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  1. How to prepare for nursing school?

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

    To which I would like to add that just because a great book isn't on the list your faculty sends to the bookstore doesn't mean you shouldn't get it. I've been out of school for mumblemumble years and...

  2. Heparin Math.....HELP

    nurseprnRN replied to mandaf88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's correct. If there are 50 units in one cc, how many cc's make 1700 units? 34cc is

  3. What will be the care of a patient on a blood transfusion?

    nurseprnRN replied to Hanan Carrazzo's topic in General Students

    Good. See, you know a lot about this already, don't you? Now that your patient has had his blood, what do you want to check? Hint: Why did he get it? What were his symptoms then? Are they better...

  4. How can I improve this nursing dx? (just need some help)

    nurseprnRN replied to anie10's topic in General Students

    Now I'm back at my desk so I can give you a more fleshed-out answer for context. I trust you now know why there is no such thing as "a nanda," right? You are in school to learn to be a nursing...

  5. Need input on 3 leadership situations

    nurseprnRN replied to EmergencyNurse2012's topic in General Students

    What have you thought of so far, and why don't you think any of them will work? Surely if you're an RN already, you've run into situations at work in which nursing leadership was in the picture in...

  6. Failing Nursing School Over One Class?!!

    nurseprnRN replied to Britgirl1's topic in General Students

    1) Do not confuse lack of agreement with hate 2) Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ~ Emerson 3) Remember the parable about...

  7. Is getting my RN at a technical college a bad idea?

    nurseprnRN replied to DanielStern's topic in General Students

    And your grads could be killing people as we speak. :: ducking and running

  8. How can I improve this nursing dx? (just need some help)

    nurseprnRN replied to anie10's topic in General Students

    When you look up "Risk for aspiration," is one of the risk factors "immobility"? You can't make this stuff up. You don't "choose" a nursing diagnosis. You make a nursing diagnosis based on your...

  9. What is the worst case of bullying you've seen in your nursing career?

    nurseprnRN replied to Guest878640's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The thing that got my attention in the OP was the fear that something awful was inevitable. That "prepare myself for the worst" thing--- honey chile, this is no way to approach life. It's a GREAT way...

  10. Please Give Opinion on a Test Question I Had on Fundies Final

    nurseprnRN replied to vigor145's topic in General Students

    In the immortal words of the great Yogi Berra, "You can observe a lot by watching."

  11. How to prepare for nursing school?

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

    Just for fun, go to Amazon and get a copy of the NANDA-I 2015-2017. Nursing diagnosis is HUGE, as you may have noted looking through the Nursing Student Assistance forum. You will absolutely shine if...

  12. priority nursing questions

    nurseprnRN replied to Amber0515's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think I explained oxygenating a baby vs. possible infection. Retread that and ask me again if you don't understand. Perfusion is an important word you will hear often, and must understand well. Have...

  13. Need advice for college albegra...

    nurseprnRN replied to crashingmedic's topic in General Students

    If you gave a target school in mind, get the one they

  14. Is getting my RN at a technical college a bad idea?

    nurseprnRN replied to DanielStern's topic in General Students

    Tech schools in general may hold some kind(s) of accreditation, but it may not be acceptable to a real BSN program, or almost certainly not to any advanced program like CRNA. To be sure you won't be...

  15. Please Give Opinion on a Test Question I Had on Fundies Final

    nurseprnRN replied to vigor145's topic in General Students

    Datalire and OrganizedChaos have nailed this. I have one other thing to add. Sometimes test questions make you choose the best answer, among which THE best answer may not appear. In this case, as they...

  16. HIPAA/ Confidentiality Violation??

    nurseprnRN replied to thunigan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    By whom? You? A faculty member? Aha. It was by you. So even if you didn't do a HIPAA violation, what you did was, in fact, a division policy violation. Don't you think it's a teeny bit...

  17. Nursing vs. Dentistry vs. Optometry vs. ???

    nurseprnRN replied to sophia33's topic in General Students

    A recent poll of healthcare folks around here found that the ones with the HIGHEST stress were pharmacists. Few are really autonomous, as most pharmacies have been bought up by chains. Wanna work for...

  18. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    nurseprnRN replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. How come my cat always knows to come running to wash my bowl just as I'm finishing my breakfast and never a minute sooner? How does she know that? (Home office) Ou sont les Neigedens d'antan?...

  19. Patient has question re: Saline Locks-

    nurseprnRN replied to TexasSusan's topic in General Nursing

    The pharmacy should have a connection with a company that does home IV therapy, and the IV-certified nurses should have ideas about options in this sort of thing. If your pharmacy doesn't (or wont, or...

  20. Pre-req classes for nursing

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

    Would you really want a nurse taking care of your baby or mom who hadn't taken BIOLOGY?? Take it. Go to a real school,

  21. Question

    nurseprnRN replied to Fabuola's topic in LPN to RN

    Probably not. Avoid for-profit schools and learn all you can about accreditation before you choose programs to apply to. If you are in the US, call the state board of nursing in the state where you...

  22. priority nursing questions

    nurseprnRN replied to Amber0515's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Will elevating it on a pillow fix the fever? (no) Will Tylenol do anything for swelling? (no) Is something going on that indicates the need for physician prescription or intervention? (possible...

  23. What do you do when you realize nursing is not for you?

    nurseprnRN replied to JJ1994's topic in General Students

    Go to the Specialties link at the top of the page and tool around in there for a few days. It'll take you that long at least. See if something else doesn't appeal to you. You probably have no idea how...

  24. Nursing vs. Dentistry vs. Optometry vs. ???

    nurseprnRN replied to sophia33's topic in General Students

    Wrong-o, but spoken from the perspective of someone who has only ever worked in a hospital or clinic. I am so not subordinate in my nursing work. I worked to get here, but I am nobody's handmaiden,...

  25. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    nurseprnRN replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    This whole discussion is why I wouldn't WORK OB. Not the staff- I can handle myself c them. The whole birth plan thing makes my teeth hurt. Not that people don't have the right to have one. I had them...