ms mimi

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1. Would You Pray if your Patient asked?

   ms mimi replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

   i would love to pray with a patient if they asked me to. i am a born again christian and pray often, and have seen its power work in my life and the lives of others. give it to God.

2. New Grads: Where to start your career?

   ms mimi replied to LadyT618's topic in General Students

   I haven't finished school yet, but i think that i will go into the area that i want to go into. The new grad nurses that i've known have gone into the area that they wanted and best suited them. I've heard that too, that going into med-surge would be...

3. Study Habits?

   ms mimi replied to babyphat's topic in General Students

   Some things that have helped me is to read the material about everyday. Even if it is just a page or two, just go over it and keep it current in your mind. If i skip a week of reading a try to come back to it is so confusing. Plus the fact that there...

4. What semester is the hardest?

   ms mimi replied to blueberry21's topic in General Students

   ;)i just finished my 1st semester of an ADN program, so i am no expert. but everyone where i go to school at says that 1st and 4th are the hardest. i found 1st semster to be very hard. not due to the fact that the material was hard, but that it took ...

5. Background check/drug screen before clinicals

   ms mimi replied to RANCH GIRL's topic in General Students

   yes my school drug tests, and we have to have fingerprints done before we can go into any clinical facility. i am glad they are drug testing because i wouldn't want a drug user as my nurse, they dont belong in the field.

6. Memory Bank

   ms mimi replied to Yayamaya's topic in General Students

   we didn't use much A & P in my 1st semester (ADN), but going into second semester they told us to review the systems (so pretty much the physiology part). we are going to really focus on the heart and its disorders, plus the endocrine system and ...

7. what nursing shoes r best?

   ms mimi replied to crzmomof3boys's topic in General Nursing

   i am not working 12 hr shifts yet, but for clinicals the old althletic shoes were not cutting it. they hurt my feet, so i looked around and talked to some nurses and i found SAS shoes. they might be a bit expensive but i think its better than buying ...

8. OMG! Allnurses withdrawal!

   ms mimi replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

   ok, good. i thought i was the only one, like maybe my connection was bad or it was my dinosaur PC. wonder why though. :Crash:

9. What do you carry your books in?

   ms mimi replied to Carla25's topic in General Students

   i find that the rolling bags are annoying b/c i have would rather walk up and down stairs (exersise) than use the elevators. so i bring my books to school and when i get there i put them in my locker, and go to my locker to get the books that i need....

10. Hypoglycemia and working long shifts

    ms mimi replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    just to let you know what i've heard about fish oil caps. my nutrition teacher told us that fish oil caps are taken from the fish's liver, which concertrates all the toxins taken into the fish. so you are actually getting a version of fish oil that i...

11. nursing school and being a stay at home mom

    ms mimi replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Students

    When i took my pre-reqs i could schedule them around my son, but in nursing school the schedule is not very flexible. You will have to work your life around nursing school and clinicals. So i would have to say that you will need some type of childcar...

12. Program study time VS Pre-req study time

    ms mimi replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    Pre-req study time doesn't come close to nursing. I was an A student before nursing school and walked out of my 1st semster with 9 points away from an A. And i was totally frustrated but am over it now. Most of my friends in the program were A studen...

13. Hypoglycemia and working long shifts

    ms mimi replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    in my clinicals (7 hrs) we hardly had time to take a break b/c there was so much going on that we didn't want to miss. plus the fact that i wasn't sure about the employees lounge/fridge, and whether i could put my stuff there or not. so, being that i...

14. do you read everything?

    ms mimi replied to Ayvah's topic in General Students

    YESSS!! i read every little reading assignment that there was and i got 9 points away from an A! talk about total frustration. nursing school is pretty much reading, that is the majority of your time spent. oh except for those wonderful care-plans th...

15. What to do before classes start?

    ms mimi replied to midcom's topic in General Students

    i totally agree with the last post!! your break is a great time to catch up on "you" time: house, family, and freinds. use this time now before the craziness starts. i had the greatest intentions to read all of the readings for next semester, and i g...