mel236

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1. I Contracted HIV

   mel236 replied to sarahwv's topic in General Nursing

   Sarah, I was recently stuck myself and have since been tested every couple months. I have my last test this month and am nervous about the results. I am currently a nursing student and wouldn't know what I would do if the test comes back positive. ...

2. Can RN student take the LPN test?

   mel236 replied to Dadou82's topic in General Students

   I live in Az and I am currently a block 3 RN student that will also graduate in May 2009. I took my LPN exam over the summer, our instructors actually encourage it just in case something like this happens. Let me know if you need more info, Good lu...

3. Transitioning from one patient to multiple patients

   mel236 replied to tachybradyRN's topic in General Students

   From my experience, I was bored with just one pt and had alot of extra time. When I went to having 2-3 pts it wasn't much different except that I didn't have as much free time. I found that using a "brain" sheet was very helpful in keeping the pt's...

4. What do you do right now?

   mel236 replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona

   I too have found that it is difficult to get into any hospital position. I did however just land a job as a PCA. My experience has been that it is all who you know, not so much what you know or how long you have been doing it. I filled out over 15...

5. Is it worth locking yourself into Banner for 3 years?

   mel236 replied to MsBruiser's topic in Arizona

   When I was was accepted to 2 different nursing schools the decision for me was cost and school reputation. As a nursing student at MCC I have heard the nurses at our clinical sites give their opinion of nursing students from the different programs. ...

6. Oncology nurse extern...Any tips?

   mel236 replied to mel236's topic in Oncology

   NTB, I am not actually a nurse yet. I am about half way thru my program and so I will be an extern. I am not exactly sure if this is really what I want to do yet which is one of the reasons I posed the question. I do however feel strongly attracte...

7. Oncology nurse extern...Any tips?

   mel236 posted a topic in Oncology

   I am a soon to be oncology nurse extern and am not really sure what I am getting myself into. The unit I will be on also has a BMT ICU so I will be in both places. Any tips or suggestions to make my transition from med-surg clinicals a little easie...

8. Learning Drugs

   mel236 replied to NuHAH's topic in General Students

   I have found that the "memory notebook of nursing" vol. 1 and 2 (they have some drugs) as well as the pharmacology/diagnostic version (all found a barnes and noble) is very helpful if you are a visual learner. I also found medicalmnemonics.com to b...

9. What type of job do you have while attending school?

   mel236 replied to thabeger's topic in General Students

   I am a certified pharmacy technician making almost $14/hr. It helps me in pharmacology and I have time to study most days!

10. apathetic nursing student?

    mel236 replied to hunnybaby24's topic in General Students

    I was in the same situation. The person I was paired with always came to clinicals with out having any of her care plans done and without the "goods" (steth, penlight, alcohol pads etc). What I did was take my instructor aside and explain what was ...

11. 100% dosage calculations?

    mel236 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

    my school requires us to score 100% each semester, we had a test the first day of classes and had to score 100% to be able to pass meds. Don't worry your not the only one!

12. studying?? any suggestions??

    mel236 replied to 2bsunshinenurse3's topic in General Students

    I am in my second semester of nursing and found out quickly that reading the books took far too long and confused me because the instructors would say different things than the books. I stopped reading and used the books for reference when I needed ...