Jenngirl34RN

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  1. Tough clinical instructor

    Take a deep breath and get past it so you don't let it get to you next week. For your SBAR, write it down. Jot down the important info you need to get across. Run over how you are going to say it in your head before hand, and maybe practice some p...
  2. Hospice comfort

    Comfort care has a lot more to do with the patient than your answer would suggest, and IVs and nasal cannulas are used, as patients often need IV pain medications and fluids, and patients aren't denied oxygen if needed. Family anxiety is often addres...
  3. !!!!!!HOMEWORK HELPPPP!!!!!!

    You had the right idea for your equation, but to find your gtts/min you want to use the total to be infused and the total time of the infusion, not the calculated mL/hr. The way you set it up, you were infusing the amount for 1 hour (42 mL) over 24 h...
  4. Clinical advice

    Some of things that made my favorite CIs favorites: 1. Be available, and check in, but don't hover all the time. 2. Encourage students to find good observation or practice opportunities 3. Be available for questions or concerns, without getting ang...
  5. Help With Clinicals

    I just graduated, so am not an RN yet (taking the NCLEX in two weeks ), but in my program some of the things that separated those of us who did well in clinicals from those who did not are: 1. As others have said, be willing and eager to learn any an...
  6. And...done!!!

    Thanks you guys!
  7. Why does Seattle pay so low?

    Cost of living in SF is much higher than Seattle, particularly housing costs.
  8. Job outlook for experienced ADN

    It is easier to get hired as an ADN if you are in the south sound area or to the north, which are also the less expensive areas to live in, but even then a lot of the hospitals are going for Magnet status so they will require you get your BSN within ...
  9. You say you are trying to bring awareness to the situation...many of us have had to take and pass the exit HESI to graduate, plus HESI exams at the end of each quarter or semester, and the majority us were perfectly aware of that fact. I am not sure...
  10. Med school vs NP? Your plans and opinions?

    One thing to consider is the NP scope of practice where you live. In some states NPs are far more restricted than in others. Before making your decision you should figure out which area you want to work in and what the NP role for that position is ...
  11. And...done!!!

    I made it! I have turned in my last assignment, taken my last test, and am now done with nursing school (or at least this phase of it). All I have to do now is wait for graduation on Wednesday and I will officially be a graduate nurse! I am incre...
  12. Does the community college not have a general associates transfer degree, or better yet, some sort of pre-nursing transfer degree? There probably isn't much point in taking all of the surgical tech classes if you are going for nursing.
  13. Who has liability insurance?

    Right now I am covered by my school, and the cost is included in the tuition for the program. I will be getting my own coverage once I start practicing.
  14. Diseases nurses/ nursing students should know

    Having a basic idea of the diseases others have listed above is a good idea, but you will cover all of them in quite a lot of detail as you study nursing management of all of those diseases (and then some). If you really want to study before startin...
  15. Concept Map: Interactions for pt w/trach, has rhonchi

    So, a good place to start would be identifying a nursing diagnosis. "has a trach and ronchi" is not a nursing diagnosis. What s/s is the patient exhibiting? You need to use a NANDA nursing diagnosis based on the problems your patient has that you ...