NurseStudentFall01

Please tell me I'm not the only one who became a hypochondriac after starting nursing school! Every time I read about a disease process, I'm convinced I've got it, but this time I've got some real symptoms to complain about. I thought about asking ...

I've been orienting on a med surg floor with the BEST preceptor! I'd like to get her a special gift to thank her for being so great. Any suggestions? I don't know of anything that she collects, or has a particular passion for. She's married, has ...

You're all so nice about not making me feel like a psych patient myself! LOL I really can't go see anyone because I have no insurance. But, the pain generally goes from the temporal to occipital lobes - just behind my ears, then up and out. It wou...

I just started clinicals a couple months ago, so I haven't seen much in the hospital setting. I used to work at a bookstore tho and this real tough looking guy used to come in and buy the biker magazines all the time. He must have had 20 tatoos on ...

No idea where this one came from.... If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it!

I'm not creative AT ALL. But, for an assignment, we need to make a teaching aid for either a self breast exam or a self testicular exam. The only thing I can come up with is a boring old poster board type assignment, and I'm sure the instructors ha...

I just wanted to give an update on my project and thank everyone again for the great ideas! I made testicles out of playdough and used marbles as the suspicious lumps. I even used pipe cleaner as the vas deferens. I then put the testicles in knee ...

Thanks! I went with comfort altered r/t pruritis and lesions. I also added skin integrity impaired r/t lesions. I think I need a new care plan book, this one doesn't have half of what I'm looking for. Thanks so much for the help!

I'm in clinicals now and I went to assess my pt tonight. I'm having trouble figuring out a nursing diagnosis for psoriasis. Is is skin integrity impaired or tissue integrity impaired or something totally different? My care plan book only talks abo...

Wonderful ideas! Thank you all so much!

I hope it's okay if I just vent and whine a bit. Please feel free to jump in with your own vent if you need to. My main whine is that I feel like an idiot when going out to community agencies for clinicals. We've only been twice, but I feel like a ...

I went back to the nursing home today and I feel SO much better about the experience! I followed the great advice here and just decided to be myself. I felt so good when I left there because I could see that she was cheered just by having me there...

Brandy, I appreciate your apology, though I was not personally offended. I'm happy and secure with my decision to pursue an ADN degree. Anyway, I just wanted to say no hard feelings. I value your opinion, and I'm glad you were able to get more inf...

First, I'm going to say I have no opinion either way on this topic, whatever makes you happy works for me. I do have a couple comments though. I don't really understand why a military person has a problem with people wearing credentials on their uni...

I posted this question under Dplear's post about the child who died, but was afraid it would be buried there and wanted to ask again. As I stated in that post, I am in no way judging or placing blame on ANYONE, but I'm curious what will be done about...

Okay, twice asked and not a single response. Should I assume the silence here IS my answer? Kinda scary...

What a horrible thing to witness! I'm only beginning nursing school this fall, but I don't think I could handle something like that! I gotta ask though, and I'm in NO way placing blame here, but will anything be done about the unhooked leads and t...

I'm also taking A&P this summer and know how difficult it can be. I stumbled across this site and think it's just what we all need to help us on test day! http://www.allheart.com/acc-8023-ts-al.html

I agree with a lot of what's already been said here. When my son was born almost 4 years ago, I didn't know much about the procedure, just that the foreskin was removed. My doctor told me he didn't even use any kind of anesthesia because it didn't ...

Sadly, this doens't even surprise me. I'm not a poltical activist either, but the things that go on in some of these predominantly Muslim countries just sickens me. For instance, anyone hear about the atrociites against women in Afghanistan? Women...

I think it's a good idea to post the books we need here, and maybe someone else will have the book we need. For this fall, I'll need the following: *Mosby's Medical Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, 5th Edition *Medical Surgical Nursing, 5th ...

I posted this same question here a few months ago. Here's what I learned. If you have a few weeks to wait for the books, try http://www.half.com - they also always have a coupon good for $5 off. Also, barnes & noble sells new and used text boo...

I just took a test today on the cardiovascular system, heart, blood, lymphatic system, etc. All the stuff you mentioned. I didn't do too bad, got a 78%. Normally, I'd be mortified with a 78%, but in this class, I'm proud to just be passing! Anyw...

double post, sorry!

I also wanted to say thank you for all these replies. I am the friend Brandy wrote about, my classmates are the ones with questionable extracurricular activities. I also wanted to add that *I believe* the classmates in question were high at the ac...