Daytonite BSN, RN

med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt

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    What should I say in my pinning ceremony speech ?-HELP

    Daytonite replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    my cousin, who was a corpsman in the navy, used to have a lot of fun telling nurses about how he often would tell unsuspecting newbies to run down to the lab to get a fallopian tube and bring it back...
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    Nurse needing guidance

    Daytonite replied to AngelTM50's topic in General Nursing

    tracy, i was diagnosed with colon cancer 2 years ago--a stage 2/3 very aggressive one. since, i've had surgery and chemotherapy and everything seems under control although i am closely followed by an...
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    Pilonidal Cyst

    Daytonite replied to ZanatuBelmont's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    about as simply put as can be, it is an abscess in the butt crack. yes, they require surgical intervention and often take a great deal of time to heal. i have had a handful of patients with them and...
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    Cardiovascular system - important things to know

    Daytonite replied to Zoe*aka*studentnurse's topic in General Students

    before you go into studying all the different heart diseases, first make sure you review the anatomy and physiology of the heart again and know the normal working of the heart very well because all...
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    Your appointment is only 10 minutes long...

    Daytonite replied to qt2168's topic in General Nursing

    Change doctors. Your mother knows these people don't care about her. If your mother belongs to an HMO write a letter of complaint along with a demand for a change to a different primary care doctor...
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    How much hard science is actually in Nursing School?

    Daytonite replied to SnoopysAunt's topic in General Students

    well, i have a bsn. for nursing classes you need the a&p, chemistry and microbiology in order to understand the pathophysiology of the disease processes going on when they start to talk about the...
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    How to Pass Anatony (AP)

    Daytonite replied to Lorrie1964's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    anatomy is pretty much best learned by memorization. there are a number of ways to memorize. just pick the method that works best for you: http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/accditg/ssmt.htm -...
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    How much hard science is actually in Nursing School?

    Daytonite replied to SnoopysAunt's topic in General Students

    I have no idea what you mean by hard science. Some of the stuff that you learned in your required pre-requisite science classes is likely to show up again during nursing school. That is why they...
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    Graduating and moving

    Daytonite replied to biblepoet's topic in General Students

    as a new grad you are in a different status. new grads get hired and put into new grad orientation programs, so what you should be doing is finding the names of the hospitals in nashville and...
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    Preparing for upcoming clinicial

    Daytonite replied to jbjints's topic in General Students

    if you are going to be required to write care plans on any patients, see post #23 on https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/health-assessment-resources-145091.html - health assessment...
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    nursing management for chronic back pain

    Daytonite replied to san007's topic in General Students

    you need to know the medical condition to know what is going to help. since this is chronic (definition: of long duration; nanda definition: duration of greater than 6 months) then there is history...
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    A Sticky Situation?

    Daytonite replied to anon695's topic in General Students

    being respectful of another person's religion or spiritual beliefs doesn't include having to talk with them about your own opinions on the matter. if you don't want to discuss your religious beliefs...
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    Community Health Nursing

    Daytonite replied to seniorstudent123's topic in General Students

    we did community health nursing in my bsn program. community health nurses are involved in follow up of testing that is done for communicable diseases such as hepatitis, lead screening, hiv testing...
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    nursing management for chronic back pain

    Daytonite replied to san007's topic in General Students

    Chronic back pain is a medical condition. Nursing interventions would be based upon the signs and symptoms that the patient has. Break this medical condition down into its component signs and...
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    URGENT HELP IN MATH!!!!

    Daytonite replied to jamhoyz's topic in General Students

    if the question doesn't give you that information (to add a specific amount of diluent) then you will not be able to come up with a correct dose on hand in order to calculate an amount to give, will...
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    URGENT HELP IN MATH!!!!

    Daytonite replied to jamhoyz's topic in General Students

    1. order: oxacillin sodium 500 mg, im, q6h. drug label: i gram oxacillin (for injection). this vial contains oxacillin sodium monohydrate equilavent 1 gram oxacillin and 20 mg diasbasic sodium...
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    Most common drugs

    Daytonite replied to ICAN!'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    drugs.com (http://www.drugs.com/) has a list on its home page of the top 100 drugs prescribed. rxlist.com (http://www.rxlist.com/) has a list of the top 200 prescribed drugs as well. its a place to...
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    Patient positioning post hypophysectomy?

    Daytonite replied to Sarah Bellum's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    page 173, nurse's 5-minute clinical consult: treatments in a section specifically on hypophysectomy (excision of all or part of the pituitary gland). . .on posttreatment care it states: "elevate the...
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    selecting needles, BP meds...

    Daytonite replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    There are only a handful of medications where needle gauge and length are a consideration. PCN is one where needle gauge is important. There are others that are oil-based where a low gauge needle...
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    Cardiac help... pretty please?

    Daytonite replied to Student4Now's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    just to be clear here. . .asd. . .atrial septal defect, correct? there are several types of murmurs that the patient can have (from page 100, nurse's 5-minute clinical consult: diseases): early to...
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    Second time through Nursing School... hate those tests!

    Daytonite replied to laxxrickLPN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    read the information and go to the weblinks listed on this thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/looking-test-taking-224581.html - looking for test taking strategies many times the...
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    What do you use when you walk in a room?

    Daytonite replied to JillFRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you, shrimpchips! I added it to the links on post #4 of the Health Assessment Resources, Techniques, and Forms
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    What do you use when you walk in a room?

    Daytonite replied to JillFRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I look at: the patient and what, in general, do they look like (comfortable, distressed, safe) where are the siderails and call bell where are the patient's arms and legs and what is going on with...
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    growth and development care plan goal

    Daytonite replied to vrturner's topic in General Students

    i don't know a thing about this condition, but i know lots about how to write a care plan. "find age appropriate toys and interactions" is not a specific enough intervention for this care plan. your...
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    What's the point of getting a BSN?

    Daytonite replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    What's the point of getting a BSN? expand your nursing knowledge base so you won't have to worry about going back to school when you hear the talk about how they are going to make a BSN mandatory to...