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  1. A-Fib

    rachelgeorgina replied to tiffanymarie25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not everyone with AF has a pacemaker. My great-aunt (basically my third gran) lives in constant, stable AF at 84 years of age, complicated by COPD and heart failure. She simply takes her meds...

  2. FAINTING...what made you drop?

    rachelgeorgina replied to Music_Box_Dancer's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We've been told time and time again that it's okay to just step away from the situation when there are other people there and sit down, breathe, take a sip of water and keep cool. It's really been...

  3. oncology rounds......I need help!

    rachelgeorgina replied to ybstressed's topic in General Students

    Endone - and variants of in various forms. &

  4. Care plan help

    rachelgeorgina replied to Pleased to care's topic in International Nursing

    With COPD, being 78 and 105kg (because I'm guessing she's no giant) and probably in at least the beginning stages of osteoporosis, too, I'd want to add activity intolerance or potential for it. &...

  5. Best and worst part of being a nursing student?

    rachelgeorgina replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    Don't let your nurses-to-be become isolated. I think that lack of 'team spirit' (for lack of a better phrase) is much of the cause of some of the interpersonal issues across the board (in the clinical...

  6. Question about school supplies

    rachelgeorgina replied to larien37's topic in General Students

    Infection control. We aren't allowed to wear any jewelry except for a wedding band and plain stud earrings. That means no watches, too. Reason they give? You can't wash your hands properly! However,...

  7. In which nursing class did you learn the most, and why?

    rachelgeorgina replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    I think I learn most in the clinical subjects we take. Our classes are divided into clinical (sub-divided by system, i.e. cardio, GIT etc), nursing theory and science. Science is utterly boring hell...

  8. Question about school supplies

    rachelgeorgina replied to larien37's topic in General Students

    You wont actually be able to wear a wrist watch when practicing/on the wards - second hand or not. Id highly recommend getting a fob watch with a second hand that you can pin to your shirt and be able...

  9. Professional Conduct

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    Thank you so much for your contributions. Anyone else have anything to

  10. Professional Conduct

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in General Students

    Professional Conduct: What is it? How would you define appropriate professional nursing conduct? What actions do you think create professional behaviour? &, on the flip side, what does...

  11. Professional Conduct

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    cursedandblessed, thank you so much for responding with that! it's exactly what i was looking for! does anyone else have anything like this that they could share? also, a question regarding this...

  12. Professional Conduct

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    ^^ I know what the professional standards say. What I'm interested in, if I didn't make it clear enough in my second response, is people's personal opinions and experiences of professional

  13. Bitter taste in my mouth... (venting)

    rachelgeorgina replied to CandyGyrl's topic in General Students

    I really get where you're coming from on this. I guess all professions and groups have their sour grapes, but nursing, in my short experience, seems to have a prominent amount of them. I'm really...

  14. Professional Conduct

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    Whoah. I'm totally taken aback. This is NOT an essay question. In fact, I'm done with classes for the semester! (I'm in Australia, so we've got different semesters to the US, I think.) Three exams and...

  15. Student clinicals

    rachelgeorgina replied to JanisM's topic in International Nursing

    I think one of the biggest problem with clinical placement for students is the attitude of the RNs on the ward. In my experience, a large majority of the seasoned RNs have no interest in students, see...

  16. Oxygen administration

    rachelgeorgina replied to rlsilkett's topic in Pulmonary

    ^^ have you not heard the term 'CO2 retainer' that basically incorporates all this? i.e. exercise caution with O2 therapy in the pt with COPD as more than likely, they are a CO2 retainer and to much...

  17. Frustrations with Clinical

    rachelgeorgina posted a topic in General Students

    I've just finished my second day of my first year, first semester clinical - i.e. the first clinical ever for first years. Frustratingly, I've done this clinical once before (same time last year,...

  18. Unprofessional nurses/power tripper's/ trouble makers

    rachelgeorgina replied to chicsurfs's topic in General Students

    I'm struggling a bit with this, too. I'm on my last day of clinical at the moment. I'm really starting to understand what they say about nurses "eating their young". It's dreadful. & I hate...

  19. Frustrations with Clinical

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    I have to say that I have been making as much effort as possible without annoying the floor staff or getting in the way. I've offered to do every task within my scope of practice and ability (and...

  20. Frustrations with Clinical

    rachelgeorgina replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    Several answers to this question: 1. The NUM's door is always open and her office has a window. It's right in the middle of the corridor on the way to the linen closest, dirty utility, clean utility,...

  21. childrens hospital

    rachelgeorgina replied to MrsNjoro's topic in Pediatric

    The children's hospitals here largely separate by clinical problem/presentation, though you often see things like infant and toddler

  22. essential books for nursing students

    rachelgeorgina replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in General Students

    Harvard's Nursing Guide to Drugs (Tiziani, A) 2006 The clinical placement. An essential guide for nursing students. (Levett-Jones, T. & Bourgeois, S) 2007 Health assessment in nursing. (D'Amico,...

  23. Help!! WIth EBP assignment

    rachelgeorgina replied to farmwife's topic in General Students

    Search Medline, CINHAL, Google's "Netting the Evidence", Pubmed and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Use a PICO framework for you search question to get a more relevant result. (PICO = P:...

  24. PLEASE HELP ! Bedpan skill questions

    rachelgeorgina replied to Cathy in MA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Couple of questions. Why do you need to check the pts ID before assisting them with a pan? If someone's gotta go, they've gotta go! Also, why are you washing your hands between checking his id and...

  25. Vitamins as treatment

    rachelgeorgina replied to Whispera's topic in Psychiatric

    Also... apparently there is new research suggesting that fish oil is a marvelous adjunct treatment for eating