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  1. Tracheostomy Care/ Suctioning Documentation

    shrimpchips posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a lab practical on tracheostomy care/suctioning this upcoming Wednesday. I'm not worried about the actual "skill" part, but I'm kind of worried about the documentation. What kind of things...

  2. Process Recording...

    shrimpchips posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For a clinical assignment (that is due next week) we have to submit a "process recording" - not an actual recording but a typed hard copy based on therapeutically communicating with our patients. The...

  3. any UConn students / grads out there?

    shrimpchips posted a topic in Connecticut Nursing

    hello everyone - my name's melissa and i'm currently a nursing student at the university of akron in akron, ohio. i have family in CT (new britain and bristol to be exact!) and due to a recent family...

  4. excited but NERVOUS!!!!

    shrimpchips posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So after submitting a ton of nurse tech/PCA applications, the Cleveland Clinic FINALLY called me and wants to meet me on Thursday. It's a part-time job since I'm taking a clinical rotation over the...

  5. help w/ nursing dx/formulating my thoughts

    shrimpchips posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is driving me crazy! Maybe I'm thinking too hard about this but I'm struggling with coming up with appropriate nursing diagnoses. For my med-surg class, we have to write a fluid and...

  6. help w/ nursing dx/formulating my thoughts

    shrimpchips replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She is only hydrochlorothiazide, most likely because of the HTN. No edema at all, no crackles in her lungs...no s/s that would would be positive for hypervolemia. It's possible she has some CHF...

  7. lab values

    shrimpchips replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    What is the name of the

  8. What grade is "passing" in your nursing school??

    shrimpchips replied to blessed2bfree's topic in General Students

    My school requires a

  9. lab values

    shrimpchips replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    I don't know any mnemonics but I'm hoping someone will share some...otherwise I just find notecards help with learning

  10. What are some better ways to understand and memorize the material?

    shrimpchips replied to ttt-n's topic in General Students

    Here's my advice: 1) get a good NCLEX book. I recommend Saunders or NCLEX-RN: Reviews & Rationales. The Reviews & Rationales book is great but if you're a visual learner, the book might not...

  11. What's the toughest part of A&PI?

    shrimpchips replied to mell260's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would have to say learning all of the bones, muscles, and the nervous system. The endocrine is a pain in the butt,

  12. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    shrimpchips replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    My school does not allow us to do any sort of invasive procedure on other students. Instead, we have dummies and sim men/babies and "injecta-pads," etc. When we learned how to do perform a bed bath,...

  13. University of Akron Accelerated BSN

    shrimpchips replied to TiffanyBCbus's topic in General Students

    I'm not really sure on how many students they admit into the accelerated program, but I'm in the basic BSN program there and we originally had 160 (some dropped/failed though... ). I'm currently in a...

  14. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

    shrimpchips replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

    usually around 6...but it just

  15. Pharmacology

    shrimpchips posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are there any websites out there that have quizzes so I can test myself to help prepare for my final? It's comprehensive and I'm really nervous about it I'm aware of http://www.pharmaquiz.com but...

  16. What type of drug tests do nursing schools do?

    shrimpchips replied to jillebean's topic in General Students

    surprisingly, my school did not do a drug test; however, our student handbook says that they can do random drug testing, I guess. I've only ever had drug tests for my job - I work as a nurse tech in...

  17. I want to be a matirnity nurse and I was wondering..

    shrimpchips replied to meg567's topic in General Nursing

    maternity/postpartum nurse...if you work in labor & delivery (L&D), that would make you a labor & delivery nurse. I'm a nursing student but I've already had by OB rotation in both...

  18. Fluid and electrolyte help

    shrimpchips replied to dmfisher86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Daytonite, THANK YOU!!! These will definitely come in handy for my upcoming nursing class this semester...we focus a lot on

  19. Uniform badges: which sleeve?

    shrimpchips replied to krimicrat's topic in General Students

    Our patches are sewn on the right

  20. Is it Possible to pass Exams Just by doing Lots of Practice Questions?

    shrimpchips replied to Felicia327's topic in General Students

    Doing practice questions I think helps you study and helps you learn the material, but in the end you need to actually understand the material and learn how to apply it to nursing

  21. Which NCLEX books to review with?

    shrimpchips replied to sim236's topic in General Students

    I recommend Saunders. I also have Prentice Hall's Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive NCLEX-RN Review. It's very good and it also comes with a CD like the Saunders one which is nice, but I like...

  22. 1st semester is OVER! How did you do?

    shrimpchips replied to Lovelymo79's topic in General Students

    Pharmacology - B (like a tenth of a point away from a B+...) OB & Mental Health - B+...and in those classes I was SO SO SO close to an A- in both...kind of salty about them, but oh well what can...

  23. Rituals before and after taking an exam...

    shrimpchips replied to StudentNurseElle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I try to get a decent amount of sleep the night before...then the morning/day of the exam, I always review a little before taking it...I'll also get up earlier to grab some Starbucks coffee :) I eat...

  24. Looking for Textbooks used or cheaper price

    shrimpchips replied to love-nursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    check amazon.com. I usually always get my books from there for a much cheaper price, too. barnesandnoble.com is also a good place as sometimes they will give 10-20% off from ordering online (at...

  25. Fear of Blood and Needles

    shrimpchips replied to MegoEgo's topic in General Students

    I think that having more exposure to needles and blood will really help overcome your fears. Fear is what tends to hold us back and the only way to overcome it is to just walk right into that fear...