Student2001

I`m devastated.. This was my last semester.. 3 weeks away from graduation. What happened is I didn`t have my watch for clinical and that was a break in dress code.. and when I went to take a vital sign i was confronted with the problem that there was...

i didn`t make it back in.. my re-admission was denied because 1- didn`t handle the situation properly, and 2- tried to hide my use of cell phone .. and because i hid the phone which would have been OK to have in our clinical the teacher was able to e...

That is an awesome idea.. I sent an email to the admin that I would be willing to do that .. anyone know any other ideas? I`m really nervous because that decision is coming soon.. can`t believe 3 years of my life could potentially have been a waste.....

[quote You can try contacting other schools in the area to see if there is the option to repeat your final semester. See if your present school will permit you to re-enroll the next semester to finish up one semester late. yeah that`s what i`m waiti...

I thoroughly expect to repeat a semester, not a month.. thats not a problem for me. What i am not comfortable with is repeating a year.. or more.. that would be awful. The school gave up our paperwork to apply for NCLEX at the beginning of the semest...

Oh what a shame.. I was actually thinking that Excelsior sounds like a nice option until I saw that. I was passing pretty well with a B average if it hadn`t have been for this incident with clinical. So they won`t except someone who failed clinical...

sorry guys... just read all of the posts that i havent had a chance to read in the last few days. Happy Turkey and Black-friday day! I have since sent out my plea letter, with several friends/coworkers/neighbors/RN`s vouching for me with their letter...

Yea.. I was thinking about making this into a legal issue HOWEVER .. I don`t remember how this came up but the instructor was talking about how she never backs down when being confronted by court and how she always wins.. lol.. now.. she may be very ...

I get everyone`s point- I was wrong in more ways then I know. Made mistakes.. but this is one isolated incidence in 3 years. I understand the point that the instructor had .. but im not the best at communicating when i`m unprepared to be chewed out f...

3rd year

Well.. first off this was my ED rotation. I have only had this instructor 2 times. we don`t just have one instructor for the entire semester.. there is ED, Peds, Med-surg, etc. She doesn`t know me at all and is very sure of herself that I just made u...

What are some common patient advocacy examples.. not something like, "I saved patient by writing to my congressman to change the law and now patient has low-cost cancer treatment." I would like an example of something simple that is done everyd...

Thank you!!!

I can`t meet with anyone anymore. The nursing administrator said she got my point of view.. but I still got a very strong impression that I wasn`t the one who she believed.. it`s up to the review board and when they meet. I`m not sure what I can do o...

I have not had any strikes this semester.. I had a few "not mets" for writing my anecdote improperly and needing to re-do it but no serious write-ups. No warning.. just got call from administrator.. called into office to talk about "grave concerns ab...

I`m completely new to ED in this rotation and i`m very nervous.. now I have a bunch of paperwork too and I`m stuck on this: I had a patient who was pregnant, 15 wks, and fell down the stairs. she was feeling "cramps", with 2-5/10 pain, normal vitals...

good call. i definitely need to work on getting a more thorough assessment... today was just a big blurr so i`m glad i`m able to sit down and figure out things that I "should have done".. haha.

Also, if she has a history of miscarriage, high blood pressure (may or may not be an isolated incident) and complaints of dizziness (the reason for her fall) did you ask about vision disturbances? Did she have any prenatal records in her chart where ...

wow lots of great things there!! great thinking

She did not hit her head. she said that she became dizzy- and tripped on the carpet. she said shes become ridiculously clumsy since becoming pregnant. I already know what nursing diagnosis i would put for this, but does anyone have any ideas about ME...

what do you say to this.. i had this in clinical today with a man that is diabetic and this was his excuse to having crazy and out of control diabetes. i need to know how i can handle this in a culturally-acceptable way. anyone have any suggestions?

What would you do if patient shakes his head when you ask if they are who they are? I`m on a med surg floor for clinical and everyone is on ventilator.. have mental issues.. and can`t talk. I asked my patient if his name and date of birth was right a...

no he did not know how to write.. mentally retarded and this would be very tedious to do before every medication as well as very strenuous for a patient whos sat goes down to below 90 with even the smallest exertion. I think i did right by reading of...

Thanks so much for the help.. the patient has no family so this was a very tricky one... and yes CI is a little bit "odd" and has been known to answer a question with a question.. (what do YOU think.. figure it out.. don`t you know that already.. thi...

I did an anecdote where i`m supposed to reenact exactly what I did when giving my IPID push med-- (I gave protonix iv if anyone is wondering).. and I "thought" that if I just wrote that i reconstituted it with NaCl, and administered at a rate of 2 mi...