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I passed the RN HESI exit exam on the first try with a 1080! I am so excited. I was nervous, but took my time and had a special study routine. I know what you all are going though. I wish you all the best luck. If you have any questions please email ...

Plus, alot of hospitals are going away with sign on bonuses but they still offer student loan reimbursement. My hospital will take your loans, accrued for the nursing education and divide that amount into 3 years, to a max of 36K at my facility and m...

Western Governors University is a good university, I took some courses there in between my nursing semesters. It had good accreditation and is not very expensive at all and will be recognized by all other schools and companies.

I find it the opposite in my hospital. We take some patients off the floors for ridiculous reasons. For example, a floor nurse gave a medication that made the patient hallucinate with no other problems, besides a hip fracture. He was in ICU for 1 hou...

If a patient is not sedated they could breath over the vent if conscious. Also in conscious or unconscious they can cough which would make the alarm sound. Also if the vent is heated and humidified the vent traps could be full, how does the waveform ...

Nurse Practitioners spend time with patients just in a different manner. RN's in a hospital/clinic setting are in essence bed side nursing and following out orders from practitioners and performing their own assessments and ensuring comfort of their ...

Hi, I did some research for you because I thought it was a great question as well. Here is what I found: Liability protections exist for medical personnel who volunteer to provide assistance on aircraft in the event of an emergency. According to th...

Critical Care is by informed publishing. Its great for CCU/ICU or emergency room rotations and just overall learning. There so much information and I learn something from it or epocretes everyday. haha No joke. =)

I use the following apps on my iphone too. They are great for quick reference in a jam. MD ezLabs - Free Epocretes - Free Critical Care - 5.99 but I promise worth every penny. These help me to not have to carry my big huge drug book, and our big Lab...

Ohh yeah, and 1 last piece of advise, I always make sure I carry carmex, burts bees wax, or vicks nasal inhaler when I am in clinicals. I do not fear any body fluid that comes out of my patient, heck I signed up for that, but I find that when I know ...

You might not need this right off the bat, but as you progress into your clinicals, I would get: 1. A second hand watch that can handle some light abuse, and water for all the hand-washing. Also I would make sure the wristband is plastic or a light w...

Im a senior in nursing school and I know every school of nursing and its faculty are different. The only word of advice I can give you is always always always follow Maslows Hierarchy of Needs. To me her first priority nursing diagnosis should be rel...

Man, tough spot. The only thing I can think of is maybe trying to sell it? Or maybe lease it out for market rent to pay the mortgage side while you move into a more affordable apartment until you graduate? Neither sounds like fun, but thats all I can...

youngnurse: I have applied for my nursing schools scholarship, TG Charley Wootan Grant program, and a local nurses auxiliary group scholarship and have received them all. Everyone of them required an essay 200-500 words long. Here is an example of on...

Learn drug classes and their mechanism of action and it will be much easier to understand/see/visualize them in use on tests or in clinical. For example, the way I studied. Ace inhibitors - used to treat hypertension, CHF,. - identifiable suffix -pri...

Hey I feel your pain. I go to school in Texas and its a private christian university and I pay over $12,500 a semester and yes, still had to pay for all my extra uniforms, background/medical (shot) requirements, equipment, books (which for us is wel...

Hi, I know how you feel. Trust me. I been in the same situation. But there is some light at the end of the tunnel. You can always volunteer but as a volunteer you would not be able to do much but observe and run to get water and ice chips for rooms a...

This is probably too late but every time I had to do sim labs and do write ups on them my instructors always made me give at least three nursing diagnosis, which I think you hit it spot on. 1. Knowledge Deficit 2. Impaired Skin Integrity 3. Risk for...

Do you have access to your old test? Can you post a question you got wrong so we can see if we can throw some words of advice your way?

No I believe his primary nursing diagnosis should be related to his nutritional status. Its obvious from his weight loss that his nutrition requirements are not being met and on maslow's hierarchy of needs that would be first based on this scenario. ...

Hi, I read an article from Dr. Oz I believe it was that for excessive underarm sweating where no other ointments, deodorants, or various remedies worked he referred the patient to a dermatologist who injected botox into the sweat glands. I mean Im no...