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  1. benzo withdrawal......advice please

    TCASII replied to cherilee's topic in Psychiatric

    Everyone is different, but psychiatrists and the books/journals they read are informed about the fact that protracted withdrawals (18 months or more) exist. Usually a period of several years on a BZD...

  2. Tips from you morning people! :/

    TCASII replied to NICURN2013's topic in General Students

    Not a morning person here. Never have been! Worst part for me has been having hypertension and waking up to major spikes in my blood pressure despite being stable on antihypertensive meds. Get...

  3. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    TCASII posted a topic in General Students

    We've had so much contradictory teaching so far. We've been drilled with the RACE acronym, then today we had a test where the correct answer out of the four options within RACE was to pull the alarm....

  4. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    TCASII replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    Yes! I said place the patient close to the nurses station in a wheelchair. We were told earlier that placing a patient close to the nurses station, wheelchair or just in a room, was the best...

  5. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    TCASII replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    Yeah, and if I were younger and in a different place I would do the same. I'm actually doing very well and much better than a lot of my classmates, however, I just find the process more than...

  6. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    TCASII replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    The RACE question was a "what would you do first" type with the four choices. Pull the alarm was priorty over rescue... I understand what you are saying about more than one right answer and picking...

  7. I'm so sick of the "fluff"

    TCASII replied to paramed1's topic in General Students

    Of course we have class time for book learning. I'm referring to the OPs issue with fluff/busy work. I'm in an accelerated program so full of fluff that the time for study is diminished greatly....

  8. I'm so sick of the "fluff"

    TCASII replied to paramed1's topic in General Students

    Clinicals? How does that allow you to learn/read about diseases, pharmacology (internal effects), and so on....? Clinical time is relatively short in the grand scheme of things. We aren't medical...

  9. Fundamentals of Nursing

    TCASII replied to StudentAColeman's topic in General Students

    To my knowledge, not at all. It might look similar on the surface, but a 2002 book is about 10 years out of date now at best. Some subjects won't change much if at all, but others might be a lot...

  10. I'm so sick of the "fluff"

    TCASII replied to paramed1's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is definitely full of fluff or busy work that distracts from real learning. If we could spend that time actually learning skills, nursing, and medical info, then most nurses would be a...

  11. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    TCASII replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    All the more reason why the questions are so poor at gauging our understanding. You get a simple short MCQ with little detail and four choices that usually have 2 or 3 right answers. You ask one...

  12. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    TCASII replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    I disagree in the sense that palliative care is not limited to hospice even though too many people seem to think it is the same thing. Home care, rehab, LTC, and other treatment modalities can fall...

  13. Can someone explain the difference between uptake & reuptake?

    TCASII replied to bassadict69's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Poor terminology IMO. Uptake that is. The problem with this subject is that different authors use ambiguous language to define a process. If you look in some high level texts, they will say that...

  14. Psychiatric Nursing

    TCASII replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm very interested in psych as well. It's so cliche that students all seem to pick ER/Trauma, Peds, ICU, and L&D as their main interest for work out of school. I can't tell you how many have...

  15. HIPAA

    TCASII replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    Yeah, that and the incorrect pronunciation of drugs as well. Drives me crazy. I have a disc that pronounces these things (Stedman's Medical Dictionary) and even my doctor pronounces lamotrigine...

  16. Help! dont know what to do

    TCASII replied to kenpochic's topic in General Students

    I've decided that nothing I do will result in a grade greater than an 80 or 85 percent in fundamentals. We are asked to read pages upon pages of material from our textbooks then asked a few questions...

  17. NS not providing any advanced info? Panicking!

    TCASII replied to Kaychell's topic in General Students

    If it's anything like my school you will be lost more days than just prior to starting. My head has been spinning since I started. One day you go to class and they'll just add some new random...

  18. Disclosing that I am on pain medication?

    TCASII replied to Hopeful3's topic in General Students

    Talk about an extreme response. Opioid agonists aren't the only medication that can affect someone's mental status. Antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and even some non-psychotropic meds can alter...

  19. Oh, why did I do this??

    TCASII replied to Calinurse4's topic in General Students

    I don't know what to say. I knew this prior to entering nursing school, but I did it anyhow. Maybe I'm a sadist. I worked the OR of a very respectable hospital for a year and a half. I was able to...

  20. A slight twist on our stigma

    TCASII replied to PMHNP10's topic in Psychiatric

    That was probably more about him and his faults. He knows he's an alcoholic and is insecure about his behavior, ect... He expects you to recognize those faults and "ruin" his state of denial and...

  21. Apollo College RN Program

    TCASII replied to crangel's topic in Arizona Nursing

    So which is it? In one post you claim to have been accepted to Grand Canyon University and gave the impression that you were in. Now you say you attended Apollo? Did GCU not work out or something?...

  22. Neurontin

    TCASII replied to ER-RN2's topic in Pain Management

    FWIW, pregabalin (Lyrica) has a similar mechanism of action as gabapentin (Neurontin), however its absorption/bioavailability is much better and it is more potent, therefore pregabalin is a better...

  23. Staying awake to study?

    TCASII replied to Asira's topic in General Students

    I know that Dexedrine worked wonders for pilots during the Gulf War. Seriously, better sleep habits and avoidance of certain exogenous chemicals (caffeine) might help. Some people just need more...

  24. Accused for having patients best interest at heart

    TCASII replied to DJ-Adia's topic in Pain Management

    You don't want to know my thoughts, but I'll give them anyway. Medicine is a business. The higher up the ladder you go in a hospital, clinic, or other institution, the lower the compassion or...

  25. Black stethoscopes for everyone

    TCASII replied to sunkissed75's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Eh, get a cardiology III and be done with it.