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    Grading scales and number of questions on your exams

    metal_m0nk replied to tb0930's topic in General Students

    The number of questions on our tests varies widely. In this semester, we have had tests with 45 questions to tests with 75 questions. Although, we have only had one exam with 75 questions. The rest of...
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    Help with a prioritizing question please!

    metal_m0nk replied to MrsCuoco's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I knew the insulin would probably have a high priority and it kind of felt like a toss up between the insulin and the abx simply because I was thinking in terms of if it were to be withheld or...
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    Help with Nursing Intervention for Imbalanced Nutrition

    metal_m0nk replied to SNLp's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Evaluation (as you have intuited) comes after you have performed your interventions and reassessed according to your goals. You compare your post-intervention assessment findings to your...
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    Help me with ED progress note.. I`m so lost! -- and diagnosis

    metal_m0nk replied to Student2001's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I remember those days. It should clear in about 10 years, maybe sooner. =P Seriously though, it does get better. With time, you get more accustomed to your new responsibilities and develop a routine....
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    HEALTH ASSESSMENTS

    metal_m0nk replied to _meow's topic in General Students

    Assessment is an absolutely essential part of nursing in all disciplines and specialties. So few patients have only one medical or health issue. We have to be able to identify any issues the patient...
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    Help me with ED progress note.. I`m so lost! -- and diagnosis

    metal_m0nk replied to Student2001's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also, if she has a history of miscarriage, high blood pressure (may or may not be an isolated incident) and complaints of dizziness (the reason for her fall) did you ask about vision disturbances? Did...
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    Reconstitution HELP Pleaseeeeeee!!!!!!! :(

    metal_m0nk replied to HalfMoons's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One of the reasons we dilute medications is to be able to administer the medication at a rate that allows optimal onset of action (pharmacokinetics) with the lowest risk for adverse events. Potassium...
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    Nursing Care Plan Help

    metal_m0nk replied to KyleighN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I thought the construction of a nursing care plan WAS the planning
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    Help me with ED progress note.. I`m so lost! -- and diagnosis

    metal_m0nk replied to Student2001's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also, if she has a history of miscarriage, high blood pressure (may or may not be an isolated incident) and complaints of dizziness (the reason for her fall) did you ask about vision disturbances? Did...
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    Help me with ED progress note.. I`m so lost! -- and diagnosis

    metal_m0nk replied to Student2001's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is pregnancy a medical diagnosis? Just throwing things out there... If you found no significant medical history of illness in her chart then maybe you could put "Admitted for observation" as your...
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    Help with Nursing Intervention for Imbalanced Nutrition

    metal_m0nk replied to SNLp's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Gotta have goals before you decide how to intervene to achieve those goals... OP, I think you know that your ultimate goal is to improve or balance the patients nutritional status, but for most...
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    First semester nursing student... at the brink!

    metal_m0nk replied to abagail1220's topic in General Students

    With nursing (as with most things), you get out of it what you put into it. Whether or not the endeavor is rewarding enough for you is really up to you. Good
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    What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    metal_m0nk replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It would be odd (and probably unprecedented) if any singular opinion represented the entire workforce (that includes your opinion(s) as well). But really, the opinion that will likely matter most to...
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    Religion in Nursing

    metal_m0nk replied to NICU:)'s topic in General Students

    If I were charged with providing nursing care to a deeply religious person who was offended by any gesture of good will that didn't come directly from their chosen religious affiliation, I would first...
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    Mast Cell stabilizers

    metal_m0nk replied to Greentome's topic in General Students

    Ask yourself some questions: What's a mast cell? What's it do? What would a mast cell stabilizer do? What kind of patient is likely to take a mast cell stabilizer? What kind of symptoms would that...
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    Most relevant/useful pre-nursing science class?

    metal_m0nk replied to bardone's topic in General Students

    If you've never taken a course in chemistry before, I suppose General Chem is a good place to start. Getting your feet wet before jumping into something like O Chem is probably a good idea. RE:...
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    Heads up to all nursing students, from recent grad.....

    metal_m0nk replied to lilarox's topic in General Students

    I graduate in 5 weeks. I already have a hospital job lined up in my area of interest. I worked at least part time (sometimes full time) all through school. I think a lot of post graduation stasis can...
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    Most relevant/useful pre-nursing science class?

    metal_m0nk replied to bardone's topic in General Students

    Since the study of organic chemistry involves carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen (the building blocks of all life on the planet, including human life), I have found it quite useful. I say, if...
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    What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    metal_m0nk replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can see how not being alert to your surroundings/what's going on on the unit due to texting might cause harm to a patient...A lot can happen when you're not paying
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    Trouble with starting IV's

    metal_m0nk replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    No offense, but while I don't doubt I could learn a lot, I'd rather stab myself in the
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    Trouble with starting IV's

    metal_m0nk replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    It couldn't possibly be that your particular perspective lends you to bias and over-inflation of the importance of your work, could it? No, not at
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    Trouble with starting IV's

    metal_m0nk replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    If you think nursing students don't learn proper, textbook technique, the importance and maintenance of infection control, contraindications for compromising skin integrity, etc. then you are wrong....
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    Trouble with starting IV's

    metal_m0nk replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    Starting IV's is one of those skills that takes time and opportunity to learn. If you are already ahead of your classmates in terms of opportunities, then you are well ahead of the game. Better to...
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    Very intriguing question in mind

    metal_m0nk replied to gomes.nelson's topic in General Students

    My answer would be to educate both the patient and her significant other about the benefits and risks of having the surgery and not having the surgery and then refer them to a therapist if they felt...
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    What to do when your patient adores you?

    metal_m0nk replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

    I don't understand the defensiveness about being identified as naive either. You can only go up from there...it's a perfectly acceptable place to start if your objective is to actually learn...