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1. Disaster of 1st day of RN program

   craff1 replied to craff1's topic in General Students

   Thanks for your encouragement, guys, I knew I could count on you (besides you all probably really needed that laugh!) Good news is I'm on week 2 now, aced my first unit exam on Monday w/ a 92%, and drew the best of the three clinical instructors, so ...

2. What is it about nursing students....

   craff1 replied to delirium's topic in General Students

   OMG I can totally relate to your original post!!! See my Disaster 1st day post for a good dumb nursing student story! And I totally agree about the reading to us crap, what a waste, but we can't cut because attendance is REALLY strict for lecture an...

3. Disaster of 1st day of RN program

   craff1 posted a topic in General Students

   Hey everyone! (Hugs all around.) Well I'm writing from the swamp of homeworkland, ughhhh, I never REALLY thought it would be this hard. You guys warned me, but this has been a rough week! Day one 8/19: Dog ran away in AM, (thank god was found ...

4. looking for p/t work before school starts

   craff1 replied to craff1's topic in General Students

   Future RN, Thanks! Yah, after being Divorced since '91 I'm pretty glad to be remarrying! He's an aspiring nurse as well, but has agreed to work while I go through first, so we have lots in common, matter of fact, met him my first semester of nursin...

5. looking for p/t work before school starts

   craff1 posted a topic in General Students

   I took phlebotomy technician training last semester and I'm all ready to go, except one thing...I can't get a job!! I thought I'd be able to get work in a reference lab, but it seems that there is one company here in Sacramento that sort of has a mon...

6. School Uniforms

   craff1 replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Darby, you crack me up, man!!! (sexy skirts/glasses!) Anyway, my school has navy blue polo shirts for RN's and Burgundy for the LVN's with whitw pants (buy anywhere) and a white vest w/ ample pockets (but WAY too expensive, from a catalogue we were r...

7. any opinions on NSNA?

   craff1 replied to craff1's topic in General Students

   Wow, sounds like it's definately a good idea. Our chapter is involved in fund raising, community service, mentoring, etc. I will go and check it out. Thanks for the input. Cheryl

8. I am getting a stethescope!

   craff1 replied to kats's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Hey Kats, I'm getting my phlebotomy training certificate at the end of this month too!! (In CA you have to do a 40 hour internship and take an exam before you get the permanent certificate.) I'm starting my internship June 3! I'd like to buy a nic...

9. how many of you going to start the nursing program in fall 2002?

   craff1 replied to hanginginthere's topic in General Students

   I had orientation today. I've completed the physical exam and vaccines, had my picture taken (gross!!!) for the ID badge, and (gulp) taken stock of book prices for first semester required books! I'm ready to go!!! School starts Aug. 19 for me. ...

10. Cost of Books ?

    craff1 replied to paramedic52's topic in General Students

    A combination of used and new prices from Amazon.com (way cheaper in some cases than the college store here, $372 so far for first semester, not including the syllabus which we are required to buy, and 3 other books that I'm not going to buy. That's...

11. any opinions on NSNA?

    craff1 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone! I haven't been around for a while, but I"M BAAAACCCKKK!!! Congrats to all who are graduating, congrats to all who are starting nursing school, and Kudo's to everyone finishing final exams and passing one more semester!!!! Anyway, I w...

12. I got my letter!!!

    craff1 replied to GGingerSR's topic in General Students

    YIIIIPPPPPPPEEEEEEE! Still checking the mail for mine. Cross your fingers for me! But good for you! One of only 37 from 300! That's a real accomplishment! Cheryl

13. A&PII and microbiology?

    craff1 replied to hanginginthere's topic in General Students

    IMO a lot depends on the teacher. I had a brutal Micro teacher. My friend (now my fiance) took the same class as well as a&P 1st semester but did not work. He ended up w/ a b in a&P and a c in micro. Consequently, he had to repeat micro s...

14. Panic/Anxiety Attacks

    craff1 replied to CherryPez15's topic in Stress 101

    Hi there, I didn't read others' replies before responding, so excuse me if I'm repeating, but I felt strongly about your post and so I am writing. First - your health (because without that you can't do anything about your nursing career, right). S...

15. RN to MD....possible or not?

    craff1 replied to zinacef's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on the RN to DVM or MD route myself. I've noticed similar attitues from nursing folk about crossing to MD, and I think it's a shame because I think that we can bring a lot of the good things about the nursing perspective to the md role. Horray ...