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  1. Nursing Diagnosis Help

    MattiesMama replied to SN - TKG's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Go with your ABC’s for the physiological. Innefective Airway Clearance should be the priority dx. There’s your airway! Her CO2 is 31-that’s low. You didn’t list any other ABG’s so I’m...

  2. Lincoln Tech Hamden 09?

    MattiesMama replied to eboii121's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Just wondering if anyone here is currently attending, esp anyone that is starting Mod III in December? I might be switching campuses and joining you guys but I'm still weighing my options right...

  3. What is the salary for c.n.a in ct ?

    MattiesMama replied to senmarley's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Whatever you do, do NOT go to Lincoln Tech!! I went there for the same reasons you listed (easy to get into, not much of a wait) and it was by far the worst mistake I ever made...Not only is the cost...

  4. Question for Excelcior nursing students/grads

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Online Distance Learning

    OK thanks...Good to know that doing pre-reqs while in LPN school is do-able. I really think I can do it, I was at the top of my class when I left and I'm very motivated-but everyone around me is...

  5. Question for Excelcior nursing students/grads

    MattiesMama posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm currently taking a break from my LPN program b/c of family issues and won't be going back until September...So that gives me a few months with not much to do and I was hoping to get as many of my...

  6. Question for Excelcior nursing students/grads

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Any particular reason? I'm just thinking that the next 5 months are going to be time wasted if I go back in March-I'm not going to be able to take any CC classes since I would be going back to my LPN...

  7. Question for Excelcior nursing students/grads

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Online Distance Learning

    thanks for the info...i gotta say, this board has been a godsend! i've spent the past week trying to figure out the bridge-programs in my state and becoming depressed over the thought of spending...

  8. HELP WITH CARE PLAN

    MattiesMama replied to Student28's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ok, i apologize if this comes across brutal...lol. i'm just going to give you my unfiltered opinion since it seems like this is an important grade and you are short on time. first, you are not using...

  9. Serious Question

    MattiesMama replied to believeallispossible's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I take a combination of Adderall and Concerta, because I have ADHD. Contrary to popular belief, it is not to help me study and it does not give me an "edge", it just gives me a level playing feild...

  10. exam question i need ur help

    MattiesMama replied to stuart2994's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    b, because the client is not going to want to talk to you about anything in wet, urine soaked clothes a...the other 2 are examples of how not to lift a heavy object! it really could be a or c,...

  11. Nursing school double standards?

    MattiesMama replied to Risgirl's topic in General Students

    I'm not going to jump on you because I had similar feelings when I first started nursing school. I also come from a corporate background and did not understand why I would get marked absent for being...

  12. 2 Tests down 2 Fails Need Help!

    MattiesMama replied to jalana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey Jalana You say this is only your second exam...don't get too frustrated! Nursing school is kind of a culture shock-as I'm sure you have figured out by now, it's nothing like your pre-reqs! First,...

  13. Bed Bath and making the Occupied bed (skill exam)

    MattiesMama replied to Nimby5956's topic in General Students

    ok when they are on their side and you are washing their back, you are going to take off the linen on that side and put the new linen on (effectively "making" half of the bed) and then when the pt....

  14. Nursing School Drama queens

    MattiesMama replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    Oh gosh, no it was not on the patient it was on the floor...so that when my CI came in for room check she saw my patients room all nice and tidied up, hospital corners on the bed, clean linens and...

  15. Nursing School Drama queens

    MattiesMama replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    lol! Glad I could make you feel better My scool, in all fairness, is especially crazy. Earlier this year there was an all out brawl in the medical assistant program that ended up with a teacher...

  16. Nursing School Drama queens

    MattiesMama replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    Those of us who are advising her not to share grades are doing so because we have made the same mistake and been burned. I get very good grades, and in the beginning I would share them with my...

  17. Nursing School Drama queens

    MattiesMama replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    Yep, I agree with PP's...don't share grades! People will either be jealous and act catty, or expect you to spend your free time tutoring them and teaching them your "secrets" I started off Nsg....

  18. Labs for pneumonia and hypoxia?

    MattiesMama replied to NewBeee's topic in General Students

    hmm...haven't gotten to this point in school yet but my first instinct with a potentially hypoxic pt. would be to get all of their ABG's and their blood pH. Then use the ROME technique, (which I am...

  19. Obsessed with nursing? is that possible?

    MattiesMama replied to amandafromhaha's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am definately 100% obsessed with nursing It's a good thing! Use it to your advantage...nursing school is tough and it will test you, if you don't have dedication you probobly won't make

  20. Nursing diagnoses for modified radical mastectomy

    MattiesMama replied to Smurfie's topic in General Students

    It's not presumptive to assume that she would be in physical pain after a serious operation, it's a given. In this case pain control is a priority because pain can impair her ability to rest after the...

  21. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    MattiesMama replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    You know, I'm really not sure but from my way of thinking...if a cuff is too tight to begin with, hypothetically it could already be occluding your blood flow even when it's NOT inflated, so inflating...

  22. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    MattiesMama replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

    40% pass rate for the program and 100% pass rate for NCLEX...I thought that was unusual but apparently it's pretty

  23. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    MattiesMama replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    It probobly is the extra weight then...you have more subcutaneous tissue over your artery so that will tend to muffle the noise. My stepmom had gastric bypass done but she told me when she was heavy...

  24. We had clinical orientation today

    MattiesMama replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I'm in an LPN program so the majority of our clinicals are in LTC settings...I felt a lot like you the first day, I was shocked and sad and wondered if I was really cut out for it. It was a reality...

  25. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    MattiesMama replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    The most common mistakes for B/P is counting the top number too high and the bottom number too low...people usually get the top too high because they start counting when the nanometer starts ticking...