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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 should you document after performing trach care/suctio...

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 textbook that we use for the class is Kozier &...

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 death (my father recently passed away from pancre...

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 summer - rotating day/nights with 2 12-hour shifts ...

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 electrolyte paper. We have to have four diagnoses total - t...

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 problems but she also has some renal problems, too (he...

What is the name of the book?

My school requires a 74

I love RNotes! I carry it to clinical with me :) My only gripe is that it can sometimes be hard to find information, even though they are tabbed off my sections but for example if you're trying to find some information on central lines, you know it...

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

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 be so great because it doesn't have very many pict...

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

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, we didn't really do them on each other...They gav...

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 class that's for the accelerated students but sin...

usually around 6...but it just depends...

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 I'm wondering if there are any others. Thanks! Or ...

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 a hospital.

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 maternity/PP and L&D so I can offer some insight. Th...

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

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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 situations.

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 the Saunders slightly better because it has pictur...

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 you do!

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 a good breakfast and also eat some protein right b...

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 least that has happened to me). another option would ...