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  1. Clovery

    How do you make goals for and evaluate a 'Deficient Knowledge' diagnosis?

    Clovery replied to CosmicCare's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Asking a patient "Why?" is considered non-therapeutic communication... I get where you are coming from, but it's better just to teach the information to the patient so she can make her own informed...
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    Please help! Trying to find the best nursing diagnosis for my care plan...

    Clovery replied to shawnakuipery's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is off the top of my head, not consulting a book but look into: ineffective cerebral tissue perfusion r/t ? head trauma? for the surgery I would do: risk for infection r/t invasive procedure...
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    I Have A Dilemma!

    Clovery replied to Born2Care4All's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you're practicing with others and doing well, then why would you need to change partners? Not sure I get what the problem is. If she's a good friend, just keep reminding her that she needs to...
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    My 4th year resolutions. What are yours?

    Clovery replied to Certifiable's topic in General Students

    I've resolved to be nice & get along with everyone. Last semester there were some bad dynamics in our clinical group. I was weak and have to admit that when some girls started talking about one...
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    The rolling backpack debate

    Clovery replied to winterlights08's topic in General Students

    I'm in my last semester and I finally had to cave in and get a roller last month. Every other class I've had, the instructors said in the syllabus "bring your text to class" but then we never used...
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    Desperately Need Help With Care Plans

    Clovery replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What about "care giver role strain" for the patient's mom (or whoever their caregiver is)? It can also be a risk diagnosis, and is almost always appropriate. When a child is in the hospital the...
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    Overweight issues; uncomfortable with being practiced on by another student

    Clovery replied to molybdenum's topic in General Students

    I get self-conscious too. Just try to remember that your instructors who will be evaluating your practicums are seasoned nurses and they've seen it all before. They're not there to judge your body,...
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    I need HELP in regards med calcs involving dilutions! PLEASE!

    Clovery replied to loveoutloud's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your drug guide should tell you how to dilute each specific medication. I have Davis Drug Guide and Intravenous Medications (which goes into more detail) by Gahart. For Vancomycin it says "each 500...
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    Being an ugly nurse

    Clovery replied to mofomeat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd much prefer an ugly nurse, male or female. I'd feel less self-conscious about all my body flaws if I can see that they are not perfect as well. I don't want to tell some hot young guy about my...
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    Need advice on my uniform fit

    Clovery replied to its_meee's topic in General Students

    Go with the bigger ones. Nursing school is stressful, and there's less time for exercise, so losing weight probably isn't much of a reality. You're going to want to wash them in hot water and dry...
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    What textbook do you use for Pediatric Nursing?

    Clovery replied to sommeil's topic in General Students

    We used McKinney as well and I hated it. I supplemented with the Lewis NCLEX review
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    Taking care of patient with C.Diff?

    Clovery replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    This past semester I had a patient who was 500 lbs, couldn't even roll to the side without assistance, and had C. diff. He was stuck on our floor for the entire rotation so I ended up taking care of...
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    Difference between Sterile and Aseptic technique?

    Clovery replied to katelg03's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, I hear you but we've always emphasized the difference between aseptic and sterile. I should have just picked the "cleanest" thing. The surgical scrub is aseptic - you can never get your hands...
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    Difference between Sterile and Aseptic technique?

    Clovery replied to katelg03's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There was a question on my last exam: The OR scrub nurse is practicing aseptic technique when she: A. wears waterproof booties over her shoes B. performs the surgical scrub before entering the OR C....
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    Favorite things you bought during RN school to help your studies?

    Clovery replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    new laptop to take to class & ms office. I type everything the teacher says, and use MS OneNote. Everyone says my notes are awesome. A big desk and good lighting. Drug guide app for my smart...
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    Textbooks?

    Clovery replied to Julesmama28's topic in General Students

    Based on the professors I've had, I wouldn't do that. Often they will reference a page or table in lecture, and a test question or two will come from that. It likely wouldn't match up with a different...
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    What's the first thing you'll buy when you're officially an RN?

    Clovery replied to mssjez's topic in General Students

    When I get my first RN job: my own car! I've been sharing with my husband and once I'm gone for 12 hour shifts, he's really going to need to have a vehicle at home. Right after graduation I want to...
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    HELP, an RN exam review question

    Clovery replied to coldviva204's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would answer 3 - harm always needs to be addressed first. You don't want her grabbing a razor out of her pocket or a pair of scissors from the table and trying to hurt herself more while you are...
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    What book to buy to practice nursing exams?

    Clovery replied to kosmic2003's topic in General Students

    I really like Saunder's NCLEX review. The book presents the information in a nice summary format, and the companion CD has loads of questions with detailed rationales. If you prefer to do questions...
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    My school is notorious

    Clovery replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    My ADN program is like OP's and the instructors have told us this ^ basically is the reason. They have a 98% NCLEX pass rate. In the upper level classes, there are only one or two As every semester...
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    Is this scam or help me get a job?

    Clovery replied to Cloud6221's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure about that site. It looks like they're happy to take your money for an exam, but I imagine there must be some kind of instruction involved too. I wouldn't give them my money without...
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    Question about gauged ears.

    Clovery replied to allan87's topic in General Students

    LOL. I'm picturing a nurse with a saline flush syringe sticking through each earlobe... very fashionable, slightly edgy and 100%
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    Tell me about your first day of nursing school

    Clovery replied to ♑ Capricorn ♑'s topic in General Students

    It was two years ago, so I can't really answer most of these questions. But I'll answer what I can, if it helps your anxiety a bit: I'm sure I wore some makeup, jeans, sweater. I might have tried to...
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    So.....the infection control nurse busted me.....

    Clovery replied to mindlor's topic in General Students

    Also keep in mind how it might look to patients and their families. Or if the facility was having their annual evaluation and there were state inspectors there. No one knows what you did in that...
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    What?! This can't be real...

    Clovery posted a topic in General Students

    I was doing some research for my clinical paperwork and did a google search about how smoking affects your hemoglobin. I came up with the following article: Cigarette smoking: an underused tool in...