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I'm going to take advantage of my summer off school and get a head start on memorizing body parts for A&P in the fall. I'm in my 30's and my brain does not memorize as quickly as it used to. What is the best way to memorize mundane facts like th...

I'm scheduled to start in October but have not received my info packet yet. I would love to get a head start on any tests, titres, or vaccinations needed before I start nursing school through Gateway. Is there a list I can find online somewhere? Than...

We have two pregnant students but neither was planned exactly at that time. ;-) Honestly I don't know how anyone can do it, but I know it can be done. I was sooooo tired with my two in first trimester. In second tri I had to go on bedrest with my sec...

Wow I'm sorry about that!! In our area we have several nursing schools. The two community college programs have the highest NCLEX pass rates, at over 90% passing the first time. However down the street another community college is about to lose its a...

Hi Dave, I'm so sorry for what happened to your son! What an ordeal!! Like you, I became interested in nursing because I had a sick child. I am 36 and about to graduate from nursing school in March. I started my pre-req's at the community college, o...

I was just researching for a paper and found this for AZ! Maybe it would give you an idea on what to look for in your state. Scroll down a bit and find the exact scope of practice as well as prohibited actions. http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/Ti...

Thanks for your feedback. :-) I pretty much did exactly what some of you described-- padded the fall and eased her to the ground in a somewhat controlled way. My instructor is a nice person and I learn a LOT from her. She makes me think deeply about...

In clinicals today there was a pt. who had been in hospital for about a week. He was not aware he was terminal with cancer, but the family was aware. They had not told him yet and didn't want the staff to tell him about his dx. The pt was cognitively...

When my second daughter was born, she presented right away with eating problems, FTT, and crying a lot. At 3 months old, after the ped was still blaming it on colic, I took her to ER desperate for help. She stayed for 6 days and came home with an NG ...

Thanks again for sharing my happy news! :-) This AM I took the bandage off and it seems to be all closed up. It looks like an innie belly button, and not leaking at all. Kids heal so fast! I remember how much panic I felt when her button fell out a c...

It's best to get titres done because then you know for sure.

I'm so sorry for what your family is going through! I also don't have any personal experience. I think the best thing, if she's responsive and can squeeze people's hands or blink her eyes and understand questions, is to ask her what she wants. If not...

No advice as I'm a student nurse, but WOW! I wonder if the BBB would be appropriate for reporting something anonymously.

The Mosby's drug guide-- it has nursing considerations in it like assess for low pulse before giving the med, etc. - Things you would not get from a regular pharm book. The other resource I use a LOT is epocrates.com. It's free and lot of doctors use...

Thanks so much for listening! :-) I still can't believe it's true, that this part of the journey is over. I do NOT want to do peds, though. I think I have done my time in peds already. Give me grown-ups any day.

I just was thinking about how much courage and strength it took to overcome your issues and not self-harm anymore. If I had those scars I would probably get some kind of tatoos over them to celebrate my journey. :-) Not to hide them necessarily, but ...

I'm sure this must get better in time . . I'm a Block 2 student. My child had an NG tube for a few months before her gtube was placed. She used to pull it out a lot and I would have to hold her down and put it back in. It caused a lot of emotional tr...

Just like in other areas of life you get good people and bad people. I am just in Block 2 so I don't have a huge amt. of clinical experience yet. We did 6 weeks last semester in different types of care settings. I too am a very outgoing, friendly, cu...

Can someone explain in an easy way how to measure I &O on a CBI? How do you know how much is the pt urine and how much is the irrigation? If it's continuous, you are not able to pause to count I&O for that particular bag before setting up the...

I am going to school with two former teachers and they are great classmates! They interact well with the patients and help to educate/explain things to them very well. I warn you though, the process and wait to get into nursing school is pretty long....

There are some good nursing dx books that have medical dx, and then they list and suggest possible nursing dx based on those dx. The two books I have list emotiona/social nursing dx as well as physical ones. When dealing with pain and difficulty bre...

That IS a good quote! I'm just a student so I can't comment on how it works in the real world. However, I am the mom of a kid who was very sick for the first 3 years of her life. You do just have to let it go, knowing that some things are beyond your...

J-tubes are a little different than G-tubes . . . You are not supposed to pull out quickly because the sm. intestine is fragile and also there is not much room in the intestines like in the stomach. Pulling too hard will cause the tube to pull on the...

I'm a nursing student, and I'm NOT looking for medical advice here. Just some input from nurses to a mom. :) My 5.5 year old daughter has had a feeding tube since she was a newborn. She started with NG tube and by 8 months old she had her g-tube. As ...

I am still reeling from it. I have heard of these cases but never seen one up close. The pt has had a long struggle with a mysterious condition that no one could figure out. He was the nicest man. Everyone felt very sorry for his health struggles. ju...