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Summer Days

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  1. What should i do in the health field besides nursing?

    Summer Days replied to nursing212's topic in General Students

    Those are good options suggested above. You can also think of registered dietian, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech

  2. How Much Study & Prep Time to Allow for 1st Year Clinicals?

    Summer Days replied to SeattleJess's topic in General Students

    There really isn't much to prep for your first day of clinical except to show up in time with a pen and paper and a huge heart to help on the floor. Your big test will be wanting to write anything and...

  3. Question about Fundamentals

    Summer Days replied to MizMaverick's topic in General Students

    Sounds like one of those instructors who won't teach much but will test you on everything. I suggest you buy a fundamental of nursing review book. There's fundamental of nursing made incredibly easy...

  4. Nursing process questions?

    Summer Days replied to jessnelson719's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Have you tried practising nclex questions on the nursing process? Then when you get a question wrong, formulate a question as to why you got it wrong and bring it to

  5. Childrens Respiratory Floor

    Summer Days replied to 2016New's topic in General Students

    It'll serve you good to remember that the diameter of a pediatric trachea is like that of a small sized straw. So imagine a wheezing ped pt with a trachea as such and with an immature respiratory...

  6. Help with Nursing diagnoses

    Summer Days replied to aimes.k559's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When it comes to instructions where one instructor said one thing then another said the opposite, your best bet is to clarify what is required of you from the grading instructor and follow that...

  7. Help with Nursing diagnoses

    Summer Days replied to aimes.k559's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You stated above that your assessment revealed pt is SOB without exertion. Now compare this SOB and pain in the left side extremity and ask yourself, which of these is likely to kill my patient? When...

  8. financial aid and course load

    Summer Days replied to Alexandra19's topic in General Students

    At one time I took 14 units, the extra class was to fulfil at a mandatory upper class general ed since I'm doing BSN. That was one of my craziest school terms ever especially because I am in a quarter...

  9. High creatinine level: nursing diagnosis

    Summer Days replied to LizForrester's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I bet you if you answer the question "what does high creatinine/high urea level mean?", you will come up with nursing diagnoses a lot quicker than you

  10. Pediatric Nursing Question ( help please!)

    Summer Days replied to EternalFeather's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My thinking is there is a chance they may get endocarditis especially if the congenital disease involved repair of a valve defect cause one of the complications of such repairs is rheumatic...

  11. HPU failed by 1%

    Summer Days replied to jams.martin's topic in General Students

    The hard truth is unfortunately in nursing schools you don't get grade leniency because you are ill or worst case there is death in the family. What's expected of you in such a case is either to pull...

  12. Chronic Renal Failure-Nursing Diagnosis

    Summer Days replied to army mommy of three's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Like the OP mentioned, I am going to assume you have tackled more important nursing diagnoses and need clarification with the lmbalanced nutrition more/less than body requirements. First off, what...

  13. Case Study #2

    Summer Days replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes HTN and sudden HA are of concern and are suggestive of SAH. We could also evaluate hx of TIA, hx of trauma however minimal, is she diabetic, hx of arrythmias or valvular disease? Should we also...

  14. The Letters of Recommendation for Applications

    Summer Days replied to Folkeye's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was required to turn in two letters of recommendation, one academic and the other non-academic. I had my writing class instructor and my supervisor at work each write me one. Good luck

  15. How to study????

    Summer Days replied to carys's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The way to study is to know what type of a learner you are. In pre-nursing classes I did fine with reading the textbook and class notes. Then along came nursing school and I found reading all the...

  16. Does anyone have any recommended NCLEX style practice questions

    Summer Days replied to Little_Bear2013's topic in General Students

    Did you mention OB? I took OB last term and I solely used Davis and relied heavily on NCLEX RN incredibly

  17. Daily Schedule?

    Summer Days replied to notnursezelda's topic in General Students

    I work and school full time. I put in 30 hours of study per week. It means in the short term I have minimal social

  18. antipyrtic for temperature control

    Summer Days replied to violaliu's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You may be confusing peripheral vasodilation and cerebral vasodilation. From what I read the mechanism of action of acetaminophen in antipyresis is to block/inhibit the action of prostaglandins in the...

  19. Should I or shouldn't I

    Summer Days replied to TryingNotToFreakOut's topic in General Students

    Whether the PCT job helps you down the road will depend on how well you network. I went for a PCT job interview recently and the nurse manager who interviewed me mentioned that she has promoted some...

  20. UGH! Break is almost over..boo

    Summer Days replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    I strongly agree with you, the past year has flown by! I am two and a half weeks away from summer break and boy am I exhausted. On a happy note, I've knocked out Fundamentals, Medsurg I&II, Pharm,...

  21. OB question!! Help please!

    Summer Days replied to EternalFeather's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In an uncomplicated birth process hypotension is an expected finding d/t blood loss associated with birth and additionally the body ridding itself the extra fluid it accumulated during pregnancy. But...

  22. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    Summer Days replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    The poster came to vent, that's all. To those who negatively remarked about the poster's username, yours was not an invitation to do this. If the name bothered you so much, you could have MOVED RIGHT...

  23. I passed the Nclex-rn and books and Hurst review videos and Worksheets included

    Summer Days replied to NurseChic14's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats on passing. I am emailing you right now. Thank you Yes I just emailed twice and it came right

  24. Care plan help!

    Summer Days replied to Chrystal Marie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your best resource would be a NANDA book, buy one if you do not have it (you must cite your sources). I have not come across a site that is credit worthy to be cited but here is something to guide...

  25. How do you deal with questions on prioritization, delegation, etc.

    Summer Days replied to JasonKa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have had people speak of the book by Lacharity called prioritization, delegation and assignment. I have yet to use it but I will very soon, try it and see if it'll help. Also another way to go about...