Hannahbanana BSN, MSN

Physiology, CM, consulting, nsg edu, LNC, COB

Knows a thing or two because she’s seen a thing or two.

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    HELP! I suck at nursing test questions

    Hannahbanana replied to ktweis's topic in General Students

    NCLEX Review books will help you, too. Be sure to get the one(s) that give you the rationales for the correct answers AND the reasons the wrong answers (called distractors for a good reason) are...
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    Failed NCLEX

    Hannahbanana replied to V.E.03's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you use test question books, be sure to use ones that give you the right answers and ALSO give you the reasons why the wrong answers are wrong. We learn from errors better than we learn from...
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    Caption This!

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    As peripherally-relevant news, Devin Nunes just lost a case.
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    Help

    Hannahbanana replied to lt1229's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The best way to find out is to call the other nursing schools you're considering and ask them. Many programs are very competitive to get in and won't take anybody who has failed out of another...
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    Nursing Diagnosis

    Hannahbanana replied to val1232's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Where is your nursing assessment of his condition? This is all medical diagnoses. Don’t fall into the classic nursing student trap of trying desperately to find a nursing diagnosis for a medical...
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    Needing an 80 on both final exams

    Hannahbanana replied to chawley15's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Get a big book of study questions for NCLEX but be sure the one you get gives you not only the correct answers but the rationale for why the others are wrong. That will teach you a different way of...
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    Nursing Diagnosis for Bowel Obstruction

    Hannahbanana replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Please never think of nursing diagnosis solely as a subset or result of medical diagnosis. It's not your fault that "Nursing diagnosis handbooks" are all catalogued by medical diagnosis. As Esme...
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    Senior project

    Hannahbanana replied to Sammmb's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also, part of this assignment (though not explicitly stated) is to get you to talk face-to-face with a working nurse, not just to cut and paste answers from strangers on the net. This is a skill...
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    Primary v.s. Secondary Diagnosis?

    Hannahbanana replied to livelovenursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is why I mentioned overlap. Of course nurses have to know a lot about physiology, medical diagnostics, and medical conditions. The point of nursing diagnosis is to make a decision based on...
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    Primary v.s. Secondary Diagnosis?

    Hannahbanana replied to livelovenursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is why I mentioned overlap. Of course nurses have to know a lot about physiology, medical diagnostics, and medical conditions. The point of nursing diagnosis is to make a decision based on...
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    Vanco trough

    Hannahbanana replied to Carrie Haigh's topic in General Nursing

    You can draw it from the non-TPN line, but not WHILE the vanco is running, LOL. Besides, a trough level is drawn just before the dose (trough meaning, "So we can find out what the level is at its...
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    Hannahbanana replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    "Enough" is being happy with what you have. You'll get there when you get there. Ahem. I misread the thread title to ask how being a nurse has affected my life. Well, for one, it was...
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    Caption This!

    Hannahbanana replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Friction makes me
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    Primary v.s. Secondary Diagnosis?

    Hannahbanana replied to livelovenursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Two concepts here. As this is a student question and students are learning to be nurses, it is common and appropriate to be discussing nursing diagnosis. It’s not always taught well, IMHO, so I try...
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    Easy Win-Wins to Impress Your Clinical Instructor

    Hannahbanana replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Students

    You probably aren't. Also, if you think that your paying for school (and only that) entitles you to pass, you're in for some serious disappointments. The author has spent a lot of her personal time...
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    Clinicals

    Hannahbanana replied to StudentRN94's topic in General Students

    You will likely get a response that says we can't give legal advice here; that's what you have your legal team for. You might look online for TAANA, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys online...
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    Question & Concern

    Hannahbanana replied to chichimel's topic in General Students

    Does your program have review sessions before an exam? If so, go. If not, see if they can start doing that. Do they have test review sessions after the exam? Same thing-- if yes, don't miss it; if no,...
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    HELP! I suck at nursing test questions

    Hannahbanana replied to ktweis's topic in General Students

    Does your school have a program to teach study skills? If so, they've seen nursing students who are having a hard time learning to think like a nurse, and will have some hints for you. You can also...
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    Discusssion

    Hannahbanana replied to Kait L's topic in General Students

    Excellent point. I would get somebody else to get a different glucometer and check these, because NOBODY does this unless something else is going on. OTOH, this is a homework assignment and the person...
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    I am under investigation by BON. Ethical question: Share or not share with potential employers?

    Hannahbanana replied to 42pines's topic in General Nursing

    You could be working on it now anyway. Get advice from colleagues or here, get editing, critiques. Then when you get reinstated (fingers crossed) you turn it in, and you're done. Just
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    hesi A2 question

    Hannahbanana replied to dkg005's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The decimal is part of the number. If your calculation comes out 0.25, they certainly want to know if you did that right, as opposed to 2.5 or 25. They don't need the units, like oz or
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    Primary v.s. Secondary Diagnosis?

    Hannahbanana replied to livelovenursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

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    Primary v.s. Secondary Diagnosis?

    Hannahbanana replied to livelovenursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you looking at your nursing diagnoses to develop a nursing plan of care? My major complaint about "care planning handbooks" is that they are indexed entirely by MEDICAL diagnoses. This makes...
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    I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    Hannahbanana replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    True as far as it goes, granted. If you are enrolled in a clinical trial, I.e., an investigational study, you have to consent to that, and you are free to decline. You or any competent person can also...
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    I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    Hannahbanana replied to AspiringNurse94's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That article is almost exactly a month old. At that time, it was considered "experimental." No longer. It states: There were no concerning safety issues with vaccination. Local reactions to the...