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    Do you think nurses are a vulnerable population?

    RNTutor replied to BEBE1004's topic in General Students

    Agreed. To me, though, vulnerable typically means able to be easily taken advantage of because of many reasons, including little power, few resources, lack of knowledge of their rights, etc. Based...
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    Got My First Rejection...

    RNTutor replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Students

    Bummer! Sometimes the rejection has nothing to do with your qualifications at all, either, but just that you weren't quite what they were looking for right now. Be careful with thinking that just...
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    Interesting LPN Program: Thoughts

    RNTutor replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    It may just be the way they set up their classes. Plus, the for-profit schools tend to have accelerated programs. I went to a state school and had 2 semesters of med-surg, but it could be done in...
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    Is anyone else's school increasing tuition?

    RNTutor replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    Wow, that's pretty sneaky...glad I'm out of
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    Any parents in NS without a support system?

    RNTutor replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    I am also a fan of the babysitter/nanny companies. I use sittercity.com (which, btw, lets you have a free account if you are a military family!!). I actually needed a sitter for today, so I posted...
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    Confused with TEAS results...and some questions (newbee here)

    RNTutor replied to finalscore3b1g's topic in General Students

    Hi finalscore3b1g, and welcome to allnurses! I've never taken the TEAS test myself and am not that familiar with it, but am trying to learn because I have a lot of students asking me for help with...
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    Is anyone else's school increasing tuition?

    RNTutor replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    Wow, I didn't even realize that CA schools don't charge tuition? Well, besides the "non-tuition fees" that several of you mentioned. Although it seemed like a good idea in the short-term, maybe...
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    Did you do your research BEFORE you became a nurse?

    RNTutor replied to Tyler77's topic in General Students

    What burns me up is the pre-nursing students who haven't "done their homework" and are crying about how they can't get into nursing school in the first place and can't figure out why...after all, they...
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    Oxygenation vs Ventilation

    RNTutor replied to ARobertson79's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    FlyingScot: Yes, it does make more sense differentiating oxygenation and ventilation when you explain it that way. And thanks for the overview on Nitrogen washes, I wasn't familiar with them before...
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    Oxygenation vs Ventilation

    RNTutor replied to ARobertson79's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, I've never heard of separating disease that way. Now if you wanted to talk about which diseases typically warrant oxygen therapy versus which disease typically require a ventilator...I could...
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    Should I take chemistry?

    RNTutor replied to sk8inghunny's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Congrat cinnybun! And thanks so much for sharing your positive experience. That sounds awesome, and you are exactly right...it's a lot about your attitude, and you can choose to approach a class...
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    How many hours per week do you spend reading your nursing books?

    RNTutor replied to moonredlife's topic in General Students

    So true!! I really struggled with that myself, as I had always been an A student. I had to learn to swallow my pride a little and decide which was more important...spending time with my family (and...
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    HW Qs, NCLEX-style

    RNTutor replied to StrawberryBanana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Lol, it happens to the best of
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    NANDA Nursing Diagnosis...mult. etiologies

    RNTutor replied to cheezwhiz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can definitely use multiple r/t's for something like that, but I would state it a little differently. It's usually a good idea to avoid using the medical diagnosis unless there's just no other...
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    NANDA Nursing Diagnosis...mult. etiologies

    RNTutor replied to cheezwhiz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you mean multiple "r/t" or multiple "aeb"? Yes, I would say it would be okay to use multiples, but sometimes you can summarize in one statement instead of two to simplify. If you post your...
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    NLN A&P exam

    RNTutor replied to chimmyann's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not sure about specifically for NLN A&P, but I think just about any good A&P text or even a nursing text that reviews A&P for each system should
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    HW Qs, NCLEX-style

    RNTutor replied to StrawberryBanana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A) 1,4,6. These do not require the nursing process, so are appropriate for CNA (CNA's can take the temperature, but it is still the RNs job to interpret the temp, and the interpretation is the actual...
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    Neonatal care plan help!!!

    RNTutor replied to loobyloo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I always start with some nursing dx. That scenario doesn't give you much information on what's going on with the patient, so you'll need to make some educated guesses. What sorts of problems does a...
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    Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome Concept map help

    RNTutor replied to trinellipe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I really don't know anything about TTTS and don't have time to look it up right now. But a quick google search tells me it has something to do with a dispproportionate blood supply? So maybe some...
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    what should a nurse teach a patient with pancreas cancer?

    RNTutor replied to peachmouse's topic in General Students

    Yeah, pancreatic cancer does not have a great prognosis. Depending on the pt's prognosis, you might want to educate about hospice. And definitely pain control, as the cancer can be extremely painful...
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    How many hours per week do you spend reading your nursing books?

    RNTutor replied to moonredlife's topic in General Students

    Many more hours than is healthy :) When I was in school, I typically studied at least 2 hours/day on weekdays (not much time for more if I wanted to sleep), and probably closer to 8/hours per day on...
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    Feel like such a failure..

    RNTutor replied to BanoraWhite's topic in General Students

    I agree with JBudd...those other students are not representing themselves or the nursing profession well. And as for the math...practice, practice, practice! Fill up a whole notebook with practice...
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    NCLEX priotity questions - how do you know?

    RNTutor replied to calljs15's topic in General Students

    It sounds like you might be focusing a lot of your study time on memorizing, but not on understanding how all the pieces fit together. It is necessary to know definitions and read the chapters, but...
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    community class

    RNTutor replied to Bornleader-NP-C's topic in General Students

    It will probably be questions like "You are a nurse at the dept of health clinic. A child is brought in and diagnosed with pertussis. Which of the following is most important to do?" Then, one of...
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    gpa calculation for graduation at ut houston

    RNTutor replied to trishajlee's topic in Texas Nursing

    I don't know about UT specifically, but in general any class you take at a college will count toward your GPA if you end up getting a degree there. If you took the pre-reqs somewhere else and are...