LuvMyGamecocks

LuvMyGamecocks

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  1. How to pay for Nursing school: Student Nursing Scholarship + Financial Aid Links

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Students

    Federal student loans would be what I'd go for...depends on your income, but you can usually qualify for enough to at least cover tuition. You have to fill out the FAFSA and have your tax returns...

  2. How honest is TOO honest?

    LuvMyGamecocks posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Facing my FINAL semester of nursing school (), I am beginning to look at what areas/specialty of which I may be interested. Truthfully (and as stated in a previous post), my goal is Nurse Anesthesia....

  3. PLEASE HELP ME make an NCP on a CVA bleed patient

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to chamisrielkat's topic in General Nursing

    Ummmm...you think hypertension is a risk factor for a CVA?? I am willing, and I'm sure others are willing, to help you tweak any diagnoses you may have come up with. What have YOU come up with?...

  4. Missed something in clinical

    LuvMyGamecocks posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had the same pt this Thursday and Friday that I had last week. Little old lady c R hip fx and gamma nail sx, hx of :redbeathe dz and DM. In the week I was in class, she developed ARF and was...

  5. Missed something in clinical

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    We have to give baths, meds...total care in clinicals...and I gave her a bath the week before as I was doing my assessment. She was 1 day post op last Thursday, and the surgeon had removed her...

  6. Are you forced to practice IV's and injections on each other in nursing school?

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to kroegerk's topic in General Nursing

    It's been a while since I've posted, but Ima graduatin' in May!! We have to sign consent for IM injections, no subq. We are told that we are required to poke, but not required to receive. I don't...

  7. Non-detectable street drugs?

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just had a wonderful summer Peds class, and LOTS of interesting Peds clinical experiences. One was at the State's Child and Adolescent Psych Institute, where I learned on the Adolescent Drug and...

  8. Why do I feel like an idiot?

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to 2togo4rn's topic in General Nursing

    One of the topics we learned about in Fundamentals was Anxiety...what causes it, how it manifests, how the nurse is able to relieve it.... We also learned that research has shown that a little bit of...

  9. Intolerant of RN errors

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to medpsychRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    :offtopic:

  10. When you overhear...

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, all! Long time, no see! I didn't interject my knowledge, but I did use my knowledge to prevent potential disaster. I was walking through Target looking for my hubby and had to walk near the...

  11. Words of encouragement please!!!

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to ARMYNURSE66H's topic in General Nursing

    Any news yet? Huh?

  12. alli ~ diet pill

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Oh, jeez...can't stop laughing....so true....oily farts....tears are

  13. All CRNAs need to READ this

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to janecristensen's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I understand fully what your point of view is, and I agree 100%. But, the tone of several things in your post (all quoted above) IMO suggest that nurses "settle" for "just being a nurse." I could...

  14. Bummer of a Brochure in yesterday's mail

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This wouldn't happen to be THE USC (as in South Carolina...west coast doesn't count ), would it? What a shame! Whenever I come across something like this that burns me up...politics, news, bad...

  15. Have an Interview - What is a PRN?

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to peachesncream0768's topic in General Nursing

    Please....PUH-LEAZE tell me you don't yet have a nursing license and that you're looking for something of a Nursing Assistant

  16. Advice needed - withdrawing life support & how to deal

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to just_peachy83's topic in MICU, SICU

    I lost my grandfather this past Thursday (2/23). He was 73, had COPD, a recovering alcoholic (had been clean 20+ years), diabetic, arthritis.... The ICU nurses worked feverishly (and I really mean...

  17. Complain to whom? Anyone?

    LuvMyGamecocks posted a topic in General Nursing

    I knew when this was brought up to me that I would likely need to seek the advice of the wonderful people on this forum. A little history... My grandfather is 72, has COPD, diabetic, about 150+ lbs...

  18. Complain to whom? Anyone?

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    I'll come back in a day or so to be sure I wrote something sensible. My grandfather passed away yesterday. He had been moved to the ICU Monday, and things went from bad to worse. I've read about DIC...

  19. Beyond the "5 Rights" of medication administration...

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to Clarise's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a method (still in school)...for whatever it's worth, our school is teaching the 6th right of meds...Right

  20. Complain to whom? Anyone?

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your replies. We thought the last episode of CHF was going to be the end, but he got through it, did all the physical therapy that he could and was up and walking within 6 months without...

  21. Complain to whom? Anyone?

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    Are her concerns legit? She doesn't want to make waves when he's in what seems to be a delicate balance. Is there any kind of article/website/book/ANYthing that talks about the comorbidity of his...

  22. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Kris, look on the PA Board of Nursing Web Site. If I were you, I would go directly to (or call) the PA Board of Nursing and get someone to answer your questions. I will say that you should NEVER,...

  23. That woman

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Had one of those, too. You just have to be bluntly direct if prompted to be. A little history...In my Micro class, she was the one you described. She asked ton's of irrelevant questions, asked...

  24. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat:

  25. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    LuvMyGamecocks replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Do you really need a law to define word for word what is morally acceptable? You would think common sense would tell you that a professional (in ANY industry) should be held to a standard if they fail...