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1. Diagnoses case scenario...

   Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

   Thank you very much, greatly appreciate your help and direction > hmm.. the fluid intake wouldn't matter at all for the mucus?

2. Diagnoses case scenario...

   Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

   The fluid intake one makes sense.. But with the coughing and inability to clear throat, those are what the client is feeling.. Would those still go under the disturbed sleep pattern?

3. Diagnoses case scenario...

   Aiming4Altruism posted a topic in General Students

   Mr. John Anthony is a 61 year old man with a history of chronic bronchitis. He has an 80 pack a year smoking history (two packs a day for 40 years). He is being seen in the clinic for complaints of copious thick secretions and the feeling that he is ...

4. Initial assessment

   Aiming4Altruism posted a topic in General Students

   When a NS become an RN and begins to work in their selected field, are initial assessments cookie cutter? Meaning, every initial assessment consists of the same questions? Sorry if this is a weird question :imbar Thanks in advance.

5. Clinicals???

   Aiming4Altruism replied to seasoned hopeful's topic in General Students

   My school has clinicals in the first semester too. What can i expect to do? I'm thinking baths and bed changes and what not, maybe vitals too.. pretty sure we aren't giving meds out or doing wound dresses.. Thanks in advance

6. Reading chapters

   Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

   Mm, i try not to concern myself with others grades, i make what i make. As far as the lecture material, powerpoints, and assigned chapters, it's all the same thing. For my fundamentals class, she reads powerpoints that were given with our book, and d...

7. Reading chapters

   Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

   I believe so.. Go to class on mondays from 12-3pm, tues-fri from 8-11am.. I take a 30 to 60 min break after class and look around the web to clear my head. Then i crack open the books at the library til around 5-6pm and head home, study more, stop at...

8. Reading chapters

   Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

   Thanks for the advice everyone. llg, i think i understand what you're saying.. i remember doing that for my lifespan pre-req, i just sat down and read straight thru the chapters. mm, believe it took me 5 hours to cover 4-5 chapters, but this was from...

9. Reading chapters

   Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

   Oh, i'm not just reading thru the chapters, i'm making notes in a notebook. I'm just not sure what's making me take so long to get thru a chapter.. My brother (bach. in comp science) told me to skim thru the chapter and focus on important parts... i ...

10. Reading chapters

    Aiming4Altruism posted a topic in General Students

    Ok, so i'm technically going to be in my 4th week of my first semester at nursing school (lost two due to ike, yay..) and i'm worried about my reading skills.. At home, it feels like it's taking me hours to read half a chapter, that i feel i should'v...

11. acute/long term or ambulatory?

    Aiming4Altruism posted a topic in General Students

    When an NS graduates, the decision on where to work is based on what they liked during the schooling, right? So, technically, an RN doesn't have to work with acute care, but can work with ambulatory care right off the bat? I've been reading, and it s...

12. Quitting?

    Aiming4Altruism replied to claire123's topic in General Students

    I know what you're going through.. I'm pretty much in the same situation. I sort of got the idea about nursing from my senior year biology teacher, since I enjoyed biology, it seemed to be a good idea at the time. So I took all the pre-reqs, getting ...

13. So do you use this stuff in the hospital..really?

    Aiming4Altruism replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Students

    mm, what 80% wouldn't you use? this might become a nice study guide

14. Worried and anxious

    Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

    Well, due to this new "study" program that came with our fundamentals book, the teacher gave us the assignment to read chapters 10-15 before tuesday (due date).. The test covers chapters 1-15 + 33 but.. we only covered 1-6 and 33 in class so far (7,8...

15. Worried and anxious

    Aiming4Altruism replied to Aiming4Altruism's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure if it varies from program to program, but do they build up on the nursing jargon in later classes? Or do we learn the meanings in fundamentals and start to actually work with it, i.e. the nursing process. I know that for the next few day...