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  1. Which Review course?

    fabiusgile replied to fabiusgile's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ya kaplan giving us a discount cause there competing with ATI.... do your college use ATI

  2. Subacute Nursing???

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    I am in my last semester of nursing school and am doubtful l will be able to find a job in a hospital come graduation. I was planning on including subacute areas in my job search. I basically know...

  3. is nursing shortage really exists?????

    fabiusgile replied to leesinos's topic in General Students

    I know there is no shortage in my area. I live in massachusetts and l can think of atleast 12+ nursing schools within a half hour drive. My plan for when l graduate is to get a job on a subacute...

  4. Abgs

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    does anyone know any good sources for practice ABG questions or can someone make some up?? greatly appreciated

  5. please answer this question about traction!

    fabiusgile replied to limonada's topic in General Students

    Correct you may not actually be a 1000 year old turtle

  6. please answer this question about traction!

    fabiusgile replied to limonada's topic in General Students

    Is the census bucks can remove wghts temporalily... and skeleton never

  7. IV Piggyback

    fabiusgile replied to busybee88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Interesting thing my instructor taught us was if it was less than 2ml... I think... it doesn't even reach the pt because of the catheter length... so when your flushing thats when you should be...

  8. please answer this question about traction!

    fabiusgile replied to limonada's topic in General Students

    We had an inservice with the orthpedic surgeon... and he said to remove the weights and just replace them how they were. That if you try to boost the pt with them still on... your gonna pul on the...

  9. Meds

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    I finished my clinical rotation this semester... and I'm thinking about next semester we will have 3-4 pts. I prefer to make my own med cards because l find them easier to use. I have a stack of cards...

  10. please answer this question about traction!

    fabiusgile replied to limonada's topic in General Students

    Remove the weights from the traction and then give your patient a boost... then carefully reapply the weights making sure there not touchign the

  11. 2 Year Rn Program.

    fabiusgile replied to nurse2be123's topic in General Students

    I don't mean to scare you... but do you have any medical experience?... I think taking A&P's plus your nursing classes are going to be very overwhelming.... not to mention you need a good...

  12. What was your 1st OR experience in NS?

    fabiusgile replied to MedicalNerd's topic in General Students

    Last night... 2 hrs in the O.R. I got to see a ORIF of the hip. It's brutal I feel bad for the patients from now on.. You have one leg twisted one way and another leg twisted another... The surgeon...

  13. Pressure Ulcer

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    I'm writing up my careplan on a pt I had at the beginning of the semester. he had a stage 4 coccyx pressure ulcer with tunnelling granulated tissue around edges with measurements 2x3 3x6 and...

  14. Pressure Ulcer

    fabiusgile replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    so l don't remember if the 2x3cm was width by 3x6. I wasn't the one who measured it l took it from the nurses note I was wondering if there was a standard where the first set of numbers were width by...

  15. Possible leukemia???

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    My pt was admitted tues night w/ a fever of 105 and syncop episodes and neck and back aches. He is a 67 year old M. He owns a tree farm and a dozen bee hives. Where running all kinds of blood tests on...

  16. Possible leukemia???

    fabiusgile replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    It's a whole different feeling when your taking care of someone and you don't know whats going on with them. Must have been interesting dealing with an early case of

  17. Possible leukemia???

    fabiusgile replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    My pt was discharged today with w/ 3 antibiotics and a consult with hematology infectious disease and his PCP... I just thought it was interesting never have seen such a low WBC.I had no intention of...

  18. Collaborative+CHF

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    My pt is a 97 year old F. with CHF hypertension L. vent hypertrophy, mitral valve stenosis, stable angina borderline DM managed by diet. Her H&H is low 7.3 and 21.5 she has +1 pitting adema,...

  19. Collaborative+CHF

    fabiusgile replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    great sites thank

  20. Instant messaging

    fabiusgile replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    Good to know I have been more of a lurker then a poster.... I better get busy

  21. Instant messaging

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    Can you use the forum to instant message users on the forum or send private messages... I'm having trouble finding out

  22. Guys: Just Curious - Need Your Opinions

    fabiusgile replied to Dottie78's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I think he was just joking... I know where I live it's not unheard of to go out with "the girls". Also Medical (RN,Dr, EMT etc), police, etc etc. Are all hard professions and sometimes it's hard to go...

  23. Anyone with Anxiety issues

    fabiusgile replied to ThinkRNin2009's topic in General Students

    I used to have test anxiety and some things I found that help me out... Is to make sure I read all the texts and put the time in. If I don't know one thing it would make me instantly forget everything...

  24. Midterm clinical eval.

    fabiusgile posted a topic in General Students

    I'm four weeks into med/surg and l find it to be difficult. My grades in lecture are good and my other clinical rotations went well. I want to improve myself and clinical and found this great site. I...

  25. Midterm clinical eval.

    fabiusgile replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    Thank you dayton your replies are always very good.. Keep up the good