samclaug

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1. Question on What to buy for school!

   samclaug replied to MvbRn's topic in General Students

   You definately will need a good watch. I wear one thas a rubber band and is waterproof. It also has military time that we were required to use in in classes and clinicals. As far as unifroms and shoes wait until you find out from school what you can ...

2. Ivy Tech Evansville

   samclaug replied to samclaug's topic in Indiana

   beverly j also start working on dosage calculations. this is the book we had to buy [color=#003399]dosage calculations: a ratio-proportion approach by rn, edd, gloria d. pickar i dont know if its the same one they will use for you or not but its a ...

3. Ivy Tech Evansville

   samclaug replied to samclaug's topic in Indiana

   beverly j, Hey as far as the teas goes I ended up with a 91 on my third try. Then on prereqs I had two As in generals and 2 Bs in anatomy. As far as clepping out make sure you talk to an advisor, they are the only ones that know the answer on that o...

4. Ivy Tech Evansville

   samclaug replied to samclaug's topic in Indiana

   berverly j, I just finished my second semester this spring. It has been a great experience for me but unfortunately I am moving and IM not going to be able to finish the program at Ivy Tech. I am looking to transfer to a local community college when ...

5. What to wear when shadowing

   samclaug replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

   I know for us that if we arent actually in clinicals we are not allowed to wear our clinical uniform. I would definately ask your CI what would be appropriate to wear. Let us know how it goes, Im sure it will be very interesting!!

6. First day tomorrow!!!

   samclaug replied to Danusia522's topic in General Students

   Good Luck! Let me tell you it can be a little intimidating at first but you get into the swing of things. Let us know how it goes!!!!

7. OMG I'm getting married

   samclaug replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Students

   Congrats!:yelclap: I wish you the best of luck! The only thing I would say about having so much going on at once is ask for help from others to get things done. Weddings can be hard, very stressful and put a strain on the best relationships but when ...

8. So I made it through my first week of Nursing School!!

   samclaug replied to Kimmi73's topic in General Nursing

   CONGRATS!:yelclap:

9. Holy cow! Final grades

   samclaug replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

   Im so excited I took my last final yesterday and actually passed my first semester of nursing school. With good grades too!

10. You know it's finals week when.....

    samclaug replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Students

    The most exciting thing to you is that you are finally going to get to clean your house.

11. Know someone who did NOT pass the final?

    samclaug replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Im only in my first semester of nursing school but we actually lost quite a few people. We lost people throughout the semester and then some more this week with finals. Very sad because some of them worked very hard and missed passing by just a few p...

12. Prayer needed for my friend!

    samclaug replied to beth66335's topic in General Students

    I will pray for Kelli and all those including you that are affected by her illness.

13. Scared about starting clinicals Help!

    samclaug replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    lizzyberry I feel your pain! Im feeling pretty nervous as well. I haver never worked in healthcare before and I have had other students that have tell me it is going to be really hard for me. I start clinicals in two weeks and do not feel ready at al...

14. Overwhelmed!!!

    samclaug replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    I had an instructor ask me how my first week was and I actually replied " It feels like its been a whole month" Im now in my third week and Im starting to feel a little better but the amount of work especially the reading is overwhelming! Hang in the...

15. What equipment did your school require you to purchase?

    samclaug replied to karen230's topic in General Students

    Besides textbooks, uniforms, steth, BP cuff and other little things we had to purchase from the bookstore our clinical bag which is actually for lab. It has all the supplies that we will need to practice our skills like IV bags, bottles of sodium chl...