JRDeeRN

JRDeeRN

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  1. Dealing with crappy tech/assistant performance

    JRDeeRN replied to mitral's topic in Medical-Surgical

    How many patients do you normally have

  2. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

    JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Love talking about the heart :) no

  3. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

    JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    and also after surgery we have a lot of patients who third space their fluid rather than pulling it in their vessels... these patients will often have a lot of swelling or in your patients case it...

  4. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

    JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Then i would definitely say with my patients they are at risk for decreased cardiac output because this heart surgery has irritated the heart significantly and it is trying to heal at the same time...

  5. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

    JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also did you mean after the CABG procedure as to what could affect cardiac output or before the CABG intervention? if before CABG intervention, i agree with the previous

  6. New Grads, How much do you work?

    JRDeeRN replied to babsy28's topic in First Year After Licensure

    graduated in May 2012 and have been working on a critical care heart unit for a year in June... i have a FT position and will sometimes pick up an extra 12 or or 8 hr shift.. or both in one week :)...

  7. cried in front of my boss, is it too bad?

    JRDeeRN replied to treeye's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    not bad. youre human and youre a nurse dealing with literal life and death situations. Just today I had a nurse cry to me talking about a patient deciding on end of life decisions. It's normal.

  8. Decreased cardiac output r/t CABG - Graded care plan HELP!!

    JRDeeRN replied to gikg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In working on a cardiac floor I would say pt is as risk for decreased cardiac output if they develop a dysrhythmia after surgery which is very common. Happens to about 30% of patients after CABG...Is...

  9. Which is the hardest part of the nursing program?

    JRDeeRN replied to Mchs4735's topic in General Students

    The middle was the hardest for me.... beginning is simple nursing and getting introduced. middle is man it's getting harder and im not quite thinking like a nurse should and now i really have to learn...

  10. Patient ratios progressive care units

    JRDeeRN replied to kaylasmommy's topic in Cardiac

    we are 3:1 dealing with vascular, heart, lung and endocrine (thyroidectomy) patients. as well as overflow ER patients... i honestly dont see how I could manage a 4:1 ratio with the work list i have...

  11. Care Plan: I need to know if this nursing diagnosis is legit

    JRDeeRN replied to smit6843's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh lol I used those kind of NDs in school all the time but maybe they weren't as strict about them at my school as long as it got the point across lol nevermind

  12. Care Plan: I need to know if this nursing diagnosis is legit

    JRDeeRN replied to smit6843's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ex. Risk for injury related to disturbed sensory perception secondary to disease

  13. Care Plan: I need to know if this nursing diagnosis is legit

    JRDeeRN replied to smit6843's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is his eyesight bad related to the disease process of diabetes ?? That would be a good one a lot diabetics have eye problems because of uncontrolled diabetes ... Just a thought

  14. Working while in Accelerated Nursing Program?

    JRDeeRN replied to emilyrg's topic in General Students

    Honestly depends on the person. I did an ASN program and could barely work 10 hrs a week but my friend could work 2 twelves as a cna and got thru it. Depends on your dedication and self discipline...

  15. How hard is NCLEX compared to Kaplan?

    JRDeeRN replied to ansid5150's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Also the Kaplan setup of questions looks just like nclex... So I felt like I was doing Kaplan questions when I was taking the

  16. How hard is NCLEX compared to Kaplan?

    JRDeeRN replied to ansid5150's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You'll do fine if you're getting those scores on Kaplan. I thought Kaplan was harder than nclex... But don't underestimate the nclex by any means. You've studied you've down your best and have...

  17. Accredited vs. Not

    JRDeeRN replied to Spartanguy625's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Very important...... Very. You will not be able to pass the nclex... Is what I have heard.. Not accredited means they don't meet requirements of other nursing schools which provide success. I wouldn't...

  18. Cardiac drips?

    JRDeeRN replied to sillylilly05's topic in Patient Medications

    There's really not much that we do differently with cardiac drips. I'm a step down unit cardiac nurse and we do amiodarone, cardizem, and rare cases dobutamine.. They All should have order sets about...

  19. Should I get my ASN then BSN or should I just go straight for the BSN?

    JRDeeRN replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yea so far it's worked out really great... One thing i did also while taking my ASN classes was take bachelor pre requisites like for example : speech English math history psychology and all those...

  20. Should I get my ASN then BSN or should I just go straight for the BSN?

    JRDeeRN replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Florida Nursing

    The only reason I started with my ASN then to bsn is because most hospitals will reimburse your schooling for BSN. So you get out sooner as an RN get money as an RN and then get paid to take online...

  21. speech

    JRDeeRN replied to ayepacheco's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Unfortunately there will be classes in nursing where u have to present a group project more than likely... its not so scary. You're not the only one who hates it I'm sure... And everyone has to do...

  22. I need Fundamentals of Nursing HELP

    JRDeeRN replied to Wright88's topic in General Students

    What I had to realize about nursing school when I started was that its not about memorization it's about actually applying and understanding the information. And learning what takes priority. Abc....

  23. What to do?! Waiting to hear back from employer!

    JRDeeRN replied to JRDeeRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    woops this is a really late response, i just saw this. If you still want examples of what was asked during my interview let me

  24. What to do?! Waiting to hear back from employer!

    JRDeeRN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Okay so May 14 I had an interview with a surgical progressive care unit. May 23 he had me shadow the unit.. And wanted me to let him know when I take the nclex and pass. June 6th found out I passed...

  25. Words of wisdom?

    JRDeeRN replied to roxaween's topic in General Students

    GO FOR IT! I am a failed student and I never hesitate to tell people, because dangit, nursing school is hard!!!! IF it is truly what you see yourself doing, then yes, go ahead and try but have a plan...