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  1. Useless extra credit ....

    simply_viki replied to morningland's topic in General Students

    Hmm, I'd like it if my professors did that. I'm making a B, but I'd love an A. I know it's just a C to pass, but A's make me feel good. A little extra credit to fluff up my feathers a little after...

  2. is it possible to pass med surg or should I just quit

    simply_viki replied to drgodfather's topic in General Students

    No, really. You do need to find out what it is that is making you get these answers wrong. Is it a misinterpretation of the question? If you are understanding the concepts, and believe you have the...

  3. Is it HORRIBLE to get C's on a test?

    simply_viki replied to scndglancee's topic in General Students

    I'm seconding what others have said about changing your answers - it's generally not a good idea! The only two exceptions I'll make for changing an answer is if I accidentally answered "C" when I know...

  4. please help me figure this math problem out

    simply_viki replied to finallyhere's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're getting 10 what as your answer? Also, are you certain you've copied the question correctly? I'm confused as to why it would say "80 - 100 mg/kg/24 h q12" - is it over 24 hours or every 12...

  5. Method for clinicals - What is it I'm missing?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh! The hospital has those, in addition to the paper charts. We have to get a nurse or somebody to print out anything that hasn't been added to the chart yet, which can be a bit difficult at times. As...

  6. Method for clinicals - What is it I'm missing?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, you two. I'm going to try and see if I can adapt that timetable to my clinical day, BandAid. My clinical day is a bit shorter though, only from 0700-1300, and we leave the patient to go to...

  7. Studying for Med/surg

    simply_viki replied to dmfisher86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just hang in there, keep on doing what you're doing. Med-Surg is no joke. I'm in the same boat, I'll be getting my first B (if I keep up my current efforts and results) in Med-Surg this semester...

  8. Beginning Med-Surg Clinicals in the Telemetry Unit - Tips?

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi! In my program, we are not doing the cardio portion of Med-Surg until the very end, so I haven't gotten to that portion of the course that would probably be most useful to me in the unit where I...

  9. Help Choosing a Nursing Diagnosis.

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    just for reference (I don't think I need the whole thing broken down for me, I have to do the work myself or I'll never learn anything, I just need help with the diagnosis part), here is the scenario...

  10. Help Choosing a Nursing Diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ineffective Airway

  11. Help Choosing a Nursing Diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think the card I have that lists the NANDA diagnoses is arranged in order of taxonomy. I'll have to check when I get home. I have to come up with a short-term goal. I am thinking about using...

  12. First patient, first clinicals, first work w/ real patient - Where do I start?

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The last couple weeks of clinicals have been spent collecting patient data from the charts. I have my patient's history and lab values and medical diagnoses. She has a history of CVA and TIA,...

  13. Help Choosing a Nursing Diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hmm, OK thanks. Well, I don't think an educated guess can hurt - that's all I'm going to be able to rely on for the test at the end of the semester. They're going to give us a scenario and expect us...

  14. Help Choosing a Nursing Diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    (By the way, you might wonder why I'm focusing on Airway Clearance instead of Impaired Breathing - my professors aren't looking so much for a priority at this level as much as they want to see that we...

  15. Help Choosing a Nursing Diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Would it be OK to word it "Ineffective Airway Clearance R/T lung impairment" or "Ineffective Airway Clearance R/T impaired lung function" or something like that? How much leeway to we have in the...

  16. Help Choosing a Nursing Diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    But am I supposed to look for a medical diagnosis? I'm so confused. I thought of pneumonia, and my classmate thought of TB, but ultimately at the end of the semester, we're supposed to take an exam...

  17. Question about choosing interventions

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can I use interventions that address the etiology of the diagnosis, not just the diagnosis directly? For example: "Ineffective Breathing Pattern R/T Pain and Fatigue AEB RR 24, BP 145/89, pain (2),...

  18. My first scenario - Need to come up with a mini-care plan and diagnosis.

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello! I am in my second semester, but my first semester of clinicals and my first time working with care plans. I have as homework the following scenario to work with, and a simple form on which to...

  19. My first scenario - Need to come up with a mini-care plan and diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Woohoo! She liked it! Sort of... and I went to an RN who's tutoring in my school's success center and she told me that when I'm given a scenario, and I don't know the client's baseline and stuff, not...

  20. My first scenario - Need to come up with a mini-care plan and diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How do we know that the regularly irregular pulse is abnormal? I read in my med-surg book that irregular heart rhythm is an age-related change caused by increase of size of the left

  21. My first scenario - Need to come up with a mini-care plan and diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, I'll go on that. I guess I was just confused because I'm still unfamiliar with how exactly to pick a nursing diagnosis. So you can still use a nursing diagnosis when you have only one of the...

  22. My first scenario - Need to come up with a mini-care plan and diagnosis.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I seem to keep running in circles with this. Um... I think the fainting spell 3 months ago might have had something to do with the stroke, maybe it was a TIA, since those sometimes occur before a...

  23. Blind in both eyes, but how do they know?

    simply_viki replied to motyandproudofit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm no expert, just a student (and a new one at that!) so don't take me completely to heart, but my thinking is that perhaps they used a similar test to something they would use for an infant vision...