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  1. How to respond to "am I dying?"

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    During SIM usually if a patient is having cardiac/breathing problems, the "patient" will ask, "am I dying?" or "am I going to die?" what is a good response to this? not only for SIM, but for the real...

  2. Please help with my hw assignment!

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi all, wow it’s been SO long since I’ve posted her. Brings me so much memories from nursing school days :) I am in a RN-BSN program and it has been tough. I have a project that is a...

  3. what is the hospital nurses role in organ donation?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am having a hard time looking for resources that gives a description of what a hospital nurse does in the organ donation process from A to Z. For example, the patient is admitted to the ER or...

  4. what is the hospital nurses role in organ donation?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    thank you!!! I have a question. I was told to NEVER ask families about organ donation, that you only talk to the OPO about it. I am assuming the families will get offended if asked or offered? Is it...

  5. What do you do when a patient refuses treatment and wants to go home?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I've only come across this incident once, last week as a nursing student. I had a patient who had a wound that was stitched. 2 different doctors worked with the patient. one said told the...

  6. What do you do when a patient refuses treatment and wants to go home?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I am already aware of that. thank

  7. What to do when pt comes into ER with closed head injury?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, I have sim lab in a few days. I reviewed and studied material for ICP. I gathered information on what I learned and put them in the order on how to assess and treat the injury in an emergency....

  8. What to do when pt comes into ER with stroke?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Students

    I have sim lab in a few days and I'd like to prepare for it (well I already am, but want to make sure if theres anything I am missing to anything to add onto my assessment). the paper says that the pt...

  9. What to do when pt comes into ER with closed head injury?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    thank you so much!!! this was a great help. I was freaking out on if we need to assess ALL cranial nerves or just specifics like 2,3,4,6,10, you know, PERRLA, can they move them around, and also...

  10. What to do when pt comes into ER with closed head injury?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    lol I've always hated SIM, I feel like it is no help. Can you tell me this .. when performing neuro assessment on patients with head injury, would you assess ALL cranial nerves? or will that take too...

  11. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I am in nursing school, my last semester (4th). Right now in clinicals, we are assigned to 3 patients but help the nurse manage 4 patients. All we have been doing is med pass and assessments, and...

  12. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    First semester we were able to have the whole pt info the night before. But we haven't in the last few semesters. But this semester is really complicated for me since its a big load for me and some of...

  13. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, this has given me some

  14. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Ours was self taught. she taught us based off her experience as a nurse, not the books we bought. so it was definitely hard and especially because no anatomy and physiology review was provided before...

  15. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. And no we can't look at the meds the night before. We aren't given pt info until morning of. But I go home and review the meds I've written

  16. How to prioritize 4+ patients?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! She said these past few weeks, the N's didn't matter but these next upcoming weeks (3 weeks because we have 8 week courses) the N's WILL matter. But how do you manage this patient load? What...

  17. What order to give MONA?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am studying MI and I've been told different ways to give MONA. I went onto ACLS site and although it says MONA isn't given the way it looks, it doesn't provide the actual steps. Here is what my...

  18. What order to give MONA?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Also ... if the troponin levels are elevated, what do I do? I know its elevated when there is CP and indicates that there has been some injury/damage to the heart. Would I call the MD and get orders...

  19. What order to give MONA?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    So would it be best to start 2 IV lines, since heparin might be given, and then to draw

  20. How to respond to "am I dying?"

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I REALLY enjoyed this. thank you SO

  21. How to respond to "am I dying?"

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    thats a good response. I'll definitely will use that. simple, yet reassuring in a

  22. How to respond to "am I dying?"

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    although thats not appropriate to say, it was funny

  23. What are good sources for learning labs?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    thanks!

  24. What are good sources for learning labs?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I struggle understanding labs sometimes. I like things explained to me in the most simplest terms, nothing too complicated. Something easy for me to remember. Like, what each lab represents,...

  25. What are good resources to help study/pass NCLEX-RN?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am in my 4th and last semester of nursing school. I have the NCLEX Mastery app, full features but it's mehh to me. i was told UWorld is "REALLY" great. And then I keep seeing that NRSNG program and...