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    Deep partial thickness burn--dressing ?

    anon456 replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to chime in from personal experience with a recent scalding burn on a family member. The burn was dressed with petroleum soaked dressing and the person was instructed to change that...
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    when to give and hold PRN morphine

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much!! I have been bothered by this patient's experience for a couple of weeks now. I am still not very confident in my judgment calls yet and I appreciate the feedback. :-) My...
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    Frustrated about clinicals-- how to make more of my time

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks- I think I just need to be more vocal and then if the nurse still doesn't give me good vibes I'll just try to do my own thing within the activities I'm allowed to do. I am not permitted to...
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    Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    anon456 replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Don't be shy to brag about yourself. :) When they ask a question, try to give examples of how you demonstrated that skill/value from different areas of your life, not just from one area. For example...
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    Rio or Phoenix College Bio201 - ONLINE

    anon456 replied to MacMaster's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I really feel that in person classes are so much easier-- plus you get hands-on instruction, interaction with classmates, study groups, etc. Is there a way you can take an in person class at a...
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    Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    anon456 replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    just got this email-- i am a current banner fellows student. despite an ongoing national nursing shortage, the phoenix area is currently experiencing a greater supply of new graduate nurses than...
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    Contact precaution, their visitors, and HIPPA

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a student nurse . . . today I had a patient on contact precautions for suspected c.diff. They had a sign on the door and a cart with the PPE outside the door. I can see how it would not be that...
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    body image, not helping in care

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient last week who was not old, and had a life-altering surgery that would impact them socially and physically. Although the pt was prepped ahead of the surgery on what to expect, they were...
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    really high dose of meds . .

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is my third post today-- I'm full of questions! I'm a student. . . I look up meds to see what are normal doses. I had a pt who was on 2x the maximum dose of omeprazole. I asked the nurse and she...
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    smokers

    anon456 replied to getoverit's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in an office (before I was a student nurse) several co-workers used to take "non-smoking breaks" at the same time as the smokers took their breaks. We would just walk around outside. It...
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    Contact precaution, their visitors, and HIPPA

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Whew! Thanks! :) Yes the pt was alert and oriented. I will explain to them tomorrow that it's important to alert visitors to the precautions and
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    really high dose of meds . .

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Ah! I never thought of calling the pharmacy!
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    How much Time is Left

    anon456 replied to Looking for Facts's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry for what your family is going
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    body image, not helping in care

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I was not able to follow the pt after I left, so I'm not sure what happened. Hopefully they did have follow up
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    Asthma attack and blood sugars, and asthma vs KA

    anon456 posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm a student nurse and we are studying insulin/glucose and all that right now. I was just curious-- if a person came in with an asthma attack (stress would release glucose right?) and they were...
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    Turning a pt with an unstable femoral fracture

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This was not a real patient-- I had her in sim lab (I'm a student obviously). The lab focus was more on communication between the nurses than on the care of the fracture. It was discovered that the...
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    Turning a pt with an unstable femoral fracture

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing! It's great to hear from those who have experience with this! I will have to seek out a patient similar to this next time I'm in clinicals and help with the
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    Tube delivered meds

    anon456 replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school right now we are being taught to give them one at a time and flush in between. The rationale is if they vomit, you know which meds they got and which ones they didn't get yet. In...
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    Turning a pt with an unstable femoral fracture

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! That makes more sense! :) I was thinking they should be in a traction but my classmate said not until after the surgery. So my instincts were correct on a lot of things, I just didn't have...
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    Asthma attack and blood sugars, and asthma vs KA

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for your detailed replies! Lots to think about. Today in sim lab it was a real eye opening experience. We were practicing ER work. I have a real respect for you ER workers, seriously! You never...
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    MCCCD programs and PDA/Ipod touch

    anon456 replied to AlishiaRN77's topic in Arizona Nursing

    In addition to epocrates, I downloaded a medical spanish app that has come in handy. I know no spanish and the app is great for basic communication. It will even say the message for you if your...
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    What to study for Hesi? just math and reading?

    anon456 replied to Lmarko's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Our HESI was basically like a mini-NCLEX test but they did not expect us to know Block 4 stuff. Just the stuff we had learned that semester. However there were some questions that were beyond our...
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    Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    anon456 replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I am currently in the program. I have not followed this thread for awhile, but I wanted to let you know what the rumor mill is saying in our class. The last group they are passing through is Banner...