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from VickyRN - The following are an assortment of free materials on the Internet I have compiled over the years. These excellent materials will be of great assistance to you in nursing school, as you learn to perform accurate head-to-toe assessments. Enjoy!
Taking a Detailed Health History
Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment – Vital Signs
The...
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by studentmary
Nov 02 05:03 PM
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from VickyRN - Whether administering medications or hanging IV drips, nurses must accurately perform dosage calculations. This is a critical factor for patient safety, as a patient's life may depend on it.
Nursing math requires a working knowledge of ratio-proportion and/or dimensional analysis. Most of these type calculations are at the 6th or 7th grade...
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by VickyRN
Nov 01 12:05 PM
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from traumaRUs - How to become an advanced practice nurse in ten easy steps!
My very different educational path has probably furnished some professor with a new BMW or Lexus. I am not endorsing this route but rather explaining why you should look before you leap…we have to start in the beginning…
I am now middle-aged (ouch, even hurts to type those...
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by MaritesaRN
Oct 29 04:29 PM
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from VickyRN - A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual and/or potential health problems or life processes. A medical diagnosis, on the other hand, is the identification of a disease based on its signs and symptoms.
The professional practice of nursing is the diagnosing and treatment of these...
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by Queenbee01
Oct 25 08:45 PM
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from VickyRN - This is an example of a head-to-toe narrative assessment note. I have my first semester nursing students start by writing out a narrative assessment on the clinical floor, before proceeding to any facility assessment flowcharts.
Excellent resources concerning nursing documentation:
Interactive Exercises on Assessment Charting from...
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by MelodyNelson
Oct 25 04:43 AM
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from VickyRN - Accelerated BSN programs are an innovative approach to nursing education, available for individuals who hold a non-nursing bachelor’s or higher degree and who are interested in moving into the field of nursing. Approximately 205 of these type programs are currently available nationwide.
Direct-entry MSN programs in nursing are also available...
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by jpchouston
Oct 24 11:38 PM
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from VivaLasViejas - As a nurse of some years' duration, I've often been accused of harboring a rather warped sense of humor. I'm not sure what happened, or when I devolved from a normal person who laughs at knock-knock jokes and funny animal videos to a degenerate who cackles madly at bodily functions and the infinite variety of stupid people tricks. All I know is,...
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by Franemtnurse
Oct 24 02:55 PM
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from VickyRN - One of the most daunting tasks in nursing school is learning to adapt to the NCLEX-style questions. It is an entirely different way of testing and most students struggle with these types of exams.
I highly recommend the Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination (4th ed).
ISBN-10: 141603708X
ISBN-13: 978-1416037088
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by soozabel
Oct 23 07:59 AM
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from VivaLasViejas - We've all heard them.............those hackneyed phrases and dopey questions people often direct at nurses because they truly do not understand what we do.
1) "You're so smart, you should have gone to medical school." I AM smart---that's why I became a nurse instead of enduring 80-hour work weeks and giving up sleep for eight years.
2) "It...
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by VivaLasViejas
Oct 22 01:42 PM
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from sharrie - One of the topics that is raised frequently in the UK and International forums is how does an international nurse go about working in the UK.
The replies are often negative and in general try to convey how very difficult this is. There are lots of hoops to jump through and currently the economic situation in the UK is very grim, this means...
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by sharrie
Oct 17 12:50 PM
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from VickyRN - Diploma programs are the oldest and most traditional type of nursing education in the United States. These programs are two to three years in duration and provide nursing education primarily in the hospital setting. Graduates of these programs receive a diploma as opposed to a college degree. Most diploma programs are now affiliated with colleges...
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by grandmamaryof7
Oct 15 10:55 AM
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from VickyRN - Direct entry masters in nursing programs offer a rapid entrance into both the profession of nursing and advanced nursing practice. These unique programs are also known as entry-level or alternate entry nursing masters programs. This type of education is specifically tailored for people with a baccalaureate or higher degree in another discipline...
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by Bree124
Oct 14 01:06 PM
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from traumaRUs - Burn out in the ER or why its been a long time since I wrote in this blog….
I always loved the ER from the very first day in 1996 when my preceptor told me not to worry, I would get the hang of having patients that were very ill from who knows what, had some unknown object in some weird oriface, or died and no one knew why. She was right, I...
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by magnolia nurse
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from VickyRN - EXAMPLE: Pt with tracheostomy on the rehab unit.
0700 – Received pt in bed, resting quietly with eyes closed. Easily aroused to alert and fully oriented state with voice. Client indicates by shaking head that presently he has no needs and no pain or distress. Respirations even, unlabored via tracheostomy. Pt is receiving humidified oxygen @...
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by caliotter3
Oct 10 04:00 AM
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from tnbutterfly - How many of you have felt helpless or guilty when caring for a seriously ill or dying patient? How many become overwhelmed with emotion after a particularly “bad death”, or the death of a patient you have allowed yourself to become attached to? What should nurses do to avoid the pain that such circumstances often cause? Or are there appropriate...
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by tnbutterfly
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