NursinTig

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1. Prednisone- susceptibility to infection?

   NursinTig posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a quick question that I'm asking only because the dr.'s office is closed. Im a nursing student on Prednisone (short term), wondering if I should mention this to my instructor regarding wether I should avoid isolation pts for the 2 weeks I'll b...

2. Advice on what unit to start on

   NursinTig replied to NursinTig's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for your helpful replies! The problem is that I am not sure what area of nursing I want to go into after I graduate since I haven't had too many clinical experiences yet. Maybe you could tell me what techs/NAs do on the type of un...

3. Advice on what unit to start on

   NursinTig posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I am a sophmore BSN nursing student who will be partcipating in a nurse externship program this summer. I have to decide shortly which unit I want to work on. This will be my first experience working in the hospital environment. I was wonderin...

4. Does your program include Cadavars in your

   NursinTig replied to jenrninmi's topic in General Students

   I had a cadaver as well for A&P lab, in addition to various animal parts. It was interesting, but the smell was horrible, and got worse as the semester progressed. To be honest I don't know how effective it was as an educational tool... everyt...

5. It just hit me...

   NursinTig replied to Luv2banurse2004's topic in General Students

   You have to wear your full uniform to your lectures?? We only wear our to clinicals and some labs (depends on the teacher). It sounds like your is a lot cuter... I in all white

6. Digital Voice Recorders - Again

   NursinTig replied to NCINDASUN's topic in General Students

   I bought the cheapest recorder they had at Target, its an Olympus Pearlcorder S711. I don't know what any of that means, but it works fairly well and was on sale for I believe $30-40. On suggestion for you, in my class we all bought voice recorders ...

7. Reading Recommendations?

   NursinTig replied to danaRN2b's topic in General Students

   I would also recomend "Nurse", very inspiring to a new nursing student (like myself). I enjoyed "Baby Catcher", which is about a Nurse-Widwife. I also just recently finished "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science" and thought it w...

8. Wasted Credits

   NursinTig replied to iliel's topic in General Students

   Hi iliel- I am in the same situation as you are with extra credits due to transfering. To make the best of it I am going to do a minor (psych) and possibley a certificate along with the BSN. A lot of the courses I already took are not required at my ...

9. nursing student ages....

   NursinTig replied to carz's topic in General Students

   Hi everyone! I'm currently 21... will graduate nursing school at 23.