AliNajaCat

AliNajaCat

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  1. Nursing and Personality

    AliNajaCat replied to TuesdaysChild's topic in General Students

    You had me until the last sentence. My office always looks like a tornado has been through recently-- but I can always find anything I need whenever I need it. And my house is loaded with memorabilia,...

  2. Sepsis case study question

    AliNajaCat replied to olaureno's topic in General Students

    You absolutely cannot clear an infection when there is infected hardware in the area; in this case, it's in the bloodstream. So yes, that catheter has got to go. it gets pulled, cultured, and replaced...

  3. Public Health Concepts, Need Help.

    AliNajaCat replied to Brianpos's topic in General Students

    Well, the concepts are morbidity and mortality in your target population, compared to state and national data currently and at 5 and 10 years ago. You can find a ton of stuff at the National Vital...

  4. Teaching Nursing Diagosis

    AliNajaCat replied to thatgirl_sadie's topic in General Students

    Sigh. "Related to" doesn't mean the same in nursing diagnosis as it does in regular English. In nursing diagnoses, "related to" mean "caused by" or "because of" or "due to." You are related to your...

  5. Maybe I should quit

    AliNajaCat replied to imp3rfect_beauty's topic in General Students

    And, alas, there will always be some people that criticize even Mother Teresa. For the rest of us mere non-saints, we need to develop a way to respond criticism even if it's unwarranted. Therapy could...

  6. Is it bad that I can't work holidays?

    AliNajaCat replied to alieu4's topic in General Students

    Your other option is to quit the job in your home town. Whatever it is, it's like being an umpire in a baseball game: You can't make your call without making somebody mad. Make your call and stick...

  7. HELP: anaphylactic attack

    AliNajaCat replied to nursetracy4444's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I disagree with both of these outlooks. I could tell you hair-raising legal stories about people "responding to an emergency" with medications and other treatments for which there were no...

  8. Fresh, brand new and in tears.

    AliNajaCat replied to ruami's topic in General Nursing

    I think looking for another job is a really, really good idea. If this whole post is not just clickbait, and on the off chance that somebody else reading this is really in a similarly bad situation,...

  9. HELP: anaphylactic attack

    AliNajaCat replied to nursetracy4444's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Basic problem with this question as formatted: Most of those actions are not within the registered nurse's scope of practice unless there are standing protocols for every patient there. Even then, the...

  10. EN tube feeding residual volume

    AliNajaCat replied to hungrysheep's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look at the question of checking residuals this way. If you don't, and there's a lot of fluid in the stomach because there's a gastroparesis or blockage or ileus down below (although the BM yesterday...

  11. Is the NANDA Dx the end-all-be-all??

    AliNajaCat replied to Mrs.D.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This should be a permanent thread. Not the Esme-being-sick part {{esme}}, the nursing diagnosis part. I think when students see the term "care plan" all they can think about-- meaning, they don't...

  12. Study Help

    AliNajaCat replied to Kcalais's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The NANDA-I 2015-2017 has a terrific section in the beginning of the book for students learning to think like nurses. GET IT NOW. It will give you a head start on this over your classmates, and save...

  13. Malpractice insurance?

    AliNajaCat replied to RNAndi's topic in General Nursing

    This covers pretty much anything you need to know. Pay attention.

  14. Is the NANDA Dx the end-all-be-all??

    AliNajaCat replied to Mrs.D.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just so you know: Unless there's a standing prescription for oxygen for an individual patient, or for emergency use in a unit, you can't just slap oxygen on somebody. No, you

  15. suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    AliNajaCat replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    Too many assumptions here. 1) That the ICU staffers were mean girls. Many new grads think there's bullying when they don't get unconditional affirmation for everything they do, or when a preceptor or...

  16. Is the NANDA Dx the end-all-be-all??

    AliNajaCat replied to Mrs.D.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Old post: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/care-plan-books-901616.html Good for you for wanting to know more about the most important thing nurses do. Yes, assessment and planning is more...

  17. How do i study for the nursing process

    AliNajaCat replied to Taytum96's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Suggest you get the NANDA-I 2015-2017 (amazon) and read the beginning section for students. I guarantee this will give you a leg up on all your classmates (and probably some of your faculty) on this...

  18. So, what's it like?

    AliNajaCat replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I found exactly the opposite when I left big-time academic medicine to move to a small town (for love). I was astonished at the lack of independence I had there. I had been used to getting blood gases...

  19. Having hard time passing tests

    AliNajaCat replied to Loveleen Sahni's topic in General Students

    Run, do not walk, to your instructor, and sit down with him or her to go over the quiz to see why you chose the answers you did and why there were better choices. Critical thinking is huge in nursing,...

  20. Being Honest

    AliNajaCat replied to HarleyGrandma's topic in General Students

    Good on that instructor. I hope that if your classmates hear this story they will take the part about "no one to check you but yourself" to heart and make them more careful, and not as permission to...

  21. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    AliNajaCat replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, boy. I'm late to this party, but this should be interesting. Short answer: As a new grad, you take the job you can get. There will be no specialization. And besides, you'll probably fall in love...

  22. Does it get easier after anatomy class?

    AliNajaCat replied to Elsa15's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Anatomy and physiology require different skills. Anatomy, it helps to be a three-dimensional thinker, able to see structures in space. Once you get to that point, it falls into place a lot more. The...

  23. Does segregation exist in hospital settings

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

    I've been a visitor in that hospital. I thought the carpets and the extraneous stuff on the walls were just great big fomites. Maybe Ruby's idea that it has something to do c getting your inheritance...

  24. Disappointed

    AliNajaCat replied to nerdy student's topic in General Students

    Look, it doesn't look like anybody has a good answer for your original question. You know what they say about prayer-- God hears all your requests, but sometimes the answer is "No," LOL, or "Line's...

  25. Interview project for nursing school admissions

    AliNajaCat replied to Maggiesa85's topic in General Students

    If they told you ahead of time, it wouldn't be your work if you asked somebody else. Have fun with it, and good