tnortham

tnortham

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  1. Need help! What would you do?

    It sounds like a really interesting job...and right now a job is a job, experience is experience. You may really like it. I would take it!
  2. Take a CNA class...It will help you figure out if you can handle seeing (and bathing) naked people and all of their parts. Classes don't take too long and you won't have a lot of time or money invested if you can't handle it. Foley Catheters used to ...
  3. Intervention to a patient with a hip fracture

    Daytonite has it covered...but to answer your question about R 32. It means respirations are 32 a minute. You will need to know this because it is an abnormal finding.
  4. Final Exam Question.....

    For finals I went over all my notes and power points for the semester; any time I didn't remember something clearly I reviewed it in detail (wikipedia usually gives simple explanations). I focused mainly on very early tests, because the most recent t...
  5. ? about Nursing School Classes

    At my school there isn't any additional math classes, but you will use math a lot in pharmacology. We also have math quizes every semester before we go to clinical (need to be able to pass meds safely), and pharm questions on regular nursing tests. I...
  6. Too young to be a nurse?

    I think it is great you have your life together at this age and know what you what to do with it! Nursing school has people of many ages- you are all in the same boat of class assignments and workload. Maybe she is just a bitter person.
  7. Is it normal to feel this way?

    I think you aren't going to be able to make a rational decision until you get your anxiety under control. You should seek medical help/medication to get this under control. Lots of students have anxiety disorders and they exacerbate with the stress o...
  8. HELP! FailingRNschool-B/C I took care of myself

    I am glad you are being proactive...hopefully you have enough time to turn this semester around. Good Luck.
  9. Nervous about first OB exam and terrified of Failing

    I found OB tests to be pretty straight forward also. Read, review your notes and do practice NCLEX OB questions. Have a little confidence! Your study group didn't make you pass last semester...you did. Just study, during the test don't get nervous an...
  10. HELP! FailingRNschool-B/C I took care of myself

    You need to get it together! You are going to lose a great opportunity because lack of focus. You need to make a weekly schedule with time in it to study and read EVERYDAY. You need to make an appointment with your individual instructors when you fai...
  11. If this is first semester I think that the nurse is expecting a lot from you. By second and third semester at my school you are supposed to know the thirty plus meds for your patient, and mechanism of action, side effects, why the patient is getting ...
  12. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    Your instructor wants you to work on time management and prioritizing. You only had one patient and you should be able to provide care to them; even if they are total care patients. Go into clinical early, verify your patient doesn't have any new ord...
  13. Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    Why don't you just send out a petition like your instructor suggested? That should be easy enough to send out during lecture or pass around during clinical, and if you have a large number of people signing the petition it makes a lot bigger impact th...
  14. I may be getting married while in nursing school- HELP

    In the big scheme of things a few months will not make a difference. You need to focus on school, your last semester and studying for the NCLEX. A secure job will make a great deal of difference in the stability of early marriage. Wait until after gr...
  15. I am in fourth semester now. I think third semester really helped me start putting things together. Care plans and concept maps started making sense. Lab values started indicating things. Everything started to click. I am still not always confident- ...