MagickalSpiral

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1. Vanderbilt's Nurse Residency Program

   MagickalSpiral replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Tennessee

   I was selected too! I am so excited to even get to go meet with them! Congratulations to those of you who have also been selected! Good Luck!

2. Most important drugs to know...

   MagickalSpiral replied to occc2010rn's topic in General Students

   I agree! Classes are very important! A great review book I have is Pharmacology Made Insanely Easy!. It can be purchased at www.icanpublishing.com It is WONDERFUL! It has illustrations that will help you remember things and even a few cute songs to ...

3. Most important drugs to know...

   MagickalSpiral replied to occc2010rn's topic in General Students

   i am in an adn program and these are the medications they gave us to learn completely for our first med check off.. regular insulin lasix cardizem digoxin nitroglycerin potassium chloride doxycycline coumadin prednisone protonix hydrocodone zoloft le...

4. Pathophysiology Paradigm

   MagickalSpiral replied to MagickalSpiral's topic in General Students

   Do you find it difficult even though you know what you are talking about???

5. Pathophysiology Paradigm

   MagickalSpiral replied to MagickalSpiral's topic in General Students

   i am using the 5th edition of this book and it is wonderful! i am just struggling, i guess you could say, on trying to work in the amiodarone. maybe i am overthinking and causing myself more trouble than just going with what i read/know about chf an...

6. Pathophysiology Paradigm

   MagickalSpiral posted a topic in General Students

   Hey everyone.. I am in an ADN program and in our care plan we have to include a paradigm for the Pathophys of our patient's main medical problem. Does anyone else have to do this?? Any websites/advise on getting through this? Last quarter, my paradig...

7. Working medications into Care Plan / Nursing DX

   MagickalSpiral replied to MagickalSpiral's topic in Student Assist

   I was thinking of the following Nursing Dx: Decreased cardiac output r/t altered contractility AEB cough, crackles, orthopnea and decreased ejection fraction. ? Ineffective airway clearance r/t (??) AEB dyspnea, diminished breath sounds, adventitious...

8. Working medications into Care Plan / Nursing DX

   MagickalSpiral posted a topic in Student Assist

   hello everyone! i am working on a concept map for a very complex patient. she was started on amiodarone 3 weeks ago for a fib (after not responding well to betapace) along with her coumadin. about 10 days after she started taking the ami, she develo...

9. Urgent Care Center

   MagickalSpiral replied to Lexxie's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, right now, I'm okay.. As an MA. The Practice Administrator and I have already talked, and she knows that as soon as I can place RN after my name, I'm gone! It's a fun experience for now though!

10. Urgent Care Center

    MagickalSpiral replied to Lexxie's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck!! It says a lot about your character to have been with an employer for 11 years!! Urgent care is definately fun, but around my area, RN's rarely work in UC... Too bad, I'll graduate in a year and I already have 3 years of UC experience! Kee...

11. Feeling Defeated Already :(

    MagickalSpiral replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in Student Assist

    keep up the hard work! i am in med-surg i also and i know all about the stress! on our last exam the class average was a 67.74.. talk about stressed! just don't give up and you will make that 80% you are striving for! :)

12. Urgent Care Center

    MagickalSpiral replied to Lexxie's topic in General Nursing

    i am a nursing student, but also a medical assistant. i currently work in an urgent care center (and have for 2+ years.) the staff you speak of reminds me of when we opened our 3rd center, a skeleton crew. now that the patient load has picked up, so ...

13. Concept Map Care plans and Nursing Dx help

    MagickalSpiral replied to MagickalSpiral's topic in Student Assist

    Daytonite- Thanks for your help. I am aware that there is a lot of information that I omitted in that last post, I was trying to get some of the most important things out there first. For our concept map we only have to pick the 3 top dx to elaborat...

14. Concept Map Care plans and Nursing Dx help

    MagickalSpiral posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hey everyone! I am a new ADN student working on my FIRST care plan and boy did I have a great patient for it.. The patient is a 61 y/o male who presented to the ER with complaints of CP, SOB and diaphoresis. MI was r/o and he was found to have Acalc...