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i suck at cna skills too like no matter how hard i try, i cant make the bedsheets ever look as nice as everyone else does maybe i should quit nursing school :crying2::crying2:

I dont see what working a microscope has to do with nursing. Was that "doctor" a medical doctor? And if so, does she have nursing experience? I don't see how the micro teacher is in a position to judge??

This. This is solid advice for all of nursing school actually. In my experience, instructors contradict other instructors, other nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, textbooks, NCLEX review materials, the CDC and other public health and medical organizations, and other health and medical references PRETTY D*** OFTEN. But whatever, just get through the class, I say.

lol. awesome post. awesomer classmate. hows tastes that haterade?

didnt read much of the original post...but just wanted to say i hate all group projects with a passion!!!

basics of chain of transmission and aseptic technique are pretty much all you need. detailed understanding of different microorganisms and their relevance to disease may be nice to know but really amounts to icing on a cake.

is what? is it because in some hospital somewhere (not anywhere i or anyone i know of has worked at or done clinicals at, of course) staff nurses regularly give researched presentations to seated audiences of 20-30 people? is it to give teachers a break from teaching? is it because of some arbitrary rule by some governing board somewhere? somebody explain it to me please because i don't see the point.

don't know the proper answer, or if there is one, but i've done clinicals in a tcu and a subacute hospital (not subacute rehab as far as i know). from what i saw, the stay in subacute tended to be longer, like years usually, and there tended to be more trachs and ventillators. in the tcu, i saw pts leaving within days to weeks. again, just my limited experience in two facilities.

ok i change my mind. "wah. the classmate i dont like talked to me once. wah." off with his head! but seriously, in effect that is what's happening...

reporting something in writing based off of one whole incident seems a little quick

try looking at state BON requirements. just a wild guess, but i bet most nursing programs don't go too far above and beyond the min requirements (if at all) btw i dont know my programs requirements. theyre prbly in the handbook or something...but meh...srry!!

Hmmm interesting. An attorney's $$s pay for legal advice. My financial advisor and stockbroker friends's $$s pay for financial services/advice. My banker cousin's $$s...that's right they pay for banking services/advice. My loan officer roommate's clients? There's a pattern here can you spot it? Yes, it is a "commercial" transaction. Sure, we can pretend to forget about dictionary definitions (client = customer paying for goods/services). Let's also forget about common usage of the word while we're at it (pretty much same thing btw, client = customer). Let's just ignore the "commerce" aspect of it and say that these $$/customers statuses have "NOTHING" to do with money or "commerce" also. We can ignore the obvious and say they are also "being active participants who are consulting with professionals." There, I can ignore the obvious too. Yay me.

It's true. The new literature refers to pts as clients. In keeping w this commerce focus, I suggest the new standard abbreviation for client be $$. Example: $$ requests gourmet coffee w/ 10 packs of sugar for all meals.

i dont see why not. per his user name, i would guess he went to LPN school. aren't those programs @ 1 year long? i.e., graduate HS @ 17 or 18 and get the LPN license 1-1.5 yrs later @ age 18-19.

OP should stop telling people how to act, especially if it is to be phony. OP's mom needs to stop yelling at people. That's not nice. IMHO.

because its been shown to convert atrial fibrilation to normal sinus rhythm. class III drugs, especially amiodarone, decrease the atrial defibrillation threshold by prolonging atrial refractoriness. Source: Sung RJ. Facilitating electrical cardioversion of persistant atrial fibrillation by antiarrhythmic drugs: update on clinical trial results. Card Electrophysiol Rev. 2003 Sep;7(3):300-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 14739733.

thanks for your concern, but you can save the lecture for someone else. i do quite well academically. just trying to help others who might not have the ability to pull off the awesome like i do. i'd also like to add that if you have to worship everything your teacher says and have to say goodbye to the outside world, you may want to reconsider your priorities about life in general, and perhaps find a less rigorous field of study that is a little more on your level. not everyone needs to or wants to live nursing school 24/7. food for thought.

hmmm...i think this type of thread ought to be a sticky. i feel like ive seen it before lol anyway, it would boil down to time management and keeping up with work so that i could have more fun time instead of going from one cramming binge to the next

step 1: go to atm step 2: meet w/ teacher step 3: do like this

In the second one they just want you to determine how many mL will infuse over 60 mins. So what's relevant is the 100mL and the 90 mins. Ratio-proportion setup seems the most intuitive in this case. 100mL/90mins = XmL/60mins ...then you would state your answers in mL/h because that is the standard.

The general rule is it depends on your program. We use calculators in ours. But I know students in a program where they have to do it by hand during the first two semesters.

Looks like you're on the right track as far as clearing the decimals. Where it went wrong is with that number on the bottom - you want to see how many times it goes into the top #. Not the other way around. Also, don't do one number at a time. See how many times 930 goes into 2417, and take it from there...

Economic Analysis of Law - pretty ******* abstract or International Trade Theory - prof sucked in every way and the assigned books were pretty irrelevant to tests and lectures so I was lost (both from a previous non nursing degree)

Keep up with your studies on a regular schedule. Don't cram or start your papers or careplans hours before they're due - like me!

nice post. i laughed. not to minimize your frustration...but dont most of us go through it? i relate to just about everything you said, only my response is different: numbness. oh and just going through the motions until this hell is over. hahaha.