HelanaDietrich

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1. Any Florida LPN's (relocating questions)

   HelanaDietrich replied to sfgibson's topic in Florida

   I did a geographic research on various cities and Sarasota/Brandenton ranked one of the highest in the nation on overall growth quality. There are many large corporations which have relocated there because of the great weather and thus the overall co...

2. This new nurse would appreciate your feedback!

   HelanaDietrich replied to paulb999's topic in Med-Surg

   I recommend you keep a very detailed personal dairy at home of this, and any incident, which you feel is out of the ordinary flow of things, for your own protection. In the event this indidivual pushes the matter to her superiors, and in the event sh...

3. Can someone verify this for me?

   HelanaDietrich replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

   Charlie T, that was good advice you gave inbox. I concur that the best thing is seeking precisely clear instructions from the instructor, as it is of the upmost importance to thoroughly understand the proportions methods. Repetively practicing as man...

4. Can someone verify this for me?

   HelanaDietrich replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

   Focus on the dose which the doctor prescribed, 0.5 grams, to be given; so you will need to do a basic proportion to figure out exactly how many pills are to be given. Your focus is strictly on the exact dose and how much of a pill(s) will account for...

5. Teaching projects "help"

   HelanaDietrich replied to Harley2008's topic in Student Assist

   While in nursing school, when we did a clinical at a local elementary school for a weeklong comparison project of a normally developed child vs a physically/mentally challenged child, we used a standard nurse plan/evaluation form. This gave us all th...

6. what area of nursing do you never see yourself working in?

   HelanaDietrich replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a student nurse, and pulling a clinical at a local Gynocologist office, my aunt came in as a regular patient for her annual Pap. Naturally the nurse and I decided it best that I excuse myself from this exam to avoid any potential awkwardne...

7. Nurse by Peggy Anderson

   HelanaDietrich replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

   PS: Another good book for medical people is Bellevue.

8. Nurse by Peggy Anderson

   HelanaDietrich replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

   Nurse by Peggy Anderson? I've had that book for years, started it and put it down, because at the time I was too busy on other things to have the chance to get into the heart of the book. What I read was good, the reason I've kept holding onto the bo...

9. My Pharm. Calc. teacher can barely speak proper english! help

   HelanaDietrich replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

   I began an A&P course which was taught by the head of the science dept. He had a very broken strong foreign accent. When we took the first major test, the class was astounded. Only one student passed. I went above him and insisted on changing in...

10. Bad at math, no chemistry experience

    HelanaDietrich replied to Wannuhbeenurse's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Having up on a farm where women were supposed to marry and depend on a man for their bread and butter, my farm chores interfered with my studies. I graduated from HS 15 from the bottom of a class of 300. I had a mental block about math because of a m...

11. Help with a case study/ nursing diagnosis

    HelanaDietrich replied to nanner8691's topic in Student Assist

    Sexual dysfunction r/t altered body structure AEB pt states he has difficulty maintaining an erection...This is a proper nursing diagnosis. Risk for Anxiety r/t change in health status secondary to patient received the diagnosis of prostate cancer......

12. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    HelanaDietrich replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    Timothy Thanks so much for putting that in the context you did. You were right on the money. Wiping behinds is the responsibility of whoever is part of the team that can get it done. I was never taught as a nurse that I should expect it to be the sol...

13. need some advice

    HelanaDietrich replied to mgc's topic in SRNA

    If you have problems getting into a school, think about this. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston offers nursing degrees through Doctorate, along with all other medical specialty. Their nursing program is 100 years old (one of...

14. need some advice

    HelanaDietrich replied to mgc's topic in SRNA

    The acronym I think might have been in question was GPA (Grade Point Average).

15. New about to be Student with Questions

    HelanaDietrich replied to myonlyboyluke's topic in General Students

    You don't have to be that great in math. You need to know basics, converting fractions, decimals and percentages. This is the basis in order to be able to figure out proportions (converting metric measures). Chemistry is included in most sciences, so...