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  1. question re clinical skills???

    blue eyes replied to bjs1962's topic in International Nursing

    You might want to try Clinical psychomotor skills : assessment tools for nursing students by Joanne Tollefson. It has a lot of the nursing skills/clinical skills competency in it. E.g. COMPETENCT:...

  2. Enemas, Catheters , and OTHER embarassing things in nursing school

    blue eyes replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    That's pretty much what our lecturers tell us we're usually told that it's 'all for the patients comfort'. re: Bed baths, showering someone enema suppository and anything else that might be...

  3. Laptop vs. Desktop for a student?

    blue eyes replied to Sarah09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I only use a laptop so I can access the wireless internet at uni (. I could go desktop now that the uni has switched from wireless to cable internet for students living on campus but a laptop is so...

  4. Nursing Equipment

    blue eyes replied to Michelle123's topic in International Nursing

    this is the stethoscope i use; it is a littmann classic ii. depending on your university you'll do a fair bit of vital signs in nursing labs and some physical assessment techniques, so a stethoscope...

  5. Percussing?

    blue eyes replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    yes! we had to learn how to do indirect percussion - part of our skills assessment for the semester just gone was physical assessment, had to get this signed off before results could be processed....

  6. Grad. Dip./post registration after bachelor of nursing?

    blue eyes posted a topic in International Nursing

    I was just wondering what you all thought about doing a 4th year (Grad. Dip. or bachelor of nsg: post registration) after completing the 3 year bachelor of nursing? It's something I've thought about,...

  7. new students - what do you fear most?

    blue eyes replied to speedykicks's topic in General Students

    Perineal care. :stone Can handle vomit, urine, sputum, blood etc ... but when I first started I feared perineal care the most! We practiced giving bed baths and mouth care on the models + it is...

  8. What Term Are They Looking For?

    blue eyes replied to Pachinko's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i think the term may be "direct contact". from my micro book: "direct contact refers to close of intimate contact b/w the infected person and susceptible individual. exposure to skin and body...

  9. digestion

    blue eyes replied to cgbw's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The digestive process consists of 5 steps: Ingestion, digestion, absorption, metabolism and excretion (though I think this could be disputed, but this is what I have in my lecture notes/slides)...

  10. helpful acrostics

    blue eyes replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Students

    So far I have learnt: To conduct symptom analysis: PQRST provokes/palliates, quality/quantity, region/radiates, severity and timing if problems are found after doing the ROS (review of systems)....

  11. How many weeks left in your semester?

    blue eyes replied to Nikki730's topic in General Students

    I have approx. 10 - 15 weeks left. Only started 1st semester last week.

  12. Refusal of treatment, NFR order in Victoria

    blue eyes posted a topic in International Nursing

    I have a few concerns in regards to refusal of treatment and NFR orders. We need to be familiar with the 2 mechanisms a patient can refuse treatment, under common law position and legislative...

  13. Hormone Help!

    blue eyes replied to smokeyoaks82358's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i always find with things like this drawing up a table often aids in memorising the info. if you want to check out the tables i already have drawn up on hormones you can view them: here and here...

  14. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    blue eyes replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    i cook ... 8 minute meals only (pasta) and sometimes garlic bread heated in the microwave, if not 1 minute noodles. my only reason for coming home on the weekends is to either get a decent,...

  15. Australia Day

    blue eyes replied to Grace Oz's topic in International Nursing

    happy australia day hope everyone had a great day, enjoy what's left of it, aussie aussie

  16. what do you use: notebooks/binders/other??

    blue eyes replied to Maycee's topic in General Students

    I keep lecture notes for each unit a display folder - which can be printed off WebCT in power point format. For lab reports and essays I use a display folder, again a separate one for each unit and I...

  17. What Have You Had to Disect

    blue eyes replied to cdietrich404's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A pig trotter and sheep heart. I dissected a bull's eye, sheep kidneys and a rat while in school. Dissecting the heart was pretty helpful in that I developed a more practical understanding of blood...

  18. 6 Rights of Medication Administration

    blue eyes replied to betsy1963's topic in General Students

    We were also taught 5 rights, but with 3 checks. '5 rights'- patient, drug, dose, time and route. '3 checks' - Drug contraindicated, patient allergy and drug

  19. what are your goals for next semester?

    blue eyes replied to cingulargirl21's topic in General Students

    Study more often, not write up lab reports a day or 2 before due date + attend EVERY lecture and

  20. Recommended reading

    blue eyes replied to wannabenursetx's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pretty good prescribed text for my first semester - Context of Nursing. It covered quite a bit - from milestones in nursing, art and science of nursing, nursing theory, various definitions of...

  21. How far/long is your drive to school/clinicals?

    blue eyes replied to Lisa Michelle's topic in General Students

    usually 1hr 30mins, can take up to 2hrs if the roads are busy. this is why i lived on campus this year, drove to uni between 6-8pm and drove home between 4:30-5pm when there was minimal traffic on the...

  22. Legal issues essay help?

    blue eyes posted a topic in International Nursing

    Having trouble with a lega issues paper and woud like to ask if anyone could help me fish out some of these possible legal issues and concepts. I've made a start and have come up with a few points I...

  23. Legal issues essay help?

    blue eyes replied to blue eyes's topic in International Nursing

    Got my assignment back after the exam today - distinction. Lost marks for leaving out the 5 rights of administering medication, verbal (medication) orders/requirements and some arguments did not have...

  24. Legal issues essay help?

    blue eyes replied to blue eyes's topic in International Nursing

    Got my assignment back after the exam today - distinction. Lost marks for leaving out the 5 rights of administering medication, verbal (medication) orders/requirements and some arguments did not have...

  25. Refusal of treatment, NFR order in Victoria

    blue eyes replied to blue eyes's topic in International Nursing

    thanks. i was getting the requirements, what makes each a valid order and general information about each mixed up, but this helps. was not aware of nfr forms until some of the div 2 nurses mentioned...