with patient review

   Devochka replied to eggnog9fuk's topic in Student Assist

   Cardiogenic shock is shock that is caused by the heart ceasing to beat. The MI caused the cardiogenic shock. The heart goes into a rhythm such as v-fib or non-pulsed/pulsed v-tach b/c of irritation from lack of oxygen from the coronary arteries and t...