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  1. Doing my exam in Jan 2012

    spn.charlotte posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Does anyone know the best books to study from?

  2. Doing my exam in Jan 2012

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't have that one.. Maybe I should buy it. Is that close to Timby and Smith Med surg

  3. Did anyone else have a bad 1st day of clinicals??

    spn.charlotte replied to allsmilez's topic in General Students

    Don't feel bad or embarrassed. I'm in my preceptorship and I actually cried on the unit. My preceptor was telling me I need to be more organized, I should review my skills and questioned me what we...

  4. Care Plan Help Please :)

    spn.charlotte posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm making a care plan on a pt who just had a radical mastectomy, I'm going to do do risk for infection... I've been looking in my Med Surg book and I can't find what a pt WBC would be after a radical...

  5. Care Plan Help Please :)

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah I'm looking for indicators for my assessment. Other treatments, in the past shes had chemo, leep for her cervical deplasia. she has asthma and allegies and she still smokes 1/2 pack a day. This...

  6. Med Surg Course

    spn.charlotte replied to DPSGraduateNurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Timby and Smith. Introduction into Medical-Surgical Nursing. I love that book

  7. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

    spn.charlotte posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a skills package and I need to make a care plan for a 48 yr old who had stage 3 breast cancer. She just had a radical mastectomy. She has 16 staples with 2 sutures holding the drain in...

  8. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    disturbed body image? would that be a good

  9. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ineffective Peripheral Tissue Perfusion, Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit.. would those be good relating to her

  10. Need help with a Mastectomy case scenario

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The skills package is for skills testing. We get case scenarios and we have to have pathos, care plans and plan of care. I'm stuck on the mastectomy.. I know two diagnosis that will good for her:...

  11. how to take blood pressure on the forearm?

    spn.charlotte replied to srn.kitty's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Try using the diaphragm side not the bell, close the valve. You should hear it. Try it on a friend, I find it hard to read on

  12. I need help with some case scenarios for PLAN OF CARE

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This what I have for C-section (I forgot to mention she is on discharge day) 0700-0900review patients chart, check ID, perform: Neurovitals, Glascow's Coma Scale and Head to Toe Assessment, check V/S...

  13. I need help with some case scenarios for PLAN OF CARE

    spn.charlotte posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have 4 case scenarios and I have to create a plan of care for what I will do on my shift with the time frames. 1.Pt who had TURP 2.R hip replacement 3.chloecystectomy 4.C-section It's so hard to...

  14. I need help with some case scenarios for PLAN OF CARE

    spn.charlotte replied to spn.charlotte's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have this for the R-hip replacement Plan of Care 0700-0900review patients chart, check ID, perform: Neurovitals, Glascow's Coma Scale and Head to Toe Assessment, check V/S and assess the 5 P's,...

  15. Help nursing care plan for risk of bleeding

    spn.charlotte replied to LeeLee4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    assess for infection assess drainage for colour, odour, consistency and amount vitals BP and P especially if a pt is having an excessive amount of bleeding remember hypotesion and tachycardia =...

  16. how to take blood pressure on the forearm?

    spn.charlotte replied to srn.kitty's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    of course find the radial pulse and brachial pulse