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I will be over my LPN at a local college this Summer and am really considering Excelsior for my RN year. There are currently about 5 of us interested in doing this together. My questions are... Are you guys Rocket Scientists? Do only the smartest of...

Hi Guys. I am a RN student that is having to decide on where to study 75 hours of preceptorship. I want to learn more than just be in the most interesting place for right now. I am torn between Emergency, ICU, PACU, and med-surg, even though I believ...

I hope that I can make this simple. Here are the numbers. pH = 7.38, HCO3 = 30, PCO2 = 53. I have a teacher that says that this is Metabolic Acidosis w/ Full compensation, but I have read in books that it is Respiratory Acidosis w/ Full compe...

I understand, and agree. I waited until after class, and then e-mailed her. She blew me off as stupid and told to go study some more. She never would asnwer the simple question of "will the body over compensate on pH, or does where it lies tell the s...

Yeah, its hard. From the beginning, she has picked her favorites, and treated many of us as nothing, just shy of being out of line. I am not sure why she picked teaching. Thanks again

Thanks guys, she got very defensive when asked. Fly

Now that is the question, some say that you might go with which one is greater, but my book says that the body will never over-compensate for pH, therefore whichever side of 7.4 that the pH is on will tell you wherther it is Resp Acidosis or Metaboli...

I am so sorry, but I misquoted what the teacher said. She said that it was Metabolic ALKALOSIS w full compensation. When I look in my book, it shows that Met Alk and Resp Acid have the same high HCO3 and PCO2, but the difference is where the pH lies....

I am in my RN year and we are going to be asked soon to pick 5 areas that we would like for preceptorship. Here is my thinking, but I would like any advice. I do not have much clinical time as I have been in school fullt time and will not give up th...

I just wish we would all quit bringing up the differences and move forward. Lets not keep playing an old record. We are all people and all deserve the same care etc. Lets quit going on and on about what we know is true. We have a black president for ...

Hi Guys. I am a 48 year old male student nurse that is just now completing my first of two years of an RN degree near St. Louis. I have one more year to go. The thing that keeps calling to me as we go forward is my need to talk to and study the peopl...

I am a male nurse, 48; 1/2way through my RN, and wondering if the military will take me when I am through. Is there a shortage of people who would go to countries where the fighting is? I have heard that age is not conditional for RN's but am not pos...

I just recieved an e-mail from the Mo State Board and they said that after completing EC, we could sit for their boards. Doug

I am assuming that endorsing it in another state means to work in a state that accepts EC, and then transfer the degree to Missouri. I woud have to check Illinois, as I am pretty close to that border. If you have worked for a couple of years as an RN...

I am checking with the boards in my State of Missouri. I really would like to leave my traditional RN setting for two reasons. 1) because my school, ( I will not name names) is in the middle of many changes/repairs and is trying to figure out the bes...

I am surprised that no one has given advice. Cmon guys

hi everyone. i tried this on the lpn-rn thread with no replies. i still have about 6-7 months to finish my lpn at a local college, but i am wondering about how well i could do by going directly to online for my rn. it seems that our local school has ...

I am doing a care plan and am being asked for the highest priority two diagnoses of my post, (4 months) myocardial infarction patient with edema in both legs. Can I choose Excess Fluid volume, or can I not due to no doctor diagnosis of this? Will Ri...

I gotta be honest- I am a first year, first semester student and this is my first basic care plan. We have had no training int his area, but have been told to do this. My patient is 84 yrs old, and in a long term care facility. The reason that I tho...

Thanks for answering. The patient is post MI, and has had a pleural effusion for fluid against the lungs. I was going to use " in relation to the disease or past history. I am trying to give a care plan that is the biggest priority, which I believe i...