Summer Days

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1. Nurses, am I crazy for thinking I can do this?

   Summer Days replied to Aaron.goins3's topic in General Students

   I concur with the OP. It sounds easy on paper but the lab portion of those classes will have you spinning rollercoaster style. I'd say you split two classes in the Spring & the other 2 during summer. Good luck

2. Nursing School Needs Repair (And Why I Quit)

   Summer Days replied to Barmherzigkeit's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Welcome to nursing, where your shift starts with a 89 yo pt on a cardiac monitor running normal sinus rhythm, alert & oriented x 4. Labs were collected right at change of shift. 30 min later, lab calls you with critical lab values of lactate 5.4,...

3. Nursing responsibility for certain Lab test results

   Summer Days replied to taylorzg's topic in Student Assist

   Ideally, your nursing responsibility will focus on the system(s) in which the critical lab value affects. With regards to UTI, you will continue to assess urine for sediments, odor, & color. Assess VS & compare with pt's baseline. How old is ...

4. Nursing student weekend warrior, how realistic?

   Summer Days replied to nurselili30's topic in General Students

   It will entirely depend on what kind of a studen you are. While others could work full time and attend nursing school, some cannot even fathom the thought of it. I would tell you to go thru the route of no debt at all. With that comes the warning tha...

5. can't get back into the swing of things..advice appreciated:)

   Summer Days replied to czerwodl121's topic in General Students

   Sounds to me you worry excessively. Some worry is ok, too much negatively impacts you. When was the last time you stopped worrying and actually did something fun, something unrelated to nursing school. Even the brain needs a break. You could be the b...

6. nursing

   Summer Days replied to kous4317's topic in Student Assist

   Not sure what the assignment is. By definition, health assessment will go from head to toe. As you assess, you are to note what's normal and what's abnormal for each body system then report your findings. If your assignment asks for focussed assessme...

7. Fill In The Blank...

   Summer Days replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Pt: I am an intelligence analyst. I search and find information on people, even info people think cannot be found about them. What's your name again, nurse? Me: (Very wide-eyed) Um (insert first name only).

8. The Four C's of Communication in Delegation

   Summer Days replied to Buffyanne's topic in Student Assist

   It would be nice if you show us your work first. But really it isn't that hard if you give it a thought. Pretend I'm the LVN. " Summer Days, please insert a foley catheter for Mr. English in room 123 by 0900 and report back to me when completed. Can ...

9. Differentiating between lung and bowel sounds

   Summer Days replied to LifetimeLearnerS's topic in Student Assist

   And it can be especially true for the pt with morbid obesity or one with ESLD with distended abd.

10. Med Surge 2

    Summer Days replied to esmy2005's topic in General Students

    I studied differently. I used 4 books to study. Davis Q&A for the nclex rn, Saunders comprehensive review, Lippincott's Q&A review for the nclex rn & Nclex RN Q&A made incredibly easy. Pre-lecture, I would do 100 questions from incred...

11. Care Plan Question

    Summer Days replied to funkelm's topic in Student Assist

    Hint: what is our major worry with a pt who is vomiting? What is the pt losing and how could this affect the labs?

12. Scholarships for nursing school

    Summer Days replied to Ms.Sofia_futureRN's topic in General Students

    Here you go. I think one of the links are for those in CA only. The rest can apply to nursing students nationwide. Good luck Financial Aid Information

13. How to make a good impression on clinicals

    Summer Days replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Students

    There will be a lot of patient teaching opportunities in primary health care/health clinic. In child health for instance, parents, new and old, will have tons of questions about immunizations so brush up in those areas. Particularly, arm yourself wit...

14. Care Plan Help: Diverticulitis

    Summer Days replied to niicolex's topic in General Students

    First off, diarrhea is a medical dx, not nursing dx. So deficient fluid volume is correct. Refer to your nanda book for examples of supporting evidence for deficient volume. Since this pt is female, you do have to take into account the age. Is she st...

15. EBP Narrated Powerpoint

    Summer Days replied to drsrn's topic in General Students

    Take a look at these, hope it helps. How to Add Narration to Powerpoint (2