Kuriin BSN, RN

Emergency

Member
  • Content

    967
  • Visitors

    10,545
  • Followers

    0
  • Likes

    27

All Content by Kuriin

  1. Kuriin

    Clinical Scenario HELP!

    I'm not great in maternity...but, whenever I see "bright red bleeding" with no pain can be pretty serious and potentially needs an immediate C-Section. edit: BTW, the nursing diagnoses are good
  2. Kuriin

    Nclex-Rn exam

    No, it is not true. Give it a shot and see what
  3. Doesn't psychology have a lab as well? Or required to do
  4. edit: Wow. Double
  5. Kuriin

    Suggestions for Passing NCLEX-RN

    Sounds like Saunders isn't for you. Try one of the many other resources (Kaplan, UWorld, NCBSN, Hurst, etc.) and see how you
  6. Kuriin

    Clinical Scenario HELP!

    I like the way you're thinking. Can you tell me what you think this patient may be
  7. I do like delirium as a psych nursing diagnosis. I think now at this point, you need to figure out why this patient may be experiencing delirium. Postoperative delirium in the elderly: diagnosis and...
  8. Kuriin

    Graduating with Honors Diploma?

    People won't care that you finished your degree in soandso amount of time unless it took you much longer than normal. The GPA is a big thing,
  9. Kuriin

    Phlebotomy and EKG cert?

    Having extra skills while in nursing school is always a good idea. Because it would be over a year before you graduate, I think it would be a good
  10. It's the same for both real world and NCLEX world. You do not delegate the first set of vital signs. After that, you delegate to stable and unchanging
  11. I'm not even really sure what to tell you. You took a year off and studied absolutely nothing. Perhaps Hurst or NCBSN? I really don't know.
  12. Kaplan, UWorld, NCLEX Mastery, Hurst, NCBSN, and Saunders. Most bang for your buck depends on how you learn. Some people will work well with Kaplan, others will work well with UWorld,
  13. Give yourself 3 weeks and about 3-4 hours to study/day. Try and do minimally 220 questions. Study from rationales. I personally used LaCharity, UWorld, Kaplan (all of their QBanks), and NCLEX Mastery....
  14. Kuriin

    Pearson vue trick

    Sounds like you didn't even complete the steps. I don't understand why people don't understand this. 1) Sign up to take NCLEX again 2) Put in credit card information 3) Hit Submit You have two roads...
  15. Kuriin

    Please correct me

    Which is why I mentioned that it does not say "in 6 divided
  16. Kuriin

    Please correct me

    As SoldierNurse mentioned, why are you dividing by 6? Where did you even get that from? It's asking per dose...it does not say "in 6 divided doses" which you then would divide
  17. 1. What made you want to go into the nursing profession? - My brother was diagnosed with a disease and I wanted to be a nurse practitioner with this specialty. However, I didn't get accepted into...
  18. Kuriin

    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Was watching Grey's Anatomy this past week when the patient went into a full tonic clonic seizure. They not only rolled him on his sides, but rolled him on the sides WITH NO SIDE RAILS, AND LEFT the...
  19. Kuriin

    Trying this again..Tips needed!

    Honestly, the only advice I can give you is to not wait until the last minute to do projects or study. Keeping on top of everything is going to be your best bet to not getting overwhelmed. But, even...
  20. Ding, ding, ding.
  21. Kuriin

    Care plan: pancreatitis/sepsis?

    It would be nice if these scenarios provided information on the feeling of the abdomen. But, can't always get what you
  22. Kuriin

    Question Banks Nursing School

    It's not cheating if they are actual review text books that happen to have questions in them. For an example, my school regularly used the Davis MedSurg/Maternity/Pediatric books for their test...
  23. Kuriin

    Did anyone find anatomy easy?

    I feel like saying that soandso class is easy when it might be difficult for others is just a little
  24. Kuriin

    Thinking about quitting nursing school

    Sounds like you have your answer. You're an adult, so time to start making your own
  25. Kuriin

    Care plan: pancreatitis/sepsis?

    Looks like a slew of problems to me. Potential sepsis. Potential alcohol withdrawal. Chronic (?)