Jedi of Zen

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  1. Feeling lost during clinicals

    Jedi of Zen replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in General Students

    Yeah. There was a nurse working on my clinical floor last week who happened to be a graduate of my school. She was giving some general advice to a group of us students at one point. And she actually...

  2. Question About Positioning (probably a dumb question)

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

    Okay. I did find something in Taber's about the "gravity-dependent position". My understanding is that that refers to positioning something (ie, an extremity) below the level of the heart. ie, so...

  3. Question About Positioning (probably a dumb question)

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

    This is a quote from my textbook (and this is from a paragraph about avoiding strain on the venous system): So does that mean that the patient should raise his extremity and keep it in the air with...

  4. FHR auscultation sites: RSA & LSA

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When you're talking about FHT auscultation, what do RSA & LSA stand for? Is it "right/left sinciput anterior"?

  5. Establishing Baseline FHT

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    During lecture today, my teacher said that the Baseline Fetal Heart Tone is the "average rate of Fetal Heart Tone per minute". I noticed after class, however, that in her typed-out lecture notes state...

  6. RhoGAM: when does mom get it?

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When an Rh negative mother is carrying an Rh positive fetus, when does she recieve RhoGAM? Is it at 28 weeks, or 72 hours after birth? Or both? Having a hard time getting clarification on this from my...

  7. Incomptent cervix

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    If it gets treated with a cerclage, how often does the birth turn out to be at term and successful? Just curious,

  8. how to dispute a false accusation that results in a FAILURE

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

    You know, imagine if a med student got flunked every time he "appeared nervous". We'd never have any doctors! Heck, we'd never even have hospitals! Civilization as we know it would collapse! Okay,...

  9. Male Nurse in Nashville

    Jedi of Zen replied to vertigo1022's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I am a nursing student (in AL), although I have lived in Nashville on and off for several years. While there is a lot that I miss about Nashville, there's also a lot that I don't miss. Anyway, feel...

  10. Fetal circulation

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think I get this, but I just want to make certain that I do in fact understand correctly: Do all arteries in the fetus carry de-oxygenated blood? Or is it mainly just the umbilical arteries? (I'm...

  11. A "dating female students in your class" post

    Jedi of Zen replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    The girl that I described in my post and I did sort of "break up" after things began to happen, because we realized that it just wasn't going to work, for several reasons. She is working full-time and...

  12. question for the guys

    Jedi of Zen replied to jackson145's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have heard at least one female student tell me that she prefers male students when auscultating heart & lung sounds, merely because of the ease of not having to work around breast tissue....

  13. Hey guys....How do you all support yourselves?

    Jedi of Zen replied to Brian 77's topic in Male Nursing Students

    To make a long story short, when I decided to go back to school for nursing, I had to move back in with my parents. There's no other way that I think I could really afford to do it. I am single and...

  14. Help! Final Grade

    Jedi of Zen replied to snursee2b's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My school's program also uses weighted tests. There are at least a couple of different ways that you can calculate your grade. Just right off hand, I think PurifyMe's method is the most conservative...

  15. how to dispute a false accusation that results in a FAILURE

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

    Another thing - you should ask your instructor to provide a scientific rationale for why you are being dismissed from the program. :) (j/k. Well...only sort of...

  16. Fellow 'B' Students...

    Jedi of Zen replied to lilyteen's topic in General Students

    Done with 1st semester here: I got a B in Fundamentals, along with an A in both Health Assessment and Pharmacology. I'm not thrilled about the B, but I am proud of it nevertheless. I think I've...

  17. how to dispute a false accusation that results in a FAILURE

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

    Well, I wrote a really long reply to this, and then timed out and lost it all. So the short version of my response is this: if things do not pan out, consider getting a lawyer involved. I know it's...

  18. Russia

    Jedi of Zen replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in International Nursing

    You're doing such a great job of that,

  19. Russia

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in International Nursing

    Any Russian nurses out there? Or US Nurses who have worked in

  20. Russia

    Jedi of Zen replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in International Nursing

    So the description you just gave applies to both Russian and Ukrainian

  21. Help

    Jedi of Zen replied to mp17's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm only a 1st semester, so I'm not sure what exactly "regulate?" means; but my answer is 1800 drops per hour. ie, You've got 60 drops per cc, and you're doing 30 cc per hour...so just multiply 30 x...

  22. Tricky test question on nutrition

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We recently had a test question, basically as follows: "Which of the following nutrients gives flavor to food? A. Protein B. Carbohydrates C. Fats " What answer would you have chosen, and why? Just...

  23. SpO2 vs. SaO2

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

    Thank you, that does make sense. What about PaO2 - where does that fit into all of this? She described it as an "invasive procedure"...I guess I'm wondering how that differs from SaO2. I sent my...

  24. Drop factor for infants? (Cheap/shameless appeal for help; test tomorrow)

    Jedi of Zen posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Which is the correct drop factor for infants - microdrops, or macrodrops? I know this is a really easy, stupid question that I should probably already be down with, but I can't remember which it is,...

  25. Ready to just implode on myself

    Jedi of Zen replied to Macastil 1987's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you did fail, then worst case scenario is - generally speaking - that you would have to simply re-start the program next year. As overwhelmingly depressing as that probably sounds, it's not the...