SN2RN

A desperate attempt by a lone nursing student to revive her will to study and make it through nursing school.

[sn2rn]

Been awhile...

Class of 2015! I can almost taste it...graduation day and the thought of being thrust into the work world is scaring the flip out of me. 

Everyone is like, "Aren't you excited that you're graduating?" and I just give them a half-committed answer of how excited I am to go to the real world while inside I'm having a major panic attack. 

I made it pass some major obstacles in nursing school and surprisingly made it to the last semester (I say that because at one point I thought I was going to fail out [not going to lie i felt some relief there])--yet I don't feel excited to be thrust in the working world--the thought of being responsible for someone else's life...it scares me. 

I don't feel read for that type of responsibility yet...and I feel like I know nothing. Sorry just having a ranting session here [again avoiding studying for this test on Monday].

SN2RN out!

P.S. I'll probably have something more educational/nursing related at another later date....waayyyyy laaateerrr.

[thefuturern]

...with some exceptions, of course

caine= local anesthetics cillin= antibiotics dine= anti-ulcer agents done= opiod analgesics ide= oral hypoglycemics iam= antianxiety agents micin= antibiotics nium= neuromuscular blocking agents olol= beta blockers ole= anti-fungal oxacin= antibiotics pam= antianxiety agents pril= ace inhibitors sone= steroids statin= antihyperlipidemics vir= antivirals zide= diuretics

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Here are the 10 Kaplan Strategies used for answering nclex questions - broken down by me. Click each link for each step. Tip: use a computer or iPad screen instead of a cell phone to view each strategy. I didn’t even have to take the Kaplan review course after studying these strategies on my own. Hope it helps!

Step #1 Expected Outcomes

Step #2 Unfamiliar Questions

Step #3 Answers

Step #4 Real World

Step #5 Maslow

Step #6 Nursing Process

Step #7 Patient Safety

Step #8 Delegation

Step #9 Positioning

Step #10 Therapeutic Communication

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best thing I’ve ever read

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wow

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always reblog

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More Epiphanies & struggles

So..I won't be posting reviews or anything because I realized that I've been avoiding the inevitable requirement to memorize important things for tests which has led me to hitting below the passing mark on 2 tests on med surg (not too low) & pretty low on a Peds test. 

I think I've reached the point that most nursing students have reached at one (or more) point of their schooling: Do I want to keep going or stop and move on to something more feasible and probably want to do more?

But I want to prove to people that I can do it...yet at the same time I want to give up because of all the expectations that are weighing me down...

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, spring break is almost here! Couldn't have come at a better time to re-energize & re-evaluate everything in my life. Hopefully I'll feel better in 2 weeks.

Anywhoo back to the daily struggle..wish I could inject studying and learning hormones in me :3 Sayonara!

SN2RN

#foodforthought #endocrinesystem

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I love your blog! Do you by any chance have an iPhone? If so, what medical apps do you recommend?

THANK YOU!!!! What an interesting question!   I have a couple of apps but these are my top three:

1.)  Lab Values- This one is great for students and practicing RN’s.  It’s $1.99 on itunes and it goes through lab values (obviously) and explains them!  Why the value could be high and possibilities why they could be low and the rationale and patho-physiology.  

2.) Micromedix- this app is free and reliable (my hospital and many others use micromedix as a resource for staff).  This app is great for refreshing yourself on medications.

3.) Prognosis- I LOVE this app!!!! I downloaded it three years ago and I am addicted.  Best of all its FREE!  The app presents case studies and you decide the interventions and see if you fixed the patient.  It has helped tremendously with critical thinking.  Plus, it goes through rationales for everything.  The app has expanded so much and has many other sub apps (prognosis respiratory, prognosis diabetes, prognosis cardiology, etc etc etc).  I highly highly highly recommend this app for those that want to improve critical thinking.  I think this app is more geared to medical students- but hey, there is nothing wrong with a well versed nurse!

<3 

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GI System (Nursing Assessment)

Some Gero. Diffs. in Assessment

Mouth

Teeth loss

Dentures

Diminished sense of taste

Dry oral mucosa

Esophagus

Dysphagia

Potential aspiration

Stomach

Atrophy of gastric mucosa (expected age change)

Food intolerances

Decreased gastric emptying

Small Intestine

Complaints of indigestion

Slowed intestinal transit

Delayed absorption

Source: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th edition, Lewis; Dirksen; Heitkemper; Bucher; Camera

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Nurses R' Us Tip: 

Motrin (Ibuprofen)

SDR (Safe dosage range): 5-10 mg/kg/dose

REMEMBER: Pediatrics doses are based on weight (kg)

#sn2rn #pharmacology #pediatrics #nursesRus

[sn2rn]

"The Lord your God is with you. He is MIGHTY to SAVE. He will take DELIGHT in you. He will QUIET you with His LOVE. He will REJOICE over you with SINGING."

Zephaniah 3:17

#Bible #TRUTH #sn2rn 

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I need to start doing this...sigh

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This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download. 

 Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks

Textbooknova 

Reddit

Bookboon 

Textbookrevolution 

GaTech Math Textbooks

Ebookee 

Freebookspot 

Free-ebooks

Getfreeebooks 

BookFinder

Oerconsortium 

Project Gutenberg

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Spreading this shit like nutella because goddamn textbooks are so expensive. 

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not necessarily art related but as someone who couldn’t afford their textbooks this semester this is a godsend

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REBLOGGING because after a little digging, I found my $200 textbook for free in PDF form.

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friendly reminder that this exists since I know we’re all going back to college soon

[mylifeasanursingstudent]

my program doesnt even give us the titles to try and do this we have to buy them in bundles in boxes so you can’t even see them first. $500 for books that you get $7 back when seeling them back #seriously #sickofthisshit #nursingschoolproblems #soannoying 

[sn2rn]

Reblogging this for future reference TT.TT

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Epiphany

I had an epiphany during Peds class (still in class as I type this on my phone). I haven't been really studying diligently as I said I would during Christmas break and New Years Resolution. I'm technically still in vacation (lazy/procrastinate don't make excuses!) mode. So I figured to help me study, I would type out reviews, notes, pics, etc. online since feedback would be nice even though they'll be random posts of just my notes. So, I'm going to try this as a last desperate attempt to study hardcore and shoot for As in nursing school. Happy stuDYING! #thestruggleisreal #SN2RN