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I will be starting nursing school in less than a week and I've just realized how much of the information learned during my A&P prerequisites I have forgotten. I took my a&P classes almost a year ago. Is this normal? I feel like now I'm gonna...

I have a very think, yellow nail, it's seriously disgusting, and I have to participate in a complete physical assessment for one of my labs. This lab is done in preparation for our next lab which will require me to do a physical assessment on someone...

Hi everyone, I'm a nursing student at a community college, and I'm required to write a research paper that's worth 25% of my final grade. This is for my fundamentals class. I would appreciate it if you could help me come up with a topic. Requiremen...

I'm required to buy all white leather shoes for my nursing program. I can't decide what the best options out there are. Any idea what shoes I should get? I'm totally lost. Thank you!

Could you guys please help me understand the nursing diagnosis? I just don't get it. Here's one example : Mrs. Judy Fitts, age 76, is admitted with shortness of breath upon exertion and paresis of the right side. She is a mouth breather and her temp...

Thank you for this! It seems like this is exactly what my train is thought has forced me to believe. The only problem, and this is what worrying me, is the fact that I don't know what details will be significant. I don't know what is important right ...

I haven't read on the epiglottis yet, but I feel like I might have an idea of its function. Isn't the function of the epiglottis to prevent food from going down the airways (trachea)? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Hey! Thanks for your comment. I'm definitely starting to remember more now. Even relearning old terms has proven to be easier than when I learned it. Now I'm just so overwhelmed by the information in the texbook. We have this entire chapter on Oxyge...

There are so many breath sounds and each makes a specific sound. How am I gonna remember all that? the chapter on Oxygenation is almost 40 pages long. I'm so overwhelmed. I'm reading it and trying to understand it, and I probably do understand what t...

After reading through the texbook, I definitely feel like a lot of the material is coming back to me. I also seem to be able to memorize or "relearn" things I have forgotten at a faster rate. My only fear now is that I don't know how to go about stu...

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone in this forum for their support and responses. I seriously love this place b.c it has always been able to guide me through my pre-reqs and I'm hoping it will do the same during the nursing program. Second, fo...

Please, help me out with this terrible mistake I've made. I'm trying to become a CNA and all I have to do to start the program is drop off my physical examination plus PPD test results. CNA classes start at the beginning of every month. I've been ...

Hello, you guys! Thanks everyone for your help. I just called the CNA office and was told that they would not drug test me. I told them that I needed to find out whether I would get drug tested or not because I have prescribed medication and I didn't...

I'm having a hard time understanding the roles of a nurse. Can anyone explain them to me with real life examples? This is what I think I understand the roles to be. Provider of care= nurse uses the nursing process to make decisions. Manager of care...

Thank you for taking your time to provide me with those definitions; I really appreciate it. The problem is that my school has their own definitions and I can't seem to make sense of them. These are the definitions: 1. Provider of Care: prac...

Well, basically, we have definitions of "roles of a nurse" and I can't understand what they mean or how they apply in real life. For instance, these are the definitions of "roles of a nurse" according to out school's nursing handbook. 1. Prov...

When I think of "provider," I think of a nurse cleaning a patient's wounds. When I think of "manager," I think of the nurse trhinking how to best clean these wounds. I have never seen nurses do anything in clinicals b.c I'm a prenursing student. Thi...

HELP PLEASE! I'm being asked to write a paper (APA fromat) based on the interview of a RN. I have already interviewed the registered nurse but I can't understand how to go about writing this paper. Here are some guidelines: Use a narrative format to...

I'm suppose to interview a registered nurse, how do I go about finding a nurse? I went to one hospital and got told I couldn't do that. They talked about a nurse policy that won't allow nurses to give information out? I wasn't gonna ask anything per...

I'm willing to do it whichever way works best for you. I don't know why I suggested skype. Sorry. hah

I'm planning on taking a course to become a CNA. I'm sure I will get experience and a network once I start that job. But as of right now, I don't know of anyone. My healthcare provider was suppose to call me back (left a voicemail) but it never happe...

I don't have that many friends and just recently (2 years ago) moved to the area. I can't think of anyone who knows a nurse, and I don't have a facebook. I'm just worried because I also called my healthcare provider the other day and I got to leave ...

Hello everyone! I'm currently taking my prerequisites for the nursing program at my community college. I will be taking my microbiology final in less than 3 days and I definitely don't feel very confident about it. I have worked hard for this clas...

How did you feel about the microorganisms ( bacteria, virus, fungi) and the s/s, treatment, diagnosis etc? This is the part I haven't entirely mastered and this is the part I'm afraid to face once in the program. Thanks for the comment.

hi there, thanks for the comment. What makes you think that not knowing my microbiology material will not affect me once in nursing school? would really appreciate your thoughts on this. I'm not too worried about not getting into nursing school, my...