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  1. I just thought that she meant she hasn't used dilaudid/hydrmorphone on a PCA pump before, not that she hadn't given it via other
  2. This how I read it as
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    Hey Doc, I Can't Put My Finger On It, But.......

    Bravo!
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    Going To Nursing School

    Be open to other areas, but there is nothing wrong with having an area of interest. This might change once you have been exposed to the area, but then again it might
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    May I have a moment to whine?

    Well I know where the brain cells went, your 6 kids took them! Lol. You may need to get some test taking and study tips. Good luck, it usually it gets
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    unrealistic family of dying resident

    Maybe a
  7. One thing that did make me mad is that our school is so packed and everybody wants to be in one of the health sciences programs so they need Chem and A&P and these people fool around and retake...
  8. I haven't ever had to re-take a class (yet) and I am half-way thorugh th actual RN program. Things happen in life and I can see needing to re-take something once or maybe even twice (though this...
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    BSN vs. ADN income disparity

    In my clinical group alone (8 out of 40 students) we have 3 masters degrees and 2 post bacs. I am in an ADN program. The majority of my teachers have a PhD. My program is one of the top 30 nursing...
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    diabetic chocolate bars?

    We had a family ski trip one year in Sunriver and we bought a big bag of sugar free jelly bellies and all 15 people in the house had diarrhea all night. 4 bathrooms were being used all night...
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    Weclome to the New PACU Nursing Forum

    I am so glad to see this forum up. As a student this has been topping my list of areas of interest since 2nd quarter. I hope to learn a lot about this area on the
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    It's finally MY turn to say...

    Congrats! Now go out and
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    Posters that are not nurses

    Wow, and the post that set me on fire has arrived. I say that those who want a nursing board that ONLY has nurses (no students or allied health) should take the time and energy to make one...
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    How hard is nursing school?

    It is very time consuming, certain topics are more academically challenging than others (fluid/electrolyte balance and acid base stuff comes to mind), but it is doable. You need to be able to read...
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    Do you think grades are universal?

    Again though, that is the sort of thing that differs from college to
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    Do you think grades are universal?

    No they aren't univeral. Even within instructors at the same school they can vary widely. But this same variance is exactly why we can't stereotype CC or lower rated colleges because the individual...
  17. I am just a student so I can't chime in on the care aspects of this, but I have to say that this poster hit my thoughts square on. I would have thought that a mental exam and A+O questions would take...
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    Newbie Nurses and Student Nurses...

    i too think the majority of the board is a positive, fun and educational place...otherwise i wouldn't continue to post here and i certainly wouldn't spend money to support the site. there have been...
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    i feel like quitting (long post)

    So lets re-group. First write up some common scenarios that you will encounter in the hospital. Have a friend or family member pick one of these (examples: Pneumonia, knee or hip replacement,...
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    If you are drunk, don't drive!

    Well according to husband who is an electrcian, you can. I have no idea because i haven't looked into it, but he says any state licensed individual can lose their license over a DUI. (I'll have to...
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    No More Heelsticks?

    Just wanted say that i did my first heel stick for PKU metabolic screen a coupld of weeks ago (student nurse), and almost cried. The poor baby was asleep and even though we gave him some sweeties he...
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    Newbie Nurses and Student Nurses...

    Thanks for this. I remember voicing my opinion about a debate when i was a fairly new member of this board and had my knucles soundly rapped for being barely a "nursing student to be". It is...
  23. It is a good sign that you did well in the prerequisites. Nursing school has a much greater mix of subjective information than any of the prereqs. I love the more concrete concepts with the heavy...
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    You're Going to Practice on ME?!?!

    we did Intradermal and SC but nothing
  25. I would start thinking hemmorhagic shock or infection. Clues are the significant drop in the Mean arterial pressure, tachycardia, drop in BP and the increase in temperature. ( though the temp isn't...