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  1. What is the working RN's expectation of the nursing student?

    mlauren posted a topic in General Students

    I had a bad experience with a nurse the other day and I'm just trying to figure out how I can avoid that in the future. Let me just share some of my day. My patient had a N/C and did not want to keep...

  2. When do you do a swallow test on a patient who is sleeping most of the time?

    mlauren posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had a patient who was NPO, because they needed to do a dysphasia test. This patient had bipolar disorder and Alzheimer's and was sleeping most of the time. When she did wake up it was only for a...

  3. When do you do a swallow test on a patient who is sleeping most of the time?

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ok, thank you. Maybe she had planned on doing

  4. When do you do a swallow test on a patient who is sleeping most of the time?

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I'm pretty sure the nurse was qualified to do the swallow test. So my question is, was she just too busy to do it all day? I mean, since this patient wasn't going to wake up on her own wouldn't...

  5. What is the working RN's expectation of the nursing student?

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in General Students

    Ok, the patient was not hypoxic. She had been put on oxygen, because on admission her O2 sat was low. But this was two days after that. She was NPO when I arrived, because they needed to do a swallow...

  6. When do you do a swallow test on a patient who is sleeping most of the time?

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, the nurse did not tell me this. She actually said she would do it when the patient sat up. So how do you go about getting the test done. Does the nurse just wait on the

  7. Eating with NGT?

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, I meant they were taking it out and putting it back in at night for feedings. I understand what you mean about NGTs not just being for feedings. I looked that up over my break, because we didn't...

  8. Eating with NGT?

    mlauren posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I am working on my care plan for tomorrow morning and I'm having a hard time figuring out what a lot of the information I got from the chart means. My patient has a NGT and I kept seeing Boost VHC...

  9. Help with understanding diabetes

    mlauren posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm a little confused about type 1. My instructor said that a type 1 pt was given his medication, but didn't eat after. So he got hyperglycemia. But I keep thinking he would have been hypoglycemic. My...

  10. Help with understanding diabetes

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

  11. Eating with NGT?

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So after making it through my rotation today I realized why we were misunderstanding each other. Excuse me for being an idiot for a moment. I was very very tired. Still am actually, but anyways the...

  12. Eating with NGT?

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, thank you both! The NGT is in place, because the pt. is malnourished. The only reason I was confused was because an instructor told me that patients couldn't eat with NGTs. Thank you for the...

  13. BP (infants)

    mlauren posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My book says that infant BP should be taken manually, but my instructors say it can be done either way. SO my question is what is your hospitals policy? I'm just trying to figure out which way is...

  14. BP (infants)

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, see I had read that it was best to do it manually, but in orientation the other day our instructor was showing us the different colored tubing for BP and baby blue was used for infants. I wonder...

  15. PPD question

    mlauren posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a quick question about PPD tests. I tried looking information about this in the drug book, but couldn't find anything. So I looked it up online and it just said it is "a purified protein...

  16. PPD question

    mlauren replied to mlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, I knew what it was for, and what reaction to look for, where to give it, and everything else, but didn't know exactly what the solution was or anything else about it.So do you just go by this...

  17. What's your pick for the perfect nurses watch?

    mlauren replied to MShell's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    So I've heard the sanitary watches are just $10 . Is that

  18. Chattanooga State RN Fall 2012 Hopefuls?

    mlauren replied to michelledmarshall's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I picked up my enrollment packet yesterday and there is definitely a lot to get done before the semester starts. I'm kind of confused on when the official first day of classes is. I'm pretty sure it's...

  19. Chattanooga State RN Fall 2012 Hopefuls?

    mlauren replied to michelledmarshall's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I got my acceptance letter about a week or so ago. SOOOOO EXCITED! Congrats to all of you....can't wait to

  20. Chattanooga State RN Fall 2012 Hopefuls?

    mlauren replied to michelledmarshall's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Oh, and there were 400 who applied, 110 accepted!

  21. Chattanooga State RN Fall 2012 Hopefuls?

    mlauren replied to michelledmarshall's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Just thought I'd share with all of you, I talked to my advisor today, and she said that we would have letters by the 17th or 18th. It seems like forever away lol. And I'm getting pretty worried. I was...

  22. Chattanooga State RN Fall 2012 Hopefuls?

    mlauren replied to michelledmarshall's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Does anyone know what color the scrubs are for the program at chatt state? I don't know if they change every year or what. I know this is a stupid question when I don't even know if I got in yet, lol...

  23. Chattanooga state fall 2012 hopefuls

    mlauren replied to Smashley2012's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Oh ya! Def. stressing about getting in. It's getting close to time for them to start sending out letters, I think. And I'm going nuts. lol I don't know what my points are, but all of my prereqs are...

  24. Chattanooga State RN Fall 2012 Hopefuls?

    mlauren replied to michelledmarshall's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Hey everyone! I applied for the Fall of 2012 class at chatt state and now I'm just desperately waiting for a letter. It's driving me nuts not knowing. Does anyone know when they send out acceptance...