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  1. take time off?

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies! I in in the 3rd of 4 semesters right now and I should probably just keep going! I agree with your advice to not drop out of the job market completely...it just makes me...

  2. Any Moraine Park students out there?

    clearblue3 replied to Sarah812's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I am at Moraine Park in Beaver Dam. I am starting the 3rd semester of the nursing program. I am part time though so I just have the 2 theory classes and no clinicals this semester. What campus...

  3. taking time off from school

    clearblue3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! Just looking for a little advice :-) I just finished the LPN portion of an RN program, and have decided to exit the program and finish later when my children are older. I am pregnant...

  4. taking time off from school

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot to mention that I am working as a private duty caregiver once a week. I was hoping that I could find an LPN private duty job, but everyone has told me that I should get other LPN experience...

  5. edema question

    clearblue3 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay so I have a patient with significant edema and cellulitis (yes the same patient for those of you who read my cellulitis question! :-) ) I read his medical dx in several spots in his chart on the...

  6. Do you think about...

    clearblue3 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    One I heard today that I hadn't thought about...the curtains in the patients/residents rooms...they get touched with dirty hands all day and NEVER washed. Someone told me a study showed that they are...

  7. unknown terminology

    clearblue3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! Just wondering what "nausea with COP" means. I have never seen COP before! Any ideas? Thanks!

  8. unknown terminology

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks

  9. edema question

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks for the ideas! I talked to my instructor today...she wasn't sure since we only briefly had this patient. But since he has had this edema issue for 20+ yrs she was guessing that maybe it was...

  10. edema question

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Definitely! That is so frustrating :-) One more question... why would he be on IV fluids-0.9% NS at 80 ml/hr? Just for the infection? even though he has all of this edema in his

  11. infection and normal WBC

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!!! So much good

  12. infection and normal WBC

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Leslie!! One last question...you said no blood cultures because the patient isn't septic, but isn't that how they would diagnose if the patient is septic? I am just thinking about the...

  13. infection and normal WBC

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    Hi xtrn! Yes, several open wounds that cultured positive for strep. I have never seen cellulitis before. very interesting! This patient has chronic lymphedema and currently has significantly swollen...

  14. infection and normal WBC

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    oh, and no steroids either

  15. infection and normal WBC

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Thanks for your replies everyone! Okay, so the differential was all WNL, no bands. He was set to be discharged the next day so I guess systemic infection was not suspected. xtrn, would WBC's...

  16. infection and normal WBC

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    His culture was positive for Strep. He is on a big dose of antibiotics now....not immunocompromised

  17. care plan priority diagnoses

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Students

    Thanks GrnTea! Great advice!! That is good to know....yes, we have always been told that risks are never as important, but as I did this care plan it became apparent that that must not always be the...

  18. care plan priority diagnoses

    clearblue3 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all, So I haven't had a problem putting my diagnoses in order before, but this care plan is really confusing me. I have a lady who was diagnosed with acute severe divertulitis, she has been NPO...

  19. Is med/surg really that bad?

    clearblue3 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am almost half way through my nursing program and reading the threads on here makes me nervous!! I have read so many by new grads in med/surg etc. that say they dread work because they constantly...

  20. Early stages of labor care plan.

    clearblue3 replied to kynewbie's topic in General Students

    I haven't done an OB care plan but any anxiety? Or what about risk for ineffective coping r/t fatigue during labor or limited mobility ? or what about her positioning and possible decreased...

  21. care plan priority diagnoses

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the replies! She was on clear liquids for 5 days and NPO for 1 during surgery. She doesn't have a feeding tube. I didn't put my resp. diagnosis at the top since it is a risk diagnosis...

  22. another PDN in WI question

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in Private Duty

    Okay! I will try

  23. another PDN in WI question

    clearblue3 posted a topic in Private Duty

    I am currently working a nursing student and working as a PD caregiver. I am in WI and so this case is paid for by Medicaid? through Care Wisconsin. Do any of you PDN in WI know how that system...

  24. private duty and new LPN in WI?

    clearblue3 posted a topic in Private Duty

    Hi! I am coming to the half way point in my RN program and will be eligible to take the LPN boards. I currently work as a private duty caregiver, and was wondering if anyone has any advice for doing...

  25. private duty and new LPN in WI?

    clearblue3 replied to clearblue3's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for your thoughts!! I agree that experience first would be a good idea. I am just trying to check out all of my options...especially when jobs are so difficult to come by. Caliotter, I am...