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  1. Does fasting indicate NPO?

    jnick31 replied to neil890123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry, I didn't explain very well. I agree with the others, check with the P&P in your facility. But no, I don't believe you are NPO if you are fasting. example: when they to a GTT you are fasting...

  2. Does fasting indicate NPO?

    jnick31 replied to neil890123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    NPO is an abbreviation for "Non Per Os" it is latin for "nothing by

  3. NOT going to the pinning ceremony

    jnick31 replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Students

    I don't want to go to mine, but I'm going so my wife/family can have an "I remember when" moment for all the time I've spent away from them studying, in class, at clinicals, working,

  4. Questions about g tube

    jnick31 replied to nursegreenbean's topic in General Nursing

    In response to your question, the characteristics of the residual would depend on which way it migrated. if in the esophagus or lungs probably nothing unless they had GERD or fluid in the lungs. If...

  5. Questions about g tube

    jnick31 replied to nursegreenbean's topic in General Nursing

    I'll have to go back and look this up again because I haven't given anything in a feeding tube in a while. I know the only true way to check placement is by pH. But I thought green indicated you were...

  6. Clinicals

    jnick31 replied to danger turtle's topic in General Students

    For the first couple semesters we would go to our assigned floor the day before after 1300 and pick a patient and have to have the care plan completed to turn in the next morning before we went back...

  7. The sterile glove roll... need tips!

    jnick31 replied to ky_grl82's topic in General Students

    I had that problem for a while too. A couple of things that helped me was to make EXTRA sure that the backs of your hands are dry because any moisture will grab the glove. another thing was the type...

  8. Fundamentals of Nursing

    jnick31 replied to EVLGNUS's topic in General Students

    "Common sense isn't the same as nursing sense" was what my fundies teacher would drill into us. There are usually 4 correct answers on our quizzes and tests and we are to pick the best of the four....

  9. Going into Home Health-Palm Pilot or what?

    jnick31 replied to tulsanurse1's topic in General Nursing

    iPhone Droid or blackberry is the way to go. I would spend $600 on one of those x10 before a palm

  10. Which nursing diagnosis is most important?

    jnick31 replied to RN_Pink's topic in General Students

    I would start with the ABC's then go to Maslow. :) good

  11. Sterile Glove Size Advice

    jnick31 replied to NewBeginning's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Keep in mind that you just started last week as well, putting gloves on with sterile technique isn't rocked science but everyone has their own ways of doing it. One person in my class took about 2-3...

  12. Why am I doing this...

    jnick31 replied to utadahikaru's topic in Male Nursing Students

  13. Lunch?

    jnick31 replied to Mom/Nurse2b's topic in General Students

    yes, yes, and yes. You pretty much eat lunch wherever you happen to be around lunch time. As far as what to bring? Anything you can shove in your pack and doesn't need to be refrigerated or heated...

  14. Air Transport

    jnick31 replied to jnick31's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your thoughts.

  15. Air Transport

    jnick31 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am currently a student about to graduate and would like some advice from some high accuity nurses. My end goal right now is to become a flight nurse. To do this (as you all well know) I need quite...

  16. Air Transport

    jnick31 replied to jnick31's topic in General Nursing

    EmergencyNrse -- I would prefer to end on rotary wing, but I would be just dandy on fixed wing. The agencies around here start you out on fixed wing and you have to earn your way up to rotary. We...

  17. opinions on Magnet hospitals?

    jnick31 replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure exactly who came up with the idea... I think it may have just been managements way of getting the staff on board with the idea, for some type of

  18. I need help getting organized.

    jnick31 replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just to put a little perspective on it. If you take 5 hours to pass meds that's one patient about every 10 min. If you have to track down blood pressures, sugars, your 3 med checks, any quick morning...

  19. Turning down a position - ok to email?

    jnick31 replied to sweetER's topic in General Nursing

    I graduat in Aug. 2011 so my oppinion may not count as much as others, but around here they are requiring 1-2 yrs experience before being elig. for L&D, similar to ICU and ED. The only reason for...

  20. opinions on Magnet hospitals?

    jnick31 replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    The biggest perk we got when we got Magnet status was that if we were canceled off of our shift we weren't required to float to another floor. When they called to tell us that we were being cancelled...

  21. Why am I a B student?

    jnick31 replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    to OP: If your school doesn't already have one for you, here is a link to something along those lines.

  22. What would you do?

    jnick31 replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    If you haven't left yet just state that you haven't left yet, then come up with another reason that you have for leaving for when you're asked in the interview. (usually there's more than one reason...

  23. How Do Nurses Do It?

    jnick31 replied to KnitWitch's topic in General Students

    Practice, practice... and more practice. Some days are a sprint, some days are a jog, but one day we will be the ones student nurses are posting things like this

  24. Communication/Delegation Issues with CNA/Aides on PMs

    jnick31 replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can give you a CNA who is half way through nursing school's point of view. Not sure if it will help much. The comments are all directed at the RN becuase our facility does not use LPNs. 1)RN's and...

  25. Physical Assessment and Care plans

    jnick31 replied to blessed2bfree's topic in General Students

    I am in an ADN program and our physical assessments build upon itself each semester. Sem. 1 is alert or not/PERRL/ect. Sem. 2 is LOC/PERRLA/ect. Sem. 3 is GCS/PERRLA (including pupil dilation in...