beth66335 BSN, RN

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    clinicals the needles are getting to me, please help

    beth66335 replied to sfranRNstudent's topic in General Students

    How about skewer, lance, or
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    Student Nurse or Nursing Student

    beth66335 replied to realkreativ's topic in General Students

    I always introduce myself to my pt as their student nurse (some of the older ones stop listening when the hear the "nurse" part, so I put it at the end to make sure they know who I am), but when I...
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    I flunked and Got back in, now what?

    beth66335 replied to 12breakfree's topic in General Students

    I just want to wish you good luck and I agree with JD. I was dropped this Fall for failure to pass the Math Comp exam we take each semester. I missed by 2 pts and we only get one chance a semester to...
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    clinicals the needles are getting to me, please help

    beth66335 replied to sfranRNstudent's topic in General Students

    Just remember to stay on your side of the bed/table. You are doing the stick, not getting it, so take a step back and don't empathize to much with the patient, if I stop to think it's going to hurt...
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    Well, I think I just flunked out of nursing school today.

    beth66335 replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    I am so happy to here your news...I can relate. Last Spring I was struggling with Med/Surg 1. I was getting a little better grade on each test, but it was going to be a stretch to get above passing....
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    feeding tube math

    beth66335 replied to candlecat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think of the total volume to give( 320mL) as the 100% (tube feeding and water) therefore you start with the 320mL you need to give and multiply by .75% to find out how much of the total is say,...
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    Diagnoses case scenario...

    beth66335 replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

    i would put them here...the first 2 things contribute to the fatigue and the fluid is intake, like the
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    Should I quit Nursing School???

    beth66335 replied to sns501's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think we can...and he is a
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    ecg test yourself strips may help...

    beth66335 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    Nope, I have a Dell and it uses Windows; the screen is really tiny for me....I have Foxfire and Internet
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    Should I quit Nursing School???

    beth66335 replied to sns501's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think you have answered your own question....if I were you I would drop and give it some time. If the desire is still there when your son starts full day school you can go back, you are young, so...
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    Do nurses use calculators?

    beth66335 replied to lilybean's topic in General Students

    We had cheap ones too, but they had a square root key so we could do the BSA formula for
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    question about withdrawing???

    beth66335 replied to hushpupgrl's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't worry about it. W's just mean you had a problem giving a class your best, usually due to outside factors and you were conscious of it and took a proactive step to remedy the situation.Kind...
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    Working backwards on Dosage Problem

    beth66335 replied to Feels Like JD's topic in General Students

    Type the problem on here if you can remember it so we have something to work with to show
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    Not going for the gold right now...

    beth66335 replied to GoingfortheGOLD's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think if you hated nursing you would have known before now. It is just the experience that you hate and I don't blame you... but if you leave now because of this one rotation I think you will look...
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    Anyone with Senioritis?

    beth66335 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    I would be if I was still in school...but I will be next Fall for sure...I can't wait! All my nursing school friends keep telling me all the things they are doing 2nd year and I am so jealous not to...
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    I am applying for student loan and I have bad credit

    beth66335 replied to jimbojonesey's topic in General Students

    I'm pretty sure student loans are for school expenses only. I have applied for (and not recieved) many student loans and they are very clear about what the money can be use for. If your loan pays...
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    Asked if I had speech coaching

    beth66335 replied to ~Stacy's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't worry about it, you know you are fine and it was not kind of her to imply something and then not be forthcoming with answers when you asked for them. She shouldn't have said anything if she...
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    Roane State Nursing Students?

    beth66335 replied to beth66335's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    You're
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    Roane State Nursing Students?

    beth66335 replied to beth66335's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    RSCC offers an Associate of Applied Science degree in a 2 year program. The prereq's for application are A&P 1&2 (Biology 2010, 2020), Microbiology ( Biol 2230), English Comp 1, Psych 220 (...
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    Roane State Nursing Students?

    beth66335 replied to beth66335's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    What do you want to know? I'm out of the nursing program until next Fall but I have completed one year so I can answer any question you have from admissions to the end of 1st
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    subective/objective data

    beth66335 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think we are all going to have to agree to disagree b/c we obviously have been taught by different teachers from different texts and we are not going to convince each other otherwise...answer...
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    Need Help remembering conversions

    beth66335 replied to AmIcrazy2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In mL to ounces you can look at a medicine cup from the hospital. It converts mL to teaspoons to oz and even tablespoons. 1tsp=5mL 1tbsp=3tsp=15mL 30mL=2tbsp=6tsp=1oz for grains our teacher taught us...
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    How long does it take to become an RN?

    beth66335 replied to jay1808's topic in General Students

    It took me 2 years to get my prerequisites done, and it will take 2 years to do my nursing classes. I attend a CC because it's cheaper and they have an excellent NCLEX pass rate the last 5 years. I...
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    I feel stupid. Can anyone answer a question about a care plan?

    beth66335 replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Students

    Pathophysiology: "an explanation of the processes in the body that result in the signs and symptoms of a disease, the study of the biologic and physical manifestations of disease as they correlate...
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    Need help with paper re; Bed Number Ten

    beth66335 replied to weesie1244's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This book sounds more and more interesting; I'll have to check it