Annisme

Annisme

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  1. FINAL IN 4 days any advice???

    Annisme replied to GretaRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First, take a deep breath! Consider your own learning style. Do you study better in a quiet environment? Do you prefer to study in a group or alone? review class notes review previous exams if...

  2. does age REALLY matter?

    Annisme replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

    My first clinical instructor let the hospital staff think I was the CI until I cleared up the misconception.

  3. Compartment Syndrome Nx

    Annisme replied to mesa14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Risk for Anxiety would come to mind. Every patient I have had with compartment syndrome was extremely

  4. does age REALLY matter?

    Annisme replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

    Since I am a nursing student who will graduate when I am 51, I feel that I need to address your post. I have spent the last 6 years preparing for the day I graduate with my BSN (yes, 3 wasted years...

  5. yeahhh sure

    Annisme replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Not only to I remember "The Streak" I remember that album on a reel to reel tape!

  6. New Grads - where is there a nursing glut?

    Annisme replied to spudbunny's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in Turlock and there are hospitals all around this area, Modesto, Manteca, Merced...I don't know about new grad programs but you can check out...

  7. Older Nursing Students

    Annisme replied to Neats's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I started taking the nursing prereq's at 45...I will be 51 when I graduate with my BSN, June 2009:yeah: I worked full time and took the prereq's at night. Since my kids are grown and I have a very...

  8. Backpack Advice

    Annisme replied to PhysicsBabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I also will chime in for the rolling backpack. One of our instructors ruptured discs in her neck carrying a heavy backpack while getting her MSN. We often joke about being able to tell who the...

  9. Care of the post-op Spinal anesthesia patient (NOT in PACU...on unit)

    Annisme replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital uses a specific protocol in addition to the standard post-op procedures. These include VS Q15 min/1 hr then Q1H/4 hrs. Standing orders for 50 mg Benedryl and Narcan (not sure of the...

  10. Seeking the truth about Nursing School acceptance...

    Annisme replied to nurseman78's topic in General Nursing

    Some schools use a lottery system for selecting students for admittance and some use a point system based on grades. The CSU I'm attending uses the point system. The points were based on overall...

  11. Clinical Hours

    Annisme replied to jst81161's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the BSN program at Stanislaus State (Turlock). Our clinical hours in the first semesters were ~8 hours. As we start our last year w/advanced med/surg, we go to 12 hour clinicals, 2 days/week....

  12. So now I faint at blood/injury...

    Annisme replied to ZionsWrath's topic in General Nursing

    I completely understand! When we went to the cadaver room, I didn't faint, but I washed my hands compulsively for the next 2 weeks! A cadaver doesn't look the same as a live person, inside or out....

  13. Staff and clinical students

    Annisme replied to Lainie B's topic in General Nursing

    As a student (albeit a mature student:D), I hope you don't mind if I comment from my perspective. As a student, care plans: it is helpful for me to know what is expected up front, how it is to be...

  14. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    Annisme replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I just found this thread and I'm so glad I did! To my classmates: thank you for treating me as a peer most of the time. I know I am the same age as your parents, but I have never been made to feel...

  15. New Grads - where is there a nursing glut?

    Annisme replied to spudbunny's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is still a shortage here (Central Valley, California). The nursing schools around here all recommend the extern programs so most of us have jobs when we graduate and still there is a shortage....

  16. "Secret" HIV Vaccine in use?

    Annisme posted a topic in General Nursing

    In a class discussion (not a nursing class), someone brought up that there is a "secret" HIV vaccine in use in Africa that the FDA will not approve here. The statement was made that "they" are...

  17. "Secret" HIV Vaccine in use?

    Annisme replied to Annisme's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you one and all. Maybe I'm an optimist, but I felt if there was a way to prevent HIV, it would be BIG news and BIG money for the vaccine. EVERYONE would want the vaccine, it would be part of...

  18. Canada's health system is as good or better than the US new research suggests

    Annisme replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Canadian government posts their statistics for such things as wait times for care on the government website. They have specific links for wait times and even had a multi-year research project...

  19. medications used

    Annisme replied to momandstudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    if you just have to have something to do over the summer...i would recommend becoming very familiar with: insulins antihypertensives antibiotics pain meds these are the medications i see most used...

  20. Stress!!!

    Annisme replied to jbuz23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes indeed...the stress is enormous! I am in my 4th semester of a BSN program. This semester is Peds and Mental Health...along with a jillion papers, presentations and special projects, not to...

  21. Nursing diagnosis HELP please!

    Annisme replied to wackyj2000's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hmmm.... Risk for ineffective breathing pattern r/t compromised cardiac/pulmonary function (smoking) Risk for ineffective tissue perfusion: peripheral r/t circulatory stasis (bedrest after surgery)...