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  1. Help! Failed last 2 tests...

    nurseprnRN replied to long2beanurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hope you did

  2. Help! Failed last 2 tests...

    nurseprnRN replied to long2beanurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    See, this is not a class (or profession) where memorizing data points is all you need to get by. Even an eidetic (photographic) memory is not going to work. Sure, you have to know a lot of data...

  3. Anatomy and physiology gives me headache

    nurseprnRN replied to Saundybless's topic in General Students

    Strongly suggest you check out the Anatomy Coloring Book and the Physiology Coloring Book. These are not jokes or cartoony but real, excellent tools to supplement whatever books you were assigned....

  4. Prior history of verbal abuse

    nurseprnRN replied to BSN_TN's topic in General Students

    I had some good counseling around and after leaving an abusive spouse. Made all the difference in the world, and in my LIFE. That's what they're there for. You wouldn't hesitate to see a CHT for a bad...

  5. marriage and nursing school

    nurseprnRN replied to futureRN721's topic in General Students

    I LOVE

  6. An Open Letter to a Former Nursing Professor

    nurseprnRN replied to FurBabyMom's topic in General Students

    I posted this as an article once upon a time. This is partly why I teach. Thanks for recognizing it. You just never know when the stars will align and you'll hear, see, or do something that will...

  7. Research paper over Alzheimer's

    nurseprnRN replied to Crosobien's topic in General Students

    That's because nursing diagnoses don't come from medical diagnoses, they come from nursing assessments. I realize you don't have a real patient to assess, so your next step is to read a LOT about...

  8. confused about diuretics and acute kidney injury...

    nurseprnRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Students

    There are different kinds. Look at the mechanism of action, then compare that to what you have in your physiology text about the working units of the kidney (nephrons). See how diuresis might make it...

  9. GPN

    nurseprnRN replied to lcalhoun's topic in General Students

    I don't know of anyplace that allows you to work as a nurse before you pass NCLEX. You could work as a CNA, but most BoNs reserve the practice of nursing to people who ARE nurses, and you aren't. It...

  10. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

    nurseprnRN replied to faithkindness's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not if there's an iota of identifiable information on it. To make sure it doesn't get "lost," cc it to the manager, DON, the company risk management office, and (if applicable) the head of pharmacy,...

  11. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

    nurseprnRN replied to faithkindness's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Before she edited out a lot of the original post (which I have quoted earlier), she said she was too busy doing fall prevention to do

  12. confused about cardiac output....

    nurseprnRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One more thing to remember-- you want to give someone in failure inotropes, to increase contractility, IF doing so doesn't increase the oxygen demand more than his lousy coronary arteries can keep up...

  13. marriage and nursing school

    nurseprnRN replied to futureRN721's topic in General Students

    Tell him you have to practice doing patient teaching, and ask if he can let you know if you're explaining it well enough. This is actually true about just about anything you'll have to study. Bonus:...

  14. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

    nurseprnRN replied to faithkindness's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, you aren't, because you relied on somebody else to do your due diligence for you at some remove from the bedside ("floor nurses expected all meds should have been checked against the orders by the...

  15. Nursing Care Plans/Diagnosis

    nurseprnRN replied to VeeVal's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First: Not all NANDA-I nursing diagnoses have "related to" in them. Some have risk factors. For example, check "Acute pain." Loads of possible defining characteristics, but no limiting set of...

  16. Western Governors University

    nurseprnRN replied to blue_aphalt's topic in Western Governors University

    What kind of DNP programs? Where? I reviewed the credentials of some nursing faculty from WGU once. First degree: diploma. OK, not so great, but for many people, a start. Second degree, BA in...

  17. Associates after Bachelors

    nurseprnRN replied to Infofreak411's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I heard that all the time. I used to say, "People need smart nurses

  18. Unique Situation - Re-entering Nursing

    nurseprnRN replied to aobf's topic in General Nursing

    Your state board of nursing will be able to give you information on refresher courses, and I strongly recommend that you take one. Things have changed a lot since 17 years ago, and you don't want to...

  19. I feel uncomfortable doing this

    nurseprnRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Women say "I'm sorry" waaaaay more than men. You have nothing to apologize for here, so don't say

  20. please look over my dosage answers

    nurseprnRN replied to np2329's topic in General Students

    ("Drop" is gtt, not "ggt." From the Latin, "guttae,"

  21. PNP vs FNP

    nurseprnRN replied to travelbug416's topic in General Students

    And sometimes kids die. Easier to take in an adult, not so much with a kiddo. Don't forget the times you will be the first to document abuse and neglect,

  22. Is it easy to get hired in a hospital if you work there as a transporter?

    nurseprnRN replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't think so, unless the hospital has a policy that any employment gives an applicant points in the application process for a different job. CNA work at least related to nursing care....

  23. Carrying insurance

    nurseprnRN replied to AngelaHarvey's topic in General Nursing

    Of course it doesn't make sense. Stop right there. It doesn't make sense because although lots have people have "heard" this, it doesn't happen. If this is some...

  24. Has anyone taken and passed the NCLEX without a review?

    nurseprnRN replied to brownsc2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Bump.

  25. Failed NCLEX more than once? Do this.

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

    Bump.