Constantly Surprised

Endocrine, cardiac, respiratory, renal and neuro are huge. Did I say huge? I meant HUGE!!! One of the best things you can do to prepare for enterance nursing classes is fully and completly understand those subjects. It isn't likely that your instructors will ask A&P style questions, that isn't what I am saying. What I am saying is, understanding the basic principals of those topics will greatly help you in nursing school. For example, you can't just take calculus without understanding addition and subtraction first. A good grasp of the basics makes building on them easier. That goes for understanding the patho of diseases, and the drugs that go with them. A few other basics to get through tests I've picked up along the way are to always assess first, never answer a question with "why," never impose your opinion on a patient, and never ever use real life experience to answer a test question. Your teachers, and NCLEX questions, are generally based in a 'perfect' 'book' world - Not reality. Don't second guess yourself. If your eyes automatically drift to a certain answer than it's probably the right one - If you stare to long at another answer, you will convince yourself it is right, even if it isn't. Don't cram. There is no cramming nursing school. This information needs to be in your long term memory. Go over the information in bits and pieces daily until it is a part of you. Lastly, relax before every test. Don't study that morning. Relax!!! Get into a positive frame of mind and stay as far away as possible from negative people. You have no worries, and do you know why? -Because you've got this- Good luck and congrats on getting into nursing school!

Maybe Deficient knowledge r/t cognitive limitation (secondary to autism) aeb patients noncompliance with drug therapy?

I forget who posted this, or when, but I did get it from this site. Always helps me to refer back to this one. The rules for constructing a 3-part nursing diagnostic statement are as follows. . . P. Stands for the problem. The problem is written as the nursing diagnosis. The words you use in writing the nursing diagnosis have already been determined for you by NANDA-I, the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, International. You merely need to look them up in the most recent copy of one of their publications such as NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions & Classification 2007-2008 or in any of the many currently printed nursing care plan or nursing diagnose reference books that are in publication containing this information. A nursing diagnosis is only a shortened label of the nursing problem which is more broadly defined and expressed in the definition contained in these references. E. Stands for the etiology. An etiology is the origin of cause of this identified nursing problem (P). It cannot be stated as a medical diagnosis. In the NANDA taxonomy you will find etiologies listed for many of the nursing diagnoses under the headings of "related factors". For physiological nursing problems (nursing diagnoses) you will need to know the pathophysiology of the disease process in order to determine the correct etiology, or related factor. S. Stands for the symptoms. Symptoms are the manifestations of the identified nursing problem (P). In the NANDA taxonomy you will find symptoms listed for many of the nursing diagnoses under the headings of "defining characteristics". Symptoms are proof that the problem exists. You will not have symptoms for "Risk for" diagnoses because these are not actual problems, but anticipated problems. Symptoms are determined by performing a thorough assessment of the patient and finding what is abnormal. Symptoms are abnormal findings. In constructing the nursing diagnostic statement, these three elements are linked together in this way: P related to E as evidenced by S or (P) R/T (E) AEB (S)

The primary goal of any nurse regarding any patient is safety. Always safety first. Your primary goal is the safety of your patient. Secondary to me would be a support role. An ear, a shoulder. While you wouldn't instruct your patient on what they should do (in your opinion) regarding their abuse, what you would do is provide alternatives (teach them options available to them i.e. shelters or help groups) if their choice is to leave the abuse.

I can't add anything else to that comment. Sums it up perfectly for me.

This is going to sound just beyond silly, but this video helped me in A&P ?

The real question revolves around priorities. Which is more important to you at this point in your life; career or starting a family? Everyone is different, so I can't offer up an advice in so far as "what I would do" because I'm not you. What really matters is what is most important to fulfilling you and your life.

It reflects poorly on your school if they graduate you and then you fail the NCLEX. If a certain number of people don't pass (I believe 80% is the cut off point in my state) then that school's accreditation goes into question. So, while it may seem shady, it's actually just them covering themselves from passing someone who isn't ready. I know this because my school is on that list.

You are easily one of my favorite posters here and have managed, yet again, to sum up my feelings on a topic quite well.

Now that you mention it, I don't often reply to those posts because I'm a student myself and not used to care plans 100% yet. The best I can do is offer my for what they're worth, which is more like one and a half cents lol... I consult my books and clinical instructor for help with my own. It's hard to imagine whats *best* for each patient someone posts about without having seen them honestly. Think I'll pocket my change on the subject from now on.

One of the nursing DX listed from NANDA is Impaired Verbal Communication with an objective defining characteristic as 'Inability to speak dominant language' I'd say that's a fit here. Discusses an intervention as 'determine primary language and cultural factors.' As well as 'Obtain translator or provide written translation or picture chart' as another intervention. So, Impaired verbal communication related to language/cultural barriers as evidenced by lack of understanding English medical interventions? I'm just a student myself, but that one sort of stands out for me as the best one (Only because you can't really proceed with anything else until you have a way to communicate)

:anpom: First and foremost, Yay!!! Always keep the acceptance letter handy, perhaps on your refrigerator, so that you can see it often. At the bottom of that letter, write your name and then add RN behind it. Remember always, especially after a hard test or a really long and difficult study session, to look at that letter and remind yourself how good it felt to get it, and why you wanted to do this in the first place. :ancong!:

Someone had posted the following site on another thread, and I have used it ever since. https://evolve.elsevier.com/cs/Satellite/StudentMyHome?Audience=Student It's free to use, and relatively easy to navigate. What you will want to do is use the search bar at the top and enter in the type of class you're currently taking (i.e. Med Surg, Fundamentals, so on so forth) and it will give you many different options of books to access. You sign up for that resource and create an account (again, free) and then you can access the books you signed up for from the home page under "Resources." For each book you use, there are about 20 additional questions per chapter you're studying. All NCLEX style and most books I've used so far correlate well with what we're doing in class. It's not a lot of extra questions, but extra questions none the less. http://www.campuscollusion.com/PublicSets.aspx?SysHeadID=1 This one I came across on a google search for questions. There are 13 pages worth of different topics and related nursing school course work. Best of luck to you!

Assess for negative homan's sign every shift?

Everything this person said! Take some time to get your life in order. Clean out some closets and the like... Really. No one expects you to know all of this off the bat, and a firm grasp of A&P will speed you along.