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  1. I'm so new to this.

    vashtee replied to tripletrouble03's topic in General Students

    A CNA is a certified nursing assistant. You have to take a short course in order to be certified, but then you would work in the hospital helping out patients. A good CNA is the best friend of the...

  2. Nursing student, and two deaths this week (very long, sorry...)

    vashtee replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what a tough week. I think you handled yourself perfectly. Did your nursing instructor counsel you after everyone calmed down? or perhaps refer you to someone who could? I hope

  3. My clinical instructor infuriates me!!

    vashtee replied to jenawade25's topic in General Students

    I hate to break it to you, and it's not that I don't sympathize, but nursing school is a lot like boot camp. You need to learn to suck it up and just get through

  4. I'm only 22 years old.

    vashtee replied to oncologynurse77's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, thank you for saying this. I am horrified by the lack of compassion being shown by so many people who are supposedly in a "caring" profession. I think oncology nursing would be very difficult...

  5. I'm so new to this.

    vashtee replied to tripletrouble03's topic in General Students

    I suggest you get a job as a CNA as soon as you are old enough (16 or 18?) so you can see up close what it is like to work with patients, and then you can see what the nurses do. This will give you...

  6. pts who say "it's ok" and it's not!

    vashtee replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    It would be hard to be sick enough to be hospitalized and to be expected to be ready to do battle with your room mate at the same time. I would have just asked the chatty one to hang up so her room...

  7. Case study help for school

    vashtee replied to LPN2RN2009's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  8. Insulin administration and DKA... PLZ HELP

    vashtee replied to rwright15's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would look at the interventions listed in your textbook, because that is what your test should reflect. (It seems like mine said IV.) That being said, at least some sources say that subQ injections...

  9. Pets at work

    vashtee replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have to agree. I am also allergic. To be honest, I don't think I'd even want a furry feline visitor.

  10. Hardest class so far...

    vashtee replied to ColtsMom's topic in General Students

    Prerequisites: micro and chemistry In the program: Anything taught by a nurse practitioner. Especially if they are also your clinical

  11. WE're OUtta the vagina!!

    vashtee replied to Jenny67's topic in General Students

    Jean's lady parts monologues? Bwahahahahahha! I also loved the title of this thread. A sense of humor is going to serve you well - not just in nursing, but in every area of life. Thanks for the...

  12. Acute Cholecystitis

    vashtee replied to mu678's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The liver and gallbladder share a common duct. If the duct becomes inflammed or obstructed, the liver labs will also be

  13. Insulin administration and DKA... PLZ HELP

    vashtee replied to rwright15's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can give a bolus through an IV line. I'd go with

  14. Who Watches ER?

    vashtee replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    I gave it up when George Clooney

  15. How long are you clinical days?

    vashtee replied to JHansen's topic in General Students

    We had 2 sixes in first and second semesters (plus prep time). Third and fourth semesters are twelves, but in reality, in the 4th semester, we are working more like 1 fifteen hour day because of prep...

  16. Nursing school at 23. Is it too late for me?

    vashtee replied to Melissa825's topic in Nursing Career

    You'll probably be amongst the younger students. I am 42, and there are at least 10 students in my class that are

  17. I *think* I've figured it out..

    vashtee posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    q: why are drugs used to treat connective tissue diseases not used to treat immunosuppressive diseases? a: connective tissue diseases are treated with immunosuppressive drugs and nsaids. you...

  18. I *think* I've figured it out..

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think I have the final piece of the puzzle... NSAIDs also suppress bone marrow function.

  19. I *think* I've figured it out..

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, I understand. Increased motility or osmotic diarrhea. It doesn't quite fit my theory about the bleeding in the stomach allowing a port of entry for the bacteria though, since it is happening...

  20. I *think* I've figured it out..

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks to both of you! i am sure amongst the three of us, we must have hit upon what my instructor is looking for.

  21. I *think* I've figured it out..

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What about all the bacterias that cause severe diarrhea in HIV? Or are they infecting areas further down the GI

  22. I *think* I've figured it out..

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, that is exactly the way it was worded. Thanks for asking. (The answer is mine.) Another thought I had about the NSAIDs, if they were to cause bleeding in the stomach, would not the damaged...

  23. Question from a student - DOBUTAMINE

    vashtee replied to Savin'Em's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't know why this would happen. It must be pretty rare, because a drop in blood pressure isn't even listed as a possible side effect in any of my drug guides, but perhaps this might help you....

  24. The teacher from hell!

    vashtee replied to keno138's topic in General Nursing

    I'm skipping out on my candle lighting ceremony for the same reason. I haven't personally been harrassed (yet), but witnessing the harrassment of others is demoralizing. I don't care to spend one...

  25. skirts

    vashtee replied to nightshiftnut's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to wear a skirt (if they made any cute