AliNajaCat

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  1. Patho

    AliNajaCat replied to thelonteam's topic in General Students

    I always tell people that pathophysiology is orders of magnitude easier if you already had a good working knowledge of normal physiology. If you don't feel supremely comfortable with that, an...

  2. Need help making college decision!!! Please help!!!

    AliNajaCat replied to roddyt's topic in General Students

    Also, you'll be discarding your present stuff and starting over. It is vanishingly rare for nursing classes to be accepted in transfer. Don't think I'm being mean here, because this is kindly meant:...

  3. May graduation, no healthcare experience

    AliNajaCat replied to MayRN2987's topic in General Students

    When you apply for work, they'll read your application and figure it out. Nobody expects even a former CNA to be ready to hit the floors running without pretty extensive orientation. Be honest when...

  4. Nursing Care Plan help!

    AliNajaCat replied to afelice120's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Having taught in schools and contributed to textbooks (the latest being a very heavily-used "nursing diagnosis handbook") and serving on the NANDA-I research and education committee as we speak, I...

  5. HELP

    AliNajaCat replied to SouthernNurse90's topic in General Students

    We can't say about specifics, but if you report ahead that you are taking X, Y, and Z and bring the bottles with the rx numbers on them, they can check to be sure. Generally that gives you a pass but...

  6. Good topic for Nursing Research

    AliNajaCat replied to deaux318's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sure. Go to the library and pull some nursing journals and see what they've done already. Look in the CINAHL (your college librarian will gladly show you how the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied...

  7. Chances getting into nursing school?

    AliNajaCat replied to yogi26's topic in General Students

    Glad to hear that you don't really think you are acting like a nurse, because not. even. close. If and when you ever get into and graduate from a real nursing program, you will learn that the "able to...

  8. Signing off on another nurses paperwork

    AliNajaCat replied to cb9115's topic in General Nursing

    I would never recommend putting your signature on documentation of work you didn't do yourself. I have seen a lot of crappy initial assessments that have caused problems later, and saying, "I didn't...

  9. Nurse liability insurance

    AliNajaCat replied to AmadoRod's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/malpractice-insurance-800416.html

  10. Baby and school?

    AliNajaCat replied to julesjameson3333's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went to grad school with a newborn. It can certainly be done, especially when the first is already potty trained and in preschool or first grade and the dad knows how to care for his own child

  11. Patient Advocacy Laws

    AliNajaCat replied to MellyR's topic in General Nursing

    The applicable legal standard for nursing practice is found in the nurse practice acts in the states, and in the few states that don't have one (yep) the backup is the ANA Scope and Standards of...

  12. Learning Intimate Exams

    AliNajaCat replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

    The "act like you've been there before" refers to professional demeanor, not being deceptive about your credentials or experience. That's what the football coach meant, too. Act like a pro. It is...

  13. How do you address nurses with a PhD?

    AliNajaCat replied to SWGOH's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter has a PhD in her field (not nursing). She's Dr. Smartypants, and nobody argues over whether they should call her that. Why do

  14. Upset with delegation

    AliNajaCat replied to lovaza's topic in General Nursing

    As an aside, even though your assignment is PCT, in the case of an emergency or a change in patient condition, legally you would be held to RN standard of care for assessment or response. And they...

  15. Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    AliNajaCat replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Um, yes, somebody who is habituated enough to alcohol as to have withdrawal symptoms is, by definition, an alcoholic. Not all alcoholics are unshaven guys in shabby clothes or blowsy old broads....

  16. Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    AliNajaCat replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    If we're putting in orders for end of life care, can I have some good port with my fentanyl? Now that's the way to spend the last few weeks before I go

  17. Need a BSN for what again?

    AliNajaCat replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Another thing to consider isn't something I see brought up often in these recurring thrashes, and that's the future. Look around your workplace at the staff nurses. Do you see a lot of them over age...

  18. IV Flushing & clots

    AliNajaCat replied to SN22RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's worth it to stop, take a deep breath, and think about normal vascular anatomy. Let's follow a little clot from the end of the angiocath in your patient's arm and see where it goes, shall we? Up...

  19. Nursing Care Plan help!

    AliNajaCat replied to afelice120's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Coupla things to help you MAKE (not "choose") nursing diagnoses. 1) Risk diagnoses do not have related (causative) factors, they have RISK factors. So since having a test isn't a risk factor, what is?...

  20. Learning Intimate Exams

    AliNajaCat replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

    I think you misunderstand the OP's job. Unless he's just one of those guys that gets his jollies from starting discussions like this (and we do get those here, so let's just see how this thread...

  21. Choosing between two jobs to help me in the future

    AliNajaCat replied to Mrs.D.'s topic in General Students

    You do realize that as an unlicensed person, you won't be able to "practice your clinical skills" at any higher level than a CNA anyway? You'll do exactly the same as "a support associate" if you let...

  22. It's ok to look at their....

    AliNajaCat replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    OP: If you're going to be dealing with kids, best learn how to spell "diarrhea". You're gonna need it

  23. Bullying online is NOT harmless

    AliNajaCat replied to Dianna11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hate to be stupid here, but what's

  24. Dr. told patient, "Nurses are STUPID".

    AliNajaCat replied to Daetwin2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This IS a joke, right? You clearly don't know any of the nurses I know. (And you also don't know the meaning of the word "disinterested," to boot.) I'll probably get dinged for this, but what an...

  25. Need a BSN for what again?

    AliNajaCat replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Where I got my MN there were plenty of MNs working bedside-- I was one, and taught students as faculty at the same time. The city had many fine BSN programs, and most bedside nurses were either...