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  1. 1 year (semester) male nursing student having Doubts

    vashtee replied to Kennyboy117's topic in General Nursing

    Kennyboy, should you decide to continue on to clnicals, I have one piece of advice for you: don't let your instructor (or your patient) know that you are experiencing anxiety. You need to appear...

  2. How To Approach Prequisites

    vashtee replied to Jira's topic in General Nursing

    If you are going to bridge anyway, I don't know why you wouldn't start at a community college. I don't know how good the community college is where you live, but in California, the CCs are usually...

  3. How many sciences should I take at once?

    vashtee replied to FutureRN1908's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just keep in mind that some programs accept applications based on your prerequisite

  4. How many sciences should I take at once?

    vashtee replied to FutureRN1908's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with this plan. Keep in mind that a 5 unit class generally means 15 hours of homework/study to master a topic, and you will see why I'd only advise one at a time. I thought statistics was...

  5. "Maybe you shouldn't be a nurse"

    vashtee replied to krazy_coconuts's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is harsh to speak to a student that way - I don't know how an instructor could be so cruel. However, I would rather find out I wasn't cut out for something in the first semester than in...

  6. 5 Ps in Assessment Prior and Post Surgery

    vashtee replied to mismatchedgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Polar = is the extremity cold to the touch? We were taught to assess perfusion by capillary

  7. Writing Skills important for an RN

    vashtee replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it is important to be able to write well. However, it is equally important to write legibly. I wish someone would teach this to the physicians.

  8. Bariatric Surgery....years later

    vashtee replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    One of my first patients was a woman who developed a bowel obstrucion a few years after bariatric surgery. I don't know how she did it, but she was still very obese. She was supposed to be NPO, but...

  9. 5 Ps in Assessment Prior and Post Surgery

    vashtee replied to mismatchedgrl's topic in General Nursing

    What about perfusion and polar? (I always heard there were 7

  10. Vitals sounds and sethoscope

    vashtee replied to shippoRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Be sure when listening to lung sounds that you aren't over the bones, or you won't hear a thing. That being said, I am having a hard time hearing lung sounds on large people or women with large...

  11. Upper GI bleed vs bleeding espohageal varices

    vashtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am studying bleeding esohageal varices secondary to liver disease, and it makes me wonder how a nurse might be able to distinguish between an esophageal varices bleed and a "regular" upper GI bleed?...

  12. Upper GI bleed vs bleeding espohageal varices

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    You guys are great! Thanks for all the

  13. Upper GI bleed vs bleeding espohageal varices

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, woody, but I meant with the bleeding espohageal varices... Can you insert the NG tube when they are bleeding heavily? (sorry for the

  14. Upper GI bleed vs bleeding espohageal varices

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Yuck. :) So I read you have to insert an NG tube and lavage until the return is clear, or insert a tamponade - can you DO this while a patient is spewing forth blood like Old

  15. Thinking about switching majors. So discouraged.

    vashtee replied to Pinky05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think of microbiology as a weed-out course. I hated it, but it made me work hard, which is what is needed for the nursing programs. Really, the whole process is like an extended version of boot...

  16. Giving meds late o.k.?

    vashtee replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    We have plus or minus 30 minutes, and our instructor will have our heads if we can't do it in that amount of

  17. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    vashtee replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

    I approve of teaching middle schoolers about safer sex practices. I have always been very open with my kids about sex - in fact the only thing I will NOT discuss is specifics of my own sex life....

  18. Discussing grades with classmates?

    vashtee replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Students

    I don't volunteer, but I don't mind sharing my grades when asked. I am usually at the upper end of the scale, and I couldn't possibly care less if people find that annoying. I study a lot more hours...

  19. HOT TIPS: a NuRsInG school survivor's guide for dummies ;-)

    vashtee replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    #20. Buy the best shoes you can afford to buy (with arch support!) and consider the compression socks if you don't want varicose

  20. UGH dumb people

    vashtee replied to Kidrn911's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter has epilesy. There is no way she could walk while having a

  21. I'm a big cry-baby

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for responding. I should have mentioned that I have not yet cried in front of a patient (been close, though). So far I have been able to hold it in long enough to get to my car. I...

  22. Why inmates do not deserve free healthcare

    vashtee replied to feb06's topic in Correctional

    Inmates have a high rate of communicable diseases, and since most of them are released back into society, it seems unwise to deny treatment or they will contribute to the spread of disease. If you...

  23. Are my answers correct?

    vashtee replied to yadis572002's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd go with hemorrhage on the second

  24. What does the test entail?

    vashtee replied to Shooting4RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You should be fine, then. It really isn't a very hard test (at least *I* didn't think so, and neither did my classmates). They will also want you to do some reading for

  25. What does the test entail?

    vashtee replied to Shooting4RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will need to know basic algebra. Chemistry is advisable (whether the program requires it or not) because the medication calculations you will be doing are formulated the same way as the...