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Sorry if I didn't get back to any of you...I don't check in here that often. Please PM me and I'll share the rest of my notes with you ?

So sorry for the huge delay in getting back to you all...I will try to reply to each of you by this weekend!

Sorry! I don't check in here often enough! Did you find what you needed?

Sorry! I forgot to empty it! It's ready now :-)

I emailed you! Sorry for the delay :-)

I have a bunch of other study guides as well…the files are big though. PM me and I'll get them to you :-)

So sorry...I don't check in here much. However, I am trying now to email those of you who've asked for me to send you notes lately. Hope it helps!

The cherokee cheapo brand our hospital buys for us did the same thing to me! Have you tried Koi brand? They're 100% cotton (or close to it) and super comfy. Body Glide is a good idea, too!

I did something kind of silly, but it really worked for me...I made up little stories about the psych drugs so that I could keep all of the side effects straight. For instance, here's what I wrote for Tricyclic Antiosychotics: Traditional Antipsychotics Bob was a single guy who could not control his muscle-building obsession. He really wanted a girlfriend, so he decided to try some other hobbies in hopes of meeting someone with skin problems just like his. His dream girl wasn’t the typical type. He liked them big and he liked them diabetic! So, he went to a few speed-dating meetings, but they only made him restless, even when they played shuffle board. His favorite activities were poker (he has a great poker face), and limbo (his stooped posture made him a natural). After weeks of speed-dating, he finally met a girl at the Tardive, a dive bar near his house. The sad part of this tale is that she had neuroleptic malignant syndrome and died on their wedding night. Bob eventually wrote a screen play about the romance and is now back to contracting his muscles. Yes, totally silly...but it worked! I have others, and can email them if you want :-) Good luck with pharm...it's a tough one!

Our first Med/Surg class relied heavily on case studies....some of the notes I have are based off these case studies and may reference a fictitious patient (lab values and PMH). In some cases, I have the case study/patient history included with the notes, other times I don't. Even when it's not there, I think there's still a ton of helpful information in there. Hope that helps! I also should let you know that you will see the acronym LATTE used in some of the case studies...this is a devise I came up with to organize my thinking. L = what will the patient LOOK like (how do they present?) A = what ASSESSMENTS will you perform? T = what TESTs (labs, diagnostics, etc) will you anticipate the doc ordering, and how will you prep pt for those tests? T = what TREATMENTS will you provide? E = how will you EDUCATE the patient? Hope that helps...and be warned if you are printing these...the FINAL CASE STUDIES is 80 pages long ;-) Asthma.pdf Cellulitis.pdf Cholecystitis.pdf Cytoprostatectomy Case Study.pdf Final Cases 5_1_09.pdf

Ok, here are a few to get started...these are for Med/Surg I. Looks like the IV Therapy notes are from a meeting with one of my professors during office hours...so it's random little tidbits of info...everything else is from a lecture. Somehow the first cardiovascular lecture notes got imbedded in the text...weird. The rest are as attachments. More to come. CV2.pdf Immunity.pdf IV Therapy.pdf Neurology.pdf

It looks like I just need to pay for a premium membership...so I'll do that now and see if I can get something up. I know some of the files are too big...but can possibly email those. PM me your email address if you want the bigger files. Hang tight!

I think if I buy a premium membership I will be able to post my notes. Waiting to hear back from the help desk. Sorry for the delay!

A few years ago I posted my A&P notes and they seemed to help a lot of people who were struggling with that beast of a class. I also have my Med/Surg I and II notes typed up and will try to post the smaller files here. Please forgive typos...sometimes I type fast and "the" becomes "teh" more often than not! Hmmm...I am having trouble getting files to upload....it says they're too big. I will see if I can make them smaller...in the meantime, feel free to message me and I can send them to you or let you know when they are posted.

I have a good number of my Med/Surg I notes typed up...almost all of my Med/Surg II notes. If you thought my A&P notes were great ...wait till you see these! I will try to post a few...hopefully they are not too big! I love mentoring nursing students...feel free to email me with specific questions :-)

He is screening positive for sepsis....infection makes old folks delirious. I agree...stabilize first, worry about mentation later. If you don't know his mental status baseline, it's hard to say if he's got dementia or if this is acute. I guess you could say "alteration in mental status" as your nursing dx...but I'd be super worried about sepsis, rhabdo and blood clots/PE at this point.

The thing with nursing school exams (and the NCLEX) is that often ALL the answers are correct...but one is MORE correct. You'll get used to it! What works the best is to study NCLEX questions now...and read the rationales for all the right/wrong answers. Hope that helps!

It was one of the top 5 worst experiences of my life. I am no math whiz and had to review A LOT...ended up doing so-so on the math, but spent all my energy studying for that, so I ended up doing pretty pathetically on the verbal. WHO USES THOSE WORDS? Seriously, there were words on there I had never ever heard or seen used. Ever. If you haven't been out of college forever by the time you take it, maybe it won't be so bad. Good luck!

A couple of years ago I posted a good number of my A&P notes here...they made it into a Sticky. I think it's called "A&P from my brain to yours." From what I've heard it's helped a number of other students....good luck!

I have loads of study aids for A&P...PM me if interested. Good luck everyone!

I agree...the GA scrub pants do NOT work for women with hips. At all. Sad because they are very soft and comfy looking!

I got VERY LUCKY and started working in April (graduated in December). Will email you some details...it's not impossible, it just takes perseverance!

OH NO, do not take it during first semester. No way Jose. You will want to die. Most people took their upper division classes in the summer. History of Rock was very popular! I'd say 3rd or 4th semester maybe if you had to take it during the regular sessions...but it will be extremely difficult. Summer is expensive, but at least you don't have other classes and clinicals to work around. Congrats! Now go say goodbye to your family, friends, pets, kids, clean house, exercise, social life...haha! Kidding...sort of.

I also wrote a survival guide for each semester...some of it may not pertain due to changes in the program (and location of the classes), but most of it is good info. I will try to upload it here...if not, PM me and I'll shoot it to you.

Oh boy....you are in for some good times! I graduated from there in 2010, and I have to say the first semester is INSANE! I used an UNCalendar to stay organized, and boy did that thing get a workout (You can search for the Uncalendar here...there are several posts and I even took a picture to show how I used it). Basically, you are scheduled for your classes by the school...you will feel like you are going from class to class to class with no real idea of what the heck is going on for at least a couple of weeks (especially if you are also taking Pharmacology). You will have a BUNCH of quizzes each and every week...So many that I had to keep a separate list of quizzes...some weeks it was 5, others it was 12...insane! The schedule is super super confusing, with all the different requirements for each course...I printed out the schedules for each class on different colored paper and kept those in the back up my full-size Uncalendar...as I did each quiz/test/reading/assignment/etc I crossed it off with a highlighter. This helped keep me organized. My best advice is to get an uncalendar and start filling it in as soon as you can. Each week, plan your schedule for the upcoming week (I would sometimes do my calendar stuff during the super boring lectures...shhhhh!) and keep lists of EVERYTHING! I seriously did not even have time to go to the grocery store until APRIL (started in Spring semester), and that's saying a lot as I am married and don't have kids...it is that busy. I have absolutely NO IDEA how the students with children did it. NO IDEA. I am not exaggerating when I say I was scheduled for something (class, clinical, clinical prep, homework, studying, to-do lists) 12-16 hours a day, 7 days a week. Enjoy!