KEL2BanRN

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  1. STUDY strategies

    KEL2BanRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm in my 4th week of NS. We had our first test last week. I'm still trying to get a grip on how to STUDY. I don't need "test taking strategies"... I've had tons and tons of that and I get all of...

  2. ankles are purple... how to doc?

    KEL2BanRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I know this might seem like a dumb question, but we're just learning how to document findings. My resident has edematous, dry, and very purple ankles. How do I document that (the color)? I asked my...

  3. Sorry

    KEL2BanRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I didn't want medical advice with the post I just put on here. I know enough to not seek medical advice on a message board. All she wanted to know is if it's possible that the vaccine came out of...

  4. New rules about going online to listen to You Tube!

    KEL2BanRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Floor nurses have time to surf the 'Net??? I'm actually surprised. LOL I'm still just a student, but from what I see in clinicals, I can't imagine nurses having time to sit at the desk and play...

  5. anyone have to take HESI at the end of each semester???

    KEL2BanRN replied to wan2banrseNms's topic in General Students

    My school is on quarters. The ADN program is 7 quarters. We have to take a HESI after 4th quarter. If you don't score high enough, you have to stay after summer quarter for 3 weeks of remediation....

  6. Stiff Stethoscope tubing...Ugh!!!!

    KEL2BanRN replied to mcknis's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Here's what I just found: Q. Why does the tubing on my stethoscope become stiff and rigid? A. The tubing used in all 3M™ Littmann® Stethoscopes is a PVC (polyvinylchloride) tubing that becomes...

  7. Critique my documentation?

    KEL2BanRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is my second day of charting. We're at a nursing home and have same resident each week for now. This is for practice, we will be charting in the actual chart next week. How does this...

  8. Critique my documentation?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, thank you!!

  9. Critique my documentation?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Could you be more specific on the abbreviations? So far I've used all of those before and my CI has said it was fine. In fact he's the one who has told me to use most of them. I did do head to toe,...

  10. Critique my documentation?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    LOL Thanks. I guess what they're doing with us right now is getting us used to doing full head to toe assessments and learning how to document. I'm really lost on how to document, and I wonder just...

  11. Critique my documentation?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hm, My CI is the one who told me to use UE for the upper extremities. Is there a list somewhere of abbreviations we can't use? As for the PU dressing, I am not to remove it - it was just put on that...

  12. charting.... critique?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah I realized just AFTER I posted that I forgot to put "call light in reach" with my entries!! DOH!!

  13. charting.... critique?

    KEL2BanRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OK, here I go... I'm putting this out here so y'all can tear me up. This is only my second attempt at documenting, and we don't use any charting books so I am really bad at how to phrase things....

  14. Nursing Documentation

    KEL2BanRN replied to Csuev_1970's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    AHA! Finally someone else who has/understands my dilemma. I'm going thru this exact same thing right now. I know *what* to chart, I just don't know HOW and no one teaches us. You just fumble...

  15. charting.... critique?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you, that is very helpful! I need examples, and no books I see really have very

  16. charting.... critique?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Daytonite, thank you! Yes, I explained it in a previous post. (about the inability to

  17. Doc'ing Bruit and Thrill.

    KEL2BanRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a resident with a fistula in her upper L arm. I am only on my 3rd day of clinical and need to document the bruit and thrill. What is the appropriate way to chart this? I'm considering...

  18. Doc'ing Bruit and Thrill.

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    THANK

  19. charting.... critique?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The reason there was no intervention is because my resident is on dialysis 3x week and she really never is able to "go" but once in a while she gets the urge so we help her onto the toilet. I figured...

  20. Doc'ing Bruit and Thrill.

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I know all of that, but thanks. I was looking for how to word it in my charting, and I got it now,

  21. Doc'ing Bruit and Thrill.

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank

  22. charting.... critique?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks :) I wondered what to do about the knee pain thing. Basically this is in a nursing home, and my resident mentioned that her arthritis was acting up in that knee. I wasn't sure how to do...

  23. ankles are purple... how to doc?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    LOL Daytonite! That would be so

  24. ankles are purple... how to doc?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    LOL Thanks, Daytonite. All I really wondered is if there was a medical term for "purple" like there is for "blue". (cyanotic) But that was

  25. ankles are purple... how to doc?

    KEL2BanRN replied to KEL2BanRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you. I just wasn't sure if there was a term for purple, like there is for blue (cyanotic). I used purple.