Armis27

Our policy doesn't require an MD at bedisde in ICU. we just set everything up for a code. An MD is required on lower levels of care because usually only the charge nurses are acls certified. Personally I would want to have a competent team ready to code the patient.

I never found a shortcut for learning drugs. I knew classmates who came up with rhymes or other mnemonics, but that never worked with me. Flash cards were no help either. Eventually I just stop trying to i find a shortcut. I just sat there and studied them. The only thing that helped me was sitting there and memorizing the drugs until I could recite everything important from memory. After that I did mental concept maps helped i.e. for this symptom associated with this disease this patient takes this drug which is a blank drug whose action is this and the side effects are that and nursing considerations are this. Then I just worked at it until I had it.

On tests. Don't agonize over answers. Once you start doubt your knowledge things begin to fall apart. Just go with your gut.

I'm a little more than halfway through I never really had an issue with anyone. I'm not saying my class is perfect, but no one has any deal breaking traits. Some who do have irritating traits grew on me once I got to know them.

I use a metal memo sized clipboard. It fits in my pocket. The clipboard really isn't that important. I found that a bulky clipboard was more of a hindrance than a help.

Well. First you'd have to review your test and see if there is a pattern to what you got wrong. Determine if it is due to inadequate studying, shaky grasp of the fundamentals or w/e. Then you move forward from that.