NamasteNurse BSN, RN

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    CNA's are supposed to use unsafe lift!!

    NamasteNurse replied to Anise1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Call the ombudsman this is illegal and totally unsafe! We are understaffed as well and 225 is one of our lighter pts! Yes really! Good luck this is a bad
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    clinical instructor from hades

    NamasteNurse replied to 9064's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    From what I've seen, the people who complain to the higher ups, are booted soon after and while they are still there, it's ugly. Some instructors have no training as teachers, they are nurses with...
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    Blood Pressure...am I really this stupid?

    NamasteNurse replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    What I find to be the biggest pain is holding the "reader", his arm, and pushing the diaphragm with my two fingers. Is it me, or does it feel like it's harder than it looks? I never in a million years...
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    Do any students deal with a nervous stomach or IBS?

    NamasteNurse replied to time2fly's topic in General Students

    I don't even have a colon at all and I'm in nursing school! And this is the least of my physical woes! How about some medications? Anti-diarrheals or something like lomotil? Eat something that...
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    Close to failing nursing interventions

    NamasteNurse replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in General Students

    You get graded on the skills and every little step missed is points off. If you were in my program with your grades, you'd be kicked out. Why aren't you interested in how to do the thing you are...
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    Nurses as Teachers

    NamasteNurse replied to avren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    http://nursing.advanceweb.com/ Just one of many many nursing websites that have articles you can browse for
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    Don't know that 1oz=30cc/mls....and it's the Last Trimester?

    NamasteNurse replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    That would never fly in my program. It wouldn't matter what your grades were if you couldn't pass clinicals. And she WOULD NOT pass clinicals in my school! We get verbally quizzed on every med we...
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    So very mad!!!

    NamasteNurse replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    DNR means do not resuscitate, not do not treat. It means we do not intubate, or do tube feeds, or defib. It does not mean we ignore a patient who is asking for help! I'd have chosen B for all as...
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    Nursing school with a physical problem??

    NamasteNurse replied to Kelci's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am 51 years old and have the same problems with knees and legs. I got a job as a CNA and it really helped me get stronger. I am beat at the end of my shift, but I can do it, not as well as some...
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    Don't like making nurses mad!!

    NamasteNurse replied to majrpn's topic in General Students

    but as a student I feel like my opinion doesn't matter, and only causes problems" You must listen to your gut---that's right, your opinions don't matter as a student. You are there to observe not...
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    OB Nursing Diagnosis

    NamasteNurse replied to sara_a08's topic in General Students

    http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/index.cfm
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    how many classmates dropped in your first semester?

    NamasteNurse replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Students

    we started with 54 and are down to
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    Scientific Rationale

    NamasteNurse replied to Chris189's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Usually the nursing diagnosis is written with the related to r/t, followed by "manifested by" m/b then you would say what signs and symptoms the paerson is showing that related to the diagnosis. From...
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    Is there an easy way memorizing drug names?

    NamasteNurse replied to mariamawit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    IMHO there is nothing easy about nursing school and pharmacology is the hardest of all. No easy way, just study study study. Make drug cards, put them in order of classifications that way at least...
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    Total Colectomy....the Journey

    NamasteNurse replied to JustaPatient585's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Doug, I had the same procedure done 14 years ago. There are all sorts of sites and groups dedicated to this surgery and the ongoing issues you will have as a result. It is a life changing thing,...
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    help with a NANDA diagnosis

    NamasteNurse replied to maria87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/index.cfm http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/index.cfm?plan=27 This one is your diagnosis. This should help!...
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    Pharmacology help....17 drugs by thursday!

    NamasteNurse replied to soon2bnurse32's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Put them into categories, for example you have several analgesics, and several antibiotics. Make a drug card for each one and cram. The action will be almost the same for a class, as will the...
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    Nursing calculations...HELP

    NamasteNurse replied to abbiegail's topic in General Nursing

    The "Incredibly Easy" series is great...get the Dosage Calulations made Incredibly Easy and she'll figure it
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    im Wrong? PLZ tell me

    NamasteNurse replied to MaleNurse25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here's the scoop. They are right and you will not be. Period. Learn how to take the tests by testing yourself constantly. There are plently of websites that offer testing, probably your books came...
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    First IM injection question

    NamasteNurse replied to casnee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know if any schools allow you to practice on each other! We practice in the lab with pods. And practice and practice. Even with all the practicing, you'd still be nervous the first time....
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    If No Luck Trying to Straight Cath, Obtain Urine Sample from the Wet Pad?

    NamasteNurse replied to Zen123's topic in General Nursing

    At our nursing home we sometimes will put a small cup in place inside a residents brief...you have to check it every half
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    New grad lpn...still no jobs

    NamasteNurse replied to tamalalynn47's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPN LPN The Bronx VA Medical Center can offer consideration for immediate or deferred employment for Licensed Practical Nurses. The opportunities exist in our Extended...
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    New grad lpn...still no jobs

    NamasteNurse replied to tamalalynn47's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    http://www.indeed.com/ This is a great website and they will send you job alerts daily. Don't give up, you ARE experienced if you have done clinicals! Send your resume anyway, make it a skills based...
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    Clinicals

    NamasteNurse replied to Busia's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We go 2 days a week the first semester and three days a week the second semester! How can you only go 4
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    Terrible Incident

    NamasteNurse replied to josebeltran88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As a student, you are on the floor under the license of your instructor! Always remember that,. I mean NEVER forget it! Your instructor is ultimately responsible for every little thing you do. If...