nurseprnRN

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  1. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    nurseprnRN replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    James Garner :: swoon

  2. Difference between Fundamentals in Nursing and Med-Surg in Nursing school?

    nurseprnRN replied to cosmicnurse's topic in General Students

    And this is wonderful to hear. We hear so many students who use words like "freaking out" and "nervous" and even "terrified." I always tell them to lose that self-talk because terror is a paralytic....

  3. Help: Case Study Guidance

    nurseprnRN replied to t.gibson1's topic in General Students

    T.gibson, I see this is your first post and somebody probably told you that you could get help with schoolwork here. This is true. However, it is not true that you can get all the answers to your...

  4. Help,,,

    nurseprnRN replied to RN_TOBE's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    NewbieRN has helpfully given you her way to calculate. Generally, though, we don't do your homework or answer your questions for you until we see what you have done, so we can see where your...

  5. Medication Calc/Administration Help!

    nurseprnRN replied to adelarosa2011's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can look that up in your drug handbook. There may be a range. As to whether you'd give more or less if it were PO vs IV, that's actually not your call-- it's the purview of the prescriber....

  6. Personal Goals and Objectives

    nurseprnRN replied to BrittanyFinch's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How about you tool on up to the top of the page, hit Specialties, and look in on the public health forum? Read some of the topics and see what interests you, and see if that leads you to your answer....

  7. Observe in neuro, surgical or cardiac ICU?

    nurseprnRN replied to KNV2729's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I used to tell my students that if they strove to have a good understanding of hearts and lungs they'd be better off wherever they ended up, because if somebody doesn't have a heart or lungs, they're...

  8. When does hypoglycemia usually occur?

    nurseprnRN replied to nurse2b013's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Define "peak." That's right, it's the tippy-top of the curve. Where there's the most effect. Does that help? There isn't a "beginning" or an "end" of a peak, it's a

  9. wondering

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

    Don't know what you mean by "points," either. Every college is different. If you call and ask to speak to the admissions counselors at a few of them you can find out what their acceptance rate is,...

  10. Will separate A & P Courses meet AP1&2 pre reqs

    nurseprnRN replied to Dit250's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Our opinion in this matter is meaningless. Some colleges combine the two, so the content of both is spread out over a year; others have an anatomy course and a separate physiology course. What you...

  11. Taking a class in which a lot of people seem to have a background in anatomy...

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

    Couple of books that will help you-- Anatomy Coloring Book (yes, really-- not a joke, a really good tool) and Physiology Coloring Book (ditto). Also, I am glad you have learned right now that the way...

  12. You are NOT allergic to...

    nurseprnRN replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are people who make cold agglutinins...but they don't usually go out of their way to get cold, like on a ski trip. On another matter, I once had occasion to learn that one of my patients had...

  13. To The Point Where I Want to Cry

    nurseprnRN replied to BambiBelle07's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another reason he might hire somebody who is basically clueless (not your fault-- you're learning): Billing irregularities. When they are found he can blame it on you. I agree with the PP who...

  14. I handled this poorly. What would you do?

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

    I totally agree with the recognize and report, regardless of status of the offender, and I hope you remember the next time this happens in or out of a hospital setting. But secretly, I thought about...

  15. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    nurseprnRN replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    This last is a common excuse for not looking closely. Not saying it's necessarily your handicap, but I am here to tell you that my husband understands me better than anyone on the planet, male or...

  16. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    nurseprnRN replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    Oh, honeychile, trust me on that one. I been seeing lots of bodyparts for very likely longer than you have been alive, and my DH and I are what you might call old people. Well, let's just say that...

  17. Thesis

    nurseprnRN replied to notarandomgirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You must think I'm thick, but I'm seeing a question, not a problem statement. What problem do you wish to address by finding out the answer(s) to your

  18. ECG help, atrial rate?

    nurseprnRN replied to meepmeep's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In the real world nobody will ever test you on the difference between 123 and 125 or require decimals, even for

  19. Screwed Over by My School

    nurseprnRN replied to Brilton's topic in General Students

    People keep reiterating because it's the only reasonable course of action, all things considered, from our vantage point of many years' experience. It's the net. Take it or leave it, but not much...

  20. Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

    nurseprnRN replied to jdub6's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll never forget the guy for whom I moved heaven and earth to get an eval by a terrific neurosurgeon whose expertise he really needed. So we're sitting in the waiting room and he turns to me and...

  21. Drug Dosages Homework

    nurseprnRN replied to Brittanie1986's topic in General Students

    It does make sense, but I told you what you needed to look up before proceeding, and I would like to see how you calculated the ones you did answer so I can see if your thought processes are correct....

  22. Screwed Over by My School

    nurseprnRN replied to Brilton's topic in General Students

    I took my finals a week early in May and moved out of state when my husband's job transferred him. When I didn't get my diploma in the mail by July, I called to find out where it was. They said they...

  23. Drug Dosages Homework

    nurseprnRN replied to Brittanie1986's topic in General Students

    One reason you took chemistry is to look for equivalents (how many mg in a kg, ml in a L...), and your pharm text should tell you about common drug forms. Some of these want to know if you know how to...

  24. Bad professor?

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

    I wish I could like this a dozen times over. PERFECT! My dtr is a college professor in a difficult discipline and she gets fairly low RMP marks from the undergrads in her classes. They say she...

  25. A&P II & Microbiology this semester PLEASE HELP!

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

    A big (desk-sized) calendar propped on the table next to the door helped me keep organized. Anything that had to do with me, red. Daughter: green, son: blue. Times and where. Eyeballing it prn (as...