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I'm writing a paper for one of my classes. I have to briefly discuss what the role of the nurse was in the 1970s/80s. The only sources I can find talk about events pertaining to nursing in the 1980s. I really want to know the experience of being a n...

This "debate" came up in a clinical rotation of mine a few weeks ago. There was a patient who's SBP had been running in the 90s for a couple of days. His SBP was 85. His pulse rate was 80 and his potassium levels were normal. He was taking the digoxi...

Is this a new thing? Do you think a lot of ICUs do daily CHG bathing?

In my opinion, the hardest part about nursing school is the volume of information you have to learn. If you have good time management skills and find an efficient study method (and try not to be so type A), then you'll do fine. As for A&P, I've f...

First off, no, mental health isn't considered in the application process. I'd think that if schools did exclude you due to your mental health that you could sue them. Secondly, don't let anyone tell you that nursing isn't for you because you have st...

buy a book of NCLEX style questions and use that for studying. I think that the hardest part of testing in med surg is taking what you've learned in lecture and applying it to an NCLEX style question.

Hang in there; I hated my clinical first semester, especially early on since i didn't have many skills and only one patient. Now, I'm in my second semester and am doing critical care; I love it. At least in my program, you don't really feel like a nu...

For example:NPH insulin my instructor's ppt says onset: 2-4 hrs, peak: 4-10hrs, duration: 10-16hrs my text book says: onset:1-2hrs, peak: 6-14hrs, duration: 16-24hrs UCSF website says: onset 1-2hrs, peak: 4-6hrs, durations 12+ hrs does it have to do ...

-A good pair of shoes (or insoles and compression socks) -hi-lighters and index cards -good frozen meals -mulitvitamin -a watch with a second hand -hand sanitizer -an NCLEX questions book

I'll be honest, this program is really competitive to get into. You definitely want to get at least an 88% on your TEAS test and probably have a 3.7 in your prereq classes. Also, if you're worried about grades, do some volunteer work. CSUS offers a l...

Hi! You get assigned a clinical group, hospital, and unit to work on. You'll be on a med-surg floor taking care of one patient, once a week. You're last week in clinical will be 2 days, with 2 patients each day. You stay on that unit but get other ex...

At my school, pretty much everyone does this. It's actually encouraged. We have a mentor program where upper-classmen help us lower-classmen with things like study tips, how to answer NCLEX questions (all of our exams are NCLEX style questions), and ...

This was my first time taking care of 2 patients and (at least) from 0700-1000 it felt so hectic. I was late for almost everything- vitals, assessment, meds... I felt so disorganized. When I asked my other cohorts, they said that they were doing fine...

To be honest, I tried Danskos and they just did not work for me at all. Plus, I'm already 5'9" so they made me look like a giant. Right now I were standard tennis shoes with Spenco insoles (only $20 and work better than aetrex, super feet, etc.) http...

I'm reading through a power point and don't get why this solution is the best for the following situation: -pt NPO -Na 128 -K 3.5 -glucose 130 answer: D5NS with 20 mEq KCl at 75 ml/hr I get that you'd use NS since there's a low Na. But why include th...

*is it because we're giving it at a slow rate so the kidneys have time to excrete enough of it? So if you gave 20mEq KCl too fast, you'd kill the patient, right?

Is this correct: NS to replenish Na K because when Na goes up, K goes down Dextrose b/c NPO Also, dumb question I know, but is that 20mEq KCl per liter? If it is per liter, why would that not kill the patient? (p.s. I'm first semester so we're just g...

for our class, the normative values are: Na 135-145 K 3.3-5 glucose 70-110 * question said nothing about diuretics

I really can find nothing on using anticoagulants to treat SIRS. I'd think that anticoagulant therapy would be included to prevent further formation of micro clots. How is SIRS treated?

*just SIRS, not sepsis I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. The only two sources I found online stated that the Tx is fluids and treating the condition that incited the SIRS. Why would you not use a fibrinolytic agent or anticoagulant to ...

So this was the first time I've done a head to toe on a patient by myself. I feel like I did an ok job, but I forgot some things and wasn't that good at assessing others. I need some tips on: -listening to a pt's lungs from the back when they're on s...

glasgow coma scale... need some help please. Thank you

I wanted to ask some nurses who are experienced with heart sounds this question. I just learned cardiac assessment and while I was listening to my heart over the 2nd ICS, right sternal border I heard a very low pitched systolic whooshing sound. I've...

I know that NPO means nothing by mouth. However, for one of my assignments there's a stroke patient who can't swallow; an NG tube was ordered for a bolus feed. Does this mean that she is NPO?

Hi everyone. I just happened to stumble upon this thread. I'm 7 weeks into the Sac St nursing program. If you have any questions from a first semester student, feel free to ask. Some advice: -Start learning your medical terminology and abbreviations...