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  1. License Dilemma-LPN with new RN license

    shortnorthstudent replied to Sassy5d's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I guess I'm not quite sure I understand. Have you actually been offered a position as an RN by your place of employment? It is one thing to update your licenses on your credential list at the...

  2. How are your grades posted?

    shortnorthstudent replied to poog's topic in General Students

    Our grades are listed by the number of points we got. Most of our exams were either 40 or 50 questions, so our grade would be listed as X/40 or X/50. We typically had three exams per quarter plus a...

  3. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    shortnorthstudent replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    great post. i keep reading these posts about "practicing under someone's license." i am aware of no state in which a student nurse practices on someone else's license. clinical instructors, faculty...

  4. got fired after only worked three and half weeks

    shortnorthstudent replied to newRN2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am surprised at the number of posters who are blaming the patient for not turning to the right to take his medication. Sure, it would be great if our patients were all in a position to care for...

  5. 1st job offer- which one would you take

    shortnorthstudent replied to amazing810's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I assume that if you are looking at an NP in cardio, you plan to work with adults. Therefore, I would probably take the oncology position. Just because it isn't full time right now does not mean...

  6. How do I remember all my patients info during clinical?

    shortnorthstudent replied to konp's topic in General Students

    I print out my SBAR. I fold it in half and use one side for my info. On it I write - assess, vitals, orders, labs and then the times that I have to give meds. I then make note of pertinent...

  7. CSCC worth the wait?

    shortnorthstudent replied to kelliec07's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I cannot speak to the hybrid program. I made the decision not to apply to the hybrid program originally because I knew that I wanted the contact of the traditional program. There are certainly pros...

  8. Pretty sure my clinical instructor HATES me.

    shortnorthstudent replied to kmartin906's topic in General Students

    If you are doing things your own way rather than the way your school instructed you, that may be the problem. As a nurse working on a floor, you can get into your own rhythm and do things your way...

  9. CSCC worth the wait?

    shortnorthstudent replied to kelliec07's topic in Ohio Nursing

    A lot of the disorganization has to do with the switch to semesters along with a push within the college as a whole to decrease costs which has meant that some faculty have taken early retirement. I...

  10. Appropriate order for diabetic + COPD + pneumonia?

    shortnorthstudent replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    No need to ask for forgiveness. I was just trying to help you flush out your thinking without giving you the answers. Very interesting scenario. Not a patient I would want to have on my tele floor...

  11. Appropriate order for diabetic + COPD + pneumonia?

    shortnorthstudent replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    I was going towards heart disease. Many of our COPDer wind up with CHF which is why I was asking about fluids. You certainly want to incease fluids with pneumonia, but you also have to be very aware...

  12. Appropriate order for diabetic + COPD + pneumonia?

    shortnorthstudent replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    Fluids are not a no brainer. No not everything can be fixed with and IV and in fact, the point I was trying to get at is that you need to consider what problems can come as a result of COPD. What is...

  13. Appropriate order for diabetic + COPD + pneumonia?

    shortnorthstudent replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    Encourage fluids. My instructors allowed us to say that in our first term or two. But, I'm graduating in less than 2 months, so from my end encourage fluids is no longer a really good answer - and...

  14. Appropriate order for diabetic + COPD + pneumonia?

    shortnorthstudent replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    First of all, your patient's immune function is a mess anyway - between the CAP and diabetes in particular. He's going to be receiving IV antibiotics for the CAP. While it is certainly possible to...

  15. Where do you think you need to improve?

    shortnorthstudent replied to Karolyte's topic in General Students

    Time management skills. I am in my final term and am in a preceptorship. I hope to increase my ability to manage my time while providing care to multiple

  16. Appropriate order for diabetic + COPD + pneumonia?

    shortnorthstudent replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    So, what about the relationship between your patient's chronic COPD problems and the CAP? What concerns do you have with a COPD patient with CAP (and diabetes) that you might not worry about with an...

  17. Appropriate order for diabetic + COPD + pneumonia?

    shortnorthstudent replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    Sounds like a homework/lab prep work. Have you looked up the drug? What does it do? What about your sim patient would suggest that a medication in that class would be appropriate? What should you...

  18. I hate nursing exams

    shortnorthstudent replied to RNbethy's topic in General Students

    Think of your clinicals as your essay questions and your fill in the blanks. You have to arrive at the correct dosages for your meds. There is no multiple choice there. But, if you fail to pass...

  19. I hate nursing exams

    shortnorthstudent replied to RNbethy's topic in General Students

    It would be a scary test to grade in a nursing course. Take the question from earlier in this thread. The question was designed to test the student's understanding of what a sexual health history...

  20. I hate nursing exams

    shortnorthstudent replied to RNbethy's topic in General Students

    Yup, adding in female does make the question ridiculously easy. However, only one of the answers is an appropriate question to ask while obtaining a sexual health history. a - obviously telling the...

  21. Test questions taken directly from random NCLEX book. Unfair?

    shortnorthstudent replied to Kboylan1's topic in General Students

    sorry about that. I didn't go back to the OP to make

  22. Test questions taken directly from random NCLEX book. Unfair?

    shortnorthstudent replied to Kboylan1's topic in General Students

    Ultimately, that is the point. The likelihood of ever seeing a question from an NCLEX study guide on the actual NCLEX is slim to none. So, the purpose of doing those questions is to learn, not the...

  23. Countdown to Pinning

    shortnorthstudent replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in General Students

    53

  24. I hate nursing exams

    shortnorthstudent replied to RNbethy's topic in General Students

    At this stage in your education, you should not need the lure of a good grade to motivate you to study. You need your own knowledge and critical thinking to understand that learning the materials to...

  25. Test questions taken directly from random NCLEX book. Unfair?

    shortnorthstudent replied to Kboylan1's topic in General Students

    Writing a good test question is very difficult, especially when the questions are at the application or higher level. In my limited experience, there are many more problems with questions written by...