acjordan

Did you pass in July?

Don't be discouraged. I had 3 international students in the program I graduated from. If you are seeking a BSN cost of living will run about what the previous post stated. However, you can always go to a community college to get an ADN and the cost will be significantly less. You may want to check for organizations in Huntsville, Alabama for international nursing student sponsorship. As far as wages go a new nurse can start out anywhere between 40K-55K, depending on what part of the country they are in. Good Luck!

you can also google your schools retention rates. mine is 54% for the whole college for full time students.

We had 144 in our first semester. by the last semester we had less than 40 of the original 144.

I remember my first care plan. It was the first time I was frustrated enough to cry. Take a deep breath and look at it logically. The most important things are your A,B,C's. Airway, breathing, and circulation. It doesn't mean too much if you have a heart that is beating and no oxygen entering the body. So, why is your patient on oxygen? Is it because she has an underlying condition? Possible pneumonia? Look at the NANDA nursing diagnosis. Here you have a patient who is in need of O2, isn't able to move freely, has dementia, has a PEG, and is incontinent. If someone isn't able to move you should always be concerned about oxygenation, perfussion, breakdown. With what you have said about your patient you should be able to come up with a care plan to knock your instructors socks off. There's not many of the NANDA's which wouldn't fit it. Just remember to support your nursing Diagnosis with data such as meds, labs, assessment findings ( there should be a place for every one of these). You can get a careplan book but beware of depending on it. You need to process what's going on with your patient and learn how to make a care plan specific. It will all come in time, and soon you will be looking back at your first care plan and laughing. Good luck.