isis73

hehe...me too! told my hubby i was going to get a journal and fill it with my name, rn--just for practice!:dncgbby:

congratulations, vballman, rn!!!

[color=deepskyblue]congratulations, inthehomestretch and dazeylpn2b!! :ancong!:

Thanks, guys! I look forward to congratulating you tomorrow, vballman!

[color=deepskyblue]i passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! look out micu, here i come! wahoooo!:anpom:

Almost time! Good luck to everyone and post when you find out!

Drinking husband's conconction of a wine/fruit smoothie...does make the wait easier!

I took mine yesterday and I have no idea how it went. Except for med calc, everything was just best guess...and it stopped at 75. Good luck to everyone waiting! 24 more hours.....:anbd:

There is no teacher like experience, so I'd love to know what those of you with years of experience make of our class case study...Thanks for the tips and advice! 39 year old truck driver, male, admitted to the hospital following an accident in whic...

First of all I just want to say hi! This is my first post here(*I was wrong--according to allnurses, this is my 7th post!* :Snow: ) , though I have been reading posts for advice and encouragement for the past year and a half of nursing school--I lo...

i just wanted to post an update...i'm going to the mccu! i just graduated, and now it's off to kill the nclex dragon...thanks for the advice and encouragement!

Thanks to everyone for their helpful advice and encouragement! I am in my senior semester, about to graduate in May, and my biggest fear is time management. I feel slow and all thumbs, and I tend to proceed cautiously until I am sure of what I am do...

Had the case study today, and you're right--pt had a temp of 96 and with everything else we were trying to think of and work on, we didn't catch it right away. Pt had 36% BSA burned.

Thanks to both of you! Great advice. And you're absolutely right ukstudent--my teacher's two loves are critical care and psych, so I'm sure she will be interested to know what we are doing to care for the wife and two daughters who are on the way. ...

Yes, that is extremely helpful. I had forgotten about the Parkland formula (having only recently learned it). I think the focus is mostly on assessments, but also on prioritizing care, and your suggestions are all very helpful. (How is your first ...

I know it is extremely vague, and I do apologize for that--that is all the information we have been given to work with. More info will be given when we show up for our case study and we will have to know how to respond--we have just finished coverin...

Yay! I'm so glad to hear that it's okay to not start in Med-Surg, especially if my heart isn't in it. I really liked and respected the Surgical unit manager, but I felt it would be unfair to her as well to take a job I felt no enthusiasm for. Thank...

Hi all, I'm working on a care plan for my second week of clinicals this Thursday and Friday, and I could use some help prioritizing my top five diagnoses. My pt has a G-tube, indwelling catheter, BKA and AKA, contractures in both arms, Alzheimer's, t...

Skin integrity, impaired r/t physical immobility; altered circulation secondary to PVD; altered metabolic state secondary to DM; bowel incontinence and urinary incontinence AMB feeding tube, indwelling catheter and excoriation of sacrum/coccyx. Bette...

Thanks again, Daytonite. I did think to check other binders this week (after having to revamp my care plan last week) and looked at Treatments. Based on what I saw, I think impaired skin integrity will be my priority this week. Here's my Nsg Dx so ...

Thanks so much for the great help, Daytonite! Your insight and years of experience speaking are invaluable. Thanks so much for taking the time to help those of us just getting started out. Isis73

There is no family involved and pt is in long term care facility. That certainly would be a high priority if they were, though. Thanks for the suggestion--that will be good to remember in the future. Isis73

Thanks to everyone for your help and suggestions! As far as the ABC's and Maslows, I ran into trouble with that last week since I put Ineffective breathing pattern as my number one (r/t SOB)--but there was nothing I could do for the pt in the way of...