JRDeeRN

How many patients do you normally have ?

Love talking about the heart :) no problem:)

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 sounded like he had some fluid build up in his lungs....

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 from the surgeons stitching the graft and what not. ...

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 poster.

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 :) helps when you really love your unit :) I really thi...

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. :)

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 that maybe what you are looking for ? Or am i even...

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 critical thinking and content.. the end is a litt...

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 with my patients. i was running around all day it se...

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 then

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

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 !

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 and how much time you study to grasp a concept. I a...

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

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 prepared you should be fine. But in my opinion Kaplan que...

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 do it but that's just me.

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 what to run them at and if you know basic cardiac ...

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 kinds of classes that way I will literally only have ...

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 classes for a year to get your BSN. Eventually all ...

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 it. So everyone feels the exact same I'm sure. I'd s...

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. Airway breathing circulation. Which patients do u see...

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 know!

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 and emailed him. June 7th haven't heard back from hi...

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 of action that is fail proof. My issues were prior...