Samm06

Samm06 BSN, RN

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  1. Palliative Care + Hospice = A+

    Samm06 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I just completed a End-of-life care college class with my nursing school. I enjoyed the class very much. We were taught how to be compassionate and empathetic to the patient and family. At the end of...

  2. Are there any miscellaneous classes you suggest taking to help with nursing school?

    Samm06 replied to tmurph704's topic in General Students

    A nutrition class would also be

  3. Stress and School

    Samm06 replied to midwifemae's topic in General Students

    Have you ever heard of Olly vitamins? They have a vitamin line called Goodbye Stress. It contains GABA, L-Theanine, and Lemon Balm. They are gummy vitamins and you take two dummies as needed when you...

  4. Clinics Being Cut Short

    Samm06 replied to Taiin's topic in General Students

    I would do the paper, only because it may be used for extra credit later in the semester. (unless the instructors mention in the syllabus that no extra credit will be

  5. Too Early for Graduate School?

    Samm06 replied to stm94's topic in General Students

    I'm curious as to which programs you have researched so far. I am wanting to pursue the same career. The one's I've looked into is University of Pittsburg and UPenn. For University of Pittsburg you...

  6. A little frustrated/confused about BSN/ADN

    Samm06 replied to hellfirecat's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Some employers just want to make sure that their employees have a BSN within a certain amount of time. My aunt was hired by our county hospital with an ADN and I think about a year or two later got...

  7. Planners

    Samm06 replied to mrs.bartlomain's topic in General Students

    i don't know if it's too late to suggest one now, but the one I used last year and bought again for this school year is sold at Staples called At-A-Glance Academic Calendar 2016-2017 Planner, the code...

  8. Dividers!

    Samm06 replied to meaganmutuc's topic in General Students

    For my Foundations (last semester) and Med-Surg 1 (this semester) I have used a divider for each week. Staples sells dividers with numbers on them, so I just use whatever number of weeks I'll be in...

  9. Acid-Base Balance question

    Samm06 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, We have just started to learn about acid-base balance in Patho (had only one class day, and now going to be tested on it on monday). My question is from a study guide paper that my professor...

  10. Acid-Base Balance question

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    My professor emailed us the answers to the study guide sheet, the Original post answer is Respiratory Acidosis with no compensation. I had asked about a second problem in the comments and that answer...

  11. why thiazide diuretics for DI

    Samm06 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Ohhh thank you for the clarification

  12. What is passing for your nursing program?

    Samm06 replied to WanderingWilder's topic in General Students

    At my college you have to get at least 80s on all your tests,exams, quizzes and maintain an 80% average total for these before all other classwork, homework is incorporated. Also, have to have at...

  13. why thiazide diuretics for DI

    Samm06 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    isn't thiazide a loop diuretic which helps produce more

  14. Acid-Base Balance question

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    Thank you to everyone else helping me understand

  15. Acid-Base Balance question

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    Thank

  16. Acid-Base Balance question

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    oh

  17. Acid-Base Balance question

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    The "cheat sheet" the professor gave us states this for metabolic acidosis with compensation: pH: low but rising towards normal HCO3: low but rising towards normal pCO2: below normal, so does saying...

  18. Acid-Base Balance question

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    The professor didn't include that, which is why I was having difficulty. Maybe they accidentally left it out, but the next problem has all four factors to use to figure out the balance.... pH (7.15),...

  19. Dosage calculation

    Samm06 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, I am working on a calculation for changing from one IV opioid to another and maintaining approximate equal pain relief. I'm just having trouble figuring out if i'm setting up my equation...

  20. Dosage calculation

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    hmm didn't think of it that

  21. Dosage calculation

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    Alright yeah, that makes sense since its only 25 mg/hr of

  22. Dosage calculation

    Samm06 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure why i thought it didn't make sense, maybe because we haven't been taught how to actually convert between opioid medications. But yeah, I just didn't understand how the number could be...

  23. Teas V , Compass, and math problems

    Samm06 replied to ksan1985's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would see if there are any study sessions set up by your nursing program. Mine had a few during the weeknights on the various topics of the TEAS V to help people prepare and even had their own...

  24. Clinical experience?

    Samm06 replied to ns808's topic in General Students

    correctly documenting on the flow sheet (which is like a check off list of things to do for the patient, like call bell within reach, turned in bed, etc..), sometimes i would forget to do it for an...

  25. Are nursing classes team taught?

    Samm06 replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    I just completed my Foundations of Nursing class and had two professors for the lecture portion. It was never consistent when each professor would teach their specialized material; we just showed up...