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  1. Nursing Dx for DKA patient

    MB37 posted a topic in General Students

    We finally have to start writing nursing dx and care plans, and I'm a little stuck on my second one. Doh! Here's my pt: admitted 10/29 with DKA (pH 7.30, BG >600, N/V, tremors, dizziness, SOB). I...

  2. Nursing Dx for DKA patient

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in General Students

    No, we're not allowed to go in the night before. Our preceptor assigns us a patient in the morning after report. Daytonite, thanks again - I'll see what I can find on that dx, I think I'll stop at a...

  3. What type of education do you have?

    MB37 replied to Conrad283's topic in General Nursing

    I checked "still in nursing school," but I already have a BS in psych and history. I'm in an ABSN program, and plan to become a CRNA after a few years in the

  4. Improving Archaic Medicine

    MB37 replied to sunspotmia's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student too, and I really like the idea of moving to a more computerized system. The hospital I do my clincals at is in "transition," so charting is still by hand but labs and orders...

  5. BScN vs. other Science Degree for Medical school Pre-req?

    MB37 replied to susan19891231's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't even consider a BSN, unless you go to a school where nursing prereqs are premed courses. You need to talk to an advisor at the school/s that you've been accepted to. Once you're 18, the...

  6. Low census policy at your hospital?

    MB37 replied to 2ndbach's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in restaurants in New Orleans, management frequently tried to send people home when reservations were low for the night. However, we all knew that it was illegal for them to force you to...

  7. Picking a progam

    MB37 replied to ddthemedic's topic in General Nursing

    I'd do the drive. You might want to try to meet people in the program, or send out a mass e-mail once you get an account with the school, and see if there is anyone else in your situation - maybe a...

  8. Crna

    MB37 replied to Beauty_of_Simplicity's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    By "college," you mean a school that gives out bachelors' degrees but does not have graduate programs, right? That shouldn't make any difference, you just a need a BSN (or BS/BA and an ADN is...

  9. should i stay or should i go....

    MB37 replied to amiro31's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Can you meet with an advisor at the schools you're interested in and ask them? I think level I is generally preferred, but you might meet someone at Georgetown who can write you a great recommendation...

  10. My plan to become a CRNA. Is this logical?

    MB37 replied to LeavingTeaching4RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I live in Tampa, and I've looked into USF, Wolford, and Barry. I went to the websites of all the rest in the state, but those are the only three I could attend without moving, and I'm married and my...

  11. Music / Songs to represent nursing

    MB37 replied to frostylightning's topic in General Students

    Wow, I think I'd quit school immediately if they made us do that....please don't let any of my instructors be reading this and thinking "that's a good idea"....I am about the least artistic person you...

  12. Nursing Dx for DKA patient

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in General Students

    Thanks Daytonite! My book calls that 3rd one Impaired Adjustment. However, it's not in the index. I really need a new care plan book. She is type I, went into a coma at age 5 when she moved to...

  13. Nursing Dx for DKA patient

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in General Students

    I get that...but she does have some S/S of FVE. I took patho last semester, but our book didn't have much to say about DKA (I just looked it up for the "patho" part of my care plan). This is only the...

  14. Nursing Dx for DKA patient

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in General Students

    Thanks! Maybe Excess Fluid Volume, since she has dyspnea...her Na was 131 when she came in, but 138 on the day I had her. Her hematocrit was still low, and her BP was a little high. Awesome, thanks a...

  15. Nursing Dx for DKA patient

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in General Students

    What else should I have looked for? I'm still really new at this. So you didn't offend me or anything, but I'm no closer to knowing what I should have done... Also, the care plan book that our school...

  16. Practicing B/P

    MB37 replied to mzjones6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I practice on myself, plus I have HTN and it's easier (and more accurate) to take my own than to go stick my arm in the machine at the grocery store. Yes, learning the proper speed at which to release...

  17. Having a difficult time with physical assessments

    MB37 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Question: I'm in Fundamentals and Physical Assessment this semester, and I'm doing well in my didactic courses. I've gotten essentially good feedback from my preceptors and my instructor so far, and...

  18. Having a difficult time with physical assessments

    MB37 replied to MB37's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks so far - we practiced deep palpation on each other in lab, but I didn't subject my patient to it last week. My CI says RN's don't actually use percussion that much, but she didn't say the same...

  19. Got in! and found out via e-mail

    MB37 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school began reviewing applications this morning, and when I got home from the grocery store a minute ago and opened up my e-mail, I found out I have been accepted to USF's accelerated BSN program...

  20. Should Government Pay?

    MB37 replied to Shaggyb2000's topic in General Nursing

    YES!! Most of Europe provides health care to all, and Guiliani's misquoted statistics aside, they generally have longer life expectancies than we do....

  21. Support Socks/Stocking

    MB37 replied to yuuki's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Question - do you wear regular socks over them, or are they thick enough that your feet won't hurt? I've always worked on my feet, and now I'm in nursing school, so I'm not about to stop anytime soon....

  22. Crna

    MB37 replied to Beauty_of_Simplicity's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    http://www.gonzaga.edu/soe/grad is the website of the only accredited program in Washington. To find others in areas you may be able to move to, go to http://www.aana.com and look under "becoming a...

  23. Age you will/were graduated?

    MB37 replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    29 in December '08. I'll probably be in my late 30s when I become a CRNA (goal is to graduate before

  24. Undergrad freshman seeking advice

    MB37 replied to Lissyann's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Are you at a university that has a BSN program? You need to look up the entrance requirements online and set up an appointent with an academic advisor. If the nursing program has information sessions,...

  25. Dont move to florida

    MB37 replied to skuterkomputer rn's topic in Florida Nursing

    Alex - I don't care for Florida either, but I haven't had your experience up in Tampa. I'll have been here two years in December, and I've lived in Minneapolis and New Orleans previously. I did notice...