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I took PSC 101, HIST 101, and Hist 102 at CSN. I did HIST 101 and 102 in the summer with different instructors. They were both easier than PSC 101, but check out the instructors for HIST at CSN because one was almost too easy. I had the course pretty much finished in 2 weeks.

Thanks so much for your response! This was just the the type of guidance I was hoping for. My patient is a bit out of the recommended age for N-PASS, but it is the one I chose to use because of the sedation portion. I have a kazillion nursing books so it seems like I would be able to find more on pain assessment, but I had to turn to trusty old google. My care plan is finished and I do appreciate the help. :)

I didn't take your response as rude. It was very much appreciated. You are absolutely correct in believing that my instructor will be looking for my nursing diagnoses to be prioritized. And in providing care, I recognize that there are higher priorities than pain. The thing is, I'm required to have three nursing diagnoses that aren't "risk for". I know this child has pain, it just seems like I'm missing something in how to assess it. I'm going to try and find a different route. Unfortunately my instructor is out for a week on vacation. Thanks again to you and everyone who gave me a reply. I do value your experience and the time you took to reply :)

I can appreciate your experience, as I obviously have very little. This was the only time I've been to the PICU and the only time I've seen craniosynostis. It was frontal-orbital advancement, but I was under the impression that all craniosynostosis patients went to the PICU. I am aware that there are other higher priority interventions. So you don't asses pain in the sedated patient? Thanks for your input...rude tone and all :) It would be fantastic to work with you someday!

I'm not looking for answers as much as guidance from someone with experience. My care plan is finished except for the acute pain portion, which is what I'm having trouble with. The patient is sedated and on pain meds. Pain is subjective and in an infant I would use the FLACC scale, but how? Is there something else used when the patient is sedated? I've looked and can't find anything. Would it be risk for pain instead?

Hi, I am writing a careplan for a 6-month-old patient who has had cranial reconstruction to correct craniosynostosis. I'm having some trouble with my as evidenced by. I need to list three and my patient is sedated, so I can't really use the FLACC scale. Patient is one day post-op. Any thoughts?

I am in the 4th semester of the extended track and 1st semester courses are the same for everyone. We drew numbers at orientation, but PT got to choose their schedule before FT, so our choices were very good. Beyond first semester, PT courses were posted separately from FT and we only had 2-4 different schedule choices per semster. Most (not all) clinicals are on Saturdays with online lecture and evening or Saturday labs. Hours of clinical are the same as FT, but summer is condensed (10 weeks), so the clinicals are about 12 hours.

Congrats! That's a big move. I've only heard good things about Sunrise, except I think they had a big layoff back in May of around 150 people. I don't know the details, but it was all over the local news.

They are not clogs. And my program doesn't accept clogs either. These shoes definitely have a back.

I ended up getting Timberland Pro in white Amazon.com: Timberland Professional Women's Renova Slip-On: Shoes They are super comfortable but a bit expensive

I have the same exact shoes...my nursing program didn't accept them

It does depend on you and your situation. Online for the first semester is doable (I'm doing it), but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. One of the instructors is exclusively online (also does pharm onine) and I think her recorded lectures are a complete waste of time. I prefer online courses for convenience and have always done well with them, but this semester I wish I had chosen differently. I wouldn't say either one is easier... first semester is tough all the way around.If you happen to be on the part time track, all available lectures appear to be online after the first semester. You wouldn't necessarily lose any social aspect because all of your labs and clinicals are in person and that's where you really interact with other students and patients. Good luck to you! :)

I was lucky enough to get in BIOL189 on the non-payment purge a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if it's possible to even do that anymore since the system has changed. I took all of my sciences at CSN, but from what I hear Nevada State is the way to go. You can take your sciences there and tranfer them to CSN. Some say they are easier, some say they're not...but sciences are available there in the summer semester as well. Good Luck :)

It wasn't bad, but pretty full. They go over everything you need to have done to participate in clinicals and the required uniforms and that type of stuff.

I don't know if there is a rule, but I saw a couple of kids in the back at the orientation I went to.