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  1. This may be a silly question..

    KatePasa replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    We learned to use them and how to idenifty what was normal/abnormal. Nurses around here use them too. Any diagnostic activity would be handed off to the doc, but assessing the inner ear is...

  2. I'm going to NS, why has your attitude changed toward me???

    KatePasa replied to niqua8604's topic in General Students

    it won't end in nursing school either. you'll regularly encounter the same behavior. from here on out, it is your responsibility to dedicate yourself to your education. dedicate yourself to...

  3. Drawing up meds in syringe.....How to?

    KatePasa replied to Dratz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the INSIDE of the

  4. Field Day Activity Suggestions?

    KatePasa posted a topic in General Students

    I'm trying to organize a field day where families of our class and the class of new students can get together. We are an ADN program and, as the rising second year students, we want to welcome the...

  5. Where Do You Study??

    KatePasa replied to RocketMama2011's topic in General Students

    The kitchen table. I enjoy room to spread out. We have an open lay-out at my house. I can be around my family, but study at the same time. It helps decrease the guilt that comes with having to...

  6. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    KatePasa replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    I wear mine in my scrub pocket, lest it fall in poop or emesis or smack a patient in the face. I prefer a shorter tube stethoscope, so mine look a little bizarre around the neck

  7. silly question about IV administration. Help!

    KatePasa replied to apples101's topic in General Students

    Do you have an IV med book? That will tell you the rate, route, dilution, compatibility, etc of the drug you are using. If you don't have one, the floor that you are working on should have one at...

  8. Care Plan Hell

    KatePasa replied to Nolli's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you Esme. Those are

  9. Care Plan Hell

    KatePasa replied to Nolli's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If there is no antidote, just put no antidote listed. All nursing drug guides should have the information you're looking for. Don't write everything down. Just try to ferret out what the main...

  10. Potter and Perry 7th and 8th Editions

    KatePasa replied to BrittRN2B14's topic in General Students

    Look at the publishing date. In nursing, anything over 5 years old is no longer suitable. I think the 7th ed is 2008 or 2009 and will get you to the end of the year or next year,

  11. Doubt about a question

    KatePasa replied to thaysberger's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "Requests to get out of bed" is your clue in the stem. It indicates that while his order is up ad lib, he may need assistance. In the real world, you'll find that many times perfectly able bodied...

  12. Can you take NCLEX in a different state?

    KatePasa replied to Britmum's topic in General Students

    Yes ma'am. Just ask your instructors to explain to you about how to apply with the SC BON and for the NCLEX in whatever state you like. But go to school where you live to save

  13. Hanging Fluids

    KatePasa replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    Ergonomically, it'll be easier to spike a bag in the hand than one on the pole. Just imagine stabing a pencil in a balloon you are holding versus one that is

  14. Can you take NCLEX in a different state?

    KatePasa replied to Britmum's topic in General Students

    Look into applying for license and taking NCLEX in a compact state, like your neighbors NC and SC. That means that your license travels and is recognized by other state BON. GA is not part of the...

  15. Nursing Care Plan, Please help me!!

    KatePasa replied to chocoberry's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It looks like your instructor incorporated loss of appetite and sleep problems in the description...which tend to be more aligned with pp depression not baby blues. A major nursing intervention would...

  16. Nursing Care Plan, Please help me!!

    KatePasa replied to chocoberry's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Postpartum blues and postpartum depression are different. Postpartum blues is classified as the irritability, tearfulness, difficulty concentrating and withdrawal that most women feel after giving...

  17. Help with OB!!!

    KatePasa replied to sky_blue's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Use Naegele's rule to determine due date: add one year to LMP, subtract three months, and add seven days due date = September 17 (40 weeks) Now add the days left in June (24), July (31) August (31)...

  18. NG tube help

    KatePasa replied to tsm007's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The air vent is called the blue pigtail. Think of it that way and you'll never get them mixed up! The blue end of the cap goes in the pigtail. The white end can go in the NG tube if you need to...

  19. drugs or Pharmacology Mnemonics?

    KatePasa replied to Assess&Safety1st's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you like mnemonics and the like try... Amazon.com: Pharmacology Made Insanely Easy (9780976102960): Loretta Manning, Sylvia Rayfield, Nicole Blackwelder: Books Here is a sample powerpoint of that...

  20. Having Trouble Earning Passing Scores on Nursing Exams

    KatePasa replied to LOLA184's topic in General Students

    Give me an example of a question that stood out to you that had two good

  21. General question about nursing diagnosis

    KatePasa replied to tinyRN72's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If there is tunneling, it is tissue, not skin. Only stage 1 or 2 pressure ulcer is only epidermis and dermis. If there is any involvement of the subcutaneous layers, it is Impaired Tissue Integrity,...

  22. Help! Ethical Dilemma

    KatePasa replied to paulianne's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look into reproductive rights and teens, as taught by your text or

  23. Having Trouble Earning Passing Scores on Nursing Exams

    KatePasa replied to LOLA184's topic in General Students

    Reviews and Rationales by Mary Anne Hogan are dedicated books by topics, Pharm, Physio, Med Surg, Maternal, Child, etc. They come with 30 ?'s per chapter. The Saunders Comprehensive NCLEX is broken...

  24. Having Trouble Earning Passing Scores on Nursing Exams

    KatePasa replied to LOLA184's topic in General Students

    What worked before is bound not to in the future. The key to life, nursing, school, etc. is adapting to the present and learning to manipulate new tools, in my opinion. Fundamentals, Peds,...

  25. Carpenito: Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice

    KatePasa posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One of my instructors says this author is the guru, as far as nursing care plan books are concerned. I'd like to hear from any of you before I make this purchase. Is it worth waiting until July when...