4xJG

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1. Any nursing care plan book recommendations?

   4xJG replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

   The previous post is right, Ackley & Ladwig's Nursing Diagnosis Handbook. I'm starting my third semester in the fall and there's no way I could do care plans without it. Also, if you go to evolve.elsevier.com, there are free resources for each of...

2. Which inhaler needs to be given first?

   4xJG replied to solanim's topic in Medications

   Lewis, S. L., Dirksen, S. R.,Heitkemper, M. M., Bucher, L., & Camera, I. M. (2011). Meical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems(8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby. Here's the full citation for the textbook and, as...

3. So confused, help me out please. Pre-nursing

   4xJG replied to JedaM's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If you know what universities you are interested in, their counselors, or sometimes even links on their websites, should tell you what the required prerequisites are. Here in AZ, quite a few of the universities have a transfer guide for the larger co...

4. Which inhaler needs to be given first?

   4xJG replied to solanim's topic in Medications

   I read this thread earlier today and agreed w PP since we were taught in school/clinical that bronchodilators were always given before steroids or other meds. Just came across this in reading my med-surg textbook: "Historically it has been recommend...

5. CEP May Applicants

   4xJG replied to ChasingGreatness's topic in Arizona

   Congrats on getting started!! Just wanted to drop a line to let you know a little about NUR330. I'm going into 3rd semester of NAU's traditional BSN at the Tucson campus. We took NUR330 with the CEP students at PCC down here. It was kind of nice tha...

6. Smart Enough?

   4xJG replied to happyinmyheart's topic in Pre-Nursing

   It's definitely not about being smart enough. If you do well enough to get TO nursing school, you can do well enough to get THROUGH nursing school, and become a nurse. It's about working hard, putting in the study hours needed, and thinking outside o...