hoopskirthippie

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1. new question on wet to dry dressing changes

   hoopskirthippie posted a topic in Student Assist

   I have seen all the posts on wet-dry dressing changes, but nothing that addresses this specifically. You open your sterile kit and there's no compartment with gauze alone that you can pour your sterile saline into. You've got to put on your separate ...

2. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

   hoopskirthippie replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

   Oh my God, I think Stephanie's in my clinical too!! :)

3. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

   hoopskirthippie replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

   --How did you get to be an instructor when you can't even speak proper English? --Why in the h**l do you test us on things from totally different books/sources instead of what's covered? --Why haven't I been able to give a freaking injection yet? --W...

4. HESI! how do you feel about the test? does it actually prepare us for the NCLEX?

   hoopskirthippie replied to baceball6's topic in General Students

   HESI is from Mars, NCLEX is from Venus. :) Yep, I've heard from nurses in the field, instructors and recent grads they're 2 different animals. My advisor's advice was to study the material from this year, plus HESI case studies at the Evolve Apply We...

5. clinicals while pregnant - safe?

   hoopskirthippie replied to hoopskirthippie's topic in General Students

   Thanks, everyone. And dragonsage, Kate is my daughter's name too. How cool! Good luck with the birth and the sleepless nights after, LOL. :) But it's worth it. Take care, Nita Mc. Big (8 lb., 9.5 oz.) baby girl born 11/9/04 :)

6. Mnemonics and Memory Aids

   hoopskirthippie replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX

   https://www.scribd.com/doc/19829/Medical-Mnemonics?query2=kidney+mnemonic has med-surg mneumonics to die for (poor choice of words there!) at the link above, including pharm ones. Good stuff! ~Nita Mc.

7. clinicals while pregnant - safe?

   hoopskirthippie posted a topic in General Students

   Hi all ... Question here ... I have fall and spring of next year to go in ADN school -- peds and OBGYN clinicals in the fall and ICU/preceptorship in the spring. My husband and I were thinking of trying to conceive a second child starting in late fal...

8. Mnemonics and Memory Aids

   hoopskirthippie replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX

   Mneumonic device for remembering questions to ask emergency room admits: Car? (circumstances of event) Please (precipitating events) Listen (location of event) To This: (Time of event) Watch (when symptoms appeared) Underage (unconsciousness after in...

9. Vent- stupid college and Chem 2

   hoopskirthippie replied to kellia's topic in Pre-Nursing

   That's so frustrating! What I had to do is sign up through my local community college for an online course -- in that case, A&P, but chemistry was also available. Hope this helps!

10. Nurses: Failure rate of courses perplexing - Jackson Clarion Ledger

    hoopskirthippie replied to Nursing News's topic in Mississippi

    Can anyone who took the exit exam at Alcorn School of Nursing this semester tell me their impressions of what went wrong? Is it that they don't teach what's on the exam? Instructors don't teach well? Turnover? Just asking -- I'm scheduled to start at...