nurseprnRN

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  1. Advice for Nursing schools please!

    nurseprnRN replied to Apple8's topic in General Students

    Exactly backwards. Schools do not accept a high percentage of people they know will fail just to keep up their NCLEX passing score percentage. The passing percentage of a school's first-time takers is...

  2. Pain Seekers

    nurseprnRN replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Seriously? Check the labs. Know what the normal route of metabolism and excretion is for all their medications. Use your critical thinking skills to figure out what all that means taken

  3. Pain Seekers

    nurseprnRN replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A few thoughts: If you feel that way because you don't know how to treat someone with a long-standing history of drug use (note: I did not say ABUSE) for his pain, then you are the one taking...

  4. understanding Insulin and Heparin Dosing pls help

    nurseprnRN replied to maria48's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Certainly, though any inadvertent hypoglycemia I've ever seen in a hospital setting has been recognized and addressed promptly, and it's an easy fix. But the effects of ODing on digoxin or...

  5. What's your dress code at work?

    nurseprnRN replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I work out of a home office and wear anything I like, which is especially nice when the weather is extreme, either hot or cold, or I haven't got a clean Red Sox tee shirt. * When I go out and visit...

  6. Crazy Labs

    nurseprnRN replied to LWoj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I also strongly recommend the classic Joyce Lefever Kee book, Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications. Worth its weight in gold and definitely not merely for looking up

  7. school nursing care plan question

    nurseprnRN replied to xstarzi3x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's a myth that you can't use a medical diagnosis as a related (causative) factor when you make a nursing diagnosis. Randomly flipping open my NANDA-I 2015-2017 to page 439, I find the ND, "Nausea."...

  8. Crazy Labs

    nurseprnRN replied to LWoj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Bingo. Now, what does "ion gap"

  9. Crazy Labs

    nurseprnRN replied to LWoj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think. What does the "A" stand for in

  10. Information. Nursing Medical Malpractice

    nurseprnRN replied to Crew2Nursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Search "biggest errors" or "medication errors" or "med errors" on AN and I know you'll find some. I wrote one. Go to the yellow bar at the top of the page and click on the teeny magnifying

  11. understanding Insulin and Heparin Dosing pls help

    nurseprnRN replied to maria48's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As an aside, I have never understood why some experienced folks get so anxious about having another RN check their insulin. I'll bet they give a lot of other things in syringes that are a lot more...

  12. Somebody Knock Some Sense Into Me

    nurseprnRN replied to lilgop's topic in General Students

    Nah, that senior isn't inflamed. What you mean is "seniorosis," the condition of being a senior.* We hear it all the time. Pretty soon, as the real end of school is right there in front of them, we'll...

  13. Clinical experiences-concurrent or at the end?

    nurseprnRN replied to TNurse4u's topic in General Students

    Mine was totally concurrent for all but the first year (no clinicals first year). The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years all had 3 days of clinical and 2 (packed) days of classes, including distribution...

  14. 16 year old future Nurse,Help?

    nurseprnRN replied to Astroidinary's topic in General Students

    Masters programs require some sort of specialization. So your master's would be in midwifery. Mine's in cardiovascular, somebody else's might be in burns or oncology or nursing informatics or...

  15. Pregnant in Nursing MSN - is it possible?

    nurseprnRN replied to birdie85's topic in General Students

    I started my MN program with a 6-week-old at the breast and finished 4 months pregnant with her younger brother 2 years later. Sure you can. But see if you can stretch it out a bit. My program was...

  16. Need a A or High B on next exam

    nurseprnRN replied to ambereyes1987's topic in General Students

    Your college learning center and your college health center are also stops you should put on your itinerary. They have seen this before and will have ideas for you. At this point you can't really...

  17. Help with a project

    nurseprnRN replied to SarahN90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    three .... two ..... one .... We get these requests a lot, so if there are any other students out there who might get this kind of assignment, listen up: Part of your faculty's reason for giving you...

  18. Bombed first Fundementals Exam

    nurseprnRN replied to mnw9412's topic in General Students

    I'm going to give you my standard instructions on answering NCLEX tests, because they apply here and give you a reason (also known as a rationale). (not a rational, that's different) Whatever...

  19. School still not regionally accredited-Fortis College

    nurseprnRN replied to Nightlife's topic in General Students

    I'm with you. :) I think I see the problem. None of these specifically address nursing education, which is the big concern when someone wants to evaluate a graduate of a nursing program. The nursing...

  20. Hypertension nursing care plan- HELP!

    nurseprnRN replied to almost.rn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She did, and we are hoping it won't delay the next edition. They are taking into account the new NANDA-I 2015-2017 in it, is what they tell

  21. school nursing care plan question

    nurseprnRN replied to xstarzi3x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think that meant a "medical diagnosis" (as opposed to an "imaginary" nursing

  22. Hypertension nursing care plan- HELP!

    nurseprnRN replied to almost.rn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

  23. School still not regionally accredited-Fortis College

    nurseprnRN replied to Nightlife's topic in General Students

    What's the accrediting body for Fortis, and is it recognized as an accrediting body by the US

  24. School still not regionally accredited-Fortis College

    nurseprnRN replied to Nightlife's topic in General Students

    Esme has beaten me to the punch, but there it is. (We are both in MA.) Perhaps other states' residents can quickly check c their BoNs and enquire whether Fortis grads can get their license from...

  25. school nursing care plan question

    nurseprnRN replied to xstarzi3x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is no magic list of medical diagnoses from which you can derive nursing diagnoses. There is no one from column A, one from column B list out there. Nursing diagnosis does NOT result from medical...