SNtil11

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1. Should I go ahead and get "RN" engraved after my name when

   SNtil11 replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Nursing

   why not just order it now? you can always take it somewhere else to have it engraved after you pass your boards. :) be careful it doesnt get stolen. nice stethos tend to get picked up by other...

2. CSU Los Angeles School of Nursing (CSULA Fall 2010)

   SNtil11 replied to matthewandrew's topic in California Nursing

   Hey! Congrats to you all! I am a student at CSULA - and you'll probably see me at your orientation! :) good

3. Prioritizing Nursing Diagnoses

   SNtil11 replied to >--stethoscope--o's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   ABCs come before Maslow's needs because without ABCs intact, you're dead, and if you're dead, safety isn't an issue. Also if he's got CKD, it's likely that the activity intolerance is more "impaired...

4. suctioning

   SNtil11 replied to SNtil11's topic in General Students

   Thanks guys. I spoke with my instructor, and yes, the resistance is one sign. Another is that if you were in the esophagus you probably wouldn't be suctioning any secretions. And lastly, if you were...

5. suctioning

   SNtil11 posted a topic in General Students

   I have a random question that came to me after I got home from clinical on Saturday. I helped my nurse perform suctioning on my peds patient (15 months). first question: the suction cath was inserted...

6. Putting clinical experience on a resume?

   SNtil11 replied to AmyJean's topic in General Students

   i'm a second year student and what I do is, on the top of my resume I put "Second year (6th quarter) nursing student with clinical experience in med-surg (3 quarters), labor and delivery, post partum,...

7. What would you answer for this test question?

   SNtil11 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   WHAT?!?!?! i'm bothered by

8. What would you answer for this test question?

   SNtil11 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   right - babies do lose heat because of heat loss secondary to immature thermoregulation... therefore the thermoregulation is the primary

9. What would you answer for this test question?

   SNtil11 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   I am going to say B. Immature Thermoregulation, although the too answers are so similar. But it seems to me that heat loss wouldnt drop basal temperature so dramatically because the "thermostat" is...

10. Honor Societies for Students

    SNtil11 replied to jbjints's topic in General Students

    yes, ranking will help you figure it out... but you also can't join, you have to be invited by your school's chapter. but as far as other HONORS SOCIETIES, your school may have a non-specific one...

11. Items You Carry Daily in the Hospital

    SNtil11 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a student nurse and this is what I take: ALWAYS - my stethoscope... and i hate having it around my neck, but it fits in the leg pocket of my scrubs.... in case you're looking for another place to...

12. subarachnoid hemorrhage questions

    SNtil11 replied to SNtil11's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks for your help! I will check out the link right now. and yes, his GCS was 15 when coming in... so no probs there. :) Thanks for the explanation, it's making a lot more sense now

13. subarachnoid hemorrhage questions

    SNtil11 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hey there - i have a question about my pt from last week, and thought you would be able to help. Pt. is 7 years old and was hit in an auto vs. pedestrian accident. let me start off by saying is is in...

14. subarachnoid hemorrhage questions

    SNtil11 posted a topic in General Students

    hey there - i have a question about my pt from last week, and thought you would be able to help. Pt. is 7 years old and was hit in an auto vs. pedestrian accident. let me start off by saying is is in...

15. You know you're in nursing school when....

    SNtil11 replied to Valasca's topic in General Students

    when your room looks like a war zone because you can only clean when you're on break, and once you're on break, cleaning is the last think you want to do. and you wait to do laundry until you run out...