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  1. Dismissed from my program less than a week before finals!!! Please Help!

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Students

    OK, so explain to me how I was supposed to drop my daughter off at day care at 6:30 (the earliest time they open) and arrive to my clinical site half an hour early? I wish I had the luxury of arriving...

  2. Dismissed from my program less than a week before finals!!! Please Help!

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Students

    We are allowed a 10 minute window BY SCHOOL POLICY! I am not someone who has "attendance issues", I'm almost always early or at least on time to school AND clinical. As we all know, stuff happens and...

  3. Dismissed from my program less than a week before finals!!! Please Help!

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Students

    I guess my biggest issue with it is, I IMMEDIATELY changed shoes after she told me they were not acceptable, but was still sent home. While at the same time, almost every other student in my group...

  4. Questions about Braden and Glasgow Coma Scales

    MattiesMama posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OK-for the GCS I'm looking for a little clarification.... For best motor response and best verbal response...am I correct in assuming that you go by their highest functional ability, even if they...

  5. Burnout right before finals??

    MattiesMama posted a topic in General Students

    I have my A&P final tommorow and I cannot, for the life of me, motivate myself to study! I have a 95 average in the class so even if I fail the final I'll still pass the class, but I do want to...

  6. Burnout right before finals??

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Students

    Well I figured out a trick last night...I went over the review questions and pictured my meanest CI asking me them, with a smug little smile on her face as she waits for me to get it wrong so she can...

  7. Lincoln Tech. Hamden

    MattiesMama replied to London1223's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I am currently a student at Lincoln Tech in New Britain...I don't know how much of a difference there is between the campuses but if it's anything like NB, be prepared to have no life for the next 15...

  8. Which of the following information about vital signs should be reported to the

    MattiesMama replied to eas78's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The answer is pretty obvious if you know the normal parameters...just use process of elimination...the only issue I would have with this question is that it doesn't state the age of the patient, but...

  9. This doesn't make sense to me....

    MattiesMama posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm working on my care plan and I have a pt who is on Digoxin and Lasix for A-Fib and CHF...his serum potassium is low, yet he is on a LOW potassium diet I'm reading in my book that Lasix causes...

  10. This doesn't make sense to me....

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That is a great website Dayonite...wish I had known about it last week when I was doing my case study on him, lol! So since Lasix is a loop diuretic it would make sense that both his Ka+ and his Na+...

  11. This doesn't make sense to me....

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    GFR was 22 and his Ka was 3.1.... A GFR that low probobly means he is more advanced than stage III, no? His HR was extremely irregular, but it was elevated...like an average of 90bpm and this is a 92...

  12. The little things that make it all worth it...

    MattiesMama posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I've been really struggling lately and wondering if this is the right path for me, but I had a little moment today that just reminded me why I chose nursing and what it's really all about...this is...

  13. Embarrassing clinical moments... share yours

    MattiesMama replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I had my first patient with a colostomy, and I read in her chart "pt may have up to 6 wafers per month with colostomy change". The day came to change her setup, and I went into the kitchenette and...

  14. Help! I need to simplify my care plan...

    MattiesMama posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ok so i am getting in trouble for going overboard in my careplan and using too many interventions. my last ci appreaciated that i was thourough but my current ci is a bit old school and always tells...

  15. Help! I need to simplify my care plan...

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just wanted you to know I ended up getting an "A" on my care plan! More importantly I feel like I'm really starting to understand the whole process...thanks so much for your

  16. Help! I need to simplify my care plan...

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for taking the time to do all that Dayonite...much appreciated as usual! I'm still working on the CHF care plan but here is my revised (and much simplified!) Impaired skin integrity care plan:...

  17. So how's everyone doing in their lpn program?

    MattiesMama replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm towards the end of my second mod now and I'm feeling good...I'm doing a lot better than I did my last mod. I have an A average in both classes (A&P and Funds) and I'm doing soooo much better...

  18. Question about giving O2

    MattiesMama replied to xiongmao's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Who is "they"? If your teacher said that, then I would argue that your response was correct but in general, I've always been taught that unless the question specifically states there is a standing...

  19. How can you help a person who is diagnosed with a mental illness

    MattiesMama replied to Toshiba's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm just a student myself but my instructors are really big on using Maslows heirarchy...so I would say that you need to adress his physical issues before you get started on the psychological. You...

  20. How do you study for Nursing Exams

    MattiesMama replied to Dragtail's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First and foremost, I don't cram. I did that in the beginning and it came back to bite me! This Mod I've made it a habit to review the chapters before we have lecture, take notes, then go home and...

  21. Helpless and hopeless

    MattiesMama replied to laughingoutloud's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nursing priority #1 is determining the causative/contributing factors Is her primary dx clinical depression or are there things going on in her life that are causing her to feel this way? i.e. chronic...

  22. Helpless and hopeless

    MattiesMama replied to laughingoutloud's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It depends on the underlying reason...why do they feel hopeless? You need to know the causative/contributing factors before you can start thinking about interventions. My best peice of advice is to...

  23. Question about giving O2

    MattiesMama replied to xiongmao's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One thing I've learned with NCLEX-style questions...any time there is a sequencial order question with those kind of options, ALWAYS "call the MD" before you give any type of medication, unless it...

  24. This doesn't make sense to me....

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks so much! That was kind of along the lines of what I was thinking but I couldn't quite put it together... One question though-is the goal of a low potassium diet to keep his ka within the...

  25. Help with Care Plans

    MattiesMama replied to rn/writer's topic in General Students

    OK so I have a 92 year old patient with a history as follows: Atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, chronic diastolic heart failure with ventricular response, HTN, stage III kidney failure,...