tnortham

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1. Need help! What would you do?

   tnortham replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

   It sounds like a really interesting job...and right now a job is a job, experience is experience. You may really like it. I would take

2. Considering nursing school, but I have a slight problem

   tnortham replied to schmalcine's topic in General Nursing

   Take a CNA class...It will help you figure out if you can handle seeing (and bathing) naked people and all of their parts. Classes don't take too long and you won't have a lot of time or money...

3. Intervention to a patient with a hip fracture

   tnortham replied to mmgaff22's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Daytonite has it covered...but to answer your question about R 32. It means respirations are 32 a minute. You will need to know this because it is an abnormal

4. Final Exam Question.....

   tnortham replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Students

   For finals I went over all my notes and power points for the semester; any time I didn't remember something clearly I reviewed it in detail (wikipedia usually gives simple explanations). I focused...

5. ? about Nursing School Classes

   tnortham replied to miksyrak3's topic in General Students

   At my school there isn't any additional math classes, but you will use math a lot in pharmacology. We also have math quizes every semester before we go to clinical (need to be able to pass meds...

6. Too young to be a nurse?

   tnortham replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

   I think it is great you have your life together at this age and know what you what to do with it! Nursing school has people of many ages- you are all in the same boat of class assignments and...

7. Is it normal to feel this way?

   tnortham replied to Saturnalia's topic in General Students

   I think you aren't going to be able to make a rational decision until you get your anxiety under control. You should seek medical help/medication to get this under control. Lots of students have...

8. HELP! FailingRNschool-B/C I took care of myself

   tnortham replied to SnowRain7489's topic in General Students

   I am glad you are being proactive...hopefully you have enough time to turn this semester around. Good

9. Nervous about first OB exam and terrified of Failing

   tnortham replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   I found OB tests to be pretty straight forward also. Read, review your notes and do practice NCLEX OB questions. Have a little confidence! Your study group didn't make you pass last semester...you...

10. HELP! FailingRNschool-B/C I took care of myself

    tnortham replied to SnowRain7489's topic in General Students

    You need to get it together! You are going to lose a great opportunity because lack of focus. You need to make a weekly schedule with time in it to study and read EVERYDAY. You need to make an...

11. how much are you expected to know about your drugs before you pass?

    tnortham replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    If this is first semester I think that the nurse is expecting a lot from you. By second and third semester at my school you are supposed to know the thirty plus meds for your patient, and mechanism of...

12. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    tnortham replied to Nightbloom's topic in General Students

    Your instructor wants you to work on time management and prioritizing. You only had one patient and you should be able to provide care to them; even if they are total care patients. Go into clinical...

13. Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    tnortham replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    Why don't you just send out a petition like your instructor suggested? That should be easy enough to send out during lecture or pass around during clinical, and if you have a large number of people...

14. I may be getting married while in nursing school- HELP

    tnortham replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    In the big scheme of things a few months will not make a difference. You need to focus on school, your last semester and studying for the NCLEX. A secure job will make a great deal of difference in...

15. 3rd semester is about to start; and I am PETRIFIED!

    tnortham replied to cincin1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am in fourth semester now. I think third semester really helped me start putting things together. Care plans and concept maps started making sense. Lab values started indicating things. Everything...