Banana nut BSN, RN, EMT-B

Call Joint commission and OSHA and just let them know your experience. They take this stuff very seriously.

I was just kidding! :)

I once needle criqued an infant in the er during clinical rotations.....they said I should have waited for the doc to intubate.

Someone correct me if i'm wrong: Tissue necrosis and destruction of blood vessels can inhibit blood flow to the damaged area, the body has a natural cell mediated response through inflammatory pathways when it sences tisue damage, this response inclu...

Hello, I am currently in a nursing program in Southern California. Ill give you my opinion: If you go and apply to Santa ana, GWC, Saddleback, Mira costa, RCC, ceritos they all will definitely take you especially if you score well on the teas. You ...

Hi there! I read almost all of this thread and I have to say, I think I can help you with some friendly advice. Here it goes: First off if you want to get good at NCLEX style questions you should go to youtube and listen to a lecture of Bloom's Ta...

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It has truly become life changing! Super motivated to get into the ICU as a new grad. It is seriously so fun to be on the floor as a student Pretty much all I have been studying over the summer is ICU and trauma stuff but I'm ready to hit it hard ...

I'm currently working full time 3 12s a week going into my second semester and I have been for the last 3 years of prerequisites. I worked the first year Nocs full time and had to switch to days once I got into my program, honestly I could not do N...

Please update me on how your first semester goes, I truly would like to know your experience!

I work on the floor and I notice every single one I see because many times the nurses with those steths have great ears and know stuff, that's just my experience. On more than one occasion I have noticed a steth and got to talking with the RN and com...

When ever I see a new RN come onto my unit with a big bell on their steth I automatically assume they have some sort of critical care experience, I'm not saying if that's a good or bad thing im just telling you my perception and honestly, most of ti...

Hi there, I'm gonna give you a great little trick to get your foot in the door at the hospital of your dreams. Ready? Ok so go to the hospital you really want to work for as a RN and apply to the nutrition assistant/ food services area and start wo...

How about the Cytochrome P450 system and all of the interactions that nurses have to work around when giving meds.

Hi there! I totally disagree with just sitting around especially if you are highly motivated like me. Here is a link to what I have suggested to other students who what to be ahead of the game. https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/what...

Hi there, thank you for your questions. Ill do my best to respond as thoroughly as possible. Through out my prerequisite classes I have been studying nursing content in tandem with A&P, micro, and gen ed classes in the way I have described above...

This was such a great insight to your critical thinking process. Thank you for this post. Reading through gave me a more clear understanding as to what we are keeping in mind when caring for a pt. with this issue.

Hi ill give my thoughts on the situation There is a saying that goes "C5 keeps the diaphragm alive", so if he has damaged his phrenic nerve at C5 he would have had his respiratory drive shut off. Apparently that has not happened...yet but if he has m...

Hi ill give my thoughts on the situation There is a saying that goes "C5 keeps the diaphragm alive", so if he has damaged his phrenic nerve at C5 he would have had his respiratory drive shut off. Apparently that has not happened...yet but if he has m...

I currently attend a community college nursing program and have not paid a dime out of pocket for my degree thus far. I also don't plan on needing to pay for my BSN or NP but I have lots of trick up my sleeve.

I'm not an RN yet but I have a few thoughts, and I want to learn stuff. My question is: if the Pt. is volume down the first thing to go is the kidney, could perhaps fluid volume resuscitation allow for an increase in renal perfusion, thus increasing ...

I completely disagree with the above posts, I love to study and learn so every new class I take I prep for it before hand. Classes that are very pertinent to nursing school would include: Medical terminology, ACLS, BLS, EMT, Cardiac dysrthmias...You...

WOW! that's awesome! I'm so glad your enjoying the lectures. You are gonna do Great! There are definitely no hard and fast rules to prepping effectively. Do what ever you feel excited to do, if you enjoy taking notes do it, if you want to draw on ...

No worries, your not bugging me at all him happy to talk about all this stuff it helps me refresh on all the info. A few weeks ago I wrote a post to someone who was looking for study tips so ill copy paste the post here for you. I can put a link to...

A&P is used as a communication tool. Being able to speak to different processes in the body such as a Pt. with thrombocytopenia for example and know what that is. Or being able to document that a Pt. has a laceration 7 cm long on the anterior l...