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  1. What do you do between classes.

    1. Sleep in. 2. Lay supine on couch for a day. 3. Catch up on projects around the house. 4. Complain to the wife on day 2 that I am bored. Yet, I find that I don't really have the attention span to...
  2. What order for priority of nursing dx?

    At my school (my only frame of reference), aside from ABC's, prioritization is normally based off of specifics of the pt. (how off is nutrition ((BMI/albumin?)), how old is pt.?, etc. My instructors...
  3. Prioritazation question. Need help asap

    I have found that the answer depends to a large degree upon my instructor and how they view priorities. Sometimes the answer is more obvious (ABC's, emergent conditions), but sometimes it seems to...
  4. Care Plan Book Recommendation

    My personal favorite is Delmar's med-surge care planning as it has most of the components needed to complete current care plans. It also includes a short description of aspects of each disease around...
  5. What did you struggle with most in nursing school?

    Politics.
  6. Team leader assignment

    The only thing that I do not completely understand is why the student is creating pt. assignments. I don't feel that as a student I would be able to evaluate my fellow students well/fairly enough to...
  7. Hipaa Violation

    I would say that whatever the clinical site/school has as written policy would be expected follow-through. At my school in particular, the hypothetical situation would be grounds for dismissal from...
  8. For those going to 2nd semester--what will u do differently?

    1. Bring a quarter to all exams for the coin flip questions and visibly flip it. 2. On all exams where questions refer to the nurse as "she" or "her", add a "he" or "his." 3. The serious one: attempt...
  9. What was the toughest part of Nursing school for you?

    Like many other repliees, still in school. After one semester, I would have to say the politics of the
  10. Where can I take a Critical Thinking course asap?

    Is this a
  11. How long is clinical prep?

    First year student on medical surgical clinical, about 8-12 hrs. We get our assignments the night before, go to hospital, meet patient, gather information. We then complete a 10 page history,...