Leonardsmom,LPN

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  1. Struggling with an assignment! Pregnant women with history of IV drug use and alcohol abus

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to JLVAND's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you have a nurses diagnosis book? You need to use NANDA labels when making your diagnosis, medical diagnosis such as HIV or alcohol (ETOH) withdrawal will not work. Does the scenario give you...

  2. Had my second clinical ever today and already losing my mind a little bit

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to dr.dorian's topic in General Students

    Hello, Don't stress over this situation, you are new at doing this and it is something that your clinical instructor realizes and expects you to improve with during the semester. Part of being a...

  3. Right lower lobe pneumonia

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to Gemlee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What does your text books say about the rationale what do you understand or don't about the rationale in the book. For articles use the resources at you library to look for articles. As others have...

  4. Nursing care plan help

    Leonardsmom,LPN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Happy Easter all, working on my care plan for pt that had and was hoping for some input. My pt was a 71yr old male with PAD admitted for diabetic wet gangrene of the foot with amputation of the toes...

  5. Nutrition prereq help?!

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to Future_HospiceRN's topic in General Students

    You need to look at the nursing program(s) that you are planning to apply for to see what class would fulfill their requirement. Most schools have Macro agreements that give you information about...

  6. Bad at conversation

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to Sudi93's topic in General Students

    You mentioned that English is not your first language, how do you feel conversing in English. Is it something that you are comfortable with and confident in communicating in this language, or do you...

  7. What Can't You Live Without?

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to portx's topic in General Students

    Number 1 definitely coffee, a good place to study at I prefer either the library at school or have a couple of coffee shops that I practically live at. My planner, and while studying I have found...

  8. I need help please!!!!!!

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to Rickyv562's topic in General Students

    For the question of if the school accepts the GI bill, the best way to find out accurate information would be to talk to someone from the financial aid office of the school. As for working, you are...

  9. Should I give up?

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to mcmullenbrooke's topic in General Students

    My honest opinion is that before you look at other options of nursing programs to apply for, you first need to figure out why you have had difficulties in your prerequisites. Classes like anatomy and...

  10. 1 minute for each question in nursing school

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to RescueNinja123's topic in General Students

    Agree with springchick about getting an NCLEX and practice doing questions. This will help you with answering NCLEX style questions and as with anything the more you practice at doing something the...

  11. Another ABG question

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to Leonardsmom,LPN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you Double-Helix, this wasn't the exact thread I was looking for, but both members that had posted in the other also posted in this one the information they had posted in the other

  12. Another ABG question

    Leonardsmom,LPN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Working on going over material for upcoming class and exam next week on ABGs and was hoping that someone might be able to either direct me to a previous post or explain. Did a search on here the...

  13. After an IM, vitals to be assessed after 15 min

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to RUBYMARTINEZ's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    With low BP think about a severe allergic reaction in which someone has anaphylactic shock. What happens with shock, what changes do you see in blood pressure. Also if you haven't already look up...

  14. Dividers!

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to meaganmutuc's topic in General Students

    Have used those myself also, helps for dividing out different chapters being covered, marking tables for quick reference. Also use post it tabs in my clinical books for common labs and Nanda labels...

  15. Dividers!

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to meaganmutuc's topic in General Students

    It really depends on each person. I do at least onebinder for each class, and the number of dividers tends to vary. For my med surg class right now I have set up three binders. The first one has...

  16. Manual Blood Pressure Reading

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to nursechilespice's topic in General Students

    In school we are taught to palpate the pulse first, wait a minute and then take the BP inflating the cuff 20-30 mm Hg above where you could no longer feel the pulse. The rationale is that you obtain...

  17. Who do you tell if someone breaks HIPAA?

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to ColleenT's topic in General Students

    Is this something you witnessed as a student in a clinical setting, or is this an assignment you are working on? Knowing the reason why you are asking this question would be helpful in giving you a...

  18. I have an Unhelpful instructor

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to stephey's topic in General Students

    One of the issues I wonder that may be giving you problems is answering NCLEX style questions. There are many students in my cohort last semester that really struggled with that, and some even this...

  19. Do you NEED a study group to get through nursing school?

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to Student2017555's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It really depends on the individual person and the group I believe. I am in my second semester of my program right now, and 99% of the time study on my own. The few people I have had who wanted to...

  20. Nursing Diagnosis conflict help!

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to Emantsch's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What are your thoughts? Just finished covering this in my class and have a few different things I could think of. What have you learned about FHM, what may you be able to teach the parents. What can...

  21. Breastfeeding vs Formula Fed babies and Childhood Obesity

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to nursedeena's topic in General Students

    Have you looked to see if there have been any types of studies already done? What type of results have been found. Besides current weight probably should get height also, so you can figure out BMI....

  22. What is passing for your nursing program?

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to WanderingWilder's topic in General Students

    81% average on the exams, no rounding, pass or fail on skills check offs and clinicals. Each semester there is math test you have to pass with a 90% or better, at each level you get so many attempts,...

  23. How to use nursing process to identify diagnosis?

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to ital91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For this pt pain would be a huge issue, there is more than likely chronic pain from her OA, add in the acute pain r/t the dislocation of the prosthetic hip joint. Depending on her level of pain this...

  24. Nursing student: Job offer starting same day as required NCLEX review

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to nurmac's topic in General Students

    That's okay you go further back and look up some of their old posts in 2007 they claimed to be a RN that hadn't practiced for a few years. So either they misrepresented themselves as a nurse back...

  25. Should I take a leave of absence/withdraw/drop out?

    Leonardsmom,LPN replied to sneezingpanda's topic in General Students

    As others had said, right now the most important thing that you can do it to get help. You can always see if you could take a leave of absence from your program. Even if you are not able to there...