melmarie23 MSN, RN

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    Parkisonian Crisis question - please help!

    melmarie23 replied to pcrnin2010's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We learned in our Pharmacology class that a Parkinsonian Crisis may occur when the client abruptly stops their medications. If they desire to stop or go on a drug holiday, they need to be weaned off...
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    Dosage Calculation Questions

    melmarie23 replied to wannabenursetx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Tylenol Elixir grV is ordered. The bottle reads 25 mg/cc. How much should the nurse administer? The answer is 12 ccs, but I can't figure out how to get that number. on hand: 25mg/cc ordered: gr...
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    How far would you go to help someone.

    melmarie23 replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    Its hard to say what exactly I would do in this situation. Right now, I'd say that I'd take a chair or other object that can be used as a weapon and use it on this individual. But then again, I have...
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    textbooks - where to get

    melmarie23 replied to jbrentn's topic in General Students

    http://www.half.com http://www.amazon.com http://www.barnesandnoble.com (you can also get used books here too. And if you become a member you can receive discounts) http://www.chegg.com (a book...
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    They spoiled me and now I'm freaking out !

    melmarie23 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Our Pharmacology class tested on the route, action, class and side effects of the medications. We had our dosage calculation tests were in our Fundamentals class and in clinical we would get practice...
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    Sounded like a good idea at the time....

    melmarie23 replied to notthereyet0's topic in General Students

    my program is accelerated and just 2 years. I just started my summer semester this past week....after ending the Spring semester on the 17th! It is fast and you really have to manage your time...
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    They spoiled me and now I'm freaking out !

    melmarie23 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I am sure you did fine. You had to know the steps to find out the right multiple choice answer, you know? This time you just had to show those steps. Let us know how you
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    nervous about psych clinicals

    melmarie23 posted a topic in General Students

    We began our psych nursing course today and clinicals start this Thursday. I've been told time and time again by my peers and instructors alike that I do very well with clients and that I do such a...
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    Any need for PDA or other misc. reference materials?

    melmarie23 replied to momin96,98,99's topic in General Students

    ugh the dreaded PDAs. My cohort hated what our program "provided" for us. Meaning we hated the device that our "class fee" paid for. The software however is amazing. We love it. Most of us have...
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    nervous about psych clinicals

    melmarie23 replied to melmarie23's topic in General Students

    I feel sooooooooooo much better. These last couple days were great on the unit. I am now feeling a bit silly about how much I was psyching myself out about this rotation. The psychiatrist on my team...
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    nervous about psych clinicals

    melmarie23 replied to melmarie23's topic in General Students

    You all are so great. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. I know I am just letting my nerves cast doubt upon myself. I will be fine. I just have to keep telling myself this. We also had...
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    PDA's in nursing school

    melmarie23 replied to parris's topic in General Students

    ditto on Davis Drug Guide. I love it! http://www.skyscape.com There are so many programs/books to chose from and they are all reasonably priced, IMO. And most are compatible with many of the smart...
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    Career change (to an RN) and planning motherhood

    melmarie23 replied to RN_waitlister's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I am currently trying to convince my husband [newly married here...since this past October] to try for a baby now, and I am right smack dab in the middle of my nursing program. We have agreed...
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    PDA's in nursing school

    melmarie23 replied to parris's topic in General Students

    Our program gave us a PDA (Palm TX) when we first started. Well, I take that back, our "class fee" paid for them, but we didnt have a choice in the matter. We all hated them. I've since upgraded my...
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    nervous about psych clinicals

    melmarie23 replied to melmarie23's topic in General Students

    funny you should mention theatre...my professor was a theatre major in her past life! thanks for the encouragement and words of
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    Second career at 40

    melmarie23 replied to mzradie's topic in General Students

    Good luck in the application
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    nervous about psych clinicals

    melmarie23 replied to melmarie23's topic in General Students

    I think we are shadowing one of the staff RNs our first day or two, so that will be helpful. Thanks Soon2BNurse3. I do now that per our programs rules, we are not allowed to pass meds, or even be in...
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    Starting clinicals, no experience! HELP!

    melmarie23 replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in General Students

    You are going to be nervous the first day, no way around that one. I was so scared and worried that I wasnt going to do anything right. I kept going over what we did in lab and all the steps to this...
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    Careers as as a master degree nurse?

    melmarie23 replied to Strawberrygirl2's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone above pretty much summed it up. As far as what I plan to do with my MSN, I would like to go on and obtain my NP certification. My program will prep me to be a generalist, a CNL (clinical...
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    I need advice on nursing programs!!!

    melmarie23 replied to laurenjm's topic in General Students

    I am a second degree student, with a BS in another field. I just finished my first semester of a direct entry MSN program. The main differences that I found between direct entry MSNs and direct entry...
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    How many clinical hours does your school have?

    melmarie23 replied to nursing8648's topic in General Students

    My program is a direct entry, MSN program. I had 90 clinical hours this past semester, will have 270 hours this summer, 225 this fall, and 400 next spring and then we can sit for the NCLEX. Then, my...
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    Do you snitch on cheaters?

    melmarie23 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    Unless there was a way I could prove that they were cheating, I'd probably just keep my mouth shut. The way I see it, they are only hurting themselves in the end. Cant exactly cheat on the NCLEX, so...
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    eczema and latex allergy

    melmarie23 replied to gorgor's topic in General Students

    I'd check and see if your facility has polyurethane or nitrile gloves. If they dont, maybe they have powder free latex, which are less
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    melmarie23 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Same here. This is exactly how our clinicals works. Its half our grade for its respective
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    melmarie23 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    It could be an individual department standard, or a school standard. For my undergrad I was in the college of Arts and Sciences at my University, and we didnt have a specific average to maintain...