Vida

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1. OK.. probably a stupid question..

   Vida replied to Vida's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Thanks everyone! I couldn't decide whether or not to do NC 5 before or after the baby comes - I couldn't decide when I would be more brain dead!! Guess we'll find out. Thanks again!

2. OK.. probably a stupid question..

   Vida replied to Vida's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Thanks! It'll be our second boy.

3. OK.. probably a stupid question..

   Vida replied to Vida's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Sweet - found a stupid answer to my stupid question. Going to do NC 7 next. Ignore me please!!!

4. OK.. probably a stupid question..

   Vida posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

   I get that I can do the NC exams out of order, but does that include NC7? I am doing NC 4 next week, and the way things are going I would only be able to squeeze in one more exam before the baby comes...

5. Is getting into a nursing school easy in other countries?

   Vida replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

   And actually I am hearing now there are wait times for the RPN program as well. I did one in Ontario (ptbo) with no wait time, just a lot of pre-req's from HS, but that was 6 or so years

6. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Vida replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Sweet Caroline, I hear ya sister on the immune probs. The same women in my family also have a slew of auto-immune probs, all of which are more tolerable with changes we've made to our diets. The most...

7. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Vida replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Ps. ..Also, it's not necessarily what you don't eat, it's what you DO eat. Eat whole grains, fresh produce, and less processed meats - obviously in general, the more processed it is, the worse it is...

8. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Vida replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   I realize that. I have read that if you consume wheat for a week or two and then get tested it will show up. I've tried. I have 2 aunts, my mother and sister who also have the same problem, so we've...

9. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

   Vida replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

   Seriously, try changing your diet. I developed "IBS" in my 3rd semester of LPN school and it was terrible. On top of the bowel probs I felt like it was getting harder and harder to focus and stay...

10. Healthcare-Bad economy

    Vida replied to angelstrings's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the area. I lived in northeast UT where there was/is a lot of gas and oil work going on, therefore a lot of highly paid tradesmen in town, and it was hard for the area to keep up...

11. Free Practice Exams for Excelsior Exams 11/10-12/22

    Vida replied to mauima's topic in Online Distance Learning

    OH SWEET. Am I ever glad I found this thread! I was thinking of putting off an exam because we can't really afford the $65, plus gas, plus a sitter when we are moving in a couple of weeks.... but now...

12. Newborn Hypoglycemia Protocols?

    Vida replied to nurseinnh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So sad. I understand doing what needs to be done, I just wish patients/people had more opportunity to make better informed decisions, in this sort of situation, and also regarding their general...

13. Ky Excelsior Students

    Vida replied to keaton90's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Ok, relieved to hear that KY takes EC grads - we're moving there in two weeks... although I have much longer than that before I graduate, but ssh. Any conditions to being able to pracitice? Hours...

14. Any Excelsior Grads From Kentucky

    Vida replied to crazywoman's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The money for the EC practice exams are worth every penny! Many of the questions are very similar... :) Good luck! NC 1 is pretty straight forward, common sense sort of stuff. Cheers,

15. Newborn Hypoglycemia Protocols?

    Vida replied to nurseinnh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If that was my baby I'd refuse THAT many sticks! Geeze - poor little