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1. Excelsior

   powerpooch replied to powerpooch's topic in General Students

   Well he is allready an LVN but he was on an ADN program. He failed the clinical and the class. He failed one class once and this is the second time. So he is out of the program. So how many times can you take the test befor getting kicked out???

2. Excelsior

   powerpooch posted a topic in General Students

   I have a question for those who went to Excelsior. I know that in a traditional program you get kicked out of school for failing 2 nursing classes. My BF just got kicked out of an ADN program and he thinks that Excelsior won't kick you out. Is this t...

3. Pulmonary Toilet

   powerpooch posted a topic in Burn

   I was reading my book about burns and I came across "pulmonary toilet". I don't know what it means and it is not on the medical dictionary. It has something to do with airway clearance. I looked it up online but to no avail. Can someone please explai...

4. Long term acute care

   powerpooch posted a topic in Geriatric

   Is there a time limit for stay at long term acute care hospital??? I know that they have to stay 25 days or greater but I want to know if there is a time limit.

5. Nursing Homes

   powerpooch posted a topic in Geriatric

   what type of facility can a person with: incontinence, bilateral cataracts, hard or hearing, Hx. of falling, heart condition, unable to prepare meals, 10 medications a day, and difficulty dressing themselves benefit from??? I have narrowed it down to...

6. Chest Tube

   powerpooch posted a topic in General Students

   Are the terms thoracentesis and chest tube synonymous?????

7. Mild Cognitive Impairment

   powerpooch posted a topic in Geriatric

   My grandfather has this. What is this condition?? How is this different from alzimer and what usually causes it???

8. Theoretical Framework

   powerpooch posted a topic in General Students

   Is theoretical framework the same as a conceptual framework??? I see it being used synonymously but there is one difference.

9. Research topic

   powerpooch posted a topic in General Students

   Hello I am in nursing research and they want us to develop a research proposal and use the steps in the research process. This isn't a paper. It is like an outline. I have trouble coming up with a topic that has a theoretical framework. Please sugges...

10. What is the purpose of Nursing Research??

    powerpooch replied to powerpooch's topic in General Students

    i looked it up on the book and online i had the improving pt care too....I found it on the book and it says that the ultimate goal is the generation of empirical knowledge base to guide practice

11. What is the purpose of Nursing Research??

    powerpooch posted a topic in General Students

    What is the purpose of Nursing Research?? is it to 1. develop theory in nursing 2. improve quality of pt. care 3. retention of nurses 4. develop nurse researchers