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  1. PalmHarborMom

    Help! Updated Verison of Nursing Books!

    PalmHarborMom replied to Ms_barnesRN's topic in General Students

    I am currently in nursing school and DO see a difference in the Med Surg books. We have the latest edition and the professor still had to make corrections because there have either new advances or...
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    Crazy for wounds...

    PalmHarborMom replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Many hospitals have wound care clinics either in the hospital or in an adjacent building. My husband went to one after a MRSA infection. They see the wounds that other doctors can't seem to get under...
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    All in my head?

    PalmHarborMom replied to JVoEDrn's topic in General Nursing

    I am just a student but if he needs IV's that often for a long period of time. Is there a reason that he does not have a PICC line or a port? That has to be torture on his veins. It seems to reason...
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    Have I RUINED my chances at Nursing? :(

    PalmHarborMom replied to dpm0x's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would check with your schools policies regarding illnesses. Most have policies in place for these types of situations. Many professors may not have had to deal with this situation so may not be...
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    Nursing diagnosis for myself

    PalmHarborMom replied to dewdrop17's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How about "Stress r/t impaired sleep cycles and imbalanced nutrition as evidenced by impaired memory & agitated mood."? Last semester we all made ones up for nursing students, not as an assignment...
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    New hospital gown design

    PalmHarborMom replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do see the gown posted being an issue for incontinent/ bed bound patients. It is much easier to clean up a soiled patient if their gown is not underneath them. But then again, those are not the...
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    New hospital gown design

    PalmHarborMom replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    The best gown that I have had to wear had 3 arm holes. Put your arms through 2 of them, then bring the other one around the backside. It provided full coverage with no ties and had snaps at the...
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    Home med lists make me crazy.

    PalmHarborMom replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I am just a nursing student but have a husband with multiple medical issues & on many meds. On more than a few occasions when he has been in the hospital... someone puts his meds in the computer...
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    Conditional acceptance?

    PalmHarborMom replied to chwcbesteph's topic in General Students

    We did not get "conditional" acceptance; however, prior to classes beginning there was a treasure trove of stuff to buy. We needed to do background check/drug screen through a specific company ($180),...
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    Help--need teaching suggestion endocrine

    PalmHarborMom replied to goingback's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am a current nursing student and LOVED endocrine. By the time students are in Med Surg, they should already know functions. So pass on that (and verbalize that you know they have already learned...
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    Muscles?

    PalmHarborMom replied to Apples9847's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you are talking about learning the Sliding Filament Theory.... You Tube is a great resource for finding new and different ways to learn concepts that are hard to visualize in a lecture. But if you...
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    Left handed nurses, med personnel

    PalmHarborMom replied to Vanfnp's topic in Emergency

    I guess being both right handed and left handed is on the weird side. I do write with my left hand but most other things are done left handed. Blood draws seem to be much easier for me left handed....
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    Best stethescope to hear better

    PalmHarborMom replied to shannonyocum's topic in General Students

    As a fellow over 40 student, I have 3 different Littmann stethoscopes. The first one I bought well before nursing school to check the hubby's BP, the Littmann Select which is great for BP but not too...
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    Kinder pooping pants

    PalmHarborMom replied to Gampopa's topic in School

    Here is a suggestion.... My son was 4 1/2 before he started using the toilet AT ALL. His biggest issue with accidents after that was that he seemed to sense that he was going to miss something.......
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    USF applicants 2013

    PalmHarborMom replied to Ms Petite 93's topic in Florida Nursing

    CookieCruz- There are instructions for the essay with 3 questions that you have to answer in the essay. Here were the instructions for the essay for my semester. Keep in mind that they may change the...
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    USF applicants 2013

    PalmHarborMom replied to Ms Petite 93's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes, you will be there all day. On that day, you find get matched up with your clinical group AND learn all about the program... its expectations, requirements and everything that you need to do...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PalmHarborMom replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Maybe where you live a BSN doesn't get you much but in the area that I live there are lots of magnet hospitals which pay great. They do not hire ADN's. And have given their ADN nurses a timeline to...
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    Any other nurses have a baby voice?

    PalmHarborMom replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Here's what I would say.... "Do you always sound like this?".......... Reply... "Only when I'm mad" said with a smile "How do you sound when you get angry?"......... Reply........."Like a grizzly...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PalmHarborMom replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It could be worse.... I am in a traditional BSN program right now. During this summer we take Community Health and we have a paper that will be due that will be about 20-30 pages. Many of the classes...
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    USF applicants 2013

    PalmHarborMom replied to Ms Petite 93's topic in Florida Nursing

    **** is great! She will be honest with you if there is anything else you need to do. She can also tell you about getting a permit to take Pathophysiology before you are in the program. Patho is the...
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    USF applicants 2013

    PalmHarborMom replied to Ms Petite 93's topic in Florida Nursing

    I LOVE USF!!!! The College of Nursing has outstanding professors! We have access to all the major hospitals in the Tampa area for clinicals. The program is intense and be prepared to be exhausted by...
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    Could someone of average IQ become an ADN nurse?

    PalmHarborMom replied to Weber's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    IQ tests measure whatever a certain culture deems valuable. The exams have nothing to do with knowledge or the ability to use the knowledge that one has in a meaningful way. The reason that I say it...
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    Could someone of average IQ become an ADN nurse?

    PalmHarborMom replied to Weber's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    One does have to remember that intelligence is relative. I was tested a few times in school and the tests are soooooo boring. They measure whatever the test-maker deems valuable traits. That's why...
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    USF applicants 2013

    PalmHarborMom replied to Ms Petite 93's topic in Florida Nursing

    Here's a timeline for when I found out that I was in for Fall 2012. The deadline was June 15th and I received my acceptance email on July 9th. There were people that received emails early the week...
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    Need to vent...

    PalmHarborMom replied to strings85's topic in Men in Nursing

    Being a student, we have quite a few really young students. I seen some patients refuse to have a 19yr old help clean them up or assist with their ADL's. But the same patient has no problem with me...