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=__Student Class Notes -__ //A place to get academic - discuss topics, share knowledge, websites, lecture and clinical notes and tips, mnemonics, helpful hints, insights, or whatever you feel you want to contribute to the greater good.//= =We all want to be nurses, nurses help and care and share, all of us working together is a good place to start to practice that noble idea.=

1st Class is on Monday,August 27 - Good luck to all of us! Class in AD115 8am no uniform needed

GOOD WEBSITE- [|Student Nurse Resourses] nclex tips and video's, tutorials, links to helpful resourses.

PDF version of NANDA Nursing Dx - good for reference-- http://connection.lww.com/products/weber/documents/WeberHB_App11.pdf

Tuesday August 28 -- lecture class 9:25 - 1:15 nursing lab room no uniform Cluster 1 powerpoints on webmail (color paper only) Lab Room # is SH 30A

Wens. August 29 -- on campus clinical in AD 115 8am no uniform activities include **Feeding** bring soft food to eat

**//Word file about measurements used for Nursing//**

**//Word file about Universal Precautions and Consequences//**

Todays (Weds. 8/29) Class - really pretty interesting, doing the patient admission forms was fun, learning about the types of diets was informative (at least for newbies), and trying the various products was honeythick cool. I personally will never taste Renal Boost again, ggggaaaahhh. The cranberry honeythick was good though. It's fun also when both sites are together for clinical days. WHat Does Everyone Else Think?

Thurs. 8/30 - lecture class AD 115 9:35am look for more powerpoints on your webmail.

NOTE: --- The word is if you take your own colored paper to the new LCCC library, you can print out the powerpoints at no cost. ( no copy charge, free ink). Talk to the librarian at the front desk.

NEW WEBSITE LISTING http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_merckmanualhome.jsp__________________
MERCK Manual Online Edition - a great site absolutely loaded with information. Just a few components are -- Online Drug Guide, Symptom checker, Medical encyclopedia, 3D Animations of Medical topics, Etc, Oh, and its all free. follow the link---

Here is a link to a good HANDWASHING VIDEO (this video may not play on every computer) It runs two and a half minutes. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1332100403492604547&q=nursing+handwashing&total=2&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Yesterday's class(8/29) was very interesting. I worked in the health care field and I have given pt's the nectar and honey thick drinks, but never tasted them. It is very interesting to find that the taste isnt different from the original flavor.

Friday 8/31 Morning or Afternoon LAB in SH 30 Tenative = bedmaking - oral care - bathing no uniform

follow link } http://healthin30.com/subpage.cfm?tbl=22&id=249&play=true**__**
 * WEB LINK - "Health in 30" half hour audio shows (podcasts) concerning many healthcare and nursing topics

[|**juliusjane**] writes: ** Just wanted to give a little tip to people that have never bathed a patient. One important thing when it comes to giving care to a male patient remember when washing their private are to pull back the foreskin on the penis of men who haven't been circumsized. Alot of bacteria builds up in there and can cause severe problems for them if it is not cleaned properly. Posted Today 4:38 pm**

Here is a word file of the Steps of Male Perineal Bathing [|**male perineal care bathing.doc**]

NEW FILE Here is a Word file with terms and defintions of various nursing terms including some Historical Nursing Women. This file was originally a flashcard format and can be reformated by you to Flashcards on 'Word'**. [|Nursing Fundementals Flashcard File.doc] NOTE that you can click on the magnifying glass by a term to get more information!**

//NEW WEBSITE//
 * A very complete and complex resourse all about Nursing Theorists http://www.sandiego.edu/academics/nursing/theory/**

Public Health Nurse 1906

Thursday 9/5/2007 -- quiz AD 115 9:35am 40 questions multiple choice cluster 1= Schnecks = =
 * Tamaqua=cluster ? ......anyone know?**

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Hey everyone! I just found some interesting information on one of our clinical sites. Did anyone know that Mahoning Valley has been reported for abusing and harming their residents? I found this website that uses recent information given by the residents and their families in regard to the staff at mahoning valley, and they did not get a good report at all. Check out this website... http://www.memberofthefamily.net/pa.htm

Wow - thanks to the person who posted this site, there is so much valuable information on it. I know if I ever need to find a nursing home for family I will check these watch lists and statistics first. Also when its time to find a job I will also be using this site -- who wants to work their first nursing job in a place with numerous infractions, complaints, and a low staff to patient ratio? Not my first choice, but then again ethically, should we 'cherry pick the very best places and leave all those residents in their struggling situations to face continuing bad or worsening conditions? I need to think about this one. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Excellent site!!! I guess we'll get a first hand look at a nursing home on the **"**//**watch list**"//

CLINICALS BEGIN MONDAY **Good luck to all of us ( I'll need it at 6:45am) Wow I'm excited and a bit anxious. Just want to do well and learn and perform good enough to make a clients day a little better. God Bless Them and Us! Don't forget Journal of Clinical Experiences Uniforms Watchs - Pocket Notebook and Pen IF anybody needs help getting to or finding out how to get to their assignments -POST HERE for HELP!!!!**

NOTE ON CLINICAL SITE: After seeing the nursing home watch list I expected the worst on My first day at Mahoning Valley Nursing Home. I am happy to report that this home is absolutely great, it has a very nice homey feel, its very clean, and the staff is good and very concerned with the residents well being. I don't what happened for this home to make it on the watch list but I have come to the conclusion that I would be happy to use Mahoning Valley for family or employment. My previous assumptions were mistaken.

Regarding the watch list sometimes the definition of abuse is not physical in the states eyes. It could be something as simple as someone having a catheter that shouldn't or someone not being repositioned every two hours. Just don't assume because a nursing home is on the watch list for abuse that it was physical. What I saw today was a very clean and caring facility for people to live. Remember this is and experience and every place will be different.

Monday 9/16/2007 - Clinicals, 2nd weeek

9/16/07 Palmerton Hospital was a wonderful experience for the first day. Anyone who is going there will really enjoy the new instructor Terry. She is a wonderful person who will answer any questions you have and don't be afraid to ask. It will be an experience for us all and with her as our instructor we will learn alot..

9/17/07 I agree -- Palmerton Hospital was a really good clinical day. This should be an excellent rotation. I learned so much about the real world of nursing that I can only imagine how educational this whole rotation will be. Terry is a really good instructor, and everyone was really nice and helpful. My thanks especially to Terry, Laurie, Claude, the two Tammys and RN's, and Jane for help above and beyond. That is a long list of outstanding helpers for one day. OH and to those who were asking-- Yes the breakfast was wonderful.

How is everyone else's clinicals going? We would all like to hear about them.

Good luck on your test this week to the clinical group I have at Palmerton Hospital - and the rest of your class!! I had a great week and hope you did too. I was very impressed with how eager you all were to learn and jump right in - great job - you are all going to be great LPN's and all your input and experiences add to this learning opportunity!! See you all Monday!!! -- TERRI

THURSDAY 9/20/2007 EXAM #1 good luck see ya all at 9:35am

9/21/07 just some F.Y.I on the DVD from ATI testing is information regarding wound care for those interested.

9/24/07 Another intense and educational experience at Palmerton Hospital today. We saw and helped with triple lumen insertion attempts, foley cath insertion, personal care, vitals, I + O, wound care and pressure ulcer care and documentation, and much more. Terri the instructor is amazing, not just at teaching but an excellent Nurse and role model. Our group will miss being at Palmerton, if this rotation which is over next week, could go on longer we would all be very pleased. To those going there soon, get ready to learn the real stuff.

Follow this link to a good Wound Care flashcard (and more) site: http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-28457

See News about Schip childrens healthcare bill that Pres. Bush just vetoed on the WHO WE ARE page of this webpage.

10/12/07 Congratulations to all who won the election

10/13/07 ...and congrats right back at you my friend JuliusJane.

Clinicals On Monday 10/15/07 --- I'm so pumped for 5 patients a day, Yeah,UhHa God help me please. (2 pts. is plenty)

10/19/07 Good website to help us work on our care plans is www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/ it has care plans that are done and ones you can create yourself and then print out.

10/22/07 Thanks for the website! It is wonderful!! www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor

10/22/07 the website for careplans should work now good luck it is a good website


 * Please have your enrolled students complete the following PAPNA Student Education Survey prior to October 23, 2007** ||  ||
 * http://www.questionpro.com/akira/takesurvey?id=804264

This is the link for the Survey Janet discussed-- || || 10/23/07 Good luck everyone who failed the nutrition the online test was better than the one we took in class this one I passed

11/11/07 There are now some bake sale photos on the Facebook Page and more photos will be added every few days, you can also add yours if you want.

12/04/2007 Well here we are, the last week of class. The last day of clinical yesterday felt like a milestone, I learned so much and grew closer to being a nurse, but there is still a way to go. These last days of the semester are chaotic, so much to reflect on, so much to finish, still so much to learn, and of course there's the final exam - for many this is a make or break test. I don't know where everyone stands gradewise but I sincerly hope to see all the class in the 2nd semester, and we hopefully are all helping and rooting for each other. From what I've seen we all do get along well. Sure there's a few passing tensions but overall I believe we've made great friends here and learned so much about each other, and that my friends and classmates is special, it's the kind of thing that lasts in memory a long long time. We owe so much to our instructors, Janet and Mary Karen, they put so much of themselves into teaching us and deserve our thanks and respect. This is also the case for our clinical and lab instructors and the staff. So lets all take a deep breath and gird ourselves for one more big push to the finish line. And God willing, we'll all get there together.

12/04/07 Finally we are in a last week and with the final coming up we are all feeling exhausted and mentally burned out. This semester has been a blast and I want to thank all of my classmates who I truly am glad to have as friends for being there with their support. I found out through this semester that you need to have friends around you for strength and support, this program is only going to get harder for us and its good to have people to lean on. So this is just a thank you to the friends I have made and to all the great nurses we are going to be.


 * //12/13/2007 -- THE SEMESTER IS OVER !!!!!!!!!~ see ya all in 2008. Keep posting and reading this site for news.//**

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