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  1. Care plan help: how to deal with nonverbal patients' stressors?

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    she also had dysphagia and clenched her mouth shut so no oral temp was taken. Axillary temp was 98.8, O2 stat on 5L via NC was 99%, upon observation however, she was using her accessory muscles with...

  2. Care plan help: how to deal with nonverbal patients' stressors?

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, she is 98 years old, real patient. all other work ups include a chest x ray showing infiltration of the RUL and RML, she lived in a board and care and was sent in because of decreasing LOC and...

  3. high blood sugar?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hello everyone, I am in nursing school and am under a great deal of stress from work, school and family. I am 21 years young, with a family hx of diabetes mellitus, lately due to school, I havent...

  4. high blood sugar?

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I agree with you, which is why I am rechecking the next week. If it happens again then I'll request for an a1c-test but in the meantime, I'll definitely have to reevaluate my lifestyle and nutrition....

  5. high blood sugar?

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Also to note, I am relatively average size, 5 foot 3, weight of

  6. Learning ABG's with tic-tac-toe

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I was taught how to interpret ABGs using the ROME acronym, but could not for the life of me understand the concept; therefore, I went ahead and found an alternative using the ABG tic...

  7. Psych nursing education group activity?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I am a nursing student in my psych rotation. We need to do an assignment where we have a group activity where patients are interactive and actually "get" something from the activity....

  8. Need help with psych group activity?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hello everyone, I am a nursing student in my psych rotation. We need to do an assignment where we have a group activity where patients are interactive and actually "get" something from the activity....

  9. Parents cannot comprehend stress of nursing school

    stargirl018 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hello everyone, I am in my third semester of nursing school (Medical-surgical), the most difficult known in the program. I'm sure as all of you know, we have to achieve really high grades, be expected...

  10. Parents cannot comprehend stress of nursing school

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks everyone! I've been getting more sleep lately, but it's all still a matter of time management which is normal. It never was an issue of me cramming to the point where I would get such little...

  11. Low self esteem throughout program?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I am a first year nursing student who failed a class last year and had to retake the course. I waited a year to retake the course in the program but I have been having pretty low self...

  12. Is it possible for a student who failed before in a class to pass the program?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I am a first year nursing student. Last year, I failed pharmacology and came back again this year, definitely much stronger than last year. I am just hoping for a glimmer of hope if...

  13. Is it possible for a student who failed before in a class to pass the program?

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in General Students

    Thank you everyone! During my year off, I took the rest of my GE's, electives, finished my art minor etc. Currently I'm strictly just doing nursing classes. Reason why I failed last year was due to a...

  14. Is it possible for a student who failed before in a class to pass the program?

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in General Students

    Pharmacology is a part of the program. In the program, we are allowed one chance where if we failed one class, we are held back a year and join the cohort before us. Failing a second time means a kick...

  15. Failed a semester, determined but I need a game plan!

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I just want to start off by saying that I am a second semester BSN nursing student and failed this last semester (Pharmacology) due to a dosage miscalculation. I failed a couple of...

  16. Was I penalized too much for my pharmacology sim final? URGENT !

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    sorry, to put such urgency but final grades are coming up and I need all the help that I can possibly get! hello everyone, I am a nursing student in my first year of school. I recently had a...

  17. is getting an 80-85% on a pharmacology final seem impossible?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I am in my first year of nursing school and have a 75% in the class. I need a 76% to pass and apparently I'm going to need an 80-85% on the final in order to get there. My exams have...

  18. I failed my simulation for fundamentals today..

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone, for fundamentals of nursing, we were issued a scenario where my group and I had to reenact as to what would happen to our (pretend) patient. Each nurse got a task, everyone else had...

  19. I failed my simulation for fundamentals today..

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in General Students

    thank you guys, it definitely was a very good learning opportunity, I swear to myself that I am going to master injections because of this. I just feel like Ive left my instructor down as well as...

  20. Is this going to be a problem when applying? criminal background check?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    hi everyone, i am applying to csu channel island's nursing program within a couple of weeks and recently, [color=#333333]i went to school the other day, and as i was getting out of the parking lot i...

  21. For supplemental criteria, what is work experience?

    stargirl018 posted a topic in General Students

    hi everyone, I'm going to apply to CSUCI's nursing program in a few months and within their supplemental criteria, there was the choice of either doing volunteer or work experience, with the minimum...

  22. New CNA, not too well at taking insults.

    stargirl018 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    hi everyone, I'm new to this site and I'd like to know how you all cope with insults. I am a brand new cna, graduated in august and got my license in september. I've been working at one of the best...

  23. New CNA, not too well at taking insults.

    stargirl018 replied to stargirl018's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    thank you to everyone! I'm still having difficulty with this resident, but I'm hoping things will eventually look up. I don't intend on looking for another job, since this one is conveniently close to...