Leomom

Leomom has 4 years experience.

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1. Starting rn pay in memphis area

   Leomom replied to kcoday's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   Depending on where you work, hospital pay averages about $21 base, plus shift differentials. There are hospitals that start at a little more & a little less, but $21 is about mid-ground. COngrats...

2. Failed Med/Surg by 3/10 point

   Leomom replied to Ciale's topic in General Students

   Yes it is entirely possible to fail MedSurg & still graduate. I failed MedSurg 2 by about 2 pts. No matter how hard I tried, it seemd the harder I tried the worse my test scores got. However, I...

3. Curious, re nursing and weight loss

   Leomom replied to Bonnie86's topic in General Nursing

   I have lost weight since starting work as an RN, about 7 pounds so far but I am also trying. As others have said pack your lunch, I do, I don't even take my bank card or $$$ in with me I drink hot tea...

4. Austin Peay nursing or a better school?

   Leomom replied to CrazyGoonRN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   I don't know about anyone else, but I just graduated form the program May 6, 2011. I did fail one class but re-took it & passed without a problem. Good luck with finding a program it;s hard work...

5. need help with interventions for decreased cardiac output!!!

   Leomom replied to christiestudentnurse's topic in General Students

   I'm going into my last semester so I will give you my thoughts on this. My first suggestion is to write out your nsg dx, depending on what its r/t & aeb will help to guide you towards your...

6. finally...... a break!!! or is it??

   Leomom replied to reeta116's topic in General Students

   Definitely take some time to rest & relax, then catch up on whatever housework has fallen behind. I take my last finl this afternoon for adult health 2 & then I'm done till January but I know...

7. Careplan help/review

   Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Nsg Diagnosis: Acute pain r/t CABG incision & tunneling of surgical incision aeb pt stating “I need a pain pill I hurt here” while drawing a line with her finger over her incision, pt....

8. Careplan help/review

   Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Pt info: Pt is a 52yo female, 1mo post-op CABG, wound dehisence wound is now infected w/ 6cm of tunneling & about 1in in depth. Admitted w/ pneumonia & pain at incision site. on 2L NC, IV...

9. Careplan help/review

   Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Ok, I will try not to be too long winded here & just give the needed info. Written careplans have been a challenge for me in the past, so this semester I really want to "nail" them. This was my...

10. Careplan help/review

    Leomom posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am working on getting this posted so please bear with me, I'm having some technical

11. I don't get it

    Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in General Students

    Well it's official as it gets until grades come out. It's not possible for me to pass this class even if I get a 100 on the final. No matter how I figure it there is no way to pass this class, just...

12. I don't get it

    Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in General Students

    From everything I could tell looing over my tests I wasn't paying 110% attention to the questions/answers. So I took extra time & red all the questions 2 or 3 times, underlined what was...

13. I don't get it

    Leomom replied to Leomom's topic in General Students

    I just don't get it. The harder I try the worse I do & this was supposed to be the easy test. Now I have to basically reapply to take the class. If I fail anything else before I graduate then I'm...

14. I don't get it

    Leomom posted a topic in General Students

    I met with one of my instructors last week to try & figure out where I'm going wrong with my tests. Well I thought I had it figured out, studied hard for my test I had today & did worse on it...

15. I want to help anyone who is needing help with cardiac rhythms

    Leomom replied to bethtruexrn's topic in General Students

    I would love the help. I took a class before this semester on cardiac rhythms but I still don't have them down. With the end of the semester basically here it would definitely help to have the summer...