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  1. What is your "NS new year's resolution"?

    metricalpound replied to Certifiable's topic in General Students

    My resolution is to stop saying, "crazy" for things that I find "out there" or out of the ordinary. I'm in psych. this semester and I don't want a patient to be explaining to me something and I...

  2. Can someone explaine dimensional analysis to me?

    metricalpound replied to Pia Mater's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It'll be easier if I give you an example that I made up and we can work it from there. A MD orders 250 mg of blahblahblah. The bottle of blahblahblah states that 1 tablet is 1000mg. How many tablets...

  3. Kant and his Theory

    metricalpound replied to NURSEBROWNEYES's topic in General Nursing

    Just post in in this thread then and we could all look at it - for those that are already philosophy lovers and for those that are just wondering more about Kant.

  4. Kant and his Theory

    metricalpound replied to NURSEBROWNEYES's topic in General Nursing

    I'll read it just send it to me in a personal message - I practically have a BA in Philosophy (just a class shy actually), I used to be a Kantian (not any longer really - more of an existentialist...

  5. Studying for Fluid & Electrolytes Test... HELP!!!

    metricalpound replied to lelafin's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If the patient was hypokalemic, he would be constipated and not have diarrhea. Yes - hypokalmia is caused by diarrhea but if the patient is currently having diarrhea then it's not hypokalemia because...

  6. Studying for Fluid & Electrolytes Test... HELP!!!

    metricalpound replied to lelafin's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First thing - breath and relax. =D Certain things go together so a person with hypernatremia will almost certainly have hypovolemia and a lot of signs and symptoms will be the same. Also there are...

  7. VENT: Clinical Instructor for last clinical rotation

    metricalpound replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    I was being nice but I can see that you are having issues with perception of reality so let me be super clear now about what I think about your situation and how you react towards things. 1. If you...

  8. VENT: Clinical Instructor for last clinical rotation

    metricalpound replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    I get that you are frustrated - I'd be too. But try to understand from the CI's perspective. She doesn't know what you know - she has to find out. And I don't know about you but I've seen some...

  9. nursing diagnosis

    metricalpound replied to lexingtonmom's topic in General Nursing

    If she has not problems with urination nor does she show edema, why would she have excess fluid volume? Remember that each DX is related to a process and manifested by symptoms - if there are no...

  10. Nursing or Medicine???

    metricalpound replied to PallaviMuraleedharan's topic in General Students

    Why I didn't and why I wouldn't choose nursing - 1. The time I would need to put in school didn't seem worth it. I would have to go to school how many more years after my BS? And then if I survived...

  11. Nursing Diagnosis- NO MORE??

    metricalpound replied to Rachey467's topic in General Students

    I know that many people here would like to just be pill pushers that are the hands and eyes of the MD's but I kind of like NDX's. Let me explain. 1. Hospitals still use Nursing DXs. I've done my...

  12. CSI Spring 2011 Hopefuls?

    metricalpound replied to studyingmommy's topic in New York Nursing

    Wow - I'm so glad I found this thread. I was wondering where the students at CSI were congregating. =D I just finished 120 last semester and I am currently taking psych. If you thought 110 was...

  13. Clinicals and breastfeeding.

    metricalpound replied to minkajane's topic in General Students

    Here's the thing - you're in a nursing program and most people in the medical profession know it common knowledge that breastfeeding is better for infants. Plus you're in a female dominated field....

  14. How was your Psych rotation?

    metricalpound replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    Why are you trying to scare people? My mom has been working psych. for over 15 years - she's never been punched, slapped or physically threatened in any way. I'm starting my psych. clinical in a...

  15. 6 weeks into school we start clinicals! How on earth

    metricalpound replied to MammaNurse2Be's topic in General Students

    My first clinical was on the second day of classes. Granted this was after a year of taking prereqs. The first day we had a lab on therapeutic communication; and the next day at the hospital, we got...

  16. Pysch Nursing clinical

    metricalpound posted a topic in General Students

    So this semester coming up, I'm taking psych. nursing and I was wondering what is the clinical like? How does it differ from a med/surg? Has anyone has good or bad experiences from

  17. 40yr old overweight nursing starting school, looking for some workout adivce

    metricalpound replied to icarr757's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There's only one way to lose weight - you need to burn more calories than you intake. Now everyone's different and each person is going to tell you a million and one ways in which they lost weight...

  18. Associates degree in Nursing vs. a Bachelor's

    metricalpound replied to caittxo21's topic in General Students

    It's time - the BSN will take longer but will make your more hirable. The ASN is faster to complete but you will be competing with those that have a

  19. first year student...what is clinical like...?

    metricalpound replied to asiankid520's topic in General Students

    I'm starting my second year of clinicals this month. First and foremost, it all depends on your clinical instructor and what unit your on. So for example, during my first semester, in which I was...

  20. Anyone worried b/c you did RN and not BSN?

    metricalpound replied to Chris99mu's topic in General Students

    I chose RN instead of accelerated BSN. One reason because it was much cheaper for me. The accelerated BSN program I would have went to would have cost me almost 45k+, while the Associates at another...

  21. New Nursing Student- Anxiety?

    metricalpound replied to lindsmichelle's topic in General Students

    Congratulations on getting into a Nursing program! I was in your position a year ago and, man, within that year, I learned a lot. It's normal to feel anxious - you probably worked really hard to get...

  22. Answer this question please...

    metricalpound replied to forgop's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's not the nurses role in this question to make a moral judgement about the sexual behavior of the adolescent daughter. It is recommended that adolescent girls get the HPV vaccine because it is...

  23. completely freaked out by nursing students

    metricalpound replied to OBplease's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ROFL In my first nursing class, I had a couple of retakes in my class that failed the course by only a point or two; and in the beginning of the semester, they were speaking just like that. I could...

  24. Commenting on other students work

    metricalpound replied to heavenbound's topic in General Students

    I've never had to comment on other student's work in Nursing. But I have an English degree and critiqued quite a few papers that my peers have wrote. You want to start out my listing everything that...

  25. If you FAIL a semester, how many chances do you get to finish?

    metricalpound replied to fleurafor's topic in General Students

    If you fail a nursing class, they may let you back in. And if they do accept you back in, you need a B to pass the class. This can only happen with one class in the whole program. We're also...