SolaireSolstice

SolaireSolstice BSN, RN

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  1. I'm such a klutz

    SolaireSolstice posted a topic in General Students

    Yesterday morning, I was headed to the backyard and fell down the stairs off the deck, spraining BOTH my ankles. First the left, then when trying to get my footing again, my right. (I bet I looked...

  2. Care plan book: To buy or not to buy????

    SolaireSolstice replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Students

    I use my Care plan book Nursing Care Plans only to get ideas for interventions if I'm stumped. I'm getting better at it though, so I'm sure in a semester I'm gonna be using this thing to hold open a...

  3. Critical Thinking

    SolaireSolstice replied to juds25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think we're going to need some more

  4. Nursing Diagnosis for Infection

    SolaireSolstice replied to deemarys's topic in General Students

    I know you said you would research this, but here's a clue: Vital signs. What vital signs would be affected by infection, and how? And just because a patient is non-verbal does not mean that he cannot...

  5. Does it bother you to address MDs by their title of Doctor?

    SolaireSolstice replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    My father is a doctor. And I've worked with most of his doctor friends/interns/collegues, some of who have known me since I was a baby. Some of his interns I've known since THEY were babies. And I...

  6. Never been this unenthusiastic and unmotivated about studying..

    SolaireSolstice replied to miniangel729's topic in General Students

    It almost sounds as if you have lost sight of what you are doing this for. It's easy to do that. The old "can't see the forest because of all these damned trees in my way". Remember the purpose behind...

  7. Documenting

    SolaireSolstice replied to tiffdeandre's topic in General Nursing

    I used it for the first time last night. And although I had a nurse standing right there to walk me through it, I feel it really isn't that bad of a learning curve as long as they are using the same...

  8. Documenting

    SolaireSolstice replied to tiffdeandre's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it both ways. Some hospitals have paper charting, some have computer charting. I've been in two hospitals that have a mixture, computer documentation , but paper medication administration...

  9. Clinical Doc Abbreviations

    SolaireSolstice replied to howsoon's topic in General Students

    Did your clinical instructor say you HAD to use abbreviations? Or did your clinical instructor say IF you use abbreviations, make sure they are the correct clinical abbreviations? The only reason I...

  10. What is 5% D/W TKO

    SolaireSolstice replied to scherie88's topic in General Students

    Also: 0.9% normal saline is an isotonic solution. Usually used as a vascular volume expander. Sterile water is hypotonic by itself, but mixed with 5% Dextrose, it is an isotonic solution, until the...

  11. What is 5% D/W TKO

    SolaireSolstice replied to scherie88's topic in General Students

    Normal Saline = 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl) solution Water = H2O sterile (not tap

  12. Injections practice?

    SolaireSolstice replied to NurseStudentHusband's topic in General Students

    I "practiced" on my husband, but never actually stuck him with anything (though the foley was tempting). I just walked through the routine, verbalizing the method and location, kept the needle capped...

  13. application deadline for nursing school, have to take prerequisites?

    SolaireSolstice replied to lisababy07's topic in General Students

    Does your college have a website? My school has the pre-requisites for nursing school posted on their website. You didn't say whether it was RN or LVN. I don't know LVN requirements, but for a very...