Texasstudentnurse

Of course I knew this was going to be hard... It is RN school. BUT I am half a semester in and I swear the nursing program instructors are so bogged down with so many students, they are overwhelmed, and we are overwhelmed, and nobody seems to be feel...

*sigh* I started nursing school last month. I study my butt off. I am talking I read every moment I am not showering, eating or sleeping. I did okay on the first test and then the second one came. I made a 73, which is NOT acceptable. I failed becaus...

So I guess this is something that a nurse will really have to deal with on a daily basis? I want so badly to be a nurse, so I will do whatever it takes to become that person, I just have a hell of a time second guessing myself! It is also hard when t...

It is the teaching! Ugh!! Darn questions.

Thanks! Here is a for example question: Which of the following nursing activities most clearly reflects a nurse initiated intervention? 1. Safely administers intravenous gentamicin. 2. Establishes schedule for the administration of medication. 3. Ob...

Hello. I am a first year nursing student. Our teacher gave us a surprise assignment to interview a nurse on Friday and it is due on Tuesday, yay... So I am looking for a nurse that I can interview. My aunt is a RN but she is currently on a cruise, so...

I am a new nursing student. Our teacher is vague to put it lightly. We are doing a plan of care on nausea and vomiting and it asks for the Definition, which I got out of Mosby's, but it also wants the pathophysiology. I am not sure what to write ther...

She just said to write a plan of care for the medical diagnosis of "nausea and vomiting" and it wanted the pathophysiology. This is so confusing lol... I will just have to get with it!

So.... How does this sound: Nausea is a result of conditions that increase tension on the walls of the stomach, duodenum, or lower end of the esophagus. Unpleasant stimuli, distention, gastritis and carcinoma of the stomach can produce nausea. Vomiti...

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