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  1. Nursing Care Plan for LTC pt - Priority Interventions

    nurseprnRN replied to jonorato's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am so sorry I didn't see this sooner. It's almost certainly too late for this particular assignment, but let me see if I can help a bit in hopes that it will help you or somebody else next time you...

  2. septic shock

    nurseprnRN replied to nursingcrib's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "Whilst" tells me this student is from the UK or somewhere where the British system of education is the dominant paradigm. Homework. OP, can you please come back and let us

  3. Does anyone think nursing school gives too many chances?

    nurseprnRN replied to JJ1994's topic in General Students

    I am sorta on the fence about this, because life happens and sometimes people need more chances. On the other hand, you know what? Sometimes the universe is trying to send you a message. Or, as a...

  4. I'm terrified

    nurseprnRN replied to MeiDei's topic in General Students

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/is-this-you-969823.html Every new semester we hear from students who describe themselves as scared about what they're about to start. Are you among them?...

  5. Always the Instructor's Fault......

    nurseprnRN replied to MFaf's topic in General Students

    No. I specifically noted that I was in complete agreement about lecturers who don't stick to the topic at hand, and that it was good that she was removed from this

  6. Risk jaundice care plan help

    nurseprnRN replied to kristimarieSC's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OP? What happened c your plan of

  7. septic shock

    nurseprnRN replied to nursingcrib's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What makes you ask this question? I'm curious, because I have recently read a paper on the idea of turning with pneumonia, and the researchers indicated their findings were that putting the "bad" lung...

  8. Always the Instructor's Fault......

    nurseprnRN replied to MFaf's topic in General Students

    Sounds like they did remove her from didactic instruction, which is what your complaint addresses. Good. Although I completely agree about lecturers who don't address the topics at hand, I am...

  9. nursing school.

    nurseprnRN replied to kokoaj's topic in General Students

    You've already arranged the transfer and you didn't ask them before you started the transfer process? Or you are looking at several programs and want to know how this one works, and you didn't ask...

  10. writing a discussion post

    nurseprnRN replied to moniqueljones's topic in General Students

    Wait .... what? Faculty are turfing off their responsibility to model and facilitate educational conversation with expectant learners to the great anonymous Internet? Oh, lord. This is (I would say...

  11. "Patience" Is Not A Word In Our Vocabulary

    nurseprnRN replied to mirandaaa's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Excited is fine. I'm talking about, well, over-excited, the type that makes others roll their eyes and smile as they turn away. Perspective is all. Come back and revisit this in a year or two....

  12. Medsurg Question

    nurseprnRN replied to 16mm's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do NOT forget the difference between SpO2 and PaO2. Two very, very different animals. I will bet you dollars to doughnuts that nurse is one of the large minority who doesn't know this. You were...

  13. Newborn Concept Map Nursing Diagnosis

    nurseprnRN replied to NurseJanelle88's topic in General Students

    You are in school to learn to be a nursing diagnostician and treat people for what you diagnose. Yes, you are. You think it's all about learning how to do stuff like injections and IVs and tubes, but...

  14. "Patience" Is Not A Word In Our Vocabulary

    nurseprnRN replied to mirandaaa's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    People, people, listen to yourselves! Do you really want to be taken for six-year-olds the week before Christmas? Note: What I am about to say is not NETY, is not wet-blanketing, is not mean, is...

  15. need some advices -future nursing student

    nurseprnRN replied to cassmarie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would recommend that you stop telling yourself you're "not detail minded" immediately, unless you intend to really remain that way. You can, if you want, learn better habits. If you really want to...

  16. Best Practices for Wounds

    nurseprnRN replied to hospitalistrn's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    And get orthotics to make a better-fitting boot stat, or cut out the area that's causing the

  17. Who makes medication policies in school districts?

    nurseprnRN replied to Jory's topic in School

    The person who should take the lead in this effort is the RN in charge of the school nurses in the district. If s/he is unaware of the limited scopes and extensive risks of such policies, the RNs out...

  18. Patients family in the medical field

    nurseprnRN replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Even the annoying ones should be viewed as a blessing. Why? Because they give the perceptive nurse insight into the patient's world. Why do we care, when we just care for the patient in the...

  19. FAILED NCLEX RN

    nurseprnRN replied to maliniletap's topic in General Students

    There are a number of pre-existing threads on how to deal post-fail, change your perspective in studying, and the like on the NCLEX forum. Have you looked there? You may have to scroll in a few pages...

  20. Struggling at a four year

    nurseprnRN replied to AbbyJones's topic in General Students

    If you drop all your summer classes and work your tushie off all summer, can you save enough money that you won't have to work, or at least not so much, during term? That could

  21. Failing Nursing School Over One Class?!!

    nurseprnRN replied to Britgirl1's topic in General Students

    You think nursing is tough, just wait until you try social work. Talk about a job that you can't get out of your head at the end of the day and huge

  22. In need of advice

    nurseprnRN replied to Britt252009's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    True as far as it goes. A certain amount of factual knowledge is irreplaceable, and, more to the point, essential. However, it is true that people who memorize data points but have no clue on the big...

  23. May 2015 Top 8 Captions - Help Select $100 Winner

    nurseprnRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    How's that again? There were lots of them. I take it "eight" isn't the minimum acceptable number of submissions. (PS, I liked mine , and it's not one of these 8 but was not the least bit offensive,...

  24. stuck.

    nurseprnRN replied to PrincessZ's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Assuming you mean that literally, it's pretty much the same reason so many new students are deadcertainsure they will work with babies, be midwives, or work ER. That's what they think they know about...

  25. online/live reviews vs review book

    nurseprnRN replied to Tinkx RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Please also remember that most graduates of accredited programs pass the NCLEX on the first sitting without taking pricey review courses. Yes, they do. And the national pass rate for NCLEX is...