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 was happy I didn't. They will teach you anything a...

2. Flashcards for studying

   kad13579 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

   I use flashcards with all of my studying. I just put on the front the definition or a note from the notes or book and put the answer on the back. I used them for med/surg and I would put, for example, "S&S of IICP" on the front and then list the ...

3. what to practice my skills on

   kad13579 replied to SN31's topic in Student Assist

   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 technique.

4. Just A Little Question........

   kad13579 posted a topic in Student Assist

   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 this, it didn't really give me much information. can ...

5. just a question.....

   kad13579 replied to kad13579's topic in Student Assist

   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 another topic on here, but i would like to have yo...

6. Mrsa

   kad13579 replied to Gravysgal's topic in General Students

   I feel that if it is serious enough to be in isolation with precautions of gowning and gloving--ect., that EVERYONE who interacts with the pt. should follow those guidelines. I understand not doing it just when you are "checking in" and not having an...

7. just a question.....

   kad13579 replied to kad13579's topic in Student Assist

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

8. just a question.....

   kad13579 posted a topic in Student Assist

   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 find the answer. (I thought maybe discoloration, bu...

9. Help with Neuro

   kad13579 replied to machita's topic in Student Assist

   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 you try to remember all of the aspects of the disor...

10. 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 have to go home though. I think just white ones wi...

11. Just finish my care plan

    kad13579 replied to bsugar888's topic in Student Assist

    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 nsg diagnoses,5 goals, 5 interventions, 5 rationals,...

12. Healthy Clinical Lunch?

    kad13579 replied to GypsyRose07's topic in General Students

    I like to eat those soup at hands and oyster crackers.

13. Doing the spring break happy dance?!?!?

    kad13579 replied to WDWpixieRN's topic in General Students

    It's not that happy for us, we got a few inches of snow today!

14. help!!

    kad13579 posted a topic in General Students

    Can anyone please tell me what billroth 1 and 2 are? I have looked all over our book and I can't find anything about it. We are having it on our test in the morning.

15. I need some advice

    kad13579 replied to worrywart's topic in General Students

    First of all, BREATHE!! You need to get a way to study that works just for you. What is your usual method? I am in med/surg right now also, and I study by making flash cards on the material. It singles out the information so that it is easier for me ...