timtams

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1. Need help with Laboring, Postpartum, and Neonate Care Plan!

   timtams replied to lindygirl's topic in Student Assist

   and maybe get yourself a nurse's pocket guide. It'll help you a lot trust me. :)

2. Need help with Laboring, Postpartum, and Neonate Care Plan!

   timtams replied to lindygirl's topic in Student Assist

   I'm really bad in making nursing care plans, I remember when I'm making mine for the first time it was really hard since I didn't know what to do, but as the time goes by, it'll be a piece of cake, not really. LOL. Anyway, birth trauma for the neonat...

3. Please advise me...workplace bullying and gossiping

   timtams replied to SaffireWeldon's topic in LPN/LVN

   If I was in your position, I'd go directly to the person and ask her nicely if she has a problem with me, tell her what I think our problem is. Yes, I think what she's doing is very unprofessional, since she's an RN, you have to look up to her and sh...

4. Questions about International Nursing Programs

   timtams replied to Crisscrosscat's topic in General Students

   You're welcome! If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask :) When I was in my second year - second semester, we were given the chance to be exposed in the operating room without any idea what to expect, or going to do cause our rotation f...

5. Questions about International Nursing Programs

   timtams replied to Crisscrosscat's topic in General Students

   It is! Money is a big deal here, even when you simply enter a appliance store or furniture store, there were times that no salesman approached us since we looked like we didn't have money to buy something in the store, but whenever a foreigner enters...

6. NURSING CAREER

   timtams replied to iamdianemay's topic in Career Support

   Maybe applying for a medical assistant? Its better to have a hospital experience than having no experience at all.

7. How do you seriously remember everything in nursing school?

   timtams replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Students

   Oh, i feel the same! There's so much to memorize! Anyway, maybe you can write it down in a small notebook. All the drugs that you know or remember by heart cause sometimes writing it down can help you remember the drugs and when you came across a dru...

8. Questions about International Nursing Programs

   timtams replied to Crisscrosscat's topic in General Students

   I'm glad that I'm able to help! :) To answer your first question, I think our system is flawed. There's no access to quality care when you're in the lower class. I've seen a lot of my patients who couldn't leave the public hospitals because they coul...

9. Questions about International Nursing Programs

   timtams replied to Crisscrosscat's topic in General Students

   Hi crisscrosscat, *How many years is the nursing degree, and what kind of degree do you receive? -I live in the Philippines and the Nursing Program here is for 4 years, you can't finish it in less than 4 years, two semesters per year. If completed a...

10. I'm a Us Citizen, studied nursing in the Philippines and I'm now moving to back to the US.

    timtams replied to timtams's topic in General Students

    I'm on my fourth year. I completed all my major subjects in the philippines and yes my case loads are complete but not for US standards. Here we only need three for each case, but in the US I think its five. I don't know, but for me taking minor subj...

11. I'm a Us Citizen, studied nursing in the Philippines and I'm now moving to back to the US.

    timtams posted a topic in General Students

    I finished all my major subjects and almost all of my minor except for p.e and filipino. My mom became ill and I needed to go back. I graduated high school here in the Philippines, I was told that even if I graduated nursing here, I still have to stu...