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  1. Weight - Blog (somewhat)

    psychonaut replied to antidote's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Essential: height? weight? age? Helpful: waist circumference? skinfold

  2. Concept Maps vs Care plans

    psychonaut replied to Princess74's topic in General Students

    both here as well. concept maps are pretty damn silly, IMO. I've long been in curious the genesis of concept mapping in nursing education (but not curious enough to google it :) ). Is this one of...

  3. Are any new grads going to med-surg

    psychonaut replied to awalke13965's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What a difference half a semester can make! I'm doing good in med/surg clinicals, but I miss the kids...I think I'm losing my enthusiasm for med surg. Love the variety and patient care, skills, etc.,...

  4. Are you man Enough to be a OB nurse?

    psychonaut replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I found my OB clinical to be both fascinating and incredibly productive. First (and only, to date) IV, first (and only, to date) two foleys, assessments for both adults (mothers) and infants, observed...

  5. Curious...any of you guys considering Peds/PICU/NICU?

    psychonaut replied to SteveNNP's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I want to thank you for this post. Via some serious schmoozing, I managed tours of two NICUs and a day in the PICU during my peds rotation last semester. It was great, but since there weren't...

  6. Ccsn-waiting Lists??

    psychonaut replied to buffalowing81's topic in Nevada Nursing

    USN looks to be in the process of getting accreditation: http://www.usn.edu/html/announcements_details.phtml?id=210&action=detail_view&item_id=1029 Tuition of 25k/year, for two years. Good...

  7. Are any new grads going to med-surg

    psychonaut replied to awalke13965's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, I am still a student (3rd of four semesters). However, this subject has been on my mind a lot lately, and I guess this is my chance to say you are not alone. For the first two semesters of...

  8. Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    psychonaut replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    Probably be the same as when a student includes a low-priority NANDA in a care plan (i.e. psychosocial stuff for an acute patient); technically correct, and probably arguable (since it is a legit...

  9. Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    psychonaut replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that that dx was related to t-touch (i.e. legitimizing t-touch as a nursing "tool")? therapeutic touch And yes, I've been telling all my...

  10. higher pay for BSN grads?

    psychonaut replied to evans_c1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I actually calculated out the clinical hours for both the bsn and adn programs in my locale for a 1st semester presentation on "Nursing as a Profession". I was surprised to see that they were actually...

  11. No more NANDA diagnoses?

    psychonaut replied to CityKat's topic in General Students

    I think I like your way better...repetition of tasks, with feedback and reinforcement, leads to skill development. I've come to the realization that a great deal of the stuff we are doing in our...

  12. No more NANDA diagnoses?

    psychonaut replied to CityKat's topic in General Students

    You bring up a related point I have been struck with during my nursing education thus far: the seemingly thin skin posessed by the profession as a whole. Note I say "struck by" and not "confused by";...

  13. No more NANDA diagnoses?

    psychonaut replied to CityKat's topic in General Students

    This line of thinking is what finally brought me around to (grudgingly) acknowledging the utility of NANDA for us nursing students. I continually find myself digging deep into a case study, teasing...