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Good morning all.:loveya: I find this website to be very helpful and encouraging. I'm trying not to beat myself up about the test I just failed on yesterday. Have you ever gone to take a test, really felt good about it and then when you get the te...

WOW! Very well put. I will definitely take all the advices that has been given to me. I feel a whole lot better from this morning. Our OB/Peds teachers are going to be sending out a study guide for us to use as a study guide for the final exam. ...

Thanks Chapis.:loveya: You made me smile.:loveya: I hear in your words, "It's a done deal"! Thank you soooo much and may God restore and bless you even the more. Thanks!

Camelia Davis, all I can say is WOW! Very well put. Being a nurse is MUCH more than a pay check or the money is good. I believe that it's a divine call by God. I never looked at it as a ministry but come to think of it, that's exactly what it is....

God bless you FLgirl. Thanks I appreciate that.:loveya: Yeah I'm still trying to get over yesterday but like you said I need to get over it and just let it go. Thanks for your prayers. I really need it! God bless you!

Hi, I have to put down 3 potential heath problems for a newborn baby born by c-section. I have come up with two: impaired fetal gas exchange related to maternal hypertension, risk for infection and I can't think of another one. Most of babies born...

I've been studying fluid and electrolytes for a test that is coming up real soon. I'm confused as to when to give a patient isotonic, hypotonic or hypertonic solutons. I believe the test is going to be more of application than anything. How can yo...

For me it was a big, big learning experience. I would be so tired once I left the nursing home. So much that you are learning and it can seem overbearing at times but by and by you will get the hang of it. My big challenge was, as simple as it may so...

Question? I'm doing a project on the middle age adult and one of the questions I must address says, Identify special health related needs for someone in this age group? I came up with hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke, various kinds of...

Thanks. I didn't know about andropause. What is it?

Yes, according to Erikson. I put in the wrong question. It suppose to say, Identify special health related needs for the middle age adult? Sorry about that. Is this question talking about some of the diseases that affect the middle age adult?

I'm hearing of the horror stories of the F&E tests from different people. What is really the meat of F&E that pertains to patients or s/s or causes? Thanks!

Hello everyone! We are studying fluides and electrolytes this semester and it's very hard. Can anyone help me with the name that baby in acid base. I have one baby who's pH is 7.31 (low), PaCO2 is normal, PaO2 101 (high), and Bicarbonate 20 (low)....

Hello, I am sorry to be such a bother but I am having the hardest time trying to find out when you give medication to a pt subQ, what size gauge and inch should be used? Also what is the maximum amount of medication to be given subQ? On this questi...

Perfect! Thanks! When I went to that site, it brought back to my mind about his experiment in my Psycology class. I really appreciate that! Take care.:)-

Hello, does any one have information on B.F Skinner operant conditioning? The question: How is operant conditioning used in health care? I've seen the example of an massage therapist in my book but I'm still not getting it. Some information will g...

What are your suggestions on taking nursing 265/263 in the summer, which is only for 10 weeks? If I take it in the summer, I'll graduate at the end of the summer, but if I wait until Aug, I'll graduate in Dec.

It's med-surg and ob/gyn. I don't know what I was thinking. A lot of us are from different schools and I'll classes will be somewhat different, including the names. Sorry about that.

I work and yes I have a family. They range from 11-20 yrs old. I'm not upset if I make a C. I can study during the summer. I'm doing well in my other classes. I'm getting two sides to whether to take them together or not. Just wanted opinion fr...

I found myself in this same situation but our instructor says that an c=LPN or RN. I felt like I'm the dumb one b/c everyone else seemed to do the right things and make the hightest grades. I almost drop out of my first semester b/c I felt like I w...

Sounds really good! Thanks for your advice!

Hello everyone! My final exam is next Tuesday. We are all going crazy! Any suggestions on how to study for a cumulative test? I don't know where to start. We have no study guide and I need a 70 to pass this class. This is my last test! Thank y...

Thank you! I need all the confidence I can get.

Hello everyone! I have a test on tomorrow and I'm just reviewing on my safety, sleep and sensory. One of the questions ask to state the functions of sleep. I hope I'm right, but I believe it's the 4 stages of NREM and the 1 stage of REM. Can some...

Your post was awesome, as I to am a new nursing student and feel at times the pressure of studying or just wondering if you past a test. I would like to have you opinion on a good study habit and how to use your critical thinking when it comes to ta...