beth66335 BSN, RN

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    This may seem like a dumb question, but they always say there is none

    beth66335 replied to nububare's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We just did this in Foundations last Wed. The consent is a form the pt signs the day of surgery and the nurse gets it signed. We go into the room and read the handwritten line on top of the form where...
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    Roane State Nursing Students?

    beth66335 replied to beth66335's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    What campus? I am loving all the instructors at Oak Ridge so far, very helpful and supportive, but expecting our best effort at all
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    Nutrition

    beth66335 replied to litlamp's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Our textbook is called William's Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy by Staci Nix, ISBN is
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    medications scheduled "AD"

    beth66335 replied to bookworm1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :yeahthat:
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    medications scheduled "AD"

    beth66335 replied to bookworm1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The abbreviation "ud" means as directed. AD sounds like an unapproved abbreviation he has made himself for "as directed". "UD" doesn't appear in any of my references, or "AD" either. If he already had...
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    Insulin dosaging with proper syringe choice

    beth66335 replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am holding a Insulin syringe and it says it holds 100u or 1 ml, so I would say 1u is 1/100 of a ml and if you used a TB syringe you would draw up .34ml which I don't know if you can do w/ a TB...
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    Calories....how many in a regular diet?

    beth66335 replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Remember these people are eating to heal.You need calories and protein to do that, and a moderately active non-patient diet for a person between 30 and 50 years is 2000 cal a day, it just needs to be...
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    Waitlisted...How should I take this?

    beth66335 replied to haleygirl's topic in General Students

    We had 4 people decline or drop in the week before school, so yes you may still get a spot. I agree with the above poster, call and see where you are on the list, people's lives can change after they...
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    Calories....how many in a regular diet?

    beth66335 replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I believe it is 1,800-2,000 a
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    answer a few questions for assignment..plz

    beth66335 replied to patken's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You might want to post this on the graduate nurse forum, we are all students
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    How do you learn to give injections?

    beth66335 replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

    We practice on dummy "parts" too. We learn injections with reg. syringes and TB and Insulin syringes. The forearm we practiced IDs on had so many pokes we couldn't get a bleb!LOL!We had a lab checkoff...
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    Exaggerations about nursing school

    beth66335 replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Students

    " Nursing instructors are uncaring and won't help you." Our instructors are very kind and while they won't do it all for us they tells us all the time,"Come talk to me and I'll help if I
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    Just bombed my first Peds exam

    beth66335 replied to neej29's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry you are bummed! Our teachers have been real good to us about explaining things and they told us right up front that we are responsible for everything in the text even if they don't cover it...
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    Who mixes the pitocin with the IV solution?

    beth66335 replied to crawlyberry's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think the Pharmacy usually does it. RNs can do it, but it depends on that particular hospitals protocol about such
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    The larger the gauge of the needle the smaller diameter???

    beth66335 replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If a needle is a 20 gauge it is bigger around with a larger hole than a 22 gauge. As the # goes up the needle gets
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    test question

    beth66335 replied to leagirl36's topic in General Students

    The first one is A. Two days post-op is enough time for a sleepy bowel to wake up and the Aorta feeds everything in the lower part of your body including the bowels.B would have been done pre-op and...
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    Practicing B/P

    beth66335 replied to mzjones6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thats okay, I've been a CNA for 5 yrs and the first day of lab I wore my steth backward for about 4 hours! I must have been
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    Age you will/were graduated?

    beth66335 replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I will turn 42 about 3 weeks after graduation, so I'm going to say
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    Delegating tasks

    beth66335 replied to bluebreeze's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Where I work LPNs can do everything but hang blood and push IV meds, so I don't know how much help I could give except "D/C" is discharge, so that pt should be leaving today and D&C is Dilation...
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    Set up for IVPB

    beth66335 replied to Bec717's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here is a link to a PDF set up list.
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    Anyone LOSE WEIGHT in nursing school?

    beth66335 replied to happydays352's topic in General Students

    I walk on a treadmill with a book holder on it, so I study and exercise! Isn't that what we learn as NS;
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    Mnemonics and Memory Aids

    beth66335 replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    We always did clouds over grass, white on the right, and smoke over
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    Extern Requirements?

    beth66335 replied to MLMRN1120's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The hospital I used to work at last year has an Extern program. They require that you complete your 1st year of nursing courses. They would hire students to work the Summer between 1st & 2nd year....
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    Why is NS so hard?

    beth66335 replied to mydee's topic in General Students

    I agree with Daytonite, it's the toughest job you'll ever love! NS is hard because they are trying to teach every thing we could possibly need in 2 short years! They are also trying to teach us to...
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    Stability

    beth66335 replied to snursee2b's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Why would the nurse necessarily give away a less stable pt? I probably wouldn't because I like a challenge and I wouldn't feel right burdening another nurse with the harder, more time consuming