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Remember it's not ABC but CAB in all situations. In the ED we deal with a lot of seizing people, it's scary at first but you soon learn. Check a carotid pulse or radial pulse (it's hard when people are seizing but pulse rates tend to go up, and dead/...

I'm an ER nurse and have attempted to find some articles online but want would appreciate hearing how you or your facility handle sepsis bundles/fluid resuscitation in your hospital for pt's with CHF or renal failure. Recently I've had pts who are "...

I don't generally ask questions about my own health but I worked for two years on an observation unit and never saw a false positive quite like my own and am wondering if this is even normal. As a nurse, this experience has left me quite shaken. I do...

Question from our final that I don't agree with the answer. I won't post the answer yet to prevent bias. Please tell me what you believe the answer is and possibly a rationale. Your patient is suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). You...

As someone with experience you should offer to train newbies. I was on a semi-short staffed unit and had a nurse train me who had been there for years. She taught me things a less experienced nurse couldn't have taught me. Suggest to management that ...

I am still a student and am in my preceptorship in an ICU. I recently came upon a keyring for small flashcards. I keep it with me at all times and I know I will keep it on me as long as I am a nurse. I keep all my lab values/IV drug values that are i...

I'm a nursing student in my last semester and found out today that I will be beginning a mentorship in the ED next week (five weeks of mentorship before graduation). My teachers feel this will be a good fit because I have a strong knowledge base, yet...

I'm still a nursing student but have been very good about poop, urine, blood, pus, etc. My story is one of an PCT I helped one day.... I walked in the room to find liquid poo all over the floor, the side of the garbage and on the pct's shoes. I guess...

Thank you!!!! I'm so proud of everyone in my class and everyone else that is out there on their last semester of nursing school. If you made it this far you have worked your but off because I know that I have!!!

The answer is A. Although everyone I've asked has put B. Like I said, we are trying to argue the question.

I am also in the same boat. I have super easy to find veins but have viens blown on both arms and at one point leaked blood around the the needle (it was a steady flow onto the floor!). I cringe at the health department when I have to get titers, and...

I like to take: Fish-oil/omega-3 (food for the brain), B-vitamin complexe (to keep your energy up, especially when you aren't eating right), Calcium (in case i'm not drinking enough milk) Vitamin C (to "boost" my immune system, and help with heali...

I always give this advice to other students...YOUTUBE!!!! On youtube there are many videos from varying textbook companies, free tutors and medical students who make videos to test themselves. This has always been a great help to me while i'm studyin...

C.) Albuterol. Since this is fast acting. Although, I'm sure the correct answer would be D. the O2 mask, Simply because I don't need a doctor's order to give a pt O2. It doesn't say if these are MD approved meds. Please share the answer!

People call me a "kiss-ass". I'm not a kiss-ass. I'm a student that enjoys learning. If I don't like how an instructor is doing something usually it is because I'm not used to doing things their way (even if their way is STUPID). Approach him and te...

thelastjanelle, when i started nrn101 i didn't have my a&p2 n micro either. Idk about boyce, but at allegheny campus the bio department set aside a particular classes for nursing students that went around the nursing department's schedule. So, if...

Impaired coping r/t new environment, the language barrier. This is up since his inability to cope affects his willingness to accept care. There are many therapeutic interventions available to help this pt. Some of your goals could be that he wil...

I started ccac allegheny campus in spring 10. We were supposed to hear back from them by mid-october and we didn't hear anything til the end of november. I checked my mailbox 5x a day for two months! Good-luck everybody!

I am a first year nursing student. I am about to apply for an HRSA scholarship where you must complete a service commitment to a facility with a critical shortage of nurses after graduating and receiving licensure. I have been doing searches on the ...

It's ridiculous but I've had some family member try to talk me out of it because of the service commitment. I always remark with "Oh, so are YOU offering to pay for my nursing education?" LOL! They said on the application that they are hoping to giv...

The thing that has helped me most is to make a "to-do" list of everything i need to study/review. I am very specific in my study goals since I tend to go from reading a chapter about safety and hygiene and suddenly i'll see an illness i don't know mu...

LA student nurse is right on the money, but I do have another suggestion: youtube. It is surprising but youtube has some great videos. After my intermediate algebra lecture I would try some homework problems and if I didn't have the concept down I'd ...

Thank you Crocuta! I really dislike that website. I feel that it isn't very user-friendly. I feel very relieved now; I thought before there was an actual list of specific facilities! LOL!

I'm in my first semester of an ADN program and we have learned hands on skills. We have done vital signs (including bps), tube feedings, foley caths, basic wound care, we are currently working on all forms of medication administration except for IVs,...

So, I'm 20 years old and live in a different state than my parents. I haven't relied on them financially for a few years, mainly because they are separated and are lower-middle class. I am currently unemployed and i know that if i get a part-time job...