Hi, I'm a new graduate just hired at a antepartum/postpartum/nursery unit. I did my clinicals at another hospital where their postpartum assessments (vag and c/s) consisted of a complete head to toe assessment. In the unit I'm working in, the nurses ...
I was hired for a postpartum/antepartum/well baby nursery unit and my orientation is 6 months long. The two first weeks are classes that the hospital makes every newly hired nurse take (ie. restraint policy, IV mgt, wound care, etc). We are now in we...
I interviewed at 2 places and 1 of them had me shadow their unit to see if it was what I liked...I ended up getting the job at both places but chose the unit I shadowed.
The hospital where I gave birth has had these since at least six years ago and let me tell you they are the best! They have soap cartridges that go in it to clean the peri area and the warm water feels really good after giving birth. They're awesome.
Our school in general loses about 25-30% of their students in the junior year during med/surg. That's pretty much a standard on our school every year. B.
This is how I learned it... ROME: Respiratory= Opposite: - pH is high, PCO2 is down (Alkalosis). - pH is low, PCO2 is up (Acidosis). Metabolic= Equal: - pH is high, HCO3 is high (Alkalosis). - pH is low, HCO3 is low (Acidosis). HTH, B.
Hi, I just came back from an interview for a externship program at our local children's hospital (btw, I got the job! ) Anyways, this is what I gave for the reason that I wanted to get into pediatrics: My main reason is that I love children, I lov...
here are all that might apply... pick the ones that fit your patient's condition and individualize it to your patient: *anxiety r/t situational crisis, change in physical condition or emotional condition *chronic confusion r/t neurological changes *c...
here you go, hope this helps: *acute pain r/t surigcal incision *risk for infection r/t perforation/rupture of appendix, surgical incision, peritonitis *activity intolerance r/t pain, surgical procedure *anxiety r/t change in health status, hospital...
i was a teen mother at 16, i will never forget my l&d rn. she was the most caring person i've met, as a pregnant teenager i was already feeling bad about the fact that i had become another "statistic" and always hated the stares that others gave ...
the client is to receive an ivpb of penicillin 1 million units every 12 hours. available is penicillin 1 million units in 100 ml of iv fluid. the drop factor is 10 gtts/ml. the medication is to infuse in 30 minutes through an iv pump. the nurse would...
By the way you prioritize your diagnoses based on maslow's heriarchy, not necessarily by patient comfort and rest.....As far as interventions go, you should buy Nursing Diagnosis Handbook by Ackley - it has all the interventions you would do plus the...
here are some you can use: *acute pain r/t surgical procedure *imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements r/t decreased ability to ingest or digest food *risk for ineffective tissue perfusion: peripheral r/t immobility, abdonimal surgery resul...
i'm in nursing school now and they are discouraging the use of dorsogluteal site because of the high chances of hitting the sciatic nerve and the preferred site is now the vg. my clinical instructor also taught me that a better way to give all ims is...
hi, this is what i do. we only have about 2 classes each semester because our main nursing class of each semester is worth about 10 credits. i start out by buying my 2 inch binder (if your class is less credits maybe a 1.5 will do). once, class start...
our school is the same as babs except that we don't have to get 100%, we need 90% or better. they give us a chance to test out of it over the summer, so we don't have to take the class and thank god i passed it over the summer. in all of our exams ...
hi, i don't know anything about the boston area. i go to school in springfield, ma and live in ct. however, i am interested in going into l&d so i've been doing my research. i found out that the biggest hospitals around my area won't take anyon...