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  1. Finised ONe full year of nursing school now how do I get my CNA!!!!!!!

    nurz2be replied to Orthonurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where you are but the area of Florida that I am in, once we are done with Fundamentals we can get jobs as "aids" or nursing "techs" without having a "license." As long as we bring proof...

  2. Common Diagnosis and Meds in OB, Newborn

    nurz2be replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Students

    Just finishing up my OB/PEDS rotations, THANK GOODNESS> lol. As far as diagnosis in OB...... A LOT of PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension), Gestational Diabetes, participated in a fetal demise...

  3. Question Pertaining to Dosage Calculations

    nurz2be replied to caprisgoddess's topic in General Students

    The pumps I have used, you can't set them to a decimal point for a drip. So you round up or down depending on the decimal. Down for less than 5 and up for 5 or greater. Hope this

  4. A & B students!!!

    nurz2be replied to TWUness1's topic in General Students

    I would like to preempt this by saying the following...... It is one thing to make A's or B's in classes....it is QUITE another to UNDERSTAND and be able to apply those things in a clinical situation....

  5. laboratory results

    nurz2be replied to wjddnjs's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    With a K of less than 3.5, and hers is 2.9!, I hope they are giving her potassium. She is libel to start having some serious cardiac issues..... UTI, and I totally agree with DAYTONITE about that,...

  6. A&PII or Micro -8 weeks course???

    nurz2be replied to laura06baby's topic in General Students

    All our gen eds are done in 4 weeks per class....very doable...just study and keep on

  7. What you did at clinical you will not do again

    nurz2be posted a topic in General Students

    Hey all, Clinicals are stressful but they are a learning process. Since they can be so tense I thought it might be nice to see what others have learned regarding clinicals. Lesson 1 When placing a...

  8. Stories of the craziest patient you've ever had?

    nurz2be replied to RNJayhawk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Still a nursing student but was doing clinicals on Orthopedic floor, where my instructor also works as a nurse. Had a patient who had left knee surgery, was bipolar, taking Lithium and Abilify and...

  9. in need of a hearing impaired stethscope!

    nurz2be replied to spungeycake's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey, a fellow classmate has hearing loss from the military and has one of these. HERE It has a volume control and is VERY sensitive. I have listened with it and amazed. It is pricey but it will be...

  10. Can Someone Shed Some Light...

    nurz2be replied to slamminsamsters's topic in General Students

    THIS Has the SAME framework as the NET. Took mine last year after reviewing this book each day for an hour or two for two weeks. Made a 92% on test and haven't been in school for 17 years. GOOD

  11. Clinical advice please!

    nurz2be replied to Pmkn10RN's topic in General Students

    I as well am on my OB/Peds rotation, I am also a woman who went through labor and delivery. I would like to throw an idea out to you regarding the latter. The moms-to-be are going through something of...

  12. Keiser Student Shout Out

    nurz2be replied to cdgpatterson's topic in Florida Nursing

    Keiser Melbourne here, will finish nursing school summer 09!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS on starting all of

  13. nursing student question 2

    nurz2be replied to BeOne77's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1 - C for reasons already stated 2 - D again already stated 3 - A Tetralogy of Fallot - Tetralogy of Fallot occurs during development of the fetus, before birth, and is therefore termed a congenital...

  14. It's Hard to Live with a Nurse because....

    nurz2be posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Please feel free to add more as you like. This is for all the spouses and loved ones of nurses....... ENJOY 1) When you forget to flush the toilet, you get a complete analysis with a plan on how to...

  15. How do I stop over-analyzing?

    nurz2be replied to MedicalNerd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Guilty of the same sins..... Listen my instructor told me that at the first sound of me saying in my head, "Well if" to STOP! The well if is what gets us in trouble. The question has ALL the...

  16. Honors Topic Advice

    nurz2be replied to christieb01's topic in General Students

    How about the psychological, social, familial effects being diagnosed with (fill in a childhood illness) has on school-age kids. Kids that are "normal" can have a VERY hard time psychologically,...

  17. Need help with paper re; Bed Number Ten

    nurz2be replied to weesie1244's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We had to read it and write about it in Basic Adult Health class. I didn't have trouble writing about it but maybe that is because our instructor gave us a list of questions regarding the book. I do...

  18. Electrolytes/Acid Base

    nurz2be replied to WanaBaNurse's topic in General Students

    http://www.medicinenet.com/electrolytes/article.htm http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/250fluidbal.html http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/254fluidexcess.html...

  19. Overanalyzing - IV Flow rate

    nurz2be replied to deftonez188's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I will caution this regarding counting and the height of the bag in relation to the height of the counter, LOL. I am really short, and in order for me to see I need things low. What I learned in my...

  20. The Nursing Math Thread

    nurz2be replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    HERE This might help some of you make the adjustments in your medical math studies. GOOD

  21. Vital Signs and Contact Precautions patients

    nurz2be replied to Papi15437's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We always have someone, another student or aide for that patient, at the door and we have them write them down. We are not allowed to take our pens or paper into those rooms. Those rooms have...

  22. Question for Nurz2be

    nurz2be replied to nyemt195488's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yep, sorry it took so long to get back to you. School is a place for maniacs and lunatics! LOL. Now, AP notes are larger than I can put on 1 post here. If you PM me your email addy I will GLADLY send...

  23. keiser college

    nurz2be replied to kiya05tall's topic in Florida Nursing

  24. Abdominal assessment?

    nurz2be replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes you have the order correct. We don't want to falsely disturb the actual pattern of the bowel, so we inspect, auscultate, percuss,

  25. amazed

    nurz2be replied to labrador4122's topic in Florida Nursing

    Of Keiser's 14 schools in Florida, 9 now offer RN and or LPN courses, once Orlando's gets started in a few months! They are actually considering opening a few free-standing RN schools that will offer...