dmaccnursing_student

I had never heard about the hospital's premium for malpractice decreasing -- interesting! Thanks for the post!

hello everyone, for my nursing seminar class i am to discuss with someone regarding certification and write a short post for my nursing classmates to read. i am looking for any nurses who are certified to discuss with me the pros and cons of certification (such as gaining certification, maintaining certification, benefits of certification, etc). if anyone is willing to help, that would be wonderful. thank you in advance and looking forward to reading some responses! :)

I never brought my laptop to class... BUT, I feel like I spent a ton of time on my laptop outside of class. So, if you like to study at the library and like everything on your computer at your fingertips, then it would be a good idea. Otherwise, I would just get one of those flashdrives and take with with you to school in case you need your documents saved on your desktop and you need to open them on a school computer.

I feel like I just started...but there are only 46 days of school left (including weekends). I finally am seeing the light at the end of the LPN tunnel and can't wait to start my last year to get my RN. Goodluck with finals everyone! :)

So I have been working on re-doing my nursing diagnoses (thanks for the help :) ) and I am trying to reprioritize them. Here is what I have: 1) Deficient fluid volume (because you can't live without water) 2) Acute Pain (physiological comfort issue) 3) Impaired tissue integrity (another physiological problem) 4) Risk for Injury Let me know what you guys think - I hope I have it right this time. I tried to use Maslow's but I sometimes just confuse myself and think WAY too far into it! :) Thanks again!

Sorry, I meant four nursing diagnoses :) :bowingpur

hi everyone, so i have been working on a care plan and i am just not quite sure if i am going in the right direction. i'll share what i have thus far, if anyone could give input on what i have and what i'm missing that would be wonderful! case study: -the patient is 79-years-old and lives in ltc. -non-weight bearing, assistance with adl's -hx of recurrent uti's caused by mrsa (received long-term antibiotic therapy) -a&o x 1 -weak -drey skin and mucous membranes -indwelling catheter -dark, concentrated amber urine -temp. 101.3f -p 92, r 28, bp 142/80 -stage iii ulcer on sacrum -grimacing, restless, moaning when asked level of pain i had to come up with 4 nursing interventions and here is what i have: acute pain supporting data: -increased respirations -increased bp -grimacing -moaning -restless deficient fluid volume supporting data: -concentrated dark amber urine -weakness -dry skin and mucous membranes -increased body temperature -a&o x 1 risk for infection supporting data: -chronic uti's and mrsa -broken skin (stage iii ulcer) -living in ltc -catheterization - invasive procedure -tissue destruction (stage iii ulcer) imparied tissue integrity supporting data: (i'm having trouble coming up with data for this) -stage iii ulcer on sacrum -fluid volume deficit -impaired physical mobility another question i have with this is in prioritizing. i know the risk for infection will be 4th, and pain will probably be first. but both deficient fluid fluid volume and impaired tissue integrity are physiological needs so i'm not sure which would go first. any help would be wonderful! thanks in advance!

I have been working on a paper for school about healthcare and the election in November. It made me curious as to what other nurses and nursing students thought about the candidate's healthcare issues. Let me know what you think - I would love to hear other people's opinions on this issue! :)

There is an ethical issue with Izzie Stevens dating/engaged to a patient. That's the only one I can think of off the top of my head.

Good luck with your endeavor! It will be well worth it when you quit :)

Hello everyone! Sounds like everyone is getting through finals alright! Just thought I would post my goal of 30 lbs. since I'm starting after my final on May 1st (probably should be held accountable for this! :) ). Speaking of summer classes, mine start on May 28th so I have a little break before I take my dreaded statistics class. blech! I'm definitely NOT excited. Have a great rest of the week! :redbeathe

So your story sounds EXACTLY like mine. I took the same courses in High School, wasn't really sure of what I wanted to do with my life. The only difference is is that I LOVED Chemistry (5 semester of it did me in though). I always thought I wanted to go to school for something other than Nursing (med-school, pharm-school, or dent-school). I switched majors around so many times (avoiding nursing because my mother is a nurse and I didn't want to go through what she does), but in the end I decided on Nursing. I was a relatively shy person and wasn't a big fan of phones either. But once you get in a situation like clinicals you lose that fear entirely. You're there to help people and they aren't necessarily judging you...they're depending on you for help. I would say go for it. I would take a Nurse Aide class just to get used to dealing with patients and such. Good luck with graduation and finals! I'm sure you'll do wonderful! :nuke:

Definitely. I'm planning on wearing a bikini for sure. :)

I would love to join all of you on your weight loss mission...I have PLENTY of weight to lose. I read everything that has been posted so far and have suddenly become motivated. I need to get through finals (may 1st) then I will start. Hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL week...and good luck to those with finals in the near future! :)

I would take Developmental Psychology for sure (I thought it was fairly easy and would make a good condensed course). Anatomy and Physiology is a lot to cram into the summer when you are working full time, but if you are ambitious I would say get one out of the way. I have no idea about Stats, I'm taking it this summer (but it's not condensed). :)

I have a Cardiology III and so does my mother...we both love them :) But it's rather personal opinion than anything.

Oh yeah, There is another private school in Des Moines...Mercy College of Health Sciences. I sat and thought about other schools and Iowa after I posted that...I know you are thinking Des Moines but I think I saw that you were from Nebraska? I know Briarcliff is a 4 year school, and it is right on the border in Sioux City, Iowa. What most people do in Iowa is go to a Community College and earn a two year degree, and do the University of Iowa's 1 year RN-BSN program which is nearly all online (I think you might have to go to classes like 3 times a semester on a Wednesday). Just another thought for you!

The only 4 year school in the Des Moines Area is Grandview College. DMACC has quite a few campuses around Des Moines, but they only offer a 2 year degree (I'm going to DMACC). Iowa mainly has just 2 year schools with the exception of Allen, University of Iowa, and Grandview. The other two are on the eastern half of the state. :) Hope this helps...Let me know if you need anything else!

I don't believe there are any accelerated BSN programs near Des Moines, nor even in the state of iowa. Sorry.

When I memorized them, the easiest way to memorize skull bones was to learn the major bones first. Don't worry about all the little bones, just the major ones. Then just make categories of the rest of them. Just do small amounts at a time - don't look at all of them at once. I promise if you break them up, you will know them in no time. ?

I think it's hard for everyone to adjust to college studied. I still have trouble studying and I've been in college for almost 3 years. I agree with the above post that organization is necessary. What I find most important is to schedule when I'm going to study for each day of the week. BUT, during the time I have scheduled to study, I go some place to do my studying so then I don't get distracted by other things or think "I can study later, I really want to go do this". Library, school bench, restaurant (yum Panera!), or any place really will help get you away from distractions and once you are there, the only thing you have to do is study :) Just keep organized, use a planner, and you will be fine. I LOVE making flashcards and retyping my notes as well. Happy studying!

My mother, who is a RN, has the same problem and bought the Cardiology III when in school. Just a thought. She swears by it and bought be one for Christmas, even though I can hear fine out of a cheap one.

I know where I live (in Iowa) that if you just graduate with a general two year degree and transfer to a 4 year school, it will still be 3 years to graduate from a nursing school. BUT, if you go to a CC and get a 2 year degree in Nursing then transfer to a 4 year school, it will only be 1 year to graduate with a BSN. I'm not sure if that answers your question or not. As to whether just getting your 2 year degree or 4 year degree, I guess it depends on if you want to get out and work sooner :)

Congrats! I'm sure you are glad that class is over with! :)

I took "introduction to ethics" and found it very interesting. If you like history at all, you might find it interesting. We covered everything from Plato to terrorism all in one class so it was a mixture of material and was never boring! :)