AliNajaCat

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  1. Will nursing wreck my hands?

    AliNajaCat replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to thank all the PPs for not ONCE mentioning how UNFAIR it is that we can't have pretty acrylic and polished nails like all their friends. Did the students not find this thread yet?

  2. Hyperbaric Monitors

    AliNajaCat replied to 313RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just googled "patient monitoring hyperbaric" and got a lot of hits. It appears HP might have some, and there are some other mfrs I'm not familiar

  3. Clinic RN vs Medical Assistant

    AliNajaCat replied to Guest915876's topic in General Nursing

    Do not confuse "job descriptions" (which are often heavily task-oriented) for the two with equivalency. MAs do not have independent autonomous licensure; they cannot be held responsible for patient...

  4. Need help renewing my license for the first time.

    AliNajaCat replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in General Nursing

    Getting mandatory CE is your responsibility as an RN. The BoN will not just send you a license if you send them the fee. The BoN will not send you CE, and will not necessarily recommend any (with the...

  5. What does pathological effects mean?

    AliNajaCat replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    WAAAAAAY too much information on these slides. If this is a presentation you're giving, the last thing you want to do is read your slides to your audience-- nothing bores an audience more than hearing...

  6. Are nurses actually people too???

    AliNajaCat replied to FuturePN's topic in General Students

    Ok. We're not. I am dreadfully overweight, stay in bed reading the paper and doing email until noon sometimes, and spend way too much time on AN. I keep looking at my wallpaper where it's peeling and...

  7. Assignment: Feeding tube w/dementia patient

    AliNajaCat replied to olaureno's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's interesting. How long have these been in use? Are there any studies about pressure injury inside the

  8. What does pathological effects mean?

    AliNajaCat replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Mass effect is the mechanical effect of a mass. For example, if you have a big benign tumor inside your chest, what effect does if have on your lungs' ability to do their job? If you have a big...

  9. I just want to be a stay at home mom!

    AliNajaCat replied to Lavendergal's topic in General Students

    Second the "setting a good example for your children" part. They will see you working hard to finish an educational program so you can provide for them, sticking it out even though it's hard,...

  10. EBP Narrated Powerpoint

    AliNajaCat replied to drsrn's topic in General Students

    Keep your slides uncluttered-- don't put everything you're going to say on them, because then you're just reading your slides and it will make people crazy. Think of them as an outline. One or two...

  11. Med Math

    AliNajaCat replied to Kaweah's topic in General Students

    I hear you on DA being "required" for your med math exam. What happens when the question you must solve doesn't require it? Then

  12. Nursing care plan question, Nasogastric tube

    AliNajaCat replied to Possum_RN's topic in General Students

    You don't "choose" or "pick" a nursing diagnosis "for" a piece of equipment. You make a nursing diagnosis of your patient based on your patient assessment. Step back and take a deep breath. What did...

  13. Care Plan Help: Diverticulitis

    AliNajaCat replied to niicolex's topic in General Students

    Diarrhea IS a nursing diagnosis (p. 220 in your NANDA-I 2015-2017). Its defining characteristics re abdominal pain, bowel urgency, cramping, hyperactive bowel sounds, or loose liquid stools > 3/24...

  14. Practicum Trouble

    AliNajaCat replied to Lavendergal's topic in General Students

    Whoa, Nellie. You must NEVER, NEVER do things that are outside your scope of practice (you do have one- it's as a student nurse, with whatever limits the hospital, school, and BoN place upon students)...

  15. Second Degree ADN

    AliNajaCat replied to Newatthis's topic in General Students

    When you realize that the job market leans ever more heavily to BSN, why would you want to waste your time with an associates degree first? Take your other degree to an accelerated...

  16. Might get kicked out of program...

    AliNajaCat replied to qteebug's topic in General Students

    Fake nails are a clear problem due to infection control issues, and I'm sure you all knew it at the git-go. But leaving meds unlabeled, even in the care of somebody else (who wasn't licensed) leaves...

  17. Med Math

    AliNajaCat replied to Kaweah's topic in General Students

    You don't need dimensional analysis for this problem. You have correctly divided the liter by 125 to discover that it will be used up in eight hours. If all they are asking you is, "When does the next...

  18. When do give up?

    AliNajaCat replied to LJR89's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While it is true that people prefer the BSN, many will give you a look if you are actively enrolled in a BSN program. Emphasize that when you apply to real hospital jobs I completely agree-- get ANY...

  19. Hospitals make people sicker than they have to be

    AliNajaCat posted a topic in Nursing News

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/well/live/bad-hospital-design-is-making-us-sicker.html?hpw=undefined&rref=health&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-wel...

  20. What was the REAL reason you called off

    AliNajaCat replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was MUCH younger, before I was a nurse but I was a nurse's aide (this was so long ago it was before the "C" before the "NA") I was living with a couple of guys and one of them had an old high...

  21. Staff resistant to change - why?

    AliNajaCat replied to Kim2020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Homework, or is your unit (what kind?) starting to institute a change (what?) and you need some perspective? (I'm guessing homework, in which case, please tell us your thoughts first before we do it...

  22. Nursing doubt

    AliNajaCat replied to virginialuther12's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not entirely clear on what you need. I would seriously suggest you sit down with your faculty member and don't leave until you really understand what she wants from you. Perhaps she could share...

  23. Am I doing these critical thinking questions wrong??

    AliNajaCat replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Students

    If you're congratulating yourself on getting the right answers on the second go-round of the SMAE QUESTIONS, you're deluding yourself into thinking you've learned something. But all you have...

  24. Care Plan Help

    AliNajaCat replied to Jess2741's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're to going to be able to teach him to decrease his energy expenditure, are you? But can you teach his caregivers? If you were taking care of him, how would you decrease his physical work? This...

  25. Question on priority order

    AliNajaCat replied to LHC123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Part of the point of assignments like this is to give your faculty an idea of how you think, when you tell your rationales for your rankings. That said, though, the postop is at greatest risk for...