ocmd79

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1. TIPS FOR NEW NURSING STUDENTS - Clinicals Part 1

   ocmd79 replied to StepbyStep's topic in General Students

   This is great!

2. Fall 2008 Final Grades! BE PROUD!!

   ocmd79 replied to AlishiaRN77's topic in Pre-Nursing

   A&P/Micro I - A Medical Terminology - A

3. Do you wear your seatbelt

   ocmd79 replied to Iam46yearsold's topic in Emergency

   Always! Like the previous poster said, I feel naked without it.

4. when did you know you wanted to be a CNA or a Nurse?

   ocmd79 replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

   When my son was 2 months old he began having seizures and we were in and out of the hospital for the next year. The doctors would come in and out of the room, but it was the nurses that took the time to talk to us and ask us how we were doing. I reme...

5. How many student are left?

   ocmd79 replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Pre-Nursing

   In my A&P/Micro class we started with 25 and we lost about 8 people. It is kind of frustrating thinking about how hard it was to get into that darn class...lol.

6. How long until you get a call?!?!?!

   ocmd79 replied to jcasti02's topic in CNA/MA

   I feel so much better now, I thought I was the only one this was happening to! I'm just worried I'm going to forget some of the skills I've learned. I hope something turns up soon. Good luck to you!

7. Happily Addicted to allnurses.com

   ocmd79 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   This is a great site! I'm glad I found it :)

8. starting cna classes soon...

   ocmd79 replied to CNAMichelle's topic in CNA/MA

   Hi all. I'm also starting CNA class this October through a nursing home. I'm excited! Good luck to you all :)

9. How much is everyone paying for books this upcoming semester?

   ocmd79 replied to JoshuaC's topic in Pre-Nursing

   For my one class my textbooks came to over $500 - and that was on amazon. Granted my class combines A&P, microbiology and chem. I hope my other classes won't be like this!

10. Infantile Spasms

    ocmd79 replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    As a parent, the nurses are what got me through our initial diagnosis in the hospital and various VEEGs etc. I just want to say a big thank you to you and the other nurses! We had dr.s coming in and out through out the day and everything they said wa...

11. Infantile Spasms

    ocmd79 replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse yet (starting this fall) but had to reply. My son has infantile spasms. He was diagnosed when he was 6 months old, he is 4 now and still has daily seizures. He took Sabril (Vigabatrin) and it worked for 2 weeks and then stopped for wh...

12. When does everybody start back to school?

    ocmd79 replied to busybee0613's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I start Aug 25th and I am very excited/nervous! I have done a few online courses, but this will be the first actual class that I've been to in about 5 years. Glad to hear I'm not the only one that is a bit anxious!

13. Fall 09 hopefuls?

    ocmd79 replied to serendipity123's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hi everyone, great thread! I am *hoping* to be accepted into nursing school in the fall of 09 too. I will be going to Northern Virginia Community College. I'm starting my pre-req's this fall...actually it's like 3 weeks away! It's starting to feel a ...

14. hi to all!

    ocmd79 replied to missy15's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hi and welcome! I haven't been here too long, but I've found this site to be incredibly addicting as well :)

15. Reflections of A New Grad

    ocmd79 replied to la bellota's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to say thank you for writing this. I was just laying in bed and wondering if I was doing the right thing by going to nursing school. I've always wanted to and felt like God was putting it in my heart to do so. Sometimes I let my nerves ...