IrishIzCPNP MSN, RN, APRN, NP

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    Letter to Dean??

    IrishIzCPNP replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Students

    How about writing her a letter singing her praises about how much you learned, how you see her as a mentor and so on. Make it general and not about her being fired. Make it about her. She will have...
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    group tests in nursing school ***??

    IrishIzCPNP replied to br107's topic in General Students

    This semester we are doing this. We take the 50 question test individually in 50 minutes. We then are assigned a group and we take the same testing again in 50 minutes. We can earn up to 5 points....
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    Stethoscope?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Coco06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    They have a cardiology one where you can decide the length of the tubing. I think the longer is 27' which is what my cheaper Littman is. There is a shorter one. I have an old stethoscope that has...
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    Stethoscope?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Coco06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/MNAALAS/Steth.html That's basically how to use a stethoscope 101. Oh and it is an animal based site....but it has a nice description at the top about the parts and some easy...
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    Exit Hesi

    IrishIzCPNP replied to skittles1933's topic in General Students

    We had a test taking class recently. It was a 2 hour class put on by Drexel. It was really neat and I feel like I learned a lot. Here are some things we were told and keep in mind these aren't set...
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    Stethoscope?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Coco06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had a Littman Classin II. I liked it. I recently bought the Littman Master Cardiology. I could hear on the Classic but I can hear a lot better on the Master and I didn't want to risk not hearing...
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    Magnesium sulfate preeclampsia?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    oh yeah...forgot about the heat. i had that both times and the weird thing is that both times the heat started in my lady partsl area and spread. people would come in my room wrapped in blankets and...
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    Magnesium sulfate preeclampsia?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    Oh it's so much worse then anything else I took for PTL and I pretty much did them all. I actually had it with 2 kids but with the second we weren't 100% sure the baby was coming but it was looking...
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    Magnesium sulfate preeclampsia?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    In easy terms (which is how I go about things)...it relaxes most of the body. It relaxes the central nervous system and works on striated muscles. Since it can pass to the baby it pretty much can...
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    ATI-Critical Thinking Test-Help!!

    IrishIzCPNP replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    I took that one and did very well. I don't know how you could prepare for it though. Here's their site... http://www.atitesting.com/ The critical thinking one...I just can't imagine using that as...
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    Texas Cath ?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to laurainri's topic in General Students

    I would not do it with my bare hands. No way. They are very hard to put on. I have no suggestions because it took 3 of us to get one on a patient last weekend...that includes 2 students and 1...
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    Care map help requested...

    IrishIzCPNP replied to princessnik1976's topic in General Students

    2 things... ht = hypertension The other thing...we are not allowed to write an outcome that stated the patient will report a pain level of "fill in a number". That number is pointless without...
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    Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

    Ah you had one of them too. I was told to "shut" my mouth because I was a "stupid f'in stay at home mommy". Nice. She failed. I didn't. She's not in the program anymore. I am. Sure I may screw...
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    Report Sheets

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Kaydee's topic in General Students

    I have a sheet that is very basic for assessments. I do meds on something else. But I will try and attach a copy of my assessment sheet. It's an excel spreadsheet. If it doesn't attach I'm more...
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    Holy Family University

    IrishIzCPNP replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I can only tell you what my mom has said to me... Some of the dumbest nurses she has worked with come from there. So my suggestion...prove her wrong and be one of the good ones. Reading Hospital...
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    Concept Maps vs Care plans

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Princess74's topic in General Students

    We do both for every clinical. I think the care plans are good for showing us the details of a diagnosis and what is involved. The care plans also show us a variety of things we can do for our...
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    Incident Report Documentation

    IrishIzCPNP replied to khagerman's topic in General Nursing

    Still a student but... Where I go to school (and used to work)...incident reports are not mentioned ANYWHERE in the chart. The incident report cannot be brought in as evidence unless it's noted in...
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    Do you have to take ATI exams?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    We take them and we also must achieve a certain level or we can be failed. I took a practice one and was slightly annoyed to find out that there were several questions about things that we did not...
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    Temporary liscense or focus on passing NCLEX first?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Busy Mama's topic in General Students

    That would be my fear. What if you get a great job and fail the NCLEX and have to quite...would they hire you again knowing why you couldn't continue working? Could failing actually hurt your career...
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    RNs on my clinical unit are mean!

    IrishIzCPNP replied to julsywulsy's topic in General Students

    I just don't understand being mean...they were in this position too. Last clinicals I had a WONDERFUL RN and NA to work with...the weekend before the RN was good and the NA was this same one as last...
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    Test- Class average 72%

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    Without knowing the grades it's hard to make a judgement on the average in my opinion. That average could be from a lot of people having 76-86 and then the average being pulled down by a few...
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    How early do you need to come to the clinicals?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to mmr2's topic in General Students

    I will depend on your program. I know where I'm going there was somebody about 3 minutes late for clinicals and she was talked to. As far as I'm concerned...if you can get to clinicals on a Saturday...
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    To cap or not to cap!

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Students

    I think they look great! The style of that cap is actually different then what my mom graduated with ages ago. What is the significance of the different color stripes? The only one I know of is red...
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    To cap or not to cap!

    IrishIzCPNP replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Students

    I am set to graduate in 2008 and hope we wear caps. I really feel that they are an important symbol to nurses. I understand not wanting to wear it when you are working but I really think it should...
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    What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    IrishIzCPNP replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    http://www.skyscape.com