StudentOfHealing

StudentOfHealing

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  1. Prerequisites and the actual nursing program

    It is not necessary to memorize every last bit of information. As you progress in nursing school, you will begin to draw back on your stored information. Perhaps your knowledge about epiphiseal plates...
  2. Class of 2014

    Hopefully me commenting bumps this thread up again... So... I take finals next week... and that's it... one more semester! Do y'all have a grad song? I've been already thinking about what we could...
  3. Prioritizing patients

    Yeah ... please tell us the other patients...
  4. Gotha!!! makes sense
  5. Not wanting to take care of male resident

    omg ... that's the one where she teaches sex ed? Haha
  6. Warfarin and Aspirin resistance

    Warfarin will basically interfere with Vitamin K ... remember Vitamin K is needed for coagulation. Aspirin will keep platelets from sticking to each other. So why would someone with Aspirin...
  7. So they do a water deprivation to r/o nephrogenic origin ? Lithium is nephrogenic origin
  8. Is DI a late sign of Increased Intracranial Pressure because eventually lack of adequate cerebral perfusion and acidosis damages the hypothalamus/posterior pituitary? OR Does the body itself seek to...
  9. You need to answer them and tell the fine people here at AN why you think they're right. Nobody will do your
  10. I understand the issue isn't about the C's, I was pointing out a part of your post I disagreed with. That is all. Nursing school has honestly been a fun ride but with lots of twist and turns thus far....
  11. I saw her/his previous threads, they are not a nursing student yet... so they'll find out.
  12. So this is a bit off topic ... While I 100% agree with everything else... I've gotten my share of C's. I'll tell you I've worked extremely hard for some of those C's and when I reflect each...
  13. EmilyEmily I'm sorry to say ... but judging based on your persistent need to justify your previous failures, it is evident why you are reaching this point of no return. (Yes... no return). The bottom...
  14. You must learn to adapt. We are given study guides that clearly states which diseases/surgeries etc. we are know before each exam... It is up to US to find the information (opening the book and...
  15. You are lucky to even get power points We get NO notes. Just lecture. We are told we will not be spoon fed and that we must learn to take down important information from lecture because as nurses this...
  16. Advice to students

    The thing I found though is you have to do smart reading. I stopped reading page after page. I now look for what I need. Safety/Patient Education/Things that pop. I loveeeee tables in textbooks. I...
  17. Advice to students

    I can't tell if you are being serious or sarcastic ... lol. Yes! You must learn WHAT to read and what is important overall. These nursing text books have tons of information. Memorizing is actually...
  18. leadership

    I think by 10s she /he means the best of the best. However, what's the point of having experienced experts if in the end you wanna just control everything (refer to number 1 where OP states "control...
  19. Documentation Help PLEASE!

    That is one heck of an assessment. I'm glad I wasn't the only to think so!
  20. leadership & managemant

    The first half looks as if someone who is a native English speaker wrote it (perhaps an assignment)? The second part makes me think OP is overseas. *so
  21. How do Female View Males in the Nursing Profession?

    I'm a male and I've noticed I've rarely (knock on wood) had any bad encounters - IF any with nurses during clinical. My female classmates on the other hand have tons of stories of the "mean nurses"....
  22. MD Nursing Programs

    Omg, I thought the same
  23. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hypoglycemia

    This is a really good question and now I'm left wondering as well! Why does our not use fat when in a hypoglycemic state but yet uses it in a situation such as DKA - it's because with DKA you are...
  24. leadership

    It's getting annoying!!! (not the question but the question without personal effort on the OPs