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  1. Need tips on how to read an ECG

    eva123 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am in need how assistance on how to better read an ECG. I understand the basics, but get thrown off by different rhythms. Tips, advice, book, website..whatever you can recommend would be much...

  2. Understanding DM II, please help!

    eva123 replied to amyhart34's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also, you have to think about the mechanism of action. Oral antidiabetics can work like insulin or produce more insulin, so when they do not work or when there is a medical emergency (hospitalization...

  3. IM Morphine possibly given SQ

    eva123 replied to 2ndCareer2's topic in General Students

    I am in nursing school currently and we have to taught to always aspirate on an IM, because if you don't it might be is the vasculature and hit the bloodstream, resulting in a much faster and...

  4. Diabetes meds driving me crazy!

    eva123 replied to dayanara's topic in General Students

    Oh and the bigger picture on oral medications are that they are used when Type 2 diabetes cannot be controlled with diet and

  5. Diabetes meds driving me crazy!

    eva123 replied to dayanara's topic in General Students

    Now that you have some good advice on the insulins here's some info on oral antidiabetics: *Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors (Acarbose, Miglitol) act locally in GI tract to inhibit Alpha-glucosidase which...

  6. NCP rules of r/t

    eva123 replied to DebCruickshank's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here is a simple tip for nursing dx...presenting symptom or risk r/t causative factor (then you could put the phrase " secondary to insert med dx" AEB what is seen with the patient, what patient...

  7. Please someone read my Nursing school admission essay.

    eva123 replied to Alejandra19's topic in General Students

    No problem :). And you do not have to be the best writer to be a nurse. But for college these tips and grammar skills will come in

  8. Please someone read my Nursing school admission essay.

    eva123 replied to Alejandra19's topic in General Students

    This certainly shows that you are compassionate. Just a suggestion...try to work on your transitioning. I was reading it like aw how sweet to be there for your grandmother in her last minutes then...

  9. Nursing diagnosis for hypotension

    eva123 replied to Dodgegirl73's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok this patient is post-op so implement care as you would for a patient coming out of surgery (Vitals, O2, Assessments, Pain, LOC, Bowel Sounds etc.). They have hypotension...so think safety, fall...

  10. Pharm help. Abrams Clinical Drug Therapy.

    eva123 replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ah cardio drugs..such a fun group. Try Mosby's Pharmacology Memory Notecards. Our book was Adams and Urban, so I do not know how to study your book. Learn inotropic, dromotropic, chronotropic....

  11. I need advice to pass my first nursing course. Any tips or techinque I'll be greatful

    eva123 replied to lisajb86's topic in General Students

    Try Memory Notebook Mnemonics for Nurses. For test-taking, try covering up the choices and forming a guess based on the question. Chew gum while studying then chew the same flavor during the test....

  12. How should i study for nursing school?

    eva123 replied to na-na's topic in General Students

    It is true that you cannot just memorize in nursing. You have to know the background, why an intervention or assessment is done, what to do after assessment or intervention, how to document, how to...

  13. Need ideas for a FUN presentation!

    eva123 replied to Jill2Shay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    While I don't know how to fit it in your presentation talk about how stethoscopes carry more germs than people think... think about it, the thing hangs around the nurses neck all day and most people...

  14. Asking for opinions

    eva123 replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am not for sure, but I do not think it gives you an advantage (except that you will already know what college is like). Programs mostly go off of GPAs, test scores (ACT or SAT), and

  15. Teacher offering Ativan scripts....?

    eva123 replied to I's and... Oh's's topic in General Students

    This does seem wierd and like an abuse of power. Medications should not be prescribed for "test anxiety". It is certainly an ethical issues and could quite possibly be a legal issue. This seems...

  16. How do you get to sleep?

    eva123 posted a topic in General Students

    I am in my third year of nursing school amidst early morning clinicals and late night studying. I could really use some tips on how to destress and get to sleep..thought some of you could help since...

  17. Last minute advice???

    eva123 replied to gigi_marie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Learn good study habits, form a peer group fairly early to start study groups, don't just learn things for the test and forget them, grab sleep when you can, take notes during lecture, be creative in...

  18. Essay to get into Nursing Program at Christian University

    eva123 replied to aflynn1117's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First off since it an acceptance/admittance essay you should use academic prose, which means no words like "very". Start off with a strong introduction paragraph, something to catch their attention...

  19. What are you're teachers like?

    eva123 posted a topic in General Students

    Just for fun I decided to read several of the post on here asking for help and found out that there are a lot of terrible, confusing, or misguided teachers. So I thought I'd ask what you're teachers...

  20. Getting Discourage :( Help please

    eva123 replied to pedcancersurvivor89's topic in General Students

    Generally, everyone has a bad test now and then. You have to learn to pick yourself up and not beat yourself up so much. Look at your study habits and learning methods and go from there. Try...

  21. Physiology help... beta blockers and asthma patients

    eva123 replied to itsdebraanne's topic in General Students

    Ok, calm down and try to breath. Think of it this way, beta blockers are blocking part of the sympathetic nervous system actions. In a SNS response there is peripheral vasoconstriction and...

  22. How do you get to sleep?

    eva123 replied to eva123's topic in General Students

    Thank you all for the great advice :). I'd prefer to steer clear of meds and wine, but they are good suggestions. The more tips you come up with the merrier . Also, I'm a dorm student so my...

  23. Feeling discouraged

    eva123 replied to emily12345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My advice, learn to be humble. Unfortunately a lot of professors are like this or view you as nothing more than another seat in the class. Learn to roll with the punches. Try not to argue with...

  24. tuberculosis

    eva123 replied to jennymt2386's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Isolate first until proven otherwise. Skin testing and CXR will follow. If diagnosed with TB then it is 3 negative sputum cultures until they are considered noncontagious (after an extensive round...

  25. pharmachology question

    eva123 replied to mace0052243's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My question is whether you are confused over the differences in the two systems or the drugs to mimic or block them, seeing as how you listed it as a pharmacology