This is the list of people going to the NCLEX Review

NCLEX-RN Review Attendees

Harrison Cole 209-603-8662
Katie Cates 209-298-0061
DeeAnn Barnhart 209-295-1776
Anastasia Butman 209-679-2750
Darlene Machado 209-321-1264
Robert Yater 209-401-7498
Rupert Lao 209-598-5031
Glen Grivas 209-603-8566
Ena Jarquin Schulz 209-914-7796
Edith Arquines 209-430-1179
Kimberly Thurman 209-401-9551
Dan Oden 925-437-9233
Cleo Inducta 510-325-0763
Sakura Hino 650-279-4190
Chester Cruz 916-690-1105

Please add your name and contact info in a comment to keep the list accurate. Thanks.

Harrison

NCLEX Review Accommodations !!!

Under the comments I've posted information on 2 particular hotels that are offering discounts for the NCLEX review! Just remember that if you decide to go with these hotels you have to mention the NCLEX review for your discount. I will also post an updated roster of who is going and if I missed your name then please add your name and contact info so everyone can coordinate with each other and possibly share expenses! As I find more deals I will post them and please do the same! Thanks!

Harrison

Save the Date - Info filled SNA mtg!!

SNA Meeting May 14th @ 1:00-2:00pm Locke 314

Last meeting of Spring 2007.
Rootbeer Floats and Much Needed Info!

Special Guest Speakers:
Rocky La Jeunesse, Guidance and Counseling
Topic: Requirements for Transfer (LVN/PT to RN, RN to BSN)

Shelba Durston, Kymn Trujillo and Dean Alin Ciochina
Topic: Work Experience/Internship/Apprenticeship Program

Anyone interested in getting units for working while in school or gearing towards furthering your education should not miss this meeting – see you there!

I couldn't help but post this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kVv2aqnEjs

4-Day NCLEX-RN Review !!!

I am going to attend the highly recommended Davis NCLEX review (98% NCLEX pass rate) coming up quick June 4-7 at SFSU. I have heard good reports from the previous ADN classes whom had attended this! There will be lectures on all topics, sample questions NCLEX style, Rationales to answers and questions will be pulled apart. Application deadline is May 01. Sorry for the late notice, but I was only recently informed. There are group discounts! Also, All attendees of the June course (the only one in 2007) will be able to attend again in Jan 08 for only $75. This would be a great refresher! I've attached a comment that will give more detailed instructions along with a hyperlink to the website! You must contact me via email for confirmation soon so I can arrange for the best discount for our class! I am the point of contact for this group discount! DO NOT MAIL REGISTRATION FORM OR MAKE PAYMENT UNTIL I HAVE THE FINAL HEADCOUNT! PLEASE HURRY!!! Email me at hcolern2b@gmail.com or call me at 209-603-8662 cell. Remember, the deadline is May 01!!! I hope you can all attend!!!

I need the final headcount by Sunday the 22nd for the final pricing for the group discount. I will then email you with the final price and will collect the registration forms and payment Monday the 23rd after class from N6 rotation and Tuesday the 24th from N7 rotation. These will be mailed on Tuesday as a group. Thanks!

If for some reason that you miss my April 23rd or 24th deadline and you still want to go, then you should contact me or review the blog for the final count and pricing.


Harrison

Give blood for your club

Here's the deal. If a student club can get 20 folk to donate blood then they are eligible to receive $300. SNA could put that $$ to good use helping YOU with information, activities and scholarships. YOU get to help your community by providing lifesaving blood.

Details:Wednesday 4/16..... 9am-230pm in Upper Danner Hall - need photo ID with date of birth on it to donate; to save time call Barbara Barroga @ 209-954-5100 to sign up. Please identify yourself as an SNA member/supporter.

Please respond here if you can attend and donate. Many of us will be in clinicals that day and unable to attend, but pass the word and let's see if we can get a mass o' nursing talent there to support SNA and the Blood Bank!

Job Opportunity

Mrs Batson forwarded this info to me so that I can let y'all know about it:

Part-time jobs are available with the Census Bureau.
Flexible hours $12.25-$14.oo/hour in the San Joaquin area.
Contact: Jennie Rillamas cell # 604-4788

MLA & APA citations the quick and easy way!!!

http://citationmachine.net/index.php?new_style=1&reset=1#here

I found this website from another ADN blog and it eliminates any confusion on how to properly format any bibliography! All you do is select the format (APA, MLA) and fill in the blanks! It does the formating for you!

Harrison

SNA Meeting reminder, Spread the Word...

SNA Meeting April 9, 2007
1:00 in Locke 314

Come join your fellow nursing/health students for snacks, raffles and prizes, and most of all, info about the SNA. Also find out the benefits of being an officer, leadership scholarships and more.

Don't forget, we need officers for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and ICC Representative. Description of duties listed below, if you are interested or know someone who is, please attend the meeting.

Elections for Officer Positions:
President: Oversees club activities, responsible for meeting agendas, representative of
SNA at monthly faculty meetings, responsible for active club status with Student Activities, and delegation of other officers as needed.
Vice President: Supports President in planning and implementing ideas and club events.
Secretary: Makes and posts flyers for meetings, takes notes at meetings and formats minutes to be distributed at the next meeting.
Treasurer: Keeps financial records, makes deposits and payment requests for club events, manages inventory and ordering.
ICC Representative: Represents the SNA at the mandatory InterClub Council (ICC) meetings two Thursdays a month or as scheduled by Student Activities; this can be done by rotation of SNA members but MUST BE DONE or we cannot continue our Association.

Hope to see you there!! Spread the word.

NCLEX REVIEW SFSU

Hi guys, I'm looking for a leader in your group that would be interested in going to San Francisco for NCLEX review the first week in June. Its a 4 day class and the class will be free for you. You'll be graduating soon and need to start thinking about the board exam. After attending the review, you can pass the word around to your fellow classmates. I was told about this review course by Bonnie and my group is going to attend the review. I just wanted to pass the word down. I highly recommend this review by Davis. The group that was ahead of us that took this review and taken the boards have all passed.
If you're interested or know a leader in your group, please feel free to contact me.

Fazia@comcast.net
(209) 477-6250 (hm)
(209) 986-1107 (cell)

Next SNA meeting

Hey ladies and gents, our next SNA meeting will be Monday, April 9th at 1:00 in Locke 314. Please be sure to attend, we have lots of exciting info for you. We also need officers for the next election for SNA leaders. If you are interested or know someone who is, please attend the meeting. Just an FYI, the SNA meetings are for all students: ADN, LVN, Psych Tech, and those who are taking prerequesites. Support you fellow nursing/health students. A reminder with more info to follow as the meeting approaches. Thanks in advance.
Sandra Hardy

SNA Today!

SNA meeting today in Locke 314 @1:00pm.
Elections for Officer Positions.
Guest speakers describe their Specialties.
Raffle prizes for SNA gear.
See you there!

Congrats guys

The first rotation all passed N7.

I'm so proud of you....*tears*

:)

no N9 meeting (for us) friday 3/16

hey, all N6/N7 students disregard N9 preceptor selection email re:mtg friday 3/16. julie said it was sent to us by mistake.

N7 Final

Good luck on the final!

Harrison

Woman Awakens After 6 Years, Slips Back

Woman Awakens After 6 Years, Slips Back
By Associated Press
document.writes :
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A woman who went into a vegetative state more than six years ago awoke this week for three days and spoke with her family and a local television station before slipping back.
"I'm fine," Christa Lilly told her mother on Sunday _ her first words in eight months. She has awakened four other times for briefer periods since suffering a heart attack and stroke in November of 2000.
"I think it's wonderful. It makes me so happy," Lilly told television station KKTV-TV. She also got to see youngest daughter, Chelcey, now 12 years old, and three grandchildren.
Before her relapse on Wednesday, Lilly told the station her biggest frustration was learning how to talk again.
After years of being fed from a tube, eating was no problem. "I've been eating cake," she said.
Her neurologist, Dr. Randall Bjork, said he couldn't explain how or why she awoke.
"I'm just not able to explain this on the basis of what we know about persistent vegetative states," he said.
A vegetative state is much like a coma except Lilly's eyes remain open. Bjork said that he's never seen a similar quality of awakening.
Bjork said that unlike the much publicized case of Terri Schiavo, Lilly is minimally conscious. He said she could awake again.
After Lilly relapsed her mother and caregiver Minnie Smith said: "The good Lord let me know she's alright, he brings her back to visit every so often and I'm thankful for that."

ATI assessment ID's and passwords (all 4 semesters)

http://deltarnstudents.blogspot.com/2005/08/ati-test-codes-and-passwords.html

Practice ABG Case Studies from Ed4Nurses.com

1. Mr. Frank is a 60 year-old with pneumonia. He is admitted with dyspnea, fever, and chills. His blood gas is below:
pH 7.28 CO2 56 PO2 70 HCO3 25 SaO2 89%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Mr. Frank?

2. Ms. Strauss is a 24 year-old college student. She has a history of Crohn's disease and is complaining a of a four day history of bloody-watery diarrhea. A blood gas is obtained to assess her acid/base balance:
pH 7.28 CO2 43 pO2 88 HCO3 20 SaO2 96%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Ms. Strauss?

3. Mr. Karl is a 80 year-old nursing home resident admitted with urosepsis. Over the last two hours he has developed shortness of breath and is becoming confused. His ABG shows the following results:
pH 7.02 CO2 55 pO2 77 HCO3 14 SaO2 89%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Mr. Karl?

4. Mrs. Lauder is a thin, elderly-looking 61 year-old COPD patient. She has an ABG done as part of her routine care in the pulmonary clinic. The results are as follows:
pH 7.37 CO2 63 pO2 58 HCO3 35 SaO2 89%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Mrs. Lauder?

5. Ms. Steele is a 17 year-old with intractable vomiting. She has some electrolyte abnormalities, so a blood gas is obtained to assess her acid/base balance.
pH 7.50 CO2 36 pO2 92 HCO3 27 SaO2 97%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Ms. Steele?

6. Mr. Longo is a 18 year-old comatose, quadriplegic patient who has the following ABG done as part of a medical workup:
pH 7.48 CO2 22 pO2 96 HCO3 16 SaO2 98%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Mr. Longo?

7. Mr. Casper is a 55 year-old with GERD. He takes about 15 TUMS antacid tablets a day. An ABG is obtained to assess his acid/base balance:
pH 7.46 CO2 42 pO2 86 HCO3 29 SaO2 97%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Mr. Casper?

8. Mrs. Dobins is found pulseless and not breathing this morning. After a couple minutes of CPR she responds with a pulse and starts breathing on her own. A blood gas is obtained:
pH 6.89 CO2 70 pO2 42 HCO3 13 SaO2 50%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Mrs. Dobins?

9. After resuscitating Mrs. Dobins, you find Mr. Simmons to be in respiratory distress. He has a history of Type-I diabetes mellitus and is now febrile. (Wow, what a bad day). His ABG shows:
pH 7.00 CO2 59 pO2 86 HCO3 14 SaO2 91%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Mr. Simmons?

10. Ms. Berth was admitted for a drug overdose. She is being mechanically ventilated and a blood gas is obtained to assess her for weaning. The results are as follows:
pH 7.54 CO2 19 pO2 100 HCO3 16 SaO2 98%
What is your interpretation?
What interventions would be appropriate for Ms. Berth?

Answers in Comments

I passed the NCLEX!

I found I had an RN License today!I am finally FOR REAL and feel that I can actually start moving on a plan for my new life!
I took my NCLEX on Fri the 2nd of Feb in SF and my license was issued Feb 5th. Woo Hoo! I will post in the comments on how it went, later.

Sample Hemodynamics problems from lecture

These two problems were given to us in lecture by Antaran. I've posted the answers in the first comment.

Problem #1

BP = NORMAL
MAP = 63
CO = 8.2
CVP= 12
PCWP = 20
PVR = 275
SVR = 480

What do you have?

Problem #2

BP = NORMAL
MAP = 63
CO = 3
CVP = 12
PCWP = 20
PVR = 475
SVR = 1800

What do you have?

Student Nursing Association

Meeting: February 5, 2007

Locke 314 1:00pm

Nursing Success Tips & Tricks!

Come see what it takes to get through the nursing class you are in and the tricks to making it happen successfully:

Play a part and pay it forward…
Share what you know with those that are where you were.

Elections! Elections!

Now seeking interested students for the offices of:
President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer

Train with the current officer through this semester - take your position and train the next class through next semester.
Great leadership opportunities and looks great on your resume!


Special Guest: 24 Hour Fitness representative Brandon will be at the meeting to offer a special SNA discount!!
It’s difficult to schedule time for PE classes with the Nursing schedule;
Make sure that you keep your physical health a priority.

All nursing students welcome
Pizza and free Raffles for SNA Gear!!

Top Careers in the New Millennium

By Amelia Gray

As millions of young Americans leave high school or college and enter the job world, one question rises above the sound of call centers and deep fryers: does it get better than this? The U.S. Department of Labor's statistics on job growth through 2014 suggest that a number of fun, interesting, and lucrative careers will be going strong for a long time. Some of these hot jobs require degrees, but you can work your way up some career ladders with on-the-job training.

Top Career #1: Nursing & Caregiving

Though job prospects across the healthcare industry are forecasted to rise, nursing jobs are expected to be in critical demand. Registered nurses work in nursing care centers, inpatient and outpatient departments of hospitals, home healthcare facilities, and government agencies. The job requires stamina and patience, but the rewards of helping people are immense.

Growth: 27% to 56%
Education: Nursing diploma, associate's degree in nursing, or RN to BSN in nursing
Skills: Empathy, high-energy personality, attention to detail
What Your Mother Says: "What an angel! If you meet anyone named "McDreamy," give him my number."

Rupert...

...Is the greatest! Thanks for the CD. I hope your having a good time in 6, miss your smiling face in 7!

Attention N6 Students !!!

Pass this info on to whomever needs it. From Mrs. Batson:

She says the syllabus does not match the book. She forgot to update the syllabus since they went to a new book this semester. The first day in class she will cover chapters 33-36 and 42. The second class she will cover chapters 37-40. Our exam will cover all of these chapters.

We will find out more the first day. See you all on the 22nd!!!!!

Rena

Nursing 6 Books for Sale

I have required Texts for Peds. You will need to bring your text book to each class meeting and the pediatric drug guide is a necessity for calculating your dosages in clinical and for looking up all the pediatric indications.

Maternal & Child Nursing Care, Second Edition + Pediatric Drug Guide (still in the plastic)

SJDC Bookstore $126
(as of today there were NO used book in the SJDC bookstore.)
Get it today for $100 cash

Call Now! Miranda @ (209) 476-8271

N6 classes

does anyone have N6 first under the M.Neville TBA. where is this located and what days. The instructor is not even posted yet. Thanks just curious.

N6 book and drug guide still in plastic. Selling in bookstore for 125 in plastic...will sell for $80.00 cash to first email I get. RNSTUDYCHRIS@AOL.com

Best wishes you guys will be graduation soon as you know it!

what was the final N5 bodycount?

i heard romena got 13 of 50 (26%) in the first rotation.
does anyone know how the 2nd rotation fared?

Congratulations all on a very, very nice job with your tea! Chuck C and I came by to support you all, and were very impressed! You all worked well together getting the tea set up for the incoming class, and the slide show was INCREDIBLE. Keep taking lots and lots of pictures guys...you will use them all at your graduation slide show. Best of luck, you will all be there before you know it.

Welcome Tea

Hey all you SNA members! I could use a hand tomorrow at the Welcome Tea for the new nursing students-Please! It is Monday 9-11am and we just need to register them and sell some SNA shirts/jackets/patches/clipboards from the SNA table. Sorry this is late notice but I kinda ended up short on people. If you chould come it would be greatly appreciated. They are serving a country breakfast too... Leave me a comment or just show up, THANKS!! Jenifer, SNA President :)

new blogger version

Dan,

Have you checked out the new blogger version? It is an nice improvement over our current one. Do consider updating our blog! Thanks and I will see ya soon! Late.

TEST BANK FOR ALL NURSING STUDENT SEMESTERS

Keep checking for new Additions!
Our class test bank will continue to grow as we add more and more tests and quizzes.
Think NCLEX!
Class test bank is sorted by systems, more or less. Good practice for all semesters. Please let me know on which subjects you would like to see more tests.
TEST BANK
ATI Testing
Nursing 101
Bulletin Board
EVOLVE TEXTBOOKS
Question of the Week
Fern's Blog
Nursing Center
Nursing CEUs
Medical Learning Links
Critical Care Tutorials
The (CEU) continuing education courses and tests do not cost anything. The prices that you see are for nurses who need the CEUs for credit. Look through the clinical topics and pick the subject that you feel you need to know more about or want to take a practice test to see if you really understand.
SJDC Student Nurse Blogs
Pinned 12/2006
4th Semester
3rd Semester
2nd Semester
1st Semester
I will keep changing the post date on this link to keep it current and easy to access.
bboss947@students.deltacollege.edu
bboss947@sbcglobal.net

Yahoo! Mail - danoden@yahoo.com

hey everyone,

i was checking my campus email and found one for spanish 71 which is geared for speaking spanish in the workplace and fits with the N6/7 schedule. i was planning to take a spanish course over the summer, but think this would be a nice crash course to take instead. it's only 2.5 hrs, one day a week 2/5-5/25.

it would be fun to learn spanish with classmates from the nursing program, so i'm signing up. are you?

SPAN 071 Spanish in the Workplace
course description is here

danO

Happy New Year!

Here's hoping your holidays were filled with good food, good times and good friends and family! Looking forward to our next rotation; until then, enjoy your break, and best wishes for 2007!
danO

Congratulations to everyone! I am looking forward to watching all of you graduate. It is a pleasure working with all of you and getting to know you. May you all have a wonderful year and enjoy your time off. Happy Holidays!

Fern

The Grades Are Posted!!!

N5 Grades Are Up!!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank You

I want to say thanks for the thoughts, well wishes and prayers. Other than using occasional eye drops and needing to get my contact lens and glasses prescriptions changed the first of January, I am back in the seeing world and am very grateful for it.

Lessons learned
Nursing school can make you blind
Studying is overrated
Friends are priceless
My husband Dave is a darned good nurse

N5 2nd rotation

Congratulations on completing our first year of nursing school! Happy holidays!

Carols for the not so mentally healthy

stolen from Futurenurses2007

.......which applies to most nursing students! This made me laugh......hope it will you too ;)

Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?
Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Queens Disoriented Are
Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas
Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angles Sing About Me
Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Busses and Trucks and trees and Fire Hydrants and......
Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Get me
Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire
Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll tell You Why
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ---Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells


posted by Robyn at 5:46 PM | 0 comments"

N5 Finals - Part 3

N5 finals - Part 2

Help

Did anyone find in the book the answer to question 21 on visualization and the grieving process? I am having a hard time with that one.

Final exam study guide

Thanks to previous N5ers for this !

Test 3 grades

Hi everyone,

Mrs. Ippolito has posted the last test grades. She did her item analysis and we got points. Also the powerpoint for tommorow is on docushare for those of you who are interested.

Teresa S

Bonnie

Hi everyone, if you have called or emailed Bonnie please do not think that she is just ignoring you. She has developed a bad inflammation of both her eyes and can’t see at all. She was seen in ER today instead of doing clinical. (A clinical experience of the bad kind.) She is on bed rest till the end of the week and WILL NOT be available by phone or email. If you need help with something, or have a question call me at (916) 600-7074 or email me at shadowphoenix56@sbcglobal.net. I will do my best to help you out. I do need to hear from Christine Moles!! Please be sensitive to Bonnie’s needs and not bother her at this time! Thank you.

My friends. Hello everyone, and happy holidays. I would like to extend this very special invitation to you. You have a chance to help a very sick child, feel warm, and fuzzy all over. At the end of this invitation you will find a link to Project Linus. Project Linus has "blanketeers" who provide home-made blankies to some very deserving children. I am sure that most of you who recieve this email would say that you can not sew, but I am sure that you might know someone who is a great master of sewing, quilting, or crocheting. I invite you to collaborate with those talented friends, perhaps you could buy the materials and they could make the blanket and the two of you can donate this special gift together? The boys of our great troop, Boy Scout Troop 16 invite you to help them make their goals come to life. As it is the goal of our troop to send 50 blankets to Project Linus by the end of January. Please, email me with your commitment that you will be making a blanket for one of these very special children. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of the boy's and most of all the Project Linus...you will be an honored, "blanketeer". As always, wishing you wellness Christine Moles and boysAny questions? Please call me at 209-547-0460 my email is rnstudychris@aol.com

Final Study Guide

Hey Everybody,

Mrs. Ippilito put the study guide for our final test and todays power point presentation on docushare if you are interested.

I have a question!!!

Does anyone know what they changed our login too on the ATI. Ive tried EVERYTHING and it wont work. I was able to get in a few weeks ago and I know they were going to change them.


Thank for the study guide Austin and Jennifer!!

test5 study guide n4

SJDC Fall 2006Nursing 4 Study Guide Topics for Musculoskeletal

SystemChapter 60
1. Effects of aging on the MS system
2. Serologic and radiologic studies of the MS

Chapter 61
1. Assessment findings and interventions for acute soft tissue injury
2. Stages of fracture healing
3. Nursing care of a patient in skin and skeletal traction, and a patient in a cast
4. Types of fracture reduction and nursing care
5. Postoperative care of the patient with hip replacement
6. Complications of fractures
7. Postoperative care of the patient with an amputation

Chapter 62
1. Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and nursing care of the patient with osteomyelitis
2. Nursing care of the patient after spinal surgery
3. Clinical manifestations of osteoporosis

Chapter 63
1. Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, collaborative care of the patient with osteoarthritis
2. Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, collaborative care of the patient with rheumatoid arthritis
3. Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, collaborative care of the patient with gout
4. Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, collaborative care of the patient with SLE
5. Pathophysiology of the patient with systemic sclerosis and the CREST syndrome




TEST QUESTIONS ARE NOT LIMITED TO THESE AREAS. THE STUDENT IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTENT ON THE SCHEDULED READING ASSIGNMENTS.

Open Letter from Fern Sison

Hey everyone, I'm reposting this open letter from Fern Sison which was inadvertently posted to the June '07 Blog for everyone to read. I've included my thoughts in the first comment of this re-post.
danO

Repost from: Futurenurses2007: Tuesday, November 28, 2006


Test Questions

There is a rumor out there that I am copying test bank questions and handing them out to students. To be more specific a student wrote that I took test bank questions for the Endocrine test and gave them to students. I'd like to set the records straight. I go over different types of questions so that students can learn the concepts and how to answer and read questions. I have many test banks available to me. If you look on this blog for N4 subjects you will find all of those questions with the same concepts that I went over during study groups. I have NEVER COPIED TEST bank questions and handed them to students and I do not give special priviledges to any rotation.

I have always made myself available to any student that asks for my help. There are no special advantages given to any specific rotations. I go over questions to teach concepts and subjects that students may need to study about and I give page numbers for subjects (so the student can read the subject matter) that could help students but I do not give test bank questions to any students. There are more subject test questions on this blog than I even have. Ms. Romena gets her test questions from many different sources and she even writes her own. Some may even come out of NCLEX study books with practice questions. If a student passes, it is because they studied and deserve to pass. And for the student spreading the rumor, the grades didn't get any higher on this test than any other test!

If anyone needs help my office is L214 and my office number is 954-5492.
Anyone who studies hard and goes over the subject matter or even studies the questions on this blog listed under N4 subjects could benefit and pass their classes.

Sincerely,

Fernisa Sison
Nursing Instructor"

N5 study guide 3

Thank you Jennifer for posting the 3rd study guide from the previous class. If anyone is interested I went through and added a couple of details that I thought was missing, and included a couple of more tables that seemed of some benefit.

N5 Study Guide Exam 3

The study guide is on docushare now. Thanks to previous N5ers for this:

New directions for Family ties and Recovery House

Exit Matthews Rd. from I-5
Go West on Matthews Rd. approx 1/2 mile
Turn right on Delivery Rd.
Go approx 1/2 block
RH will be on the right
Further down Family Ties will be on the left.

***Do NOT park at 500 W. Hospital Rd. (the main building) or you will be walking quite a long distance!

Chemical Dependency Directions

Here are some directions for anyone who needs them.
They both start from Delta. If anyone gets directions for the other places, you can post those too. I didn't get a chance to. Also, there is a FT in Stockton but the adress the teacher showed us in clinical was for French Camp. So you if you're using the French Camp directions you might want to make sure that's the facility she wants us to go to.

FAMILY TIES:
1.Head south on Pacific Ave toward W March Ln - go 0.3 mi
2.Turn right onto W March Ln - go 1.8 mi
3.Turn left onto the ramp to merge onto I-5 S - go 8.2 mi
4.Take the Mathews Rd exit 467B - go 0.2 mi
5.Turn right onto W Mathews Rd - go 243 ft
6.Turn right onto S Manthey Rd - go 0.3 mi
7.Turn left onto W County Hospital Rd - go 0.1 mi
8.Continue on W Hospital Rd - go 30 ft
9.Arrive at 500 W Hospital Rd
French Camp, CA 95231


KAISER (KCD)
1.Head south on Pacific Ave toward W March Ln - go 0.3 mi
2.Turn left onto W March Ln - go 1.5 mi
3.Turn left onto West Ln - go 1.2 mi
4.Turn left onto Tommydon St - go 0.1 mi
5.Arrive at 1305 Tommydon St
Stockton, CA 95210

Hope this helps...
-Lindsay

n4 study guide

Study topics for exam 4 - Immunology Fall 2006

Chapter 13
1. Explain the inheritance patterns
2. Types of Immunity
3. Differentiate between cell-mediated immunity from humoral immunity.
4. Effects of aging on the immune system
5. Explain and differentiate between the different types of hypersensitivity reactions. Give examples of conditions under each type.
6. Explain the assessment, diagnosis and collaborative care of allergic disorders.
7. List and explain the cardinal principles in the therapeutic management of anaphylaxis.
8. List and describe the different mediators of the allergic response.
9. Briefly explain autoimmunity and the different treatment method
10. Differentiate primary from secondary immunodeficiency disorders, graft-versus- host disease.
11. Briefly explain immunosuppressive therapy.
12. Know WBC values.

Chapter 14
1. Explain the pathophysiology of HIV/AIDS
2. Explain the clinical manifestations and complications of HIV/AIDS.
3. Explain the diagnostic studies, criteria and collaborative care for patients with AIDS.
4. Explain the different opportunistic diseases associated with AIDS and their clinical manifestations.
5. Explain the indications for the initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the chronically HIV-infected patient.
6. Explain the different drug categories of antiretroviral agents used in HIV infection.

Pages 747- 751.

giving thanks

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Be thankful this semester is almost over!!! ;)

Liana.............................

call me 209 9436738 or 209 4033241 (tomorrow after 12 and anytime after that)

Study Guide 2 part 2

Here is the second half of the second study guide. As usually, if you find anything additional that you think should be added, please share it with the rest of your classmates.

Austin

Study Guide 2

Here is the first 10 questions completely answered, the other half will be provided in the next few hours. Good luck.

n5 grade from first 9 wks

hey, has anyones official grade posted online yet?

Open, Closed, Random type families

http://www.nais.org/publications/ismagazinearticle.cfm?Itemnumber=148198&sn.ItemNumber=145956

"Closed" families have a tight boundary around them that separates them from the outside world. You don't just drop in on a closed family. These families exercise power in a top-down way, with the father customarily the "boss." They value preparation, unity, sincerity, and clarity. Open families, by contrast, have a less formidable barrier around them and tend to value tolerance, authenticity, latitude, and responsiveness. Random families are dramatically different from closed and open families. Their use of time and space are likely to be dispersed, irregular, and fluctuating. They value ambiguity and whimsicality; above all, they want to protect the originality and creativity of their children

Exam Grades for N4

Does anyone know if our grades that our clinical instructor had given us was our final grade or has she not included our extra credit? thanks....

N4 Study Groups

This was posted on our blog
Congratulations to everyone who made it through N4 and for those who are now starting N4. If anyone needs a study group, please e-mail me at fsison@deltacollege.edu. Otherwise I will not schedule study groups until after November 14th when my EKG course ends....unless you want to meet on Thursdays.

I would love to meet with students and help in anyway I can. If you have trouble with your Care Studies and/or just want someone to review them before you turn them in, please feel free to drop by my office (L214) on Mondays, Tuesdays, or Thursdays and I will be happy to read then and critique them.

Good luck everyone!

Fernisa Sison
L214
954-5492 office

Great Job. That was alot of work you went through and it is VERY thorough. Only one thing for me to add and I think it goes without saying. If a pt refuses meds, which is their right unless the court states otherwise, you must document and notify MD.

N4 study guides

Hi every one, I would really appreciate copies of the study guides for N4, if you can help me please send them to me at shadowphoenix56@sbcglobal.net. Thanks, Debbie (tutor)

N5, the completed study guide

Please feel free to add what I might have missed.

N4 study guide

Here are the pages to the study guide for nursing 4. If someone has something different please post it. Good luck everyone!

Chapter 57: #1. pgs. 1555-1557, #2. p. 1563, #3. p. 1569-1570, #4. 1575-1576

Chapter 58: #1. p. 1585,#2. forgot page but in same vacinity, #3. p. 1587, #4. pg. 1590,#5. pg.1592 and 1598

Chapter 54: forgot page but around 1469,#2. pg. 1468,#3. pg. 1469-the table, #4. p. 1476, #5. pg. 1474, #6. pg. 1484, #7. pg. 1489

Chapter 55: #1. pg. 1500-1501, #2. p. 1515-1516,#3. p. 1517, #4. p.1518-1519

Chapter 56: #1. p. 1527, #2. p. 1530, #3. 1532, #4. p. 1533, #5. p.1540

N4 Graduates

For those of you who just passed N4, congratulations!!!!!!!
Would you please post here any tips and advice to pass on to future N4 students of M. Romena's class.
I have heard that reading the text book, text study guide, chapter tests and possibly some of Lippincot's Q and As were helpful. Is there anything else that you used that helped?
We tutors need to know how to help the next classes.

N4 lab values

you will need to know lab values for N4. Here is a website that not only gives the values but explains what it means when it is high and when it is low. Great Website!! use it wisely.

">www.dalesplace.net/lab_values.php

Mark your Calendars

It's a Celebration in honor of ... completion of the second semester of the ADN Program!
Come and celebrate with us! The Nursing Department invites you to attend a celebration of your accomplishment in completing the second semester of the ADN Program
Date: Monday, December 4, 2006 Time: 12:00 - NOON Location:
Upper Danner Hall
Please R.S.V.P. to Julie Lang if you are able to attend by November 27, 2006. Phone: 954-5447 email: jlang@deltacollege.edu

SJDC ADN Class of 2007

Anyone interested in buying N5 books? I have 3 books: Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health, Psychotropic Drugs, and Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing. You can contact me at 408-515-6628
Thanks

SJMC - 1st Rotation

1st Rotation - St. Joe's

Courtesy of Elizabeth G.

N5 Books

Hey, I'm looking to sell my N5 books if anyone was interested I have 4 books: Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health, Psychotropic Drugs, Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing and the DSM-IV-TR. I bought all but the Nursing Diagnoses book new. I was looking to sell them all for around $120, or I could sell them individually if anyone was interested.
Annastasia

Check you're Delta email ! N4 grades are posted !

N4 Grades are posted !!!

Psalm 31: 23-24
23 Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

http://www.ibs.org/niv/passagesearch.php?passage_request=Psalm%2031&niv=yes

Check your student email!!

Hey Everyone...

If you are going to N5, check your student email. Mrs. Ippolito sent out an email with our first assignment on it. Good luck on the N4 final.

N4 Last exam

I am not sure if any of you stayed after class but Romena gave out some tips for the final test. See the comment section for elaboration.

N5 a last minute study guide

helpful study guide but its long.

Need Supplemental Help?

Hey y'all. I have just struck paydirt with interactive learning links for tutorials, quizzes, charts, graphs, slide shows, animations, simulations and anything else you can think of to help your individual learning style. This is a great find for visual and kinisthetic learners.
This link will take you to a medical site that has 9 pages of links. Each page has around 100 links. Check it out and share anything that you find helpful with the rest of us.

Medical Learning Links

The Student Nurse's Prayer

Dear Lord: I know we go through this every day but please give me the knowledge
as to why I actually wanted to go to nursing school.
Lord, give me the strength to make it through
those boring three hour lectures without falling asleep.
Lord, please give me the patience to make it through twelve hour clinicals
with instructors that can't just give you the right answer
and on the same note, give the nurses the ability to remember
what it was like to be a student and give us just a little more respect.
Lord, give me the endurance to read all the assigned readings
and be able to remember it when I am taking a test with four right answers.
Lord, give my family and friends the ability to realize
I really am on the edge of insanity.
Finally, Lord, give me the vision to see that one day I will be a real nurse
and I will never have to wear this ugly uniform again.

by Meredith Joyner
Inspirational Page

GU Study Guide

Hey everyone..Romena sent out a study guide for the GU system to your student email. I have posted it under comments...enjoy and happy studying!

N4 Study Group

I wanted to let N4 people know that I have reserved Locke 230 and 14 laptop computers with the Phys Whiz programs (including the practice tests) for 1230pm Thursday after the Career Faire. Feel free to swing by and join in!

N5 books

Anyone looking to sell their N5 books? Im looking to buy!!!

~Jodie~

327-1702

Just a Bunch of Nut Heads

Good Luck with Finals Everyone!

and yet another...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A former nurse was sentenced Thursday to life in prison on charges she killed 10 hospital patients with drug injections because she found them too demanding.
Vickie Dawn Jackson, 40, pleaded no contest on Wednesday and was sentenced after prosecutors presented their evidence to a judge.
Investigators believe Jackson injected the patients through their intravenous lines with a drug normally used to temporarily stop breathing when doctors insert a breathing tube.
FBI agent David Burns testified that the patients had been hospitalized for minor ailments -- including a foot sore, diarrhea or dementia -- and were about to be released.
"In general, they were the kind of patients who needed more care," Burns said at the sentencing. "I think that's probably why. They're verbose. They want this. They're thirsty. It seemed to make her angry."
Authorities became suspicious after nearly two dozen deaths were reported at Nocona General Hospital in late 2000 and early 2001, a stretch of time when the hospital should have seen only five to 10 deaths.
Authorities discovered at least 20 vials of the drug were missing. And officers searching garbage at Jackson's home found a syringe that contained traces of it, Burns said.
Jackson's attorney, Bruce Martin, said Jackson maintained her innocence and pleaded no contest to avoid a trial so her daughter would not be called to testify.
In a statement issued through her attorney, Jackson said she was "sympathetic to the families of the deceased" and "acutely aware that closure for them is necessary, if, indeed, closure can ever come for them."
Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, meaning Jackson would have been sentenced to life in prison if convicted by a jury.
The case was moved from Nocona, 90 miles northwest of Dallas, to this West Texas town because of publicity surrounding the deaths.

health fair???

hey, someone was telling me we're missing a day of clinicals to help out at a health fair. i checked my campus email and didn't see anything about it, and don't recall romena ever mentioning it in class. can anyone tell me what's up?

N4 students.....Please email any suggestions regarding our curriculum/ideas for changes ie; wish we had more patho before n4 etc....to my private email at rnstudychris@aol.com I am going to be representing all of our voices at the curriculum meeting next week...please help me speak for all of us. Thanks!!! And happy nursing...we are almost done with this rotation!! YAY!!!!!!!!! :)

Neruological System

For those of you who don't check your student email often Romena sent a study guide for the next test. Check comments for the study guide

Happy Studying!

An Army of One

Or so they say....I was approached by an Army Recruiter yesterday. I told him I would post this to the blog so here it is. They accept people older people too into the reserves. If you have any interest in this call him:
Staff sergeant Daryl V. Morris
(707) 429-0652/0648
Cell: (707) 816-7585
Web site: goarmy.com
1(800)USA-ARMY

Please comment

Does anyone know how many days of clinical we can miss? Or maybe how many hours we can miss in a semester? Please let me know.

Thanks,
Lindsay

SJDC ADN Class of 2007

SJDC ADN Class of 2007N5- mental health study guide: pls. comment on " delirium tremens" pertaining to ETOH??

ABG's

ABG's

Folks we need to know these!

N5 study guide posting

Thank you for posting all the questions for the study guide this will benifit everyone. Double thumbs up for RENA!! You really posted more than your share. Guys we really need to get into the habit of this because further down the line it gets harder. The more help we get from each other the better we are 40 heads are better than 1 and your grade will show. Thanks again for everyone that helped in getting this posted. Only one more left to go and them the work really begins with N4. RIGHT ON!!!

Holy Crap!

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Lena Nelson had looked forward to buying dolls and other presents for her first granddaughter, who was born prematurely last week. Instead, she was planning Monday for the girl's funeral.

D'myia Sabrina Nelson and another premature baby girl, Emmery Miller, died Saturday after they received an adult dose of a blood thinner at Methodist Hospital.

Four other babies also were affected. Three were in stable condition Monday at Methodist, while the fourth was in critical condition at Riley Hospital for Children.

Hospital officials said that the overdoses were the result of human and procedural error and that their hearts go out to the families, but Nelson said that doesn't ease her pain.

"They couldn't give me enough apologies for what they have done," Nelson said. "They just took her away. It's like murder. She was just taken away from us."

Heparin, which is often used in premature children to prevent blood clots that could clog intravenous drug tubes, arrives at the hospital in premeasured vials. The vials are placed in a computerized drug cabinet by pharmacy technicians.

When nurses need to administer the drug, they retrieve it from a specific drawer, which then locks again.

Sam Odle, chief executive of Methodist and Indiana University Hospitals, said a pharmacy technician with more than 25 years' experience accidentally took the wrong dosage from inventory and stocked it in the drug cabinet in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit. Nurses, who are accustomed to only one dosage of heparin being available, then administered the wrong dose.

The adult and infant doses have similar packaging, officials have said.

Odle said Monday that the three hospitals that make up Clarian Health Partners -- Methodist, Riley and Indiana University -- would no longer keep certain doses of heparin in inventory. All newborn and pediatric critical care units will require a minimum of two nurses to validate any dose of heparin. And nursing units will receive an alert when a change in packaging or dose is entered in the drug cabinet.

In addition, all employees will be required to sign a document about the importance of correct drug administration by Sept. 23.

Odle stressed that the hospital is "among our nation's safest" and said Methodist would learn from the mistake.

The deaths came just days before the state was to approve a rule that would require hospitals to report errors.

Take a Break ;)

Some humor especially for those in N5!!

ATI

does anyone know when the ATI is going to be for N5

study guide for N5

I was just wondering if anyone could help with question #8 and 11. I am not too sure if what I have is right. I would like to compare answers with someone.

N4 Study Guide for the Respiratory System

Here is the study guide Ms. Romena handed out last minute. Some people got a copy to give to their clinical groups but I know most won't get it until next week so here it is. Please pass it on to all.

costovertebral angle - General Practice Notebook

costovertebral angle - General Practice Notebook: "costovertebral angle

The costovertebral angle is the recess made between the 12th thoracic vertebra and the T12 vertebra at the posteroinferior margin of the thoracic cage on each side."

pix here: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs96/slides/abdomen/abd29.html

Definition of fremitus - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Definition of fremitus - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: "fremitus
One entry found for fremitus.
Main Entry: frem·i·tus
Pronunciation: 'fre-m&-t&s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, murmur, from fremere to murmur; akin to Old English bremman to roar
: a sensation felt by a hand placed on a part of the body (as the chest) that vibrates during speech"

N4 info. from Docushare

Some info on N4 topics from Nursing 101/Docushare ...

http://docushare.deltacollege.edu/dsweb/View/Collection-5039