Constantly Surprised

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  1. Entering first year in Fall 2012- Very Nervous!

    Constantly Surprised replied to marcygrace's topic in General Students

    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...

  2. Nursing Dx confusion

    Constantly Surprised replied to Clovery's topic in General Students

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

  3. Help with Nursing Diagnosis

    Constantly Surprised replied to doxiern40's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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....

  4. Homework help - child abuse?

    Constantly Surprised replied to lulain's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  5. ATI Comprehensive predictor 2010

    Constantly Surprised replied to BeautifulTree's topic in General Students

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

  6. Mnemonic for blood flow through the heart?

    Constantly Surprised replied to Iridescent Orchid's topic in General Students

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

  7. Ready to start a family, 35, and in nursing school...

    Constantly Surprised replied to Piggles's topic in General Students

    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...

  8. New Graduation Requirements, Can They Do This?

    Constantly Surprised replied to Jen D's topic in General Students

    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...

  9. How soon you will be drug tested after admission?

    Constantly Surprised replied to The ER Biker's topic in General Students

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

  10. I just want to throw this out there for students :)

    Constantly Surprised replied to xtxrn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  11. Care plan Dx

    Constantly Surprised replied to smansur's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  12. Just got my acceptance letter Winter 2011!!

    Constantly Surprised replied to hannahjean5's topic in General Students

    :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...

  13. feeling really down....

    Constantly Surprised replied to mgalano's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  14. Priority for DVT

    Constantly Surprised replied to Student2001's topic in General Students

    Assess for negative homan's sign every

  15. program starts in Jan, looking to read ahead

    Constantly Surprised replied to mr.SleepWalker's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  16. care plan help ... naturally.

    Constantly Surprised replied to katiebry1031's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Acute metabolic encephalopathy combined with anemia scream out for some nutritional balance Dxs... And with impaired mental state, impaired nutrition, impaired mobility, incontinence, and impaired...

  17. Stuck on a nursing dx for Rh Neg pregnant mother

    Constantly Surprised replied to wondermama's topic in General Students

    I'd start with anxiety related to rh- dx due to fear of losing child? I'm RH- myself and have gone through the loss, it's very difficult to deal

  18. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    Constantly Surprised replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    You must be in my class! Might I also add the 2 girls in class who think what they have to whisper very audibly to each other is more important than what the instructor is teaching even though I paid...

  19. Politics? I need your help if you get it... cause i don't!

    Constantly Surprised replied to Lisa1980's topic in General Students

    This would be where I would begin looking for information about how to address those questions : http://nationalnurse.org/faq.pdf and their main site http://nationalnurse.org/ and...

  20. Should I drop out of the program?

    Constantly Surprised replied to Clearblu's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Couldn't agree more! :lol2:When it's on paper, it loses some meaning for me. Where as in application (doing the job) I am capable of great things! I've been a solid B nursing student so far. I realize...

  21. Just an observation (Clinical Tales of Woe)

    Constantly Surprised posted a topic in General Students

    Been coming here for a while now, since long before I began nursing school, and notice a constant reoccurring theme. "Why are nurses so mean to students?" and various other related threads. Some...

  22. Just an observation (Clinical Tales of Woe)

    Constantly Surprised replied to Constantly Surprised's topic in General Students

    Of course lateral violence is bad. Treating people like crap doesn't require a professional title though. I'm sure there are instances of students doing / saying things to nurses they are working...

  23. Just an observation (Clinical Tales of Woe)

    Constantly Surprised replied to Constantly Surprised's topic in General Students

    No, I totally agree. Idealism is a great thing. It gives everyone something to strive to be. Just don't hold other people that you don't know, or know what they're going through, to your own personal...

  24. Just an observation (Clinical Tales of Woe)

    Constantly Surprised replied to Constantly Surprised's topic in General Students

    Ahh yes! The grim truth! Students are people experiencing stress, and so are nurses! So let's stop fighting it out on here and having this battle and try to seriously work together to accept that....

  25. I find Fundamentals to be extremely dry. Is it just me?

    Constantly Surprised replied to QuarterLife88's topic in General Students

    Maybe take a moment to enjoy this slower period and smell the roses I'm sure that in a while, you will long for the days of slower paced Nightingale sleepy time