angelc

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1. From death row to pediatrics. Say WHAT?

   angelc replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

   Im glad it worked out for you

2. Need help with primary nursing diagnosis

   angelc posted a topic in Student Assist

   88 year old F patient was admitted with Acute Lower GI Bleeding. My nursing care book and Lippincott have diagnosis's for upper GI bleeding but not lower. The Dr. ordered a colonoscopy for tomorrow thinking she has an ulcer. Her other pertinent med...

3. I am one big ball of stress!

   angelc replied to Hopeful32's topic in General Students

   I felt that way taking A&PII during the summer session..8 weeks instead of 16, really fast paced with all labs self taught. But what I realized is it actually easy compared to nursing school, all memorizing and heck I can do that. I ended up with...

4. Please give INPUT!!!!

   angelc replied to griffly's topic in General Students

   OH man that powerpoint way sounds aweful. Im all for timing it and if there is a way not to go back fine, but let me control my own time mgt. Some questions require more processing time than others and the time limit per question would def. stress me...

5. From death row to pediatrics. Say WHAT?

   angelc replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

   Just think...everybody loves Hagrid in the HP movies Big and Burley can seem protective and huggable instead of intimidating given the right tone of voice and facial expressions.

6. First week of Nursing school over!!!

   angelc replied to sherriberry1's topic in General Students

   My first week was not AS stressfull but we do have a test on Monday. Im having a hard time getting into it so far I guess because the stuff this week has been what seems to be common sense. We havent had a lab yet but we did go to the hosp. for train...

7. No She/he Did Not!!!

   angelc replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

   OMG this scares the crap out of me. Did she kill the pt? How did they keep his/her BS up? really curious since my son is a diabetic.

8. Student moms who homeschool

   angelc replied to studentmom2007's topic in General Students

   I am homeschoolling my 5th grader for the first time this year and I just started the ADN program on Monday so I will have to let you know :heartbeat We decided to homeschool him because he is a diabetic and the middle school here is not the best con...

9. For those starting Monday

   angelc replied to pharmgirl's topic in General Students

   Im going to finish up an intensive cleaning job on my house, I figure it will probably be awhile before I can really clean deep down. When I went and bought my books at the campus book store I had a 2nd year student come up to me and introduce herse...

10. Grading Scale

    angelc replied to amyb2684's topic in General Students

    Our grading system is the same except a 77 is considered a C.

11. discrimination instructor bully leagal action need help

    angelc replied to sunshinegirl68's topic in General Students

    Again, you cannot judge school work in the same light as what someone posts on message boards. Alot of times when someone is posting on a board it is in the heat of a moment or they are really stressed out and are bound to make typo's ets. People ar...

12. discrimination instructor bully leagal action need help

    angelc replied to sunshinegirl68's topic in General Students

    Re: discrimination instructor bully leagal action need help I hope this doesn't sound unduly harsh, but if your previous posts are any indication I suspect the problem wasn't your instructor. Perhaps you should consider taking some writing and gramm...

13. What items does your school recommend for supplies?

    angelc replied to 3perfectcats's topic in General Students

    Our school is recommending PSA'a and will prob. switch to mandatory PDA's. I was told that they would sell them in the bookstore and all of our textbooks will give us the option of software or PDA software. Our scrubs have to be ordered by a specific...

14. Jobs for a pre-nursing student w/ no healthcare exp.

    angelc replied to Keen2B's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I just got a job as a med tech. in a nursing home. In NC the test is free for med. tech and you can become certified in no time.I think this will help me with pharmacology when I start the RN program in the fall, at least that is my HOPE anyway. I do...

15. How to get a head-start in Anatomy Class for Fall 08?

    angelc replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Start memorizing the names of the bones and anatomical positions. This will help you learn the anatomy of the body and alot of things will make sense to you. Thats my opinion anyway. The hardest part of A&P I for me was the muscles (mostly the ph...