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  1. one side love problem between student nurse and doctor

    nurseprnRN replied to chinglee's topic in General Students

    A one-half-star movie that ends badly for the delusional girl, too. I hope it doesn't involve a rabbit. OP, when you are in your mid-twenties, perhaps sooner, you will look back on this and wonder...

  2. Whistleblower suit against Kaplan University

    nurseprnRN posted a topic in School, College Programs

    From Daily Report A Federal appeals court has revived part of a whistleblower lawsuit against a for-profit college accused of improperly taking federal student loan money. Chicago-based Kaplan...

  3. Nursing with ocd

    nurseprnRN replied to Rnbc1234's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you had heart disease, would you wean off your cardiac meds? If you were diabetic, off insulin? If it helps, keep taking it. There are also areas in nursing where a little OCD is actually...

  4. initiating patient teaching

    nurseprnRN replied to pixiestudent2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Discharge planning (and teaching) really does begin the day of admission, and continues at every interaction you have. It's expected of you in your role as a nurse. You wouldn't expect it of somebody...

  5. Kaplan Online RN -Bsn program

    nurseprnRN replied to RNbri's topic in General Students

    If you are tempted to take an online course, take one offered by a reputable, long-established brick-and-mortar school, for example (but not limited to)

  6. Able To Work Business Hours?

    nurseprnRN replied to mirandaaa's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the clarification. Good

  7. Professor made me cry...on the inside

    nurseprnRN replied to ichiro12's topic in General Students

    Umm, perhaps understanding the material would be helpful in being able to answer her questions, especially if she has to try two different ways to find out if you know it. AND if she has just...

  8. Nursing Books

    nurseprnRN replied to MntEMStoBSN's topic in General Students

    There are approximately one bazillion threads on this topic here. I just read one the other day. The number one book you will need to learn to think like a nurse, whether or not the faculty thinks...

  9. Able To Work Business Hours?

    nurseprnRN replied to mirandaaa's topic in General Students

    You do realize that as a new grad RN you will have very few, if any, jobs open to you in those "business"

  10. I am afraid of Anatomy and Physiology

    nurseprnRN replied to Housebabyj's topic in General Students

    Nurses MUST understand and be able to apply concepts of anatomy and physiology (and pathophysiology) every day of their working lives. Were you like some of my students who thought all they had to...

  11. Clinical hours

    nurseprnRN replied to publichealthgir's topic in General Students

    My program was a primary BSN program in a university. It was a long time ago, but I didn't have to walk uphill in the snow barefoot each way :). I had clinical Tues, Weds, Thurs from 0645 to 1400...

  12. How to study for med surg??!

    nurseprnRN replied to SaraNSG's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are approximately a bazillion threads here that ask and answer that very question. For my money, I'll say it again: I don't see you giving any thought to asking your faculty for help. Believe it...

  13. Nursing Books

    nurseprnRN replied to MntEMStoBSN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    NANDA-I 2015-2017. You will be blown away by the clarity of the wholly new FAQs and other student-friendly content. NIC-NOC-NANDA Linkages, most current edition. The only problem with this and other...

  14. Whistleblower suit against Kaplan University

    nurseprnRN replied to nurseprnRN's topic in School, College Programs

    Kaplan sure isn't the only one doing these dicey practices. But I am not sure that someone who would go to one of them would take the time and have the attention to read this whole article and...

  15. hope someone can help me :)

    nurseprnRN replied to notarandomgirl's topic in General Students

    I asked my research librarian friend, and he came up with this. You should be able to get any of these articles with help from your school librarian. Search Used (note, you could also add "ASEAN" as a...

  16. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    nurseprnRN replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A hunnert or so years ago I was ICU clin spec in a community hospital, one of two MNs in the building (for what that's worth)(the other was psych, but working as a house supervisor) and asked to be...

  17. How to study for my short answer quiz?

    nurseprnRN replied to catnessk's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In part: Nausea / vomiting, joint and muscle aches: from the direct effects of toxins the liver isn't clearing well and N/V from pressure on the liver capsule from swelling, from crowding the...

  18. What order should i put my diagnosis in?

    nurseprnRN replied to Bhopson08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And if s/he didn't understand what I was talking about in a hypothetical, to get him/her to explain about what you think furosemide does regarding ?fluid shifts, then s/he doesn't understand this...

  19. advice? so depressed.

    nurseprnRN replied to Katlove10's topic in General Students

    Get out your calendar. Pick one day a week and add "Walk outside for one hour" to it, with a time, every week, without fail. It doesn't look like much but it really will help. I know you don't think...

  20. Other student needs too much help

    nurseprnRN replied to konstantine's topic in General Students

    The phrase that got the Commuter's attention was, "(hold for a few seconds) No, not today." It wasn't, "Ooops, sorry, not today." Do not apologize. You have nothing to apologize for-- women do this...

  21. Prior history of verbal abuse

    nurseprnRN replied to BSN_TN's topic in General Students

    Please please please for the sake of your own head, your children if you have any, and ALL your future relationships both personal and professional, ask the social worker or your primary care provider...

  22. Is this HIPAA violation?

    nurseprnRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    No, because even though the patient probably didn't intend it to be public, if your description is correct there were no dates or identifiable patient information. However, the nurse could still be...

  23. Am I in the Wrong??

    nurseprnRN replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But don't rely on them without checking what THE actual patient has when s/he arrives on the floor. Physicians can make changes in their standing plans of care all the time, and you don't want to find...

  24. Exelon patch falls off?

    nurseprnRN replied to mickey00minne's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you change it now, you can pull it off in the morning and replace it on schedule. The drug has been continuously delivered at a constant rate in either case, right? Come to that, the drug would be...

  25. What order should i put my diagnosis in?

    nurseprnRN replied to Bhopson08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No, the definition of urinary retention is not prerenal or renal, it's postrenal, meaning it's a mechanical problem with emptying the bladder. Could be an obstruction, could be a hypotonic bladder,...