Megsd

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  1. How do you learn to give injections?

    Megsd replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

    I had to do one injection in one of those plastic pads, and that was it. I didn't have an opportunity to practice again until this past week where I gave 3 SC's (2 insulin, 1 morphine) and an IM...

  2. Those friends who are now in nursing school

    Megsd replied to MikeyJ's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I tend to be guilty of this but I really don't feel like I'm being arrogant... I'm just being an airhead, more than anything. On Monday I went all the way to school and forgot my entire backpack. On...

  3. MED cheat sheet for clinicals!

    Megsd replied to mcknis's topic in General Students

    My PDA has been a lifesaver this quarter especially for the drug guides. We do prep the night before to look up all meds to give the next day, but sometimes the meds change by the time we get on the...

  4. just some reassurance for nursing school

    Megsd replied to Nursing in 09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I will proudly echo the above. I'm in my 9th week of my first quarter (I have finals in 2 weeks! Yikes!) and am doing very well and, most importantly, I am loving it! We get to learn so much awesome...

  5. ABGs and Heart Failure

    Megsd posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am working on a case study for a pt with CAD and CHF who has just undergone a CABGx3. He has a history of chronic renal insufficiency, anemia, diabetes, smoking, hypertension. After surgery he has a...

  6. Can someone tell me more about being a CNA?

    Megsd replied to slou!'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Another similar thing to look into is Home Health Aide. You do the same activities, for the most part, but you travel to your pt's home to provide the care. I did both and preferred home health...

  7. Wrong reasons

    Megsd replied to oldshoes's topic in General Nursing

    That ad reminds me of when I was in Junior High and the High School cheerleaders came to campus to recruit us to join the squad. What was the biggest perk to being a cheerleader according to them?...

  8. So annoying when students ask your grade

    Megsd replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Students

    Yeah, if I ask about grades I ask generally, like "How'd you do" which gives them the option to say something like "pretty good" or "not as good as I'd hoped." I hate when people ask me point blank...

  9. ABGs and Heart Failure

    Megsd replied to Megsd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks

  10. ? about the "letter"

    Megsd replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Mine was thin, which was devastating. My letter also started with "Thank you for your interest in our program" which was also devastating. Then later in the letter it actually said I got in. I guess...

  11. Quest about pre-reqs?

    Megsd replied to CMSNYC's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yep, as long as your nursing school accepts the transferred credits, it shouldn't matter where you took them. I took several of my prereqs with my BA and finished them at the local CC and am now at a...

  12. Need advice - bail on my accelerated BSN for an ADN?(long)

    Megsd replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you're sticking with it. I'm in an ABSN program too (first quarter) and sometimes I think my head is going to explode from all the knowledge being backed into it. The good news is the other...

  13. RN's and the dreaded clinical experience...

    Megsd replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes this isn't possible. In my rotation this quarter I get assigned a patient on Wednesday, I do prep that night and do care for that patient on Thursday and Friday. I work with whatever nurse...

  14. Have you seen "I am my own Twin"?

    Megsd replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that show was really inspiring, especially when he's planning his funeral and wants the can of beans or whatnot on the casket just so everyone will sit at the funeral and ask each other what's...

  15. Funniest thing a new nurse said/charted/asked...

    Megsd replied to RN12345656's topic in Nursing Humor

    At clinical the other day I had a patient who was a new onset CHF. The CNS in charge of HF education asked if that was my patient and explained she was going to do some teaching and asked if I wanted...

  16. Finish old degree first?

    Megsd replied to Mistysmoke's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At the CC where I live, there is about a 2 year wait (9 quarters) for the nursing program. I believe you can get on the waiting list when you have completed certain prereqs and passed the NET. Then...

  17. How many don't make it out?

    Megsd replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Students

    There are 24 in my class and after 6 weeks we haven't lost anyone yet. We are the third class in this program (accelerated) and we have asked the other programs how many have dropped out. The first...

  18. Funniest thing a new nurse said/charted/asked...

    Megsd replied to RN12345656's topic in Nursing Humor

    A few weeks ago on my clinical unit a group of nurses was discussing a pt's EKG findings and what they meant. Among them was a nursing student doing her preceptorship. One of the nurses wanted to...

  19. Priority Order of nursing Nursing Diagnosis..

    Megsd replied to nervefreak's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In Gordon's 11 paterns, are they really ranked in priority order? I never thought about it. I always have difficulty prioritizing my nursing diagnoses... that would really help to have that to follow...

  20. No IVs in my Nursing School, opinions please?

    Megsd replied to julsywulsy's topic in General Students

    We're allowed to do IVs but are NOT allowed to practice on each other. Though I hear one of the clinical groups in my class got bored last week, went into an empty room and gave each other IVs. The...

  21. Difference between captopril and lisinopril

    Megsd replied to Megsd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks!

  22. Difference between captopril and lisinopril

    Megsd posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For clinical this week I have to present various drugs and how they work, etc. My instructor has emphasized that just because two drugs are in the same class they do not necessarily work the same way....

  23. Prospective CNA

    Megsd replied to ebrown343's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think being a CNA also helps your confidence in nursing clinicals. My program (accelerated) required CNA certification, but some of us worked in the field and some just took the class. I find...

  24. Drug Cards! Help!

    Megsd replied to quick2k2ecotec's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yep, nursing drug guides are good for that. I have the Prentice Hall nurse's drug guide and it will list implications for assessment and testing as well as patient education. I have used it...

  25. Nursing school schools with short waiting lists

    Megsd replied to bj2006's topic in General Students

    From my experience, unless your husband is military, you will need to live in whatever state you choose for a full year before receiving in state tuition. Some states (Ohio is the only one I know)...