AliNajaCat

AliNajaCat

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  1. Nursing Student: Venting

    AliNajaCat replied to rianbell1's topic in General Students

    It happens to just about everyone. The days will pass, and this too will be over when it's over. Venting is good, but don't keep thinking about this too much-- give yourself permission to whine to...

  2. "Smart watch" vs traditional for taking pulse/resp

    AliNajaCat replied to bay area FNP-to-be's topic in General Students

    Sounds like the short answer is, "Nope." Get yourself a cheap analog watch (you know, the kind with the numbers on a dial) with a second hand and a strap or band you can easily sanitize at the end of...

  3. What Am I Doing Wrong?

    AliNajaCat replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    I just answered something like this on another thread. I said, The thing is, when students complain that the faculty doesn't tell them what to do or give them detailed plans of the materials,...

  4. Stressed Out

    AliNajaCat replied to mommy124's topic in General Students

    You can find many posts on AN that discuss this. The basic answer is that nursing school is not like any education you have had before, because it is cumulative (meaning you can't forget a course...

  5. No Excuse for Mistake....

    AliNajaCat replied to Jolie's topic in Nursing News

    Iamsostealingthisword.

  6. Building the perfect BON

    AliNajaCat replied to triple...H's topic in General Nursing

    1) Facilities would not hire unlicensed personnel because their respective state departments of public health would yank their operating licenses so fast it would make their heads spin and because all...

  7. Nursing Diagnosis

    AliNajaCat replied to thatgirl_sadie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No, the diabetic foot ulcer did not cause her knowledge deficit. That's what "related to" means in nursing diagnosis. Please do click on that link and you'll see why. Oh, heck, I'll save you the...

  8. SpO2 vs. SaO2

    AliNajaCat replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's not what he said. He said, I also took altitude physiology and worked in this field for a number of years, and while your description of how to calculate alveolar oxygen is true, when...

  9. what's wrong with this patient?

    AliNajaCat replied to RenKenn72's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Tylenol is not an NSAID (nonsteroidal ANTI-INFLAMMATORY) and has no influence in clotting. Enoxaparin isn't an NSAID either, it's a heparin derivative and given prophylactically to prevent clot...

  10. blood test

    AliNajaCat replied to RenKenn72's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    BIG HINT: What is phototherapy

  11. Femur and Head injury

    AliNajaCat replied to 2017's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also, consider that many such questions can have more than one answer. Part of the point of them is to get you to do some digging so you can understand completely what each one is for and why so you...

  12. Why is this patient ordered Famotidine for PID?

    AliNajaCat replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Gastric ulcers are not caused by stress, but by Helicobacter pylori or trauma (like by poorly-vented Salem sump tubes). Decreasing gastric acid secretion is, however, a good thing for people who might...

  13. RN School: IV Regulator Dosage Calculation

    AliNajaCat replied to brains090's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I like to use jelly beans. You have to eat 130 jelly beans in an hour and a half. OK, they're really small ones or you'll get sick, but work with me here. Lay out those jelly beans on the table and...

  14. BSN after ameritech?

    AliNajaCat replied to Mckenziej's topic in General Students

    Well, that answers that question. None of these are well-considered by genuine academic institutions. All for-profit schools, and you would be well-advised to steer well clear of

  15. What speciality would you like to get into post-graduation?

    AliNajaCat replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in General Students

    Most new grads, by far, find that the first job they have after school is the one they can get, and it's probably not the one they dreeeaaaammmmmmed about. And most nurses are not working in the jobs...

  16. Start ADN now or finish BA first?

    AliNajaCat replied to PowerliftingLady's topic in General Students

    I understand your hurry to get it done. However, if you can, please imagine yourself eight years from now. Looking back, how much difference does that six months make, when you're in a much better...

  17. Flu shot/husband-looking for advice, not to debate

    AliNajaCat replied to nealiiih's topic in General Nursing

    If he flies that often, he spends a lot of time with a lot of people inside a tin can rebreathing their used air and respiratory secretions (yeah, sorry). If he never gets sick, what does that tell...

  18. RN Renewal question

    AliNajaCat replied to EDRNBSN2011's topic in General Nursing

    I expect that your social security number is in there somewhere, as well as your former name. I"m sure their computer log systems links all of your identities together. Think of all the folks who have...

  19. New grad in L&D. Are these things normal?

    AliNajaCat replied to ColdHandsWarmHeart's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not normal, and get the hell out of there. Make a report to the BoN and the DPH while you're at

  20. Nursing Diagnosis

    AliNajaCat replied to thatgirl_sadie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you the same person with the diabetic patient with bad feet who wanted info on a "teaching diagnosis" elsewhere in the student section? And the faculty who gave you the bad example about...

  21. Nursing Diagnosis

    AliNajaCat replied to thatgirl_sadie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    duplicate post, sorry about

  22. Post-op/ cardiac case study

    AliNajaCat replied to 2342's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Read some case studies, on any subject, and see how they're done. Then take your data and build your

  23. WGU to Walden NP?

    AliNajaCat replied to ChristCares's topic in General Students

    Sure you can do that. I'd never hire you, and I would not be alone. Go to real schools. If you can't get into one, then do what you have to do to be admitted. if you can't do that, think of something...

  24. Anyone with Google can be a nurse

    AliNajaCat replied to Rnnonami's topic in General Nursing

    Possibly so. However, I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that if you look up the licensing and scope and standards of practice for social workers you will not find making health assessments listed. Sure,...

  25. Christmas Gift Ideas for Newly Accepted Student

    AliNajaCat replied to NursingBird's topic in General Students

    Think outside the box: quality of life and stress reduction. "Gift Certificates" for Cleaning your house or apartment Doing your laundry A nice lunch out A massage A spa day Fruit-of-the-Month (yeah,...