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  1. RN diagnosis VS Medical diagnosis

    nurseprnRN replied to mer10s's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are in school to learn to be a nursing diagnostician and treat people for what you diagnose. Yes, you are. You think it's all about learning how to do stuff like injections and IVs and tubes, but...

  2. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    nurseprnRN replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    That's only if employers hire more staff nurses. Since there is no nursing shortage now, if employers were going to give us better staffing we'd have it already. For the record, I used to love...

  3. Technical questions about this specialty

    nurseprnRN replied to CDCEE's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Welcome to All Nurses! In the student sections, we endeavor to help students find their way through the different kind of education that is nursing school That said, we don't do your homework for you,...

  4. NANDA Diagnosis

    nurseprnRN replied to tiffanyjbell's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are in school to learn to be a nursing diagnostician and treat people for what you diagnose. Yes, you are. You think it's all about learning how to do stuff like injections and IVs and tubes, but...

  5. NURSING CARE PLAN

    nurseprnRN replied to reyshe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are in school to learn to be a nursing diagnostician and treat people for what you diagnose. Yes, you are. You think it's all about learning how to do stuff like injections and IVs and tubes, but...

  6. HELP Dosage Calculation

    nurseprnRN replied to Germosen14's topic in General Students

    If you want $2.50 and you have one-dollar bills, how many dollar bills would that be? (It's ok to use scissors for purposes of this

  7. Missing my AN friends

    nurseprnRN replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    Does anybody else notice that a lot of threads that would formerly been booted posthaste to the Breakroom side get to stay here now? Clickbait? Marketing about how many posts come to AN? Yep....

  8. Help Me Please!

    nurseprnRN replied to J3w3lz88's topic in General Students

    just so you know, though, lectures will not include everything you will have to learn, especially as you go along. "Better lectures" or lack thereof are not the answer to or excuse for your problem....

  9. He/She Said What!?

    nurseprnRN replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    And besides: you weren't working under his license. Everyone has an individual scope of practice and is responsible for knowing what that means. So I wouldn't spend ten seconds caring about his...

  10. NCLEX Blues

    nurseprnRN replied to Bratton_LVN04's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's been several weeks. Why rely on some "trick" when you should be able to go to the Board of Nursing website (or call them) and check there? What are you waiting

  11. Is an associates degree in nursing a waste of time?

    nurseprnRN replied to hardworkingmom9's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you were 18, I'd say go direct to the 4-year BSN and be done with it. In your situation, I'd say don't delay-- take that ADN acceptance letter and proceed with wings on your feet! Good

  12. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    nurseprnRN replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    Not true in some states. Some states feel if you have a license from them, you do have a duty to step up. In NH, if you are an EMT or paramedic and are observed to fail to stop at the scene of an...

  13. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    nurseprnRN replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    If they meet the criteria for the GSA, that is, not getting paid, not exceeding training and experience and scope of practice, no they aren't at risk. Sure, somebody can sue them-- anybody can sue...

  14. I just set my friend up

    nurseprnRN replied to Kaylle's topic in General Students

    And if not, then what? You --and she -- will make other friends and gradually drift apart as life unfolds. Don't fear this, it's totally

  15. He/She Said What!?

    nurseprnRN replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you hit the Quote button when you want to comment on/respond to a post, then we can tell what you're referring to

  16. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    nurseprnRN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    My first NA (waaaaaay before "C" came into the picture), Miss Butera of blessed memory, used to say that,

  17. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    nurseprnRN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Actually true. If anyone here is old enough to remember stockings with garter belts before pantyhose came on, you will also remember that in those years OR nurses were only allowed to wear scrub...

  18. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    nurseprnRN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Did I teach that class? I used to teach that all the time.

  19. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    nurseprnRN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Chlorophyll. Amazon.com: chlorophyll

  20. Hematoma with blood draws

    nurseprnRN replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Suggest that you apply the tourniquet looser-- the vein will still have enough blood in it to retrieve. Also try putting a little roll of gauze against the brachial artery to decrease the blood flow...

  21. He/She Said What!?

    nurseprnRN replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had the medical director of the ICU tell me, the clinical specialist, that the reason I had to do something for him that he could have done for himself was because "**** runs downhill." I told him...

  22. Staff ratio, dangerous situation

    nurseprnRN replied to Salutations's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ooooh! More than THIRTY years ago I moved and went to be the day charge nurse in an ICU/CCU that had that rule. I was astonished. I argued that yes, the lab person has to do a check of the stamped...

  23. Pre-req question!

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

    "Prerequisite" does not equal "concurrent.: There's a reason why they want you to have completed algebra before commencing

  24. Need some ABG help please!

    nurseprnRN replied to vaneasy's topic in General Students

    Each of these four things have causes that can be summarized in very few words: Resp acidosis: hypoventilation (from any cause) Resp alkalosis: hyperventilation (from any cause) Met acidosis: base...

  25. Practice NCLEX question

    nurseprnRN replied to guest769224's topic in General Students

    "Total care" doesn't mean just totally dependent for physical care, although many CNAs and students take it that way. As I said, this question is there to evaluate your knowledge of scopes of...