Mandychelle79 ASN, RN

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    Assist Patient to Dangle

    Mandychelle79 replied to *4!#6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    another thing to remember you can always be more safe ( so if the person is a one person assist, you can use two) but not the other way around (never transfer a two person assist with one
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    what if trying your hardest isin't good enough?

    Mandychelle79 replied to nikisashabell's topic in General Students

    The best way for me to study was to do NCLEX style questions pertaining to the information that would be covered on the test. It helped me learn how to read the instructors
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    For Fun: Nursing School Soundtrack

    Mandychelle79 replied to BellsRNBSN's topic in General Students

    Funny I just posted a question similiar to this on Facebook Id say If your going through hell fits us right
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    Just wondering about you guys....(I have questions)

    Mandychelle79 replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    No real body changes for me, Others in my class have gained weight. Yes cliques happen. No you dont want to go it alone. Most cliques happen within a clinical group. My first clinical group had...
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    Has anyone gotten pregnant and continued w/NS?

    Mandychelle79 replied to kk83's topic in General Students

    One of the girls gave birth shortly after our 2nd semester. Three girls found out they were pregnant during the 2nd semester first had to withdraw because she due in october/november and would miss...
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    What bag do u bring to school?

    Mandychelle79 replied to Newbiestudent's topic in General Students

    I have two bags. One with wheels for when I need to take multiple books, like my peds rotation, where I need my med surg book and my peds book and the peds book is huge. When I have respitatory, I...
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    What is a Psych-Tech?

    Mandychelle79 replied to AllieRat's topic in General Students

    I work in Psych as a PCTA ( aide with paper duties). Other then a yearly Critical Crisis Management program I am required to have I had no other special training. Its different in Psych then in...
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    SO how was your first day of nursing school?

    Mandychelle79 replied to cjungen's topic in General Students

    Well, it went as expected for me. We covered the section on STD's completely in my Peds/OR rotation. We had a take home quiz to do, and a 2 pt quiz in the morning. Clinical orientation with another...
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    Dosage Calculation PLEASE HELP

    Mandychelle79 replied to encodrea8's topic in General Students

    You have it set up the same as me, but I got 128
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    SO how was your first day of nursing school?

    Mandychelle79 replied to cjungen's topic in General Students

    dont feed the
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    The Medical words for BP,temp,BSL????help

    Mandychelle79 replied to cathy6936's topic in General Students

    Vital Signs are within normal limits? Honestly if I was charting I would write it all out, but in report would probably state that they are within normal limits. I have heard it both
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    Rolling bag for laptop and all of those thick heavy books

    Mandychelle79 replied to lmg777's topic in General Students

    May not need them for class, but will need them for study group after
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    Rolling bag for laptop and all of those thick heavy books

    Mandychelle79 replied to lmg777's topic in General Students

    I have one of those bags and I will use it while doing my peds part because we need two books. That bookbag is actually ALOT heavier then my normal one, as you have to carry the weight of the support...
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    What is your school schedule?

    Mandychelle79 replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    Start Classes today tues wed first 4 and 1/2 weeks Peds/OR/ Reproductive issues 10-12 Clinical thursday friday 7-230 for OR Peds varies by location. but typically 8-12 or 8-2 second 4.5 weeks...
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    What does your uniform look like?

    Mandychelle79 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    Do you happen to go to
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    My most important tip for a nursing student is....

    Mandychelle79 replied to 1234student's topic in General Students

    Find out how you best study. I do not do well in study groups as I can convince everyone that I am right ) Find out how much of the test is "from the book" vs "from the lecture, which is from the...
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    What do you bring to class?

    Mandychelle79 replied to mell260's topic in General Students

    I take the books that I need for that class, my 3 ring binder, my laptop and my power cord. I do not use the laptop during class though. I also take a notebook, my drug book and a regular folder....
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    What does your uniform look like?

    Mandychelle79 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    Landau navy blue pants with the front seam and elastic waist. Navy blue top from Landau. White lab coat. Tops have patch with school name on it, and our names and student nurse embroidered on
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    Dementia patients on psych unit?

    Mandychelle79 replied to MSN Student's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in a geri psych unit and most of the patients we get are dementia patients. We can use geri chairs, and all of the fall risk patients get bed and chair alarms... I hear those alarms in my...
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    Assist Patient to Dangle

    Mandychelle79 replied to *4!#6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If unable to do any of the work, I would be doing a
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    Prioritisation of care question

    Mandychelle79 replied to Jinbei's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Patient 1: Medications due... IV Antibiotic- would do this one last because you have a certain amount of time before and after the dosage time that is still ok to give it (30 mins to an hour each way,...
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    Dilaudid

    Mandychelle79 replied to dscott76's topic in General Students

    In PA its because it is supposed to be a timed
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    PT,PTT, INR normal values and medication d/c or increase?

    Mandychelle79 replied to jcutler's topic in General Students

    The easiest way it was explained to me Those who have a risk of clots would clot if there INR was at one. So their INR has to be higher ( blood thinner) so it wont
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    Adjusting to a new schedule

    Mandychelle79 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    Oh I know. Last year before my first ever nursing exam, the Dean came over and basically told me I looked like crap. I had to explain I was on day 7 of an 8 day stretch, had 13 hours of sleep in 3...
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    They bumped up our minimum passing grade point average...

    Mandychelle79 replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    ours is 75 for the semester, but if you get below a 78 on a test you go into