kgh31386

kgh31386 BSN, MSN, RN

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  1. Help with med/surg

    kgh31386 replied to Maeva002's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm in the same boat. I just started my med/surg class yesterday. I've heard out of 120 students, 18 passed 1 semester. Well after that semester, they made the teacher leave....4 years later, she's...

  2. working while in program?

    kgh31386 replied to ellabear's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I know this thread is old, but even though they suggest don't work, and to study 24/7...you might not have to. During my orientation last semester, the FIRST thing the dean told us was,"this is a very...

  3. Perineal anxiety

    kgh31386 replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    which one are you askin

  4. Perineal anxiety

    kgh31386 replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    whenever i had to do it....i'd either have someone doing it with me. or i'd just talk to the pt about whatever was on tv. sort of distract not only yourself, but distract them as well. the more...

  5. Confused about salary and hourly pay adding up......

    kgh31386 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So everywhere I've seen on here, people usually start out making between $18-22 an hour. Which BEFORE taxes is UNDER $42,000 a year. Yet every website I've found claims a new RN makes AT LEAST $55,000...

  6. Working Full-time and going to school

    kgh31386 replied to KeithT66's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I work FT and I'm in my first semester. I'm fine so far, I've gotten all A's on my tests except an 80 on Pharmacology because there was a tornado runnin through town the night before the test. It's...

  7. Ineffective Health Maintenance

    kgh31386 replied to Eirene's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    yep i got some practice to do. i didn't look in my NANDA when i did those, i thought they were just throwing out ideas. i know it's the problem, etiology, signs and symptoms. it's only my first...

  8. Ineffective Health Maintenance

    kgh31386 replied to Eirene's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I forgot to say something about her meds.. from what I see, she's on steroids(they suppress the immune system and this can lead to infection so check her lung sounds for bad sounds), theophylline for...

  9. Ineffective Health Maintenance

    kgh31386 replied to Eirene's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Another dx could be "Risk for injury r/t BMI of 48". But if you want to stick with your current dx that sounds fine. You could also word it differently and say, "ineffective health maintenance r/t...

  10. question on Hypernatremia & how it relates to water

    kgh31386 replied to MrsRNn2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    as you know, where Na goes, water goes. And if you have too much sodium, you're sucking the water out of the cells. and i'll go with a person will become Hypervolemic. because all the water gets...

  11. Question guys...what field of nursing are you going into?

    kgh31386 posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm about to start nursing school in January. And I think I'm leaning towards FNP. But I'm not sure if that's the kind of NP I want to be. Where is everyone else going to end

  12. Fluids and Electrolytes test

    kgh31386 replied to Davisk01's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    it's definitely hard, I'm in my first semester and we're already doing F & E in 3 classes(pharm, foundations, and patho), each class wants us to know different things about them too. so yea it's...

  13. Confused about salary and hourly pay adding up......

    kgh31386 replied to kgh31386's topic in General Nursing

    so christie, at lets say an average of $22/hour including overtime and weekends. you made $52,000ish AFTER

  14. difference in CNS and NP...a school in town combines them in 1 program??

    kgh31386 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    UT here in Memphis has a program that I think I'm interested in. I've thought about going the NP or CNS route but wasn't sure what kind to be because I don't want to isolate myself from other options....

  15. difference in CNS and NP...a school in town combines them in 1 programs??

    kgh31386 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    sorry for the double post, my computer messed up...you can delete this

  16. On the verge of Failing

    kgh31386 replied to PurrRN's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry that all that bad stuff has happened. It seems that a lot of people have a lot of bad things happen all at once. But like they said before, you're passing! And although it's hard to replace...

  17. Although it was a few weeks ago....I got accepted! Can't wait til January

    kgh31386 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got accepted a few weeks ago to the Loewenberg School of Nursing in Memphis. It only took a week after the deadline date to get my letter. I've looked on this forum for a while and finally got...

  18. Although it was a few weeks ago....I got accepted! Can't wait til January

    kgh31386 replied to kgh31386's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    thanks on the congrats! anyone have any pointer? i'm sure that question gets asked a lot. any keys to studying the