Atten: All Pharmacology Students

If you click on Spring Class 2010, look on the right hand side where it says Blog Archive and click on September (13). A drop box will open up and just look for example : pharmacology GRM week #5 (brief) and just continue on from there. I have include a sample of what it looks like and you guys can decide if it helps you or not. Hopefully it will and you relieve some stress. Good Luck!!!


Example:

Week 5-Chapter 12

1. Compare sedatives and hypnotics.
a. sedatives reduce nervousness, excitability, and irritability without causing sleep in small amounts. Hypnotics have a more potent effect on the CNS and cause sleep.

2. In terms for barbiturates, what is meant by a “low therapeutic index?”
a. there is only a narrow margin where the drug is effective and beyond that margin the drug is rapidly toxic

3. Since GABA is an inhibitory amino acid, what happens to the CNS when it is potentiated?
a. inhibit nerve impulse transmission

4. What does it mean to raise the convulsive or seizure threshold?
a. decreases the threshold a patient has to convulse or have a seizure

5. What do barbiturates do to the respiratory rate?
a. decrease repiratory rate

6. By stimulating the action of enzymes that are responsible for the metabolism of many drugs, how do barbiturates affect the duration of action of these other drugs?
a. shortens their duration time

7. What are the 4 indications of barbiturates?
a. ultra-short acting, short acting, intermediate acting, and long acting

8. Which bodily system is most affected by barbiturates?
a. the CNS

9. What is the most frequent response to barbiturate overdose?
a. respiratory depression leading to respiratory arrest

10. What are the mainstays of treatment of barbiturate overdose?
a. maintenance of adequate airway, assisted respiration, and oxygen administration if needed

11. What is meant by “pressor support?”
a. drugs that cause vasoconstriction and therefore, raise the blood pressure.

12. How does activated charcoal cause the elimination of a drug from the body?
a. assists in pulling the drug from circulation then eliminating it through the GI tract

13. Know that Phenobarbital (Luminal) is the prototype barbiturate.
a. Luminal is the prototype barbiturate

14. What is the most commonly prescribed class of sedative-hypnotics?
a. benzodiazepines because they have favorable adverse effect profiles, efficacy and safety

15. What are the two classifications of benzodiazepines?
a. anxiolytics and sedative-hypnotics

16. How do benzodiazepines depress the CNS?
a. inhibit stimulation of the brain

17. Why are benzodiazepines used to prevent the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?
a. their receptors in the CNS is the same area or alchohol addiction

18. What are the 4 most common uses of benzodiazepines
a. sedation, sleep induction, anxiety relief, and musculo-skeletal relaxation

19. What are the most commonly reported undesirable effects of benzodiazepines?
a. headaches, dizziness, paradoxical excitement or nervousness, drowsiness, vertigo, lethargy, and cognitive impairment

20. Why should benzodiazepines be avoided in the elderly?
a. create a significant fall hazard

21. What are the manifestations of a benzodiazepine overdose?
a. somnelence, confusion, coma, and diminished reflexes

22. What two substances should benzodiazepines not be combined with?
a. alcohol and analgesics

23. What is the reason for not inducing vomiting in an unconscious patient?
>?

24. How does flumazenil work as a benzodiazepine reversal agent?
>?

25. What are the pharmacologic properties of the nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics such as zolpidem (Ambien) and eszoplicone (Lunesta)?
a. anxiolytic, sedative, muscle relaxant, and anticonvulsive effects

26. How long should the nonbenzodiazepine drugs be used to treat insomnia?
a. 7-10 days

27. Which class of hypnotics has the shortest half-life, benzodiazepines or nonbenzodiazepines?
a. benzodiazepines

28. Which would you guess would have the greater “hangover” effect?
a. nonbenzodiazepines

29. How does the group of muscle relaxants act?
a. act within the CNS to relieve pain associated with skeletal muscle spasms

30. What are the two classes of muscle relaxants
a. central acting skeletal muscle relaxants and direct acting skeletal muscle relaxants

31. What is the antidote or reversal drug for muscle relaxant overdose?
a. no specific antidote

32. What may barbiturates undesirably cause in children and the elderly?
>?

33. What happens if a barbiturate is given too rapidly IV?
a. profound hypotension and marked respiratory depression

34. What is the normal blood level for phenobarbital?
>?

35. What standard safety precautions should be used on someone taking hypnotics?
>?

36. Should zolpiedem (Ambien) be taken with a mealtime snack or on an empty stomach?
a. empty stomach


Week 5-Chapter 16

37. How do most CNS stimulant drugs act?
a. stimulate the excitatory neurons in the brain

38. What are the 3 excitatory neurotransmitters?
a. dopamine, norepinepherine, and epinepherine

39. What do amphetamines stimulate?
a. areas of the brain associated with mental alertness like the cerebral cortex and thalamus

40. What is the pharmacologic action of amphetamines?
a. mood elevation or eupohoria, increased mental alertness and capacity for work, decreased fatigue and drowsiness, prolonged wakefulness, relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle, increased respiration, and dilation of pulmonary arteries

41. How do serotonin receptor agonists reduce migrane headache pain?
a. stimulate serotonin receptors in cerebral arteries and cause vasoconstriction

42. What is the original prototype SSRA?
a. sumatriptan (Imitirex)

Week 5-Chapter 17

43. What are adrenergics?
a. synthetic and naturally occurring substances

44. Why are adrenergics also called sympathomimetics?
a. mimic the effects of the SNS neurotransmitters of norepinepherine, epinepherine, and dopamine

45. You must know Table 17-1 on page 270 and what happens when alpha 1, beta 1 and beta 2 receptors are stimulated.
Adrenergic Receptor Responses to Stimulation

Body System --> Location --> Receptor --> Response

Cardiovascular:
*Blood Vessels
Alpha 1: Constriction
Beta 2: Dilation

*Cardiac Muscle
Beta 1: Increased Contractility

*Atrioventricular Node
Beta 1: Increased Heart Rate

*Sinoatrial Node
Beta 1: Increased Heart Rate

Endocrine
*Pancreas
Beta 1: Decreased Insulin Release

*Liver
Beta 2: Glycogenolysis

*Kidney
Beta 2: Increased Renin Secretion

Gastrointestinal
*Muscle
Beta 2: Decreased Motility

*Spinchters
Alpha 1: Constriction

Genitourital
*Bladder Spinchter
Alpha 1: Constriction

*Penis
Alpha 1: Ejaculation

*Uterus
Alpha 1: Contraction
Beta 2: Relaxation

Respiratory
*Bronchial Muscles
Beta 2: Dilation

Ocular
*Puppilary Muscles of Iris
Alpha 1: Mydriasis

46. What happens when a dopaminergic receptor is stimulated by dopamine?
a. cause vessels of renal, mesenteric, coronary, and cerebral arteries to dilate, increasing blood flow to these tissues

47. What happens when adrenergic drugs stimulate alpha 1 receptors?
a. vasoconstriction occurs on sites located on smooth muscle

48. What happens when adrenergic drugs stimulate beta 1 receptors?
a. increase force of contraction, increase in heart rate, and increase in the conduction of cardiac electrical nerve impulses through atrioventricular node

49. What happens when adrenergic drugs stimulate beta 2 receptors?
a. relaxation of bronchii, increased glycogenolysis, and increased renin secretion

Week 5-Chapter18

50. What is another name for an adrenergic blocker?
a. sympatholytic or adrenergic antagonist

51. What does alpha 1 adrenergic blockade lead to?
a. vasoconstiction of arterioles

52. What do ergot alkaloids cause?
a. peripheral and cerebral vasoconstriction as well as constriction of dilated arteries

53. What is an ergot alkaloid such as ergotamine (Ergostat) used for?
a. migraines and cluster headaches

54. What are the alpha blockers doxazosin, prazosin, terazosin, and tamsulosin used for?
a. venous and arterial vasodilation which lowers blood pressure

55. What are the two reasons prazosin is used?
a. treat hypertension and reduce urinary obstruction in men

56. What do beta adrenergic blocking drugs do?
a. lower HR, lower heart contractility, vasocontriction in the heart, and bronchoconstriction

57. Where are beta 1 receptors primarily located?
a. heart

58. Where are beta 2 receptors primarily located?
a. bronchioles

59. Distinguish cardioselective from nonselective beta blockers.
a. cardioselective beta blockers only block the beta receptors on the heart and nonselective beta blockers block receptors on the heart, bronchioles, and blood vessels

60. What is the effect of cardioselective beta blockade?
a. lowers HR, vasoconstriction, and lowers heart contractility

61. What happens to the bronchioles when beta 2 receptors are blocked?
a. bronchoconstriction

62. What happens to blood vessels when beta 2 receptors are blocked?
a. vasoconstriction

63. How might beta 2 blockade cause elevation of blood glucose?
a. impairs glycogenolysis

64. How does beta blockade raise blood triglyceride levels?
a. release free fatty acids from adipose tissue

65. How are some beta blockers useful in the treatment of angina?
a. lowers HR and contractility which leads to less oxygen consumption and relieves angina pain related to lack of oxygen

66. What is the mechanism for some beta blockers being cardioprotective?
a. inhibit stimulation of the heart muscles by circulating catecholamines

67. How might a beta blocker reduce the blood pressure?
a. lowers heart rate, contractility, and vasoconstriction

68. Page 291, right column under Assessment, the dotted bullets are very important information.
a. alpha blocking: cause block of the sympathetic stimulation of blood vessels which results in vasodilation and decrease in blood pressure
b. beta 1 blocking: cause block in sympathetic effects leading to lower HR, contractility and conduction which helpts treat dysfunctional irregularities in heart rate
c. beta 2 blocking: cause block in sympathetic effects on bronchial smooth muscle resulting in bronchoconstriction

69. When giving beta blockers, what SBP and HR measurements should the nurse use in determining when to notify the provider?
a. lower than 100 mm Hg or 60 bpm


Week 5-Chapter 19

70. What are the other terms for cholinergics?
a. cholinergic agonists and parasympathomimetics

71. What is the neurotransmitter responsible for transmission of effector cells in the PSNS?
a. acetycholine (Ach)

72. What are the two types of cholinergic receptors and what is it that stimulates them?
a. nicotinic receptors are stimulated by alkaloid nicatine and muscarinic receptors are stimulated by alkaloid muscarine

73. What does cholinesterase do?
a. enzyme responsible for breaking down acetylcholinesterase (AchE)

74. When cholinergic receptors are stimulated, what happens in the body?
a. permeability of cells changes and calcium and sodium are permitted to flow into the cell depolarizing the cell membrane to stimulate the effector organ

75. What are the indications or uses of cholinergic drugs?
a. reduce intraocular pressure for glaucoma patients or ocular surgery, treat various GI and bladder disorders, diagnose and treat myasthenia gravis, treat Alzheimer’s disease, and treat excessively dry mouth from Sjogren’s syndrome

76. How might cholinergics improve patient performance in Alzheimer’s?
a. replenish the brain of Ach for normal brain function

77. Page 302, right column under Assessment, the dotted bullets are very important information.
a. effects of cholinergic drugs:
-decrease in heart rate
-increase in GI and GU tone through increased contractility of the smooth muscle
-increase in the contractility and tone of bronchial smooth muscle
-increased respiratory secretions
-miosis (pupillary constriction)

Week 5-Chapter 20

78. What are the other terms for cholinergic blockers?
a. anticholinergics, parasympatholytics, and antimuscarine drugs

79. What do cholinergic blockers do?
a. block or inhibit actions of acetylcholine in the PSNS

80. What other class of ANS drugs do cholinergic drugs share the same effects with?
a. adrenergics

81. What are the major sites of action for anticholinergics?
a. heart, respiratory tract, GI tract, urinary bladder, eye, and exocrine glands

82. What do cholinergic blockers do to the eye?
a. causes pupil dilation and increased intraocular pressure
-Remember, cholinergic blockers might be detrimental to persons with glaucoma (abnormally high IOP) because they increase the IOP.

83. What is the effect of cholinergic blockers on the GI tract?
a. decreased GI motility, secretions, and salivation

84. What do cholinergic blockers do to the HR?
a. increase heart rate

85. What do they do to the bladder?
a. decrease bladder contraction leading to urine retention

86. What do they do to the skin?
a. reduce sweating

87. What do they do to the respiratory system?
a. dry mucous membranes and cause bronchial dilation

88. How do low doses of cholinergic blockers slow the HR?
a. effects cardiac center in the medulla

89. Table 20-1 on page 307 is important.
Cholinergic Blockers: Drug Effects

*Cardiovascular
Small Dose: decrease HR
Large Dose: increase HR

*Central Nervous
Small Dose: decrease muscle rigidity and tremors
Large Dose: cause drowsiness, disorientation, and hallucinations

*Eye
Dilate pupils, decrease accomodation by paralyzing ciliary muscles

*Gastrointestinal
Relax muscle tone, decrease intestinal and gastric secretions, decrease motility and peristalsis

*Genitourinary
Relax detrusor muscle of bladder, increase constriction of internal spinchter; may result in urine retention

*Glandular
Decrease broncial secretions, salivation, sweating

*Respiratory
Decrease bronchial secretions, dilate bronchial airways

NCLEX Q&A Week 5

A nurse is providing instructions for a client with asthma. Which of these factors should the client monitor on a daily basis as a priority?

A) "Respiratory rate"
B) "Peak air flow volumes"
C) "Pulse oximetry"
D) "Respiratory effort"


:) Iris Dichupa (SJMC #1)






Answer: B

Skills Lab Pictures

Skills Lab

The brakes don't work! Having too much fun with canes & walkers

For all who don't know this crazy diva..meet Brooke

Had to post this picture of my dog haha

:) Iris Dichupa (SJMC #1)

Jocelyn and Stephanie taking time to "smell the roses."

Dance day. Haha! Yoseph isn't feelin it!

Random clinical pic. from first 3 weeks.

Mrs. Harper thought it would be easier to wake up with a little dance lesson. Hehe, it was fun.

Hi All,

This is coming a little late, but in case any of you had a hard time with the 2nd study guide for NURS 01, I just wanted to share that the The Fundamentals for Nursing ATI book helps so much! If you have not cracked that one open yet, I highly recommend it! It's super easy to comprehend and serves as a quick reference. I found that it helped most with questions #1, 3, 4, & 10.

See ya at the review tomorrow if you make it. (@2:30 in the West Forum)

:),
Ruby

Neclex Q&A Week 5

1) A nurse is caring for a client with heart failure. Which finding requires the nurse's immediate attention?

A) "Pulse oximetry of 85%"
B) "Nocturia"
C) "Crackles in Lungs"
D) "Diaphoresis"


:) Iris Dichupa (SJMC 1)





Answer: A

Upcoming SNA Meeting on September 21 1:00pm to 2:30pm in Locke - 118

I hope you all can come out and support our local student nursing association. This is a great way to interact with other fellow nursing students and of course get FREE FOOD! Mmmmm...I hope to see you all there in Locke-118. ^_^

This coming Monday there is a change on presenters. First off Shari Garibaldi who is a Lawyer in town will speak on Wills, Living Trust, Power of Attorney, Domestic Partnership etc. all the legal froms we as nurses need to be aware of. There will we be a Q & A forum as well. The Michelle Berlin will speak on the NCLEX Board Exam she took, the NCLEX review, how she studied and passed with only 75qts. In addition, Debbie and Angela will be answering all of your burning PDA questions. Remember that lunch is served so please come and join all the fun!

commuters?

At the beginning of the semester I heard that there were 2 other students commuting from Atwater. Just wondering if this is correct? If so, I am living in Atwater and really would like to commute if we have the same Skills Lab (Mondays 7am-10am) day & Pharmacology on Mondays. Let me know? You can email me at: ruby-doo@hellokitty.com

Thanks!
Ruby

Exam #2 Study Guide!

Nursing 01 – Study Guide for Test #2


1. Identify interventions to prevent pressure ulcers.

2. Describe the type and appearance of wound drainage.

3. Identify applicable Nursing Diagnosis for the patient with impaired skin.

4. Interpret the difference between medical (clean) asepsis and surgical (sterile) asepsis.

5. Identify types of infectious organism and where they reside. How are they transmitted?

6. Know the difference of colonization, localization, and systemic when dealing with infection.

7. What are the different treatments for bacteria, virus and fungal infections?

8. Identify patients who are at the greatest risk for nosocomial infections.

9. How does stress play a role in healing and recovering?

10. Identify interventions for the febrile patient.

11. Understand medication orders for drug, dose, frequency and route. Recognize abbreviations used within the medication order.

12. Identify the correct location and landmarks for routes of medication administration.

13. Know the correct procedure for identifying a patient and the correct patient identifiers.

14. Know your conversions for oral liquid administration (tsp, Tsp, ml, L, oz, etc…), as well as mass (gm, mg, lb, kg, etc...)

15. When administering oral medications how does a nurse prevent aspiration?

16. Understand how to handle narcotics regarding signing out, wasting, disposal and counting. Identify who makes the policies for storage and distribution of narcotics.

17. Describe how to assess a patient for allergies and the steps involved in preventing any further reactions.

18. Identify precautions for patients and caregiver when dealing with transdermal medication patches.

19. Identify the most common medication errors and why they occur.

20. How can a nurse advocate for a patient that is complaining of side effects, route or taste of a medication?

21. Discuss the influence of spiritual practices on the health status of clients.

22. List the two general Healthy People 2010 public health goals for Americans.

Exam #2 Info

Hello Everyone!

I just wanted to let you know that Mrs. Wells cleared up a couple of things for our test next week in the LMH skills lab this morning:

1) The pages for Lewis were wrong in the syllabus (they're actually for Chapter 15) so she said to read Chapter 13 for sure. Reading p.243-249 as well would be good too because it was covered in lecture. You could glance over Chapter 14 since it has information on altered immune response, but it's not required reading.

2) We will not be tested on Culture and Ethnicity or Stress and Coping.

3) For Spiritual Health, she said she will only be asking us questions that pertain to what Dr. J said in her lecture.

4) The main emphasis on the test will be Inflammation/Infection and Medication Admin.

Happy studying!

How to post a blog on our page

Hey all! I hope your first day with a patient went well! I know I felt completely lost and disoriented, but I supposse that is normal. I think that there should be a class offered in Hieroglyphics so we can read the handwriting of all the Physicians and Nurses!!!

Anyway, I have been getting some questions on how to post comments on our blog. What you have to do is create an account with blogspot and then add the website address into the "follow blog" field. Then you should be able to post pictures and comments and all of that good stuff. If that doesn't work, let me or Anna know, and we will see if we can help you!

Don't give up! What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger! But that doesn't mean that it won't be frustrating or painful along the way! :D

Stephanie :D

NCLEX Q&A Week 4

I hope everyone had a good learning experience at their first day of clinicals!

Question: A client is diagnosed with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (MRSA). What type of isolation is appropriate for this client?

A) "Reverse:
B) "Airborne"
C) "Standard precautions"
D) "Contact"


:) Iris Dichupa (SJMC #1)




Answer: D

ENG 33A Follow-Up

To all of those students who are in Mrs. Swanson Eng 33A class, please don’t forget to take the Nursing Process tutorial and write a brief paragraph in describing how you are doing in your classes. Mrs. Swanson e-mail address is lswanson@deltacollege.edu , and please make sure you turn it in no later than September 14, 2009.

~ Anna

Clinicals!

As we all venture into our clinical sites next week, I thought I'd share some advice I found.

1) Ask tons of questions. If you are told by a nurse to do something on a patient and you are not familiar with it or are uncomfortable, ask for help. Don't let it bother you that she rolls her eyes at you, you have the right to learn, and your patients have the right to receive safe care.

2) Be prepared to feel lost. My first time doing everything (including putting a patient's sock on her foot), I was so scared I was shaking. It is normal to completely forget how to do everything (even the most simple tasks) when you are nervous. So don't let this make you feel stupid or inferior- it is NORMAL!!

3) Be prepared to laugh at yourself. If you fail to do this, you will be more stressed out than necessary. When you do something stupid, laugh. Don't be embarrassed, we all do dumb things. Also, allow your patients to laugh at you. One patient told me that watching me frantically search for my clipboard (the clipboard I was holding in my hand) and then laughing with me when I realized my mistake, was the highlight of her week.

Hopefully we're starting to feel a LITTLE more comfortable with our busy schedule, but the author also had a great suggestion for that too:

"Even though you are extremely busy, take one night off. This means do not do any school work whatsoever one night every week. Thursday night is my night off. I watch TV, catch up with friends, just do whatever I want. On Monday, when I really want to watch something on TV or feel unmotivated to work, I keep telling myself that I only have a few more days until Thursday."

(Source: http://lilk8tob.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1pd_Ax_WxTbaCimxCusd2FlA!1357.entry)

Upcoming Workshops!!!

Dear Nursing Students:

The Nursing Student Success Program (NSSP) is proud to present a series of exciting workshops for your different needs. Please mark your calendar for the following important dates. Detail information and flyers are posted on our website. http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/nursing_success/index.html

Topic
Date
Day
Time
Room

DSPS Services
9/10
Thursday
3 to 4 pm
L314

Test Taking by ATI
10/5
Monday
1 to 2:30 pm
L314

Nursing Journal
10/23
Friday
3 to 5 pm
L313

Kinesiology
10/29
Thursday
3:30 to 4:30 pm
L314

Resume Writing
11/20
Friday
3 to 5 pm
L313


** There will also be a $25 door prize given out at each and every workshop (donated by Ms. Kim Thompson, NSSP Program Coordinator). So don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn and equip yourself with valuable tools as well as WIN A PRIZE!!

Please also check our NSSP website often for latest news, workshops, and tutoring schedules. Let me know if you have any questions.

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Sincerely,
Robin Shum
Resource Specialist
Nursing Student Success Program(NSSP)

Have Photos you want to share??

Hey everybody!!! I just wanted to let you know that I had created a photobucket account for all our class photos. So if you know anybody who has photos that they may want to share with the group please send it to the e-mail address below. We would love to see what you got.
The e-mail address is: SJDCADN2011.81105@uploads.photobucket.com.

I hope you have a wonderful relaxed weekend. You all earned it!!!

~Anna

Bed Baths!

Nicolette and Tram
Chris and Marla

It's bath day... got to have the rubber ducky! It's even a little nurse!

Hey all, feel free to post pics on the blog. we all love to see how fun our journey is and how funny we can get. Good luck next week at all your different hospitals! It's going to be great!

Stephanie :D

Weekly NCLEX Q & A

Hello Everyone! First and foremost, I want to congratulate everyone for making it through the first rough 3 weeks of the program! We did it! The NSSP even spoiled us with a few gadgets including sticky pads & an awesome magnet with our picture on it (already have mine on my fridge haha).

I just wanted to let you guys know I will be doing a weekly NCLEX Question from the website learningext.com (NOTE: I heard from my friend who graduated spring 09' that they put a handful of these questions on the ACTUAL NCLEX exam).

I believe that this is an important tool & will help keep us on the right track to passing the NCLEX exam. It will only take at most 5 minutes of your time so it won't hurt to do it.

I have already been doing the NCLEX Q's since we first started the program so I will post the 3 questions I have from the past 3 weeks.


NCLEX Q&A's (answers will be at the bottom of this post):

1) A client with pneumococcal pnemonia was started on antibiotics 16 hours ago. During a nurse's initial evening rounds the nurse notices a foul smell in the room. The client makes all of these statements during their conversation. Which one would alert the nurse to a complication of the therapy?

A) "I have a sharp pain in my chest when I take a breath."
B) "I have been coughing up foul-tasting, brown, thick sputum."
C) "I have been sweating all day all over my body"
D) "I feel hot off and on especially when I lie in bed."

2) Delirium tremens could best be described as what types of observations?

A) "Disorganized thinking, feelings of terror & non-purposeful behavior.:"
B) "A generalized shaking of the body accompanied by repetitive thoughts expressed verbally."
C) "An excited state accompanied by disorientation, hallucinations and tachycardia."
D) "Single or multiple jerks caused by rapid contracting muscles with alternating relaxation."

3) What is the feeling called after a cocaine high where the user commonly experiences an extremely unpleasant feeling?

A) "Craving"
B) "Crashing"
C) "Outward bound"
D) "Nodding out"



:) Iris Dichupa (SJMC #1)



Answers: 1) B 2) C 3) B

Keeping you guys informed

Are your nursing students familiar with the American Nurses Association?

Are your students familiar with the programs and policies ANA provides to their future profession?

If you answered no to any of the questions above, now is a great time to expose your students to the ANA. We want your students to stay connected with the ANA. Therefore we are providing your students free access to the Members Only section of NursingWorld.org!!

Remember, this is not a membership type but will give them access to information that they can use in school and help prepare them for their nursing career.

Highlights include:

- Full ANA Position and Policy papers on important nursing issues

- A chance to sign up for Smart Brief - our members only daily news feed that brings together nursing and healthcare news from around the country every business day

- Access to the current electronic versions of The American Nurse and the ANA columns in American Nurse Today

- Access to the OJIN- a peer reviewed electronic journal available to ANA members on the hot issues facing nursing today

- NurseSpace - ANA's new social network just for nurses!!

- Discount opportunities on a variety of personal and professional products

We hope you will share this special offer with your students. They can go to this link to sign up: www.nursingworld.org/students/

Note: Students will be asked for a Promo Code which will give them free access at the bottom of form when they sign up. The promo code they can use is "EDU".

Thank you for sharing this information.

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ONE DOWN!

Hey everyone!

I Just wanted to congratulate everyone on finishing our first theory test! I hope you all did well on it. If you didn't do so hot, don't give up! Grab some people to get some help or a study group! We are all in this together!

For those of us who have Skills lab Tomorrow morning... DON'T FORGET YOUR BATHING STUFF AND YOUR RUBBER DUCKY! :D

For those of you who don't... Get started on your weekend and have a great time!

Steph :D

2009 CNSA Annual Convention

The California Nursing Students' Association Proudly Presents:

Striking Gold in Nursing: Experience the Rush

October 16-18, 2009

Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park

Eureka! was heard throughout the state when we received our admission letter to nursing school. Since those first days when we began to dig through the literature to understand the nuggets of nursing practice we have been on a journey. Our journey has been filled with the rush of new experiences, such as witnessing that first breath of life in the delivery room or the “renewed life” following a successful code.

On behalf of the entire 2008-2009 Board of Directors and Convention Committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to the California Nursing Students’ Annual Convention. As aspiring nurses we need to take responsibility for ensuring we are accessing every opportunity to strike gold. Participating in the Annual CNSA Convention will prepare you for the ultimate rush of nursing practice.


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WHEN
Friday, October 16, 2009 8:00 AM -
Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:00 PM

WHERE
The Hyatt Regency
Capitol Park
1209 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

** This is really going to be a fun event and you will have an experience of a life time. I had went ahead and looked at our class syllabus and we have our N1 Comprehensive final exam on October 15, so this weekend should be a stress free time. If you are interested at all please contact Angela Aistrup at aaistrup@sbcglobal.net or Debbie O'Sullivan at dopta@comcast.net! If you want to register please call 1-916-779-6949 or vist http://www.cnsa.org/. I hope to see you all there!!

Rush Week Volunteers

SNA's Rush Week Table

will be in the quad on September 4th

Please come out and volunteer with your fellow nursing students at the SNA table on September4th from 8am until 11am. Come out and show your spirit and pride even if it's just for an hour.
If you are interested in having a great time with some of your fellow nursing students, please contact Angela Aistrup at aaistrup@sbcglobal.net or Debbie O'Sullivan at dopta@comcast.net!

Testprepreview.com

Hello Everyone!

For those of you who haven't heard of this site, I thought I'd pass it along.

http://www.testprepreview.com/nclex_practice.htm

Look for the box on the right to sign up for a daily question. They are not in NCLEX form, but give great summaries about different topics that may come up during the next couple of years in school as well as our future career. The short answers are a great review on topics you're familiar with, but if the information is new to you, they write it very clearly to give you a good introduction.

(Credit for sharing this goes to Trina Eagal who was kind enough to share this with us.)