pinkiepie_RN

pinkiepie_RN

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  1. Nursing major with 2 minors

    pinkiepie_RN replied to hanau110603's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I guess the question you should ask yourself is...why do you want to add two minors? I feel like minors aren't really that important and although I picked up a minor in Psychology, I would like to go...

  2. Psychiatric Nursing Differences?!

    pinkiepie_RN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    At my facility and I'm sure at most others, patients are considered "medically cleared" before they are admitted. This is possibly why physical assessment data isn't gathered unless there is an...

  3. Sitter questions

    pinkiepie_RN replied to xoloveinautumn's topic in General Students

    Keep your hands off the patient as much as you can. Definitely try to re-orient and re-direct the pt, de-escalate the situation and stay as calm as

  4. Sitter questions

    pinkiepie_RN replied to xoloveinautumn's topic in General Students

    This may or may not be what you're looking for, but here goes. I work in a psychiatric facility and sometimes patients are on intensive suicide observation. When this happens, someone has to be...

  5. Should boyfriend help me out?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to QUEBEBRAN's topic in General Students

    I agree with the poster that said if you're still living with your parents it would be more their responsibility to help you out than your boyfriend's responsibility, especially if he's still living...

  6. med surg clinicals

    pinkiepie_RN replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    Do you think you've improved since your mid-term eval? Good luck with

  7. MedSurge & OB advice?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to goldenstarkist's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The best way to study for med-surg I think is a combination of working practice questions and reviewing notes. Listen in class because there will be certain things they'll highlight or talk alot...

  8. MedSurge & OB advice?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to goldenstarkist's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh by the way, Med-Surg is ridiculously hard. I know the class averages stayed in the lower 70s range but it can be done. I ended up passing with a solid B even though I got a 74 on the first exam....

  9. MedSurge & OB advice?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to goldenstarkist's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey, I'm at Towson but I'm a semester ahead of you (I'll be an S1 in the fall). I have tons of notes from Med-Surg if you want to ever take a look, because it's a crazy hard class and you might have...

  10. when to study for NCLEX?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to goldenstarkist's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well I'll be an S1 in the fall and if I get bored over summer break here, I might pick up my NCLEX book/CD to see how well I retained some of the info I've learned over the past 2 semesters, but I'm...

  11. 2nd year question...

    pinkiepie_RN replied to beth66335's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When I was in my clinicals this past semester, I saw these "check the box" care plans. They're pretty simple and standardized, usually based on the patient's medical diagnosis and assessment data....

  12. Any advice on an assessment final?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to blur411's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It sounds like your instructor wants you to actually apply your knowledge and use critical thinking for these questions. Because you're expected to already have a background with anatomy and you're...

  13. Clinical supervision by instructors

    pinkiepie_RN replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    I just finished up my first year of nursing school and have had amazing clinical instructors both semesters. First semester for Fundamentals I had an ED nurse teaching us and she always wanted to be...

  14. How much do CNA / Techs make?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to skyblue77's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I work in Sherwood Surgical Center, which is the outpatient/same day surgery unit. I work in PACU and sometimes in holding. I love it because all the nurses are really supportive and they've all got...

  15. How much do CNA / Techs make?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to skyblue77's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I work as a student nurse tech at GBMC and make $12/hour. Sheppard Pratt pays $11/hour + differential for a "mental health worker" which is similar to a CNA position. Hope this helps! GBMC is a...

  16. Starting in ICU as nurse tech. Scared!!

    pinkiepie_RN replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    One thing I must say as a rule: jump in head first and do everything they'll let you do. I started recently as a student nurse tech in an outpatient surgery unit and it's the coolest thing ever....

  17. Backpack that can hold 6+ books?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to shann106's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I think if I ever had to carry that many books at once I would go nuts! I have an LL Bean backpack and can fit 3 books in it sometimes but it's seriously heavy! That being said, I don't think most...

  18. Report Sheets

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Kaydee's topic in General Students

    Oooh I like that. Please PM it to me when you get a

  19. Vent! Inconsiderate None NS Students!

    pinkiepie_RN replied to drosagain's topic in General Students

    I didn't realize that professors or my peers had issues with getting up and going to the bathroom. It's not like high school where you have to get a hall pass. I think we're all grown ups and...

  20. PLS help me write 10 prioritized nursing diagnosis of pt who have acute stroke

    pinkiepie_RN replied to mragko's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you have a care plan book or access to a list of nursing diagnoses? Either of those would be a good place to start with formulating these diagnoses based off of your patient's symptoms gathered...

  21. Please help me in my pharmacology poject

    pinkiepie_RN replied to veleron's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What information do you have so far and what are you having difficulties finding? It shouldn't be a problem to find any information on those classes of drugs with a drug

  22. Making Sure to ACE Nursing I

    pinkiepie_RN replied to mrandmrsRN's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't try to study too much because it's likely that most of the text will sound like Greek until you get into a classroom and clinical setting. That being said, medical terminology would be a...

  23. Neuro Questions

    pinkiepie_RN replied to BeachGirl08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    According to my Med-Surg text, diffuse axonal injury is widespread axonal damage occurring after a mild, moderate, or severe tramautic brain injury. My instructor explained it as basically something...

  24. Where to find a list of NANDAs....

    pinkiepie_RN replied to tavo_80816's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/3918/4012970/NursingTools/koz74686_AppC.pdf That's a link I found on the website for my Fundamentals

  25. Greater Baltimore Medical Center

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in Maryland Nursing

    awesome! i recently shadowed as part of my clinical experience and the nurses there are all really nice and willing to help out. good