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all4ofus ASN, RN

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  1. Anyone at Parkland in Dallas ?

    all4ofus replied to Lin19687's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I am also a second semester student and have been working at Parkland since the end of May. Someone had dropped off a flyer with our lecture instructor, so I copied down the information and emailed...

  2. Age of graduates coming out of Nursing School!?

    all4ofus replied to Blessed S.N.23's topic in General Students

    I am 33 now and will be 34 when I graduate. This is my 2nd degree/2nd career. I think I am right in the middle at my school. Most of us are married with kids and jobs, but we all get along with...

  3. kidney failure nursing diagnoses

    all4ofus posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My patient has a primary diagnosis of acute renal failure (due to kidney stones), with diabetes type II, coronary artery disease, and hypertension, as well as COPD. She has high WBCs, low RBCs,...

  4. How not to get ****** at clinical?

    all4ofus replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    Noyesno, I too have been asked to dig through the trash for medications wrappers during clinical. The hospital was on a e-MAR system, but failed to get us as students set up in time for clinicals....

  5. kidney failure nursing diagnoses

    all4ofus replied to all4ofus's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My clinical instructor has not responded to emails from several of us. I think she is probably just getting unindated with questions right now. The care plan is due today. I ended up using acute...

  6. This is a hard decision ^_^;;

    all4ofus replied to EduardoLugo's topic in General Students

    I quit a fairly successful career to work as a tech at a hospital while I am in nursing school. It has been about four months now. I am definitely over the "hospital anxiety" that I had my first...

  7. How do you recover from a bad first impression with your clinical instructor

    all4ofus replied to Isabellah's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It doesn't sound like there is anything you can necessarily do to change your instructor's mind; she sounds a little nutty and like the type of person to push it to the next level if you get...

  8. "Risk for" nursing dx vs actual

    all4ofus posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Does anyone know why "Risk for Electrolyte Imbalance" is a valid nursing diagnosis, but an actual "Electrolyte Imbalance" is not? The same applies to Risk for Infection vs. an actual Infection, and I...

  9. "Risk for" nursing dx vs actual

    all4ofus replied to all4ofus's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Exactly! It's also my understanding that none of the NANDA nursing diagnoses can even use medical diagnoses in them, which means that electrolyte imbalance or infection can't be true medical...

  10. Help with vitals...tips, tricks, anything???Please

    all4ofus replied to tammy1974's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Respirations are easier to see if you watch the stomach rather than the chest. Watching the area of the collar bones works too, if they are visible. Watch the shoulder if someone is lying on their...

  11. Good-paying job vs. low-paying experience

    all4ofus posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all, I am a working professional and just finished my first semester of nursing school. I don't really feel like the program offers enough clinical time and am concerned that I will not be able to...

  12. How did you maintain school and work?

    all4ofus replied to purple*11's topic in General Nursing

    I am wrapping up my first semester of an RN program now; married with two kids and a job. I resolved myself to the fact that I would have some all-nighters, but vowed not to do it the nights before...

  13. Good-paying job vs. low-paying experience

    all4ofus replied to all4ofus's topic in General Students

    Yes, according the recruiter that I am working with, virtually the only way to get a job at this hospital as a new grad is if you worked for them as a student

  14. feeling discouraged

    all4ofus posted a topic in General Students

    I am just now finishing up my first semester of an RN program, and my bubble has been burst. I felt that we were totally unprepared for the most basic tasks in clinical (changing diapers, for...

  15. feeling discouraged

    all4ofus replied to all4ofus's topic in General Students

    At least I know it is not just my school or my clinical class. I have vowed that once I am a working nurse, I WILL try to help or at least encourage students, no matter how busy I am. Everyone was a...