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  1. Nursing diagnosis for shoulder dystocia?

    nurseprnRN replied to schatze's topic in General Students

    You can't find a nursing diagnosis by looking at medical diagnoses. you can't. There isn't one. There is no magic list of medical diagnoses from which you can derive nursing diagnoses. There is no one...

  2. IV Calculation math help

    nurseprnRN replied to windycitystudent's topic in General Students

    There is not *a* formula to solve this problem. You have to think about what's being asked. The only think you have to think about is what you started with, how much went in, and how much is left when...

  3. Took BP on IV site = IV bleeding?!

    nurseprnRN replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    BP cuffs come in different sizes, and you MUST use a properly sized one for whatever limb you use. The same cuff you select for a 100-lb teenaged cheerleader is inappropriate for a 160-lb teenaged...

  4. Telling the truth on a peer evaluation for a group project?

    nurseprnRN replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    There are always learning opportunities in every assignment that might not be immediately apparent or even mentioned in the syllabus. But trust me, they are all there, waiting for you all to learn...

  5. Wait, what the what ?!

    nurseprnRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :anpom: Ding-ding-ding!! We have a winnah! :anpom: (meanmaryjean's in Indiana too, if I

  6. 5 P's for assessment

    nurseprnRN replied to 2bNurse_kinjal's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you give us an idea of what you looked for when you Googled, then we could help you figure out how to do better searches. Just putting in "5Ps" and calling it a day is obviously not working. Adding...

  7. Ask for advice (then explain why it's wrong)

    nurseprnRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    There's an illustrative story from our family along these lines. Many years ago, there was a radio show where people could call in with their disputes and the host would hear both sides and give an...

  8. Wait, what the what ?!

    nurseprnRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    While good self-righteous froth is somewhat satisfying in the very short term, there's nothing better than the response you get when you say, "Show me that in writing." Skepticism is one of the...

  9. surgery and nurses

    nurseprnRN replied to 2bNurse_kinjal's topic in General Nursing

    All, your state has a nurse practice advisory panel, or something like that, to advise the BoN on current practices in nursing and rewrite policy guidelines prn. You can go online and find out....

  10. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    nurseprnRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    If they already know you're both going to be away and you were willing to cover for each other, I can see two possibilities. 1) Just show up to cover those shifts for each other anyway; it's always...

  11. Informatics RN willing to be interviewed?

    nurseprnRN replied to juju81's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is almost certain to be an informatics nurse in any reasonable-sized hospital. If for some reason your nursing program doesn't see fit to place you clinically with a department that matches your...

  12. Pathophysiology

    nurseprnRN replied to dbarbaccia's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, what have you learned about his potential nursing diagnoses in your reading, bearing in mind the immutable principle that nursing diagnoses do not derive from medical

  13. C=RN, I just need to get that C

    nurseprnRN replied to Sara Lindsey's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "C = RN" is cute but not accurate. "C = passing grade" might be. However, only "NCLEX pass = RN." Have you spent any time looking around in AN to find the approximately one bazillion threads on how...

  14. Lab question- please help!

    nurseprnRN replied to dolphin1006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What could cause low WBC/lymphs when you would expect them to be elevated? Where do granulocytes come in the hierarchy of blood cell

  15. Was not accepted 4 times, now what???

    nurseprnRN replied to RachelCofer's topic in General Students

    Get out of

  16. Going to School in One State and Testing/Getting Licenced in Another? (Louisiana to Utah)

    nurseprnRN replied to tabithug531's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    See up above where it says, "US"? Utah is still part of the union.

  17. Easter??

    nurseprnRN replied to breane3's topic in General Nursing

    Easter is a religious holiday. With most employers (not just healthcare ones) looking to decrease benefits, most are going to the federally-recognized ones

  18. Fascinating article about male/female nurse pay dfferences

    nurseprnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The comments below the article are worth reading, too, and it wouldn't surprise me to see them duplicated here. Remember, "Anecdote is not the singular of data."...

  19. Help with project! Please!

    nurseprnRN replied to jaysee_14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are plenty of nurses in leadership positions outside your hospital or clinical site. Amaze your faculty by thinking outside that box ... and we don't do student questionnaires here because you...

  20. Desperate Need For Advice

    nurseprnRN replied to sestelle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Every semester gets harder all the way to graduation. People regularly have this sort of experience, and yes, people do fail out of programs having just squeaked by until that final last semester...

  21. CO2 vs PCOS?

    nurseprnRN replied to Nursing2102's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I hope you are not getting the idea that I'm espousing some sort of "never give CO2 retainers oxygen" sentiment, because I'm not. However, if you give that old bird 4 LPM, she will stop breathing....

  22. Going to School in One State and Testing/Getting Licenced in Another? (Louisiana to Utah)

    nurseprnRN replied to tabithug531's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Let's put it this way. If (for some weird, unlikely reason) the UT BoN doesn't accept your LA school and allow you take NCLEX in UT, taking and passing NCLEX in LA and applying for a UT license by...

  23. Code situation

    nurseprnRN replied to KeitanTaylor's topic in General Students

    Totally not a new thing at all. Research indicates that most people are grateful to have been there, even if the patient dies, because they have seen that the team did their best to save the loved...

  24. persistent vomiting despite antiemetics?

    nurseprnRN replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Students

    Have them check and recheck and re-recheck the chemo. This very presentation, when ignored for four days, was what killed a woman and seriously injured three others when somebody wrote a wrong order...

  25. Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    nurseprnRN replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    For impact, the worst shock I had in my tender 18th year was an old lady in the ward where I was a full time nursing assistant while taking a year off from college. She was a diabetic whose idea of...