hodgieRN

hodgieRN

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  1. Worries after Leaving Work

    hodgieRN replied to IftheShoeFits's topic in General Students

    Remember that nursing care doesn't stop when you leave for the night. It's a 24 hr job and the responsiblity is passed to the oncoming shift. One of our jobs as nurses is to carry on or finish the...

  2. Should I Stay or Stay or Should I Go?

    hodgieRN replied to runningon's topic in General Students

    All I can say is you need to do what makes you happy. Maybe you can talk to an academic advisor and they can give you some ideas on a proper career path. A lot of people go into nursing because their...

  3. O2 supplement

    hodgieRN replied to ctran's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is a difference between oxygenation and perfusion. Think of perfusion as the body's ability to move blood from point A to point B. It has to do vessel patency or flow and the heart's ability to...

  4. I did a dumb thing today and learned a lesson

    hodgieRN replied to DawnCaprice's topic in General Students

    I think telling the instructor he's unprofessional was not a good idea. That's basically a generalization and labeling. It's confrontational. If you are in that situation again, I think it would be...

  5. I need to interview RN for school paper due

    hodgieRN replied to Samiya1028's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You probably won't get any responses b/c interviews are supposed to be done face-to-face.

  6. Nursing Students That Are Dating

    hodgieRN replied to ffrraanncciiss's topic in General Students

    It was an issue for me too. My didn't see my friends that much either. See if you can got involved in her studying. Help her with exams by testing her notes or flashcards. Involve her in your studying...

  7. Curious about catheters

    hodgieRN replied to ConstantlyEvolving's topic in General Students

    I was worried about keeping a sterile field. I felt like there were a hundred steps that I needed to perform in exact order. The first time I inserted a cath in a pt with prostate hypertrophy made me...

  8. can't find the prioritization answer

    hodgieRN replied to Helenz's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's not asking if resp are more important than pain. It's an intervention and evaluation question. The pain answer says "still," which means the intervention was not effective in a pt having an acute...

  9. How Would You Rate Your Pain????

    hodgieRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I like how the video said the rating of pain scale was stupid.....and then he yelled out 8 so he could get more morphine just for the hell of it. Seems like he answered his own "stupid"

  10. Any ICU's ambulating vented patients?

    hodgieRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm starting to here about vented pts being ambulated with the RN, PT, and RT. Do any of you practive this at you hospital? There's videos on Youtube, which is pretty wild. The pt has a walker with...

  11. Prioritizing

    hodgieRN replied to CASM's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "Risk for" is lower in prioritation, but there are some cases where it can be higher. I would think risk for aspiration is more important than fear. I think you need to rethink confusion r/t disease...

  12. Care Plan Question...Please Help!

    hodgieRN replied to MomBak2Skool's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nice Job! You probably have enough ND's but if you wanted to, you could aslo include altered thought process r/t dementia or included renal failure to the electrolyte imbalance ND. I would think...

  13. Role of the nurse

    hodgieRN replied to Shanagins's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're probably not going to get any responses because nursing interviews should be done face-to face.

  14. Diarrhea R/T intestinal inflammatory process Help with STG

    hodgieRN replied to jenn_624's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You shold take another look at your nursing diagnosis :) Diarrhea is a medical diagnosis. There's is a nursing diagnosis for pts with

  15. can't find the prioritization answer

    hodgieRN replied to Helenz's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Don't fall into the trap of only looking for ABC's or Maslows. Remember to simply answer the question and nothing more. These questions will try to lure you by saying "a change" or "drop." This is...

  16. How to study for pharm

    hodgieRN replied to scm0831's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you only need to study 10 drugs, the easiest thing to do is use flashcards. It's a good way to test

  17. Was I wrong to hold Insulin?

    hodgieRN replied to Anne36's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I am assuming that there was an order to give 6 units of insulin regardless of the blood sugar and not simply a sliding scale. Endocrinologists will write orders for insulin on top of the sliding...

  18. surgical care plan help

    hodgieRN replied to clearblue3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good job with getting all those ND's! I would agree to use ABC's and Maslows to prioritize. The "at risk for" can be argued. It's something that hasn't happened, but if they do happened, it can be...

  19. What is the one thing that turns your stomach?

    hodgieRN replied to FDW630's topic in General Students

    I can't handle long, nasty

  20. Any ICU's ambulating vented patients?

    hodgieRN replied to hodgieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    That's so awesome! Let me ask you this...What do you say to people that argue pts who can ambulate don't need to be intubated in the first

  21. hi im a senior in highschool going for an associates degree as an RN

    hodgieRN replied to alondrap2003's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it was meant to be a

  22. Second Med/Surg

    hodgieRN replied to bear14's topic in General Students

    Med/ surg covers everything! It's hard b/c there's tons and tons of information and it's impossible to just

  23. What is the one thing that turns your stomach?

    hodgieRN replied to FDW630's topic in General Students

    I can't handle poo. I've puked once at work. It was 6 months after graduating. I went into an empty room so I could remain somewhat professional, but it happened. My co-workers thought it was...

  24. Will I get in trouble ? ? ?

    hodgieRN replied to Congababe13's topic in General Students

    I am not an OR nurse, so maybe someone could answer this....When patients are in surgery and there is a monitor being used, isn't the name, case number, medical record on the screen in case a screen...

  25. How to study for pharm

    hodgieRN replied to scm0831's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Happy to