JillFRN

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  1. What do you use when you walk in a room?

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks all for your

  2. Appendectomy

    JillFRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I need some help. I had a pt yesterday who had an appendectomy a week ago and came back because pain and now was dx with a small bowel obstruction. I am clueless on what to do for a dx. I though...

  3. Angina Dx

    JillFRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had a pt with Angina and possibly MVP, but it was unsure at that point and for my careplan I need to have 6 Dx. Here are what I came up with and they need to be in order. My professor gave me the...

  4. Angina Dx

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks so

  5. Sublingual Meds

    JillFRN posted a topic in General Students

    So we had our final and there were to questions that drove me a little nutty... You give a sublingual med you instruct the pt to: Swallow frequently or refrain from swallowing as much as possible...

  6. Sublingual Meds

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    thank you!! that is what i went with, i am second guessing all my answers

  7. Discouraged with my program

    JillFRN posted a topic in General Students

    I am into month two and I feel so discouraged with the program I am in. Since the orientation all I have heard were negative about this program. The pass rate is pretty bad currently and has been for...

  8. Heart Sounds and Stethoscope

    JillFRN posted a topic in General Students

    I recently purchased the Littman Classic II S.E. Stethoscope. It came with two sets of earpieces, the larger ones are already on it and the smaller in the bag. I feel like I am having the hardest time...

  9. Oldccart

    JillFRN posted a topic in General Students

    My professor uses OLDCAART for assessment, however I lost the sheet does anyone know exactly what these stand for? Thanks so

  10. What color scrubs does your school make you wear for clinicals??

    JillFRN replied to intensity_too's topic in General Students

    Ceil Blue which is god awful on my skin tone! Why didn't they think about that?!? I'm not a big fan of it but only three more semester if I make it out! Way to think positive, I know. I will never...

  11. Why are we learning all this stuff?!?

    JillFRN posted a topic in General Students

    I am a little annoyed. So my professors send us with these gazillion books and chapters to read as expected and I read them. As I am going through them I realize no nurse has ever done this stuff to...

  12. Why are we learning all this stuff?!?

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    Maybe I did underestimate Nursing a little. I am all up for learning it all I just didn't know if it was all we needed to know! :) Thanks for all the responses. Guess I will be learning a lot more...

  13. Why are we learning all this stuff?!?

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    Maybe I am just frustrated bc she didn't tell us to not focus on everything. Now I feel like I know now what to study. She told us it was for NP's so who

  14. Why are we learning all this stuff?!?

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    I did realize this when writing the post, I thought people might be wondering specifics. Our book is Physical Assessment by Jarvis. Our book covers all the different hearing tests NP's would do....

  15. Why are we learning all this stuff?!?

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    Yea, not sure why they had us learning stuff for NP's. That was a little over the top. Now I don't know what I should or shouldn't be reading in the book! Guess I'll have to trust the

  16. Why are we learning all this stuff?!?

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    Yea, I thought that was incorrect. There are some pretty advanced things in this book and I was really stressing. I wasted about 15 hours on stuff I didn't even need. Now I am trying to catch up on...

  17. What makes NS so hard?

    JillFRN posted a topic in General Students

    What was it for you? Is it that there is so much information or is it that the information is just really difficult beyond that of other classes. I just began last week and I am so nervous already. I...

  18. Calculations

    JillFRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So we had a math quiz at orientation and although I think I got it right now I am not sure since I have never done this before.. Order .5 tablets On hand .8 tablets Is it still the same method Dose...

  19. Calculations

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry .5mg

  20. The Nursing Math Thread

    JillFRN replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Thank you everyone who has helped put this thread together!!! You have really helped me out tremendously on the little things I have

  21. MCPHS Spring 2009

    JillFRN replied to CLLB585's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Can you tell me what your GPA is around? I want to apply but I am unsure if I will get accepted because I feel like my GPA is just average for a Nursing

  22. STCC anyone?

    JillFRN replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    What kind of GPA are the looking for to apply to

  23. Becker College

    JillFRN replied to JillFRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Yea, I noticed that which makes me nervous. I got accepted there for this semester and am enrolled but I saw that the pass rate was in the 60s and that made me so

  24. Is it possible to get married while going through Nursing School????

    JillFRN replied to TexasGirl24's topic in General Students

    I am engaged and getting married in April and I am in NS. I did a lot of things this summer so I made sure I would have a lot of things out of the way before the wedding. I think if you have your...

  25. CT Colleges Ready to apply for 2009!!

    JillFRN replied to lr0012's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    You need way more than one pre-req for the ACE at SCSU. YOu need A&P 1 &2, Micro, Chem 1, Mat 107, 108 which is statistics and math for the natural sciences which only SCSU offers but you...