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    Foley caths as g tubes

    truern replied to lpn1313's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I thought that was only a temporary measure until another g tube was
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    I hate those days where feel totally dumb

    truern replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    There are worse things...remember actually BEING a first year nursing student?!?
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    Nurses conducting physical exams

    truern replied to CindyJane's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, CJ :) Those topics were in my textbooks as well, but we didn't cover them in class or labs. I'm thinking that maybe higher level nursing classes use some of the same textbooks?? Hopefully...
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    Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    truern replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've only had a L&D clinical and didn't experience anything like what you described, but I'd like to think that I would have done the same thing. Life is precious, no matter how
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    ISO Nursing Diagnosis Info

    truern replied to athomemom56's topic in General Nursing

    Your best nursing school investment is a good careplan book!! I have Springhouse's Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, Holloway's Medical-Surgical Care Planning, and Mosby's All-in-One care Planning...
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    Human Growth and Development Course

    truern replied to kayel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Make sure ya'll remember Maslow and Erickson...and all the milestones, etc because you'll see them again in Peds for sure, and in some of the other nursing
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    Algebra problem help needed ASAP!

    truern replied to moonbeamsmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i always remembered order of operation like this: please excuse my dear aunt sally never need it, but i can sure remember it
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    Have you ever done/wanted to do this?

    truern replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Pain is what the patient says it is. Some people can "deal" with it better than others, and I say "good for them". I'd rather give them their meds and have them walk out to smoke than see them writhe...
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    help with anatomy

    truern replied to hali's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I could loan you my daughter....she has all the anatomy memorized from helping me
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    Are nursing students allowed to give IV push meds?

    truern replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    NC ADN student here and I just started IV meds this semester...push, IVPB, whatever. We have to have our instructor's password to get narcs out of the Pyxis, though....our password isn't
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    Charting Time of Death

    truern replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/map/Page41.html Declaration of Death Generally a physician must make the determination that a person is dead. The physician then makes a formal declaration of the death and...
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    How should I go about teaching Diabetes to the blind/visually impaired?

    truern replied to Animaniacs's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    My daughter is blind, and we find great products at MaxiAids and Independent Living.. http://tinyurl.com/9l3gl
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    Dishonest Instructor

    truern replied to BS Nursing Student's topic in General Students

    Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I'm sensing alot of sour grapes here.. From group projects, to failing by .76 of a point, now this.. Maybe I'm naive...maybe I've been extremely lucky...but I've never had...
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    Need Pharmacology help dealing w/math

    truern replied to Happychic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well, I didn't read the whole problem....my answer would have been counted *wrong* on a drug calc test :uhoh21:
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    Need Pharmacology help dealing w/math

    truern replied to Happychic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Or you can say.. 250 mg 750 mg ______ = ______ 5 mL x mL cross multiply to get 250x = 3750. you divide 250x by 250 to get x alone...remember, whatever you do to one side...
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    Need Pharmacology help dealing w/math

    truern replied to Happychic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Happychic, what would you think the first step should be?? You need to get "what you have" in the same unit as "what you need to give"....so convert the grams into milligrams. Do that, and we'll...
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    Want to attach Stethoscope to your Hip? Here is the answer!!!!

    truern replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    That's probably okay if you tuck your shirt.... I don't...I need the pockets
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    Format for 4''x6'' med cards..help!!

    truern replied to GoofieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Kal, believe it or not, you retain more of the information if you write it out instead of just printing from a program. So...basically you're just printing out formatted cards that you'll write
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    Do care plans get easier as you go

    truern replied to navywife757's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think ABCs first...airway, breathing, circulation..when prioritizing. Then go with Maslow's needs...work your way up the pyramid. Care plan books are great resources, as well as your med-surg books...
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    Pediatric Immun. question

    truern replied to newflgrad's topic in Pediatric

    We were taught aspirate everything except insulin and
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    23 mother of 2..don't know if should be RN or LPN?

    truern replied to dove44's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The only problem I see with LPNs in a RN program is that they may have all kinds of great experience, but they have to learn to do things like the RN program dictates. I've seen it with the CNAs in...
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    Format for 4''x6'' med cards..help!!

    truern replied to GoofieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Kal, did you try going to "page setup" under "file", then to "paper size" and selecting 4X6 card?? Make sure to change the margins to maybe .5" because the default margin is 1" and that'll take up...
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    High Schooler totally in need for advice

    truern replied to anna25's topic in Nursing Career

    Anna, welcome to allnurses :) You'll do different clinicals in nursing school, so you'll get a taste of most of the specialties. I've heard fellow students totally change their minds about what area...
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    Tattoos and nursing

    truern replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, there are very good reasons for not wearing your engagement ring to clinicals. Think about sterile gloving and having your stone tear it..oops!! Or getting it caught when you're making...
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    IVs - Scared Nursing Student

    truern replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I guess if you're not using a pump and don't know how to count drops in the chamber, it might be easy to give too much IVF, but I've never seen a patient with an IV that didn't have a pump in the...