Kaysmom8

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  1. Really rough instructor

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, So I have clinical next week with a instructor who has a reputation for being your worst nightmare, I was told she has no problem with ripping you apart in front of anyone on the floor. I don't...

  2. Need help with neuromuscular disorders

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can anyone share with me tips/tricks on remembering Parkinsons, Guillian barre, MS, ALS, myasthenia gravis. It seems so confusing especially when some of them have similar signs and

  3. Need help with neuromuscular disorders

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Esme12, Thank you, I've made note cards from her mess of a lecture, this is the second lecture on this test that she did this to us. So we are left teaching ourselves neuro disorders and epilepsy...

  4. Need help with neuromuscular disorders

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Eva, Thank you for breaking those up for me, we didn't have a lecture on those disorders we were given the power points and told that it would take 5 hours for her to teach them and that it was boring...

  5. Can anyone think of a good nclex question

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a project due and one of the requirements is make up two higher level nclex style questions. I have the cranial nerves I and II, sight and smell. I have looked through two books that I have and...

  6. Can anyone think of a good nclex question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    not sure my instructor wants that on her desk on presentation day early in the morning... Good idea

  7. Panic attacks before clinicals

    Kaysmom8 replied to thegraystudent's topic in General Students

    I'm in my second tear of nursing school and I've had panic attacks for about 10 years now. I take Xanax for them as well as Lexapro, at first I felt like I had to hide it from everyone in the class...

  8. Understanding Hemodynamic's I'm confused please help

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok so I had the lecture on this yesterday and my test is on Monday, I tape recorded the lecture and have listened to it over again but I'm so confused. When they go over the different pressures cvp,...

  9. Understanding Hemodynamic's I'm confused please help

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you all for taking the time to help me out, I passed my test today but not with the grade I'm used to getting the past two tests I just made it part of me want's to through in the towel. I'm...

  10. Understanding Hemodynamic's I'm confused please help

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks GrnTea, so the pulmonary artery cath measures the left side of the heart for heart disease, shock ards, conditions that alter co and fluid status as well and cvp monitors the right side mainly...

  11. need help with ekg interpretation

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello,So I've been trying to learn ekg's for 3 days now and I'm lost. How many different variations can one wave have? Like the p wave can be close to the qrs, upside down, absent sometimes it has a...

  12. need help with ekg interpretation

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for the help im going to get that book and I will swing by an talk to the monitor

  13. need help with ekg interpretation

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't have an acls book, i can go to the library tomorrow. I'm starting to wonder if I'm making this harder than it really is. When i try to learn the rhythms i jump around. I understand the waves...

  14. Need to vent tired of school

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, I'm sick and tired of going to class and the teacher reads straight from the powerpoints or tells stories that don't relate and gets off track. In the end I'm stuck trying to teaching myself....

  15. Ekg interpretation question

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hello, Can anyone help me understand ekg's i'm so confused. When you start out your supposed to do the 5 steps: P wave- normal is .12-.20 PRI- normal is .12-.20 or 3-5 small boxes wide QRS- normal is...

  16. Uggghh!

    Kaysmom8 replied to Jamesha#TeamRn2Be's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is stressful and I'm pretty sure most of us have cried at one time or another, heck i've seen the male students cry also. Have a good cry and you'll feel better, last semester I...

  17. Ekg interpretation question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Cardiac

    Thank you, I'm a student nurse sorry I didn't mention that. I'm just starting out with all of this, it didn't help that the lecture we go on it was not taught very well and it left most of us...

  18. single mom. full time nursing student. full time job..

    Kaysmom8 replied to Lauraash's topic in General Students

    You can do this!!! I didn't read through all the other posts but one thing I learned from another instructor was to involve your child if possible when studying, now I know this sounds crazy but my...

  19. Need help with insulin ordered

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, Can someone help me understand this, if a patient was ordered regular humulin (70/30) 4 units daily and humulin R on a sliding scale. What is the difference between these two insulins? The...

  20. Need help with insulin ordered

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks guys I appreciate it :) you're the best

  21. Need help with insulin ordered

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I did look and the book is so confusing, tell me if I'm right from what I've read Humulin 70/30 is 70% intermediate acting NPH with 30% regular fast acting insulin, so the 70/30 is a combo of the...

  22. need help with diagnosis careplan

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My patient is a 57 year old male who is not alert to person or time. He has a flex monitor BP and pulse ox are good on room air. His lungs are diminished all lobes, hypoactive bowel all quads,...

  23. need help with diagnosis careplan

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think I'm over analyzing things, he has decub ulcers from impaired physical mobility r/t MS. He already has an infection of MRSA and P. Aeruginosa does that rule out the risk for infection because...

  24. need help with diagnosis careplan

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Esme12, after the day I've had I feel like I'm such an idiot. Maybe I'm not cut out for this field for some reason I can't get the hang of careplans not to mention the med error I received last week....

  25. Need advice on school staff member sharing my personal situation with other students

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, I got an email from another student in my class asking me how I was able to be allowed extra time on my tests, she told me the administrative assistant told her that I get extra time allowed on...