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  1. what are the best books for Medical Surgical, Pharma and Pedia?

    Dianacabana replied to purple_aficionado's topic in General Students

    Brunner is a pain to use, not well written at all. You will read through an intense paragraph on a treatment, then the last sentence will say that its not frequently used because 99% of your patients...

  2. Abusive and Cruel Clinical Instructors: Why??

    Dianacabana replied to sallber's topic in General Students

    I agree that we need to support our classmates who are unfairly targeted by an instructor or floor nurse!! At least help the student validate that the offending behavior is off the charts. You never...

  3. Abusive and Cruel Clinical Instructors: Why??

    Dianacabana replied to sallber's topic in General Students

    Thanks for taking the time to write about this issue clearly and concisely. While I have not been the subject of this type of behavior (except one time by a floor nurse), I have seen it and know that...

  4. Advice about scheduling NCLEX

    Dianacabana replied to EDis4me's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good luck to you! I hope to be in your position when I graduate next

  5. Rn nursing dosages and solutions class - Need Help Please

    Dianacabana replied to sciar's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Be confident that you can learn this new material. We often have baggage but don't trip on it! =) Try using my favorite math book: Math for Meds (Anna Curren). It has helped so many students...

  6. Scared... insight needed.

    Dianacabana replied to EC18's topic in General Students

    Oh yes! You are so right. Our whole clinical group was a bunch of mint gum freaks! Works really

  7. Gift for Clinical Instructor

    Dianacabana replied to ajgspn's topic in General Students

    We took a group picture and had it printed with "Thanks!" on the photo, then framed it. It was really personal without being mushy and much appreciated. And we gave each of our instructors a gift...

  8. Scared... insight needed.

    Dianacabana replied to EC18's topic in General Students

    Well, don't scare yourself before you even start! I just finished my first semester of Med-Surg and we saw a LOT of stuff...i did pass out at the first abscess I saw lanced (it was at least 4.5"...

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

    Dianacabana replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    OMG! I think sometimes I have bionic hearing. And I heard EVERYTHING....aaaagghhhh! I have a few months to recuperate before year 2. At the end I thought for sure there was going to be an all-out...

  10. i need some help with math!

    Dianacabana replied to mRpeNa's topic in General Students

    Math for Meds (Anna Curren) is awesome. Teaches you everything, start to finish with plenty of practice problems. See if you can get it used? Also, your nursing text might have practice problems...

  11. How long are you clinical days?

    Dianacabana replied to JHansen's topic in General Students

    I'm in Med-Surg I (2nd semester of 4 semester program). I have 2 days per week on the unit for 8 hours each. Busy! 1 or 2 pts each day but it depends on their

  12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Dianacabana replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    THANK YOU! I've said this before with the other students in my clinical group and nobody gets it. I feel

  13. Student Ns--help with care plan for mentally retarded patient

    Dianacabana posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am a second semester student working in Med-Surg. I had the pleasure of caring for a delightful patient this week who was profoundly retarded (her mental functioning is estimated at approximately...

  14. Care Plan for Mentally Retarded Patient

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you for your help. The approach you explained it makes so much sense in this case. I'm sure I wouldn't have come up with this on my own! :bowingpur I'll let you know how it turns out. Much...

  15. Care Plan for Mentally Retarded Patient

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks for your input, daytonite. this was a really difficult assignment for me. i do try to use my nsg process but i was really stuck on the interventions since she was a total care patient and...

  16. Student Ns--help with care plan for mentally retarded patient

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you so much! So many of the interventions need pt participation and so its difficult to focus on the caregiver. I will give it my best

  17. Care Plan for Mentally Retarded Patient

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you so much! I did contact two professors but I was hoping to get a head start while I was awaiting their replies. I definitely had some ideas in mind (impaired gas exchange r/t dx pneumonia...

  18. HIPAA violation by another student

    Dianacabana posted a topic in General Students

    I recently had to visit the ER at my clinical site because I fainted during a procedure and hit my head (hard). As a precaution, the M.D.s ordered an EKG done. The next day my classroom instructor...

  19. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    Dianacabana replied to Nightbloom's topic in General Students

    LOVE these ideas. I have clinical this evening and I am going to do this! Thank

  20. HELP! Care plan question Due tomorrow!

    Dianacabana replied to miss_pitty_pat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Daytonite mentioned the Care Plan Constructor which is a resource with the text Nursing Care Plans (Gulanick/Myers). The text is outstanding. My clinical instructor recommended it and my group...

  21. HIPAA violation by another student

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Students

    That is exactly what I was having difficulty expressing, in a nutshell. Thank

  22. HIPAA violation by another student

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Students

  23. HIPAA violation by another student

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Students

    I appreciate all the discussion here. Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation and helped me think through this. There were some very salient points that were brought up. 1. The...

  24. HIPAA violation by another student

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Students

    I did consider talking to her (as I mentioned), but half the time she just rolls her eyes at me when I say anything to her and so it was not worth the aggravation. If she realized that she slipped...

  25. HIPAA violation by another student

    Dianacabana replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Students

    Well, what if it was the pregnancy test they had me take? I'm just as "anal" with any patient's information as I am with my own. I prefer "careful" or "particular." This isn't a "battle"