student_B ADN, RN

student_B has 7 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in Emergency Department.

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1. Looking for any RN programs that take less than 2 years to complete (16,18,20-month etc)

   student_B replied to heartheart09's topic in General Students

   I would caution against a less than 2 year program. I am in the second year of an ADN program and the workload is very challenging. If you are able to devote 100% of your time to nursing school, a shorter program could be feasible, but solely worki...

2. 7 Ways to Sabotage Your Own Success in Nursing School

   student_B replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

   Don't Overstudy I found that increasing my study times beyond a certain point resulted in increased mental fatigue and confusion. The more I studied beyond that point the worse I did on exams. So this time I reduced my studying time two days before...

3. Dispute test question??

   student_B replied to cin808's topic in General Students

   I learned this from reading posts on AN while I was in pre-nursing, and it holds true in my year and a half of experience. I think a big part of it is that these questions are not like math problems that are strictly formulaic. With nursing the que...

4. Discouraged in Clinical

   student_B replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Students

   Take it upon yourself to find learning opportunities; they may not be obvious, but there are plenty in any hospital setting. If I find myself not immediately busy in clinical, I will ask if any other students need help (repositioning, ambulate assis...

5. Drug Use and Abuse: Perspectives of A Teen User Part 3

   student_B replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   Excellent article! Interesting and well-written!

6. Working during nursing school

   student_B replied to calpals's topic in General Students

   Prepare yourself for a year-round grueling schedule, to some extent. work and save up as much as possible before school, during summer & winter breaks, and whenever you can. It's not just the clinicals you have to worry about, there's also the ...

7. Recording device for lectures

   student_B replied to megster871's topic in General Students

   My nursing school has a blanket policy of no recording of any nursing classes including labs. The rationale given was that students and professors are encouraged to share personal experiences relating to the subjects being taught and recording could...

8. Investigating Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

   student_B replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting topic & article, are your sources for this information available? The inflorescence ("flowers" or "buds") are the drug-containing portion of the cannabis sativa plant, while the leaves contain significantly less psychoactive chemical...

9. Help with ABG

   student_B replied to trev343's topic in Student Assist

   the ↑PaCO2 is the respiratory compensation for the metabolic alkalosis; the ↑PaO2 is a bit puzzling though. Perhaps something like continuous vomiting from an obstruction of the small intestine causing metabolic alkalosis from gastric acid loss ...

10. Patient Diagnosis help

    student_B replied to kristen5500's topic in Student Assist

    You should be able to find plenty of nursing diagnoses on this patient, think ABCs! Look through a NANDA or nursing diagnosis handbook and prioritize the most life-threatening/emergent bodily functions. Also, escape rhythm r/t 3rd degree block? Try...

11. Dosage calc for ATI testing

    student_B replied to Ellie.D's topic in Student Assist

    This caused me some mistakes early in nursing school for the same reason. I learned that ATI wants certain numbers rounded in each step in the calculation while other figures can be left as is. I think it was specifically the need to round the lb-t...

12. What do you eat for breakfast?

    student_B replied to Ioreth's topic in General Students

    My staple has been Sweet Earth frozen burritos, and frequently a falafel (trader joes frozen)-hummus-arugula-tabasco wrap. The frozen burritos are great for when I'm running late (frequently) and this brand is quite healthy in my opinion, and has a ...

13. CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    student_B replied to babyNP.'s topic in Headlines

    Foremostly, I continue to be very alarmed at the anti-science paradigm that's become pandemic within our government. However, from what I've gathered this is a reaction by the CDC to the current political conditions; as in, the CDC is attempting to ...

14. Urgent: Need IV Certification for RN in Bay Area

    student_B replied to LizzerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to add that my ADN-RN program states that "initiating IV therapy is not part of undergraduate nursing curriculum" and that the professors said we'd be taught this during orientation when we start working at a hospital. That does seem to ...

15. Do I push out the air bubble?

    student_B replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    This was recently emphasized to us in NS, and aligns with the mfr recommendations. I don't think much, if any, of the air bubble escapes the needle tip, it's probably calibrated to fully empty the syringe and needle of medication (expensive drug).