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  1. Patient Sitter

    hopefornursing posted a topic in General Students

    Hi ! Our local hospital has started a new position, Patient Sitter, if you can believe it! Anyway, I believe this might be the key to working while studying....apparently the position entails staying...

  2. Why are OR nurses frowned upon?

    hopefornursing posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hey everyone, Just wondering why OR nursing is frowned upon by sooooo many other nurses? Is this low opinion persistant throughout Drs. and anesthesiologists? To me it seems so interesting, like no...

  3. Just got my letter from HACC! What should I expect?

    hopefornursing replied to mnmcbm's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The ADN program at Hacc is rigorous. You can expect by the second or third semester to be spending ten to twelve hours per care plan from Tues. clinicals which is due Thurs. morning. Plan ahead for...

  4. What to expect first year clinicals?

    hopefornursing posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone, just wanted to know if anyone cares to share what exactly you did in your first year ( semester) in clinicals? All details are appreciated! I start Aug 19 with clinicals and am trying...

  5. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all, Been assigned a case study for Peds.... Would appreciate any insight, but I will tell you what I have thought of thus far and am trying to narrow it to top two choices.....We were to try to...

  6. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, it was not in the initial info, I am just so glad that this thing was not graded, but really, part of me could say "a bit of a waste of time" and another part says, "I really learned alot, but...

  7. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, we have been given "the rest of the story" by our instructor... Apparently, when the child finally got to a ped. GI, that is who zeroed in on constipation, and an abd xray was done, which showed...

  8. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    OK

  9. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't this make you miss nursing school sooo very

  10. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, and i am just a student....I mean, you are a peds. nurse, have you ever, ever ran across a case of persistant regurgitation whose cause was constipation??? And really, for months this had...

  11. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I turned it in, thanks to everyone who helped me think it thru...I put as my first probable dx slow gastic motility and that tests that could be anticipated would include a gastic motility...

  12. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Curious how family dynamics might cause painless regurgitation so frequently? In any event, the paper stated he lives at home with both his parents, two older brothers and a puppy. Both parents...

  13. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I guess I left out some info I didn't think would be important, apparently his reflux when treated at two either went away or was so slight that it seemed to have gone away until recently???...

  14. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, yes the chest film!! What about a plain abdominal xray to check for a megacolon or fecal block???Others meds that might be tried include,,,, Reglan, which speeds motility, erythromycin, to...

  15. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, good job with the spelling, I always use the initials,, Lungs presently clear, no cough presently, occasional hoorificeness, occasional sore throat but no C/O pain....Dentition showing no...

  16. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    I'll give it whirl, thanks so much for your help..... A. Slow gastic motility......tests include a gastric emptying study B. Hiatal Hernia.....a barium swallow study , perhaps a EGD C. Eosiniphic...

  17. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!Boy, that's something you don't hear too often in nursing school.... It mentions he'd had two Bronchitis in a course of two months just prior to the time period Also in his history, there is...

  18. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    His wt is within normal for age and height, nurtition seems fine, and growth and devel also appeared nonremarkable. I know, I know, it does seem as though a N Dx would be what they want, but they do...

  19. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to have to go with either A. Weak LES or B. Allergies.

  20. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    Well, these drugs all in one way or another alter the amount of acid produced or present in the stomach....Perhaps these drugs arent' working because the amount of acid is NOT the problem.... I am...

  21. Case study...Peds...GI

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    No, not a nursing care plan, our instructor just called it a case study, we've had to do these things before, which I DON"T like because we are not training to be Drs. and diagnosis people, but this...

  22. TGIO aka Thank Goodness It's Over

    hopefornursing posted a topic in General Students

    Hey fellow students Can I just say Thank Goodness this semester is OVer,well almost, just the final to go, but am soooo glad to be done with my web surfing nasty CI and hope that I never ever ever...

  23. CI surfing the web during clincals

    hopefornursing posted a topic in General Students

    I just started a new rotation with a new instructor. I have only had one experience with her so far. But I would just like input about her surfing the net at travel pages during clinicals. :typing I...

  24. Question about clinical experience

    hopefornursing posted a topic in General Students

    Ok, So I am second semester of a four semester ADN program and I am loving clinicals which we have every Tues and Thurs now. So I was at the nursing station looking at my pt. chart when a fellow...

  25. Question about clinical experience

    hopefornursing replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the suggestion, but it does become quite difficult to mind my own business when it starts to involve ME. I tend also to try to not cause trouble for others, including pts. in the hospital....