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cmonkey

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  1. What to expect for your Fundamentals & your first clinicals!

    cmonkey replied to NICURN2013's topic in General Students

    Fundamentals isn't awesome, I'll say that much. I'm passing. I don't have to get a crazy high score on the fluids and electrolytes test, which is reputed to be the killer test this semester. I'm...

  2. Checking out

    cmonkey posted a topic in General Students

    How do you deal with a teacher who has essentially checked out? Lord love her, she's planning on retiring soon and I think her heart just isn't in it anymore. I totally get that; once you've...

  3. MediQuik Drug card help!!

    cmonkey replied to my3suns's topic in General Students

    Look at the index

  4. What disease results from a germ free environment?

    cmonkey replied to emilyRNwannabe's topic in General Students

    I so don't worry about that with my kids. Between the chickens, ducks, turkeys, cat, occasional pig/sheep, I think they get exposed to plenty of germs. I do believe that kids in cities are also more...

  5. I don't want to get ahead of myself, here,

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    Spoke too soon. NUTS! It kills me that I missed a step on one, so while I got it right (as far as I got), I didn't finish it and got it wrong. Forgot to calculate a drip rate for an hour when the...

  6. Do you use Kindle to download school books?

    cmonkey replied to sincerebliss's topic in General Students

    ITA. It's fantastic (FANTASTIC) for novels and histories, etc., but if you need graphics, it's not at all what you want. Footnotes are definitely clunky. I wouldn't read an Oliver Sacks book on it,...

  7. REALLY, really silly question

    cmonkey replied to Sugar-Phosphate's topic in General Students

    Why on earth is that an unethical question? We did flu shots on each other, staff, and other students. Other than that, we might practice head-to-toes on each other on our own time, but no baths, no...

  8. I gave the last dose...

    cmonkey replied to pedsrnjc's topic in General Nursing

    I sincerely hope I have the honor of giving someone their last dose. It's one of the reasons I'm planning on going into hospice, because of stories like these, where people are in needless pain...

  9. ATI video gaff

    cmonkey posted a topic in General Students

    "During the exam, the practioner might instill drops to anesthetize the eye or DILUTE the pupils for easier examination.." Okay, so we're paying for this testing and the stuff that comes with it, and...

  10. ATI video gaff

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    It's in the basic nursing skillz disc, under, you guessed it, ophthalmology. Which she pronounces

  11. Clinic Evaluations

    cmonkey replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in General Students

    I had my eval on Monday, and my CI said, "We'll read mine first because I know you'll be harder on yourself than I will." She was right. But I'm there all the time and she's got 7 other students to...

  12. Prioritization question

    cmonkey posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was taking a quiz and I don't understand why I got the answer wrong. Prioritize these sets of dx using a ranking system (1 most basic): disturbed body image constipation, chronic spiritual distress,...

  13. For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    cmonkey replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    I got a super ego boost from my CI today. We had to do an ungraded process recording (therapeutic communication exercise) and she showed it to the third-semester students (I'm in first) as an example...

  14. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    cmonkey replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I hate to repeat, but there seem to be trends. I left off the nasty ones because I'm trying to stay on Karma's good

  15. Personalizing Stethoscopes?

    cmonkey replied to doublehelix's topic in General Students

    I had mine engraved and it still took a walk. So I got an Ultrascope with hot pink tubing and a royal blue diaphragm. "Borrow" that! I may still put a dog tag or something on it, just in case, but I...

  16. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    cmonkey replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    * If you want to study with us, please bring something to the table. At the very least, read the chapters before you show up. If you need a tutor, it's free in the tutoring center. I'll be in there...

  17. An error already

    cmonkey posted a topic in General Students

    I put VS in the wrong chart last night at clinicals. It's the only thing I charted, and I was commenting about how amazing the difference in BP was between the last check and the one I just did, when...

  18. An error already

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    I'm not killing, but I may be flogging. I debated coming home and crying but I had too much to

  19. And What Did YOU eat today?

    cmonkey replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    True nursing retention is being able to work a 12-hour shift without

  20. And What Did YOU eat today?

    cmonkey replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    peanut butter toast with homemade plum butter jimmy john's sammy with coke and chips pta potluck for dinner but that's an unusual

  21. High postpartum Hct- why??

    cmonkey replied to kellbossa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Isn't physiology

  22. How to survive clinicals

    cmonkey replied to Sjsmith92's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had a Moment last night in clinicals. I was in a pt's room with the CI, talking about tube feedings and the pathphys/mechanics of it, and I thought, "Holy crap, I'm in a PATIENT'S room in a HOSPITAL...

  23. Prioritization question

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No dx, nothing but what I posted. So yeah, there are ALL kinds of orders it could be in and be appropriate. I haz the

  24. Prioritization question

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay, now THAT explaination makes sense. Maybe I just needed it explained that way. Thanks,

  25. Prioritization question

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ah, I found the spot in my ppt notes that I think would back me up: "basic physiological needs must be addressed first". I would think that includes elimination, wouldn't it? I mean, in the long run,...