4boysmama

4boysmama

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  1. Petitioning for DCCC 2014 Nursing Program

    4boysmama replied to jchc4ever's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    sure :) The main text for 110 is Fundamentals of Nursing: Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care: Carol R. Taylor PhD MSN RN, Carol Lillis MSN RN, Priscilla LeMone DSN RN FAAN,...

  2. Petitioning for DCCC 2014 Nursing Program

    4boysmama replied to jchc4ever's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    no, if you already took the math for nurses and passed, then you don't take the challenge test because you've already fulfilled that requirement

  3. Petitioning for DCCC 2014 Nursing Program

    4boysmama replied to jchc4ever's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    congrats everyone!! We just finished up our final for 210 this week, and it's nice to see all of you enthusiasm and excitement while my class is all just feeling like zombies, lol! I would (strongly)...

  4. How many NClex questions did you practice during nursing school?

    4boysmama replied to VAgirl247's topic in General Students

    all of our exams are written to be like nclex, so so probably close to 1000 just from that. I use questions to study for each exam; going over the rationales of the ones I got wrong and using that to...

  5. How do you take NOTES in class during Nursing Scool?

    4boysmama replied to NursingStoodent's topic in General Students

    OneNote! It records the lecture and sync's wherever the lecture is to what you're typing, so later on you can click on any typed note and it will play the lecture starting at the point you typed that...

  6. Assistance needed: Could the nurse have done more for this ethical dilemma?

    4boysmama replied to yellowmamba's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This makes me think that there's some pathology going on with mom and/or baby. Yes, there's always concern for lung maturity in a late term premature baby (and 37 weeks is technically a late termer,...

  7. Dear Cheaters

    4boysmama replied to RN9742's topic in General Students

    I might be completely naive, but I can't even figure out how you'd cheat on a nursing exam?! Are they somehow signalling answers to each other (which seems pretty dumb to me, because you have to...

  8. Strategy for selecting clinical sites

    4boysmama replied to INN_777's topic in General Students

    you actually get to PICK where you go?! I'm jealous! We just get assigned each rotation. Anyway, I'd go with as much diversity as you can, and not focus in on where to *think* you might want to work...

  9. IVPB infusion rate

    4boysmama replied to theviolinist's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    that does seem a bit odd... What was the medication? What was the pt's admitting dx? I can see the rate being questioned if this was a heart failure pt or some other fluid volume issue (renal,

  10. IV Calculation

    4boysmama replied to matt1924's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would argue that question on up to the dean as well! Instructors often know what they *mean* to ask, and then key the answer to that goal, but questions must accurately reflect what it is they are...

  11. Petitioning for DCCC 2014 Nursing Program

    4boysmama replied to jchc4ever's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    in 110 it wasn't really intense, but 111 was, and 210 has taken that up a few notches further! You definitely need to plan for at least a few hours a day on studies; in the week before an exam you'll...

  12. JCAHO Requirement

    4boysmama replied to FineAgain's topic in General Nursing

    one of the med-surg floors I did a rotation on had one splitter, and it had a tendency to disappear....so they taught me to use an 18gauge to split pills. Pretty sure JCAHO would have a field day...

  13. What does your countdown look like?

    4boysmama replied to krisiepoo's topic in General Students

    47 days to semester end 8 clinical days 2 exams 1 patho paper 1 EBP paper 1 final

  14. Scared I'm one of those students.

    4boysmama replied to hopeful2015's topic in General Students

    I'm a semester away from graduation, and this is really the first semester that I've felt like everything has come together. Fundamentals really does feel disjointed between class and clinical; it's...

  15. Cheat sheet for clinicals

    4boysmama replied to futurefotorn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    what specifically is your prof asking about? is it general (non-pt specific) like normal lab values, disease patho, etc? Or is it pt-specific info like VS, ADLs, pt complaints, pt labs, focused and...

  16. Prioritization issues!

    4boysmama replied to mindy24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are these actual pts you had and then had to write diagnoses and prioritize them? Or were you give scenarios that you had to make up diagnoses for? I ask because I'm curious especially for #4:...

  17. Petitioning for DCCC 2014 Nursing Program

    4boysmama replied to jchc4ever's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Good luck, all! I'm in in 210 Marple Day now, and have 4 kids - it's definitely doable! There's lots of LONG days and studying on the sidelines of kid's games, etc...but you can do it. I'm pretty...

  18. Jealous that I have no life

    4boysmama replied to futurenursedd's topic in General Students

    Honestly, if you are working so hard studying in first semester/fundamentals that you don't have a few hours once a week to go out with your fiance, then I think it's clear that something's amiss....

  19. Questions about Nursing Care plans?

    4boysmama replied to mcclot1993's topic in General Students

    are you enrolled in any pre-requisite classes now? I would strongly suggest focusing on those before doing any self-study of nursing texts. Getting through A+P should be your focus right now,

  20. Can an RN student work as an LPN?

    4boysmama replied to mbookach's topic in General Students

    in many states, you can challenge the nclex-pn after your first year of nursing school. But....the exam is expensive, so really consider if it's worth it for just 1 year of the license essentially....

  21. Splinting Post-Op

    4boysmama replied to 2bEQNurse14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    did you read the section you found with reference to abdominal incisions? That's just what splinting is - it's a way to minimize incisional pain (usually by holding a pillow over the incision to...

  22. what are some good websites i can use as "sources"

    4boysmama replied to jjyiz28's topic in General Students

    I think maybe NIM was a typo and the poster meant NIH? National Institutes of Health

  23. Case Study question

    4boysmama replied to 2bNurseCai's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ugh, horribly worded responses. But, I think maybe it's B, because it's the only one that is just a simple statement with no follow up. if it said, I will take one nitro and reassess in 5 minutes, or...

  24. Where can I find Kaplan Decision Tree?

    4boysmama replied to dreeea's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    just found this on google, it was the third link when I searched for "kaplan decision

  25. How do you handle all the reading?

    4boysmama replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in General Students

    I don't read the entire chapter(s) assigned for each module, but I will go in and read specific parts that I think I need more in-depth after lecture (for example, we just finished up a respiratory...