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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...

  16. Too much reading for Peds! Help!

    SNtil11 replied to ashnem's topic in General Students

    Thanks! :) we collect all things pomegranate in my house... so im the baby :) (and i good luck with all the

  17. Which school has intro Chem during summer?

    SNtil11 replied to Dr. Choco's topic in General Students

    I took intro to chem in summer at Pasadena City College - it's a commute, but they've got it! they've also got a good AD nursing

  18. first clinicals this week..HELP

    SNtil11 replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    It's nerve-wracking, we've all been there. Just take a deep breath, bring only what you think you might need (really, probably only your stethoscope and some paper...) you'll be busy with just the one...

  19. Med Clinical... Pt Hygiene

    SNtil11 replied to flyingchange's topic in General Students

    Hey - i had this problem at one of the hospitals i was out, and it turns out they WERE getting their baths... just at 4 in the morning (yes, they were being woken up for that) so... needless to say,...

  20. clinical morning routine and tips

    SNtil11 posted a topic in General Students

    Hey there - I am new here. I'm a 2nd year nursing student in So. California, just getting started in my peds clinical. Despite that I have been in clinicals for over a year now, i still get this...

  21. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    SNtil11 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    oh my god! sooo true! I don't know HOW everyone remembers the question - down to the word! I would tell my classmates: just because YOU got it wrong, doesn't mean you have to fight it. Just admit...

  22. clinical morning routine and tips

    SNtil11 replied to SNtil11's topic in General Students

    OH no! I'm glad to hear you got through it ok! Thanks for the heads up...you said you forgot how to load a syringe pump... i've never even touched a syringe pump.... so you've got the one up on me...

  23. Too much reading for Peds! Help!

    SNtil11 replied to ashnem's topic in General Students

    Hey! YES! our peds clinical is the SAME! Actually, reading your msg makes me think we're in the same class - lol. I swear it's like they gave us a break with Maternity, and now they're putting us on...

  24. clinical morning routine and tips

    SNtil11 replied to SNtil11's topic in General Students

    MappyMouse - thanks, I do eat breakfast! :) Will - i guess I should have been a bit more specific about my clinicals. In med-surg we always went the day before to pick patients, and that was great...

  25. Medical Surgical Rotation

    SNtil11 replied to DMB_Love's topic in General Students

    hey - I feel ya, med-surg is SOOO not my thing! Lecture was difficult, but at least I was used to that...I could read the book and listen in lecture and figure it out, but clinical was a frantic mess...