GypsyNinja

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1. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I see what you're saying. Definitely more efficient to use SBAR in that scenario. Was SBAR hard for you to grasp when you first learned about it as a student? You all seem so CLEAR and CONCISE with...

2. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Ok, so knowing things like lab values (hematocrit, hemoglobin, CBC, etc.) would be the Clinical Knowledge, and the Critical Thinking would be something like.....my pt has coffee grounds in her emesis....

3. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   "Personally, I'm used to doing SBAR in a slightly different order: RASB. That way is essentially what I want, why I want it, and the evidence/info that led me there." AkulahawkRN, as a nurse who has...

4. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   "Simply put, if you've got a patient that's vomiting a lot, what does your patient need? 1) to stop vomiting. How? Antiemetic. Ask for it. 2) Fluid replacement. PO isn't going to do it until the...

5. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Do you want to be an RN who can collaborate with the provider, or who is blindly dependent on others to tell her what to do? Here. I. Stand. Thank you for your input and for giving me some...

6. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Sorry to break it to you......but expressing opposition to something, albeit temporarily, because I'm frustrated, and can't wrap my head around it, does not make me an oppressor of the whole nursing...

7. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   LOL Oh dear..........! Has this actually

8. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I hear ya :) It definitely is easier to focus on the SBA for now, in order to get more comfortable with the R,

9. The "R" in SBAR......nope

   GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   What attitude? The sarcasm part? If that were true, god help the nursing profession because nursing students will get frustrated and feel lost. If you're referring to something else that I said, maybe...

10. The "R" in SBAR......nope

    GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks guys and

11. The "R" in SBAR......nope

    GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I understand that the R is what I want but I have no idea how I'm supposed to know what I want. I'm a first year nursing student, if the pt is hypotensive, I don't think I can automatically know that...

12. The "R" in SBAR......nope

    GypsyNinja posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm really not understanding the recommendation part of SBAR. I understand what it is that I'm supposed to do (tell the attending provider what my recommendations are), but I have no idea how to go...

13. Just got accepted to Greenfield Community College (ADN program)

    GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thank you so much, Cara! You have really inspired

14. Just got accepted to Greenfield Community College (ADN program)

    GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thank you, RN010101

15. Just got accepted to Greenfield Community College (ADN program)

    GypsyNinja replied to GypsyNinja's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thanks, traumaRUs