MikeyJ

MikeyJ RN

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  1. liver cirrhosis, hyperaldosteronism, and sodium retention

    MikeyJ replied to GingerSue's topic in General Students

    I actually have seen first hand knowledge of this because my aunt passed away from liver failure due to long-term alcohol abuse, and I was her primary care taker for 6 months. During her many stays...

  2. S/S of IV Infiltration

    MikeyJ replied to sports2245's topic in General Students

    Warmth and redness is associated with inflammation, trauma, etc. An infiltrated IV basically involves the IV fluid infiltrating into the surrounding tissues rather than into the vein. Thus, you have...

  3. graduating in one week, a little nervous about ERI test

    MikeyJ replied to lisacsu84's topic in General Students

    We have ERI's every semester and they are actually 10% of our course grade.

  4. S/S of IV Infiltration

    MikeyJ replied to sports2245's topic in General Students

    You basically have it right. You may see bruising as well. And another "sign" would be stopped or slowed infusion, and you may see some IV fluid leaking out of the infiltrated

  5. Are theses classes hard??

    MikeyJ replied to mr.rn-2010's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I personally absolutely LOVE chemistry -- I always have. I took general chemistry my junior year in high school, AP chemistry senior year and then continued to take chemistry classes throughout...

  6. One of your best moments in Med Surg is...

    MikeyJ replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am still a nursing student but I have these type of moments everyday of clinicals. As everyone knows, as a student I get to spend a great deal of time with my patients in comparison to the staff...

  7. Weird question @ nursing school: assessments

    MikeyJ replied to neenja's topic in General Students

    That is the craziest thing I have heard -- making their female students strip down to their bare chests. I am no lawyer, but I am betting that if a good amount of students banded together they could...

  8. Weird question @ nursing school: assessments

    MikeyJ replied to neenja's topic in General Students

    In our physical assessment class, they ASK (they can't make us) men to take their shirts off and wear shorts and women to wear a sports bra and shorts. We only do that when we are auscultating the...

  9. Needing words of encouragement

    MikeyJ replied to richwv's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Just keep on telling yourself that: "...and this too shall

  10. Anatomy and physiology HELP NURSING SCHOOL

    MikeyJ replied to araujojr's topic in General Students

    I don't think the anatomy portion is that important for nursing school. Those anatomical points that are specific in nursing school are fairly straight forward and will not go nearly indepth as you...

  11. Management on Decline?

    MikeyJ posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I am currently only a nursing student -- scheduled to graduate May 2008. However, I was speaking to a few nurses that I know very well (both are in their mid 50's). One is a clinical director here in...

  12. NS does not teach ADL's

    MikeyJ replied to dorselm's topic in General Students

    I am in my first semester and we give meds, injections, do assessments, charting, insert foleys, insert NG tubes, change dressings, and we also do ADL's. We covered ADL's our first day of lab but...

  13. do you give good report?

    MikeyJ replied to MoopleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our school provides us with a worksheet to carry around with us and fill out and we use that sheet specifically to give report. But the nurses on the unit I am in just want to know what you did for...

  14. As nurses are we just Trained well behavedMonkeys

    MikeyJ replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I've never understood why many nurses are intimidated by the docs. I am merely a nursing student, but the physicians do not intimidate me at all. I just go about my business, and if a physician is...

  15. I got a waiver......don't have to take Anatomy!!!

    MikeyJ replied to livinglighthouse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Did they waive both anatomy & physiology, or just anatomy (some schools separate the classes and some integrate them)? I am curious because if physiology is very helpful in nursing school...

  16. Oral surgery & dental office sedation

    MikeyJ replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not exactly sure what we are even disagreeing on here -- I agree that the patient is most vulnerable during that time... I am not disputing that at all. And I understand it is extremely...

  17. Oral surgery & dental office sedation

    MikeyJ replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, I wasn't kidding. I understand it is dangerous to be put under anesthesia. However, you are not going to have people having oral surgery crashing left and right. I am not saying people do not...

  18. Oral surgery & dental office sedation

    MikeyJ replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    If it is a reputable dentist, I am sure they have measures set in place if someone starts crashing (I am sure that is very rare though to crash under general anesthesia unless they have some sort of...

  19. Cheap blood titers in las vegas?

    MikeyJ replied to HikingNinja's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I did mine through UNLV's health clinic -- but I don't think NSC has any type of health clinic. I don't know of any cheap alternative's .. I think it is going to have to be through your

  20. Calculator on NLN???

    MikeyJ replied to Shox8586's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't attend that school, but typically you are unable to use calculators on the NET or NLN, or other similar exams. Math problems on those pre-admission exams are not that difficult -- just...

  21. hospitals with best benefits in Las Vegas

    MikeyJ replied to sld1971's topic in Nevada Nursing

    UMC has the best benefits, hands down. When I worked @ UMC (not as a nurse -- still a student here), they gave us the breakdown of how much they spend on each employee for their health plan.. and it...

  22. Possible to do 2 clinicals in 1 semester?

    MikeyJ replied to donlind's topic in General Students

    In my accelerated BSN program, we do at least 2 clinicals per "semester" (we actually do trimesters) from the 2nd thereon (we are in a 4 semester, 14 month program). *2nd semester consists of OB,...

  23. Male RN gets to pay more?

    MikeyJ replied to churro's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a city where we have a very large spanish speaking population and bilingual nurses are definitely hired over a nurse who only speaks English -- however, there is no pay

  24. Help! My patho teacher is HORRIBLE!!!

    MikeyJ replied to Chip_04's topic in General Students

    My patho/pharm teacher basically reads directly from her notes as well, and will elaborate here and there (nothing much though). However, she tests directly from her notes and doesn't try throwing...

  25. Question about a heat stroke victim

    MikeyJ replied to katmeister's topic in General Students

    I agree -- if you know someone is having a heat stroke, the first measure should be to cool that person