kad13579

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1. LPN School Prep

   kad13579 replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   I agree with sitting back and enjoying it. I thought before I started that I may need to start looking into books or going over what I thought we might be studying, but when I got into the program, I...

2. what to practice my skills on

   kad13579 replied to SN31's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I used a water bottle in between my husbands legs(he was dressed of course) to practice foley insertion. It makes it more realistic when you are doing sterile

3. Just A Little Question........

   kad13579 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   can anyone please tell me what rhabdomyalgia is?? i had a pt. that had a hx. of this the other day and i try to look up anything that i have never heard of or don't know much about. when i googled...

4. just a question.....

   kad13579 replied to kad13579's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   daytonite, you are so wise! that was the right answer about the pillow. thank you so much. i understand the rational now that you explained it to me. let me ask you a question--i know that this is...

5. just a question.....

   kad13579 replied to kad13579's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   That would be for thyroid treatment? Why would it have to stay

6. just a question.....

   kad13579 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   We just had a test on endocrine disorders and there was a question an there about iodine. Why would you drink an iodine preparation through a straw? I looked all in our book and notes and could not...

7. Help with Neuro

   kad13579 replied to machita's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   That was the hardest test that we had in med/surg. I'm not really sure how, but I managed to get a 95 on it. My advice is just to research all of the illnesses on your own and understand them before...

8. Underwear and white scrubs?

   kad13579 replied to LaLaEm4's topic in General Students

   We are checked too. One day a girl in our class wore pink flowered panties--not even thinking about her uniform being white. She hid from the instructor all morning and finally got caught. She didn't...

9. Just finish my care plan

   kad13579 replied to bsugar888's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Congrats! I finished my first one recently!! I didn't realize how much time actually went into one. I thought that it was just a "fill in the blank" kind of thing--boy was i wrong. We had to have 5...

10. Healthy Clinical Lunch?

    kad13579 replied to GypsyRose07's topic in General Students

    I like to eat those soup at hands and oyster

11. Depressed failed my first test in nursing school

    kad13579 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    Most instructors give that first test as a "break you in" test. On our first test only 3 out of 28 passed--only by 2 points. Our inst. told us to buckle down and study and we now still have 25...

12. peripheral pulses

    kad13579 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am having a little trouble with finding peripheral pulses. I can find the ones in the arms, neck, and face, but have problems with the lower extremities. I can only palpate them sometimes. Any...

13. My first bed bath!!

    kad13579 replied to ostomyrn2b09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have just a few months left of school and I remember my first bed bath. I was so nervous! I was shaking so bad. I just went in and got my supplies together and started talking to my pt. I think...

14. med surg help

    kad13579 replied to kad13579's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thank you guys so much!! I just had my respiratory med/surg test and i made a 98!!! I couldn't believe it. Thank you all for your

15. med surg help

    kad13579 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am in my second semester of school to be a LPN. We just started med surg in January and have already had 2 HUGE tests. Although I did okay on these two, I am finding it kind of hard to keep...