Hi. My personal view is that, if possible, you should work in the field. I am a RN student (completed my 1st year!) and now I work in a hospital as a CNA. I wish I had been able to do so earlier,...
I am doing a pt teaching for a 90yo woman. She started with hypotension:127/57 laying, 94/56 sitting and 88/58 standing. The MD stopped all her BP meds and she went to the other extreme:212/75,...
Thanks for the input on pulse pressure, I had noticed it but had not put as much emphasis on it as the extremes she was having. She was my pt for this week, and the primary had not had time to get a...
my dad bought me a sony at overstock.com when i finished my prereqs and started nursing classes. new would have been about $500 and he paid $150 for a refurbished one, like i can even tell the...
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I'm getting ready to start Semester 2 in a week, so I LOVE this site (I lurk alot to see what is coming and to see if there is any light at the end of this tunnel). In Funds, for clinical...
Speaking as the heavy partner, with deep veins to top it off, the only way for anyone in my group to get my pulse was hyperextension and pushing HARD. I actually stiffened up my arm by pushing up on...