1andrea1

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1. CCAC Fall 2009!

   1andrea1 replied to mochabean's topic in Pennsylvania

   I was not at the registration but I know some of the people that were there, they are wonderful. Enjoy your summer, once the fall comes, there will be very little free time.

2. CCAC Fall 2009!

   1andrea1 replied to mochabean's topic in Pennsylvania

   I am a second year student at south and I can tell you that it is a hard program but you can make it through if you put in the time studying. For the medical abbreviation quiz they gave us the information to study, I think it was in one of the packet...

3. can't work as a "nursing student" after graduation

   1andrea1 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

   Some places hire GNs or graduate nurses for the time frame between graduation and boards. I was told though that if you don't pass boards the first time that you can no longer work as a GN (not sure if that is true or not).

4. NS with young children at home?

   1andrea1 replied to sjc77's topic in General Students

   I am also a SAHM with three children ages 7, 5 and 1 1/2. I completed some of my pre reqs while pregnant with my last child and I am completing my first year of and ADN program right now (I have class Tues and Thurs nights and clinical on Saturdays)....

5. Nursing Student Interview Help

   1andrea1 replied to maggie818's topic in General Students

   I'll send a pm, just give me a few minutes to fill out everything. Good luck!

6. Nursing Student Interview Help

   1andrea1 replied to maggie818's topic in General Students

   I'll answer your questions, do you want me to do it on here or pm you?

7. Question for students in nursing school, or students taking pre reqs to get in it.

   1andrea1 replied to TCLA's topic in General Students

   If you can only choose one I would go with anatomy, I am not sure if the college that you choose would accept it as credit but it would be a good jump start to understanding a lot of the components of nursing school. I am not sure if all nursing pro...

8. Students needed for Short Survey

   1andrea1 replied to leynalou's topic in General Students

   I did the survey, hope it helps. Good luck!

9. Metabolic/ respiratory acidosis and alkalosis

   1andrea1 replied to jennielynn's topic in General Students

   Our instructor taught us ROME Respiratory Opposite Metabolic Equal (not actuall equal, it would just be on the same end of the spectrum) pH7.35 -------------------------------------------pH7.45 acidosis ------------------------------------------alka...

10. Family Rad Tech jealous of me RN student?

    1andrea1 replied to gelousstudent's topic in General Students

    I would just do my best to ignore her, don't get sucked in to her competition with you. It takes a whole team to take care of patients and it sounds like she may not realize that. Hopefully at some point she will realize that she is wasting her time ...

11. Students that "float" by in college

    1andrea1 replied to gelousstudent's topic in General Students

    I don't see how anybody that cheats to get through school could pass the NCLEX unless he was very lucky. Anyway, I would just keep my distance and do my best if I were you, you can't worry about him. Good luck!

12. I gave my first injection!!!!

    1andrea1 replied to Natingale's topic in General Students

    I am glad that I am not the only one that gets really excited about all of the new stuff. I just couldn't stop smiling after I gave my first IM, subq and hung my first IV. It really does make you feel like a real nurse (at least it makes me feel that...

13. Drug cards/references HELPPPP!!!!

    1andrea1 replied to pepperoni's topic in General Students

    I use Davis's Drug Guide. I have only come across 1 or 2 meds that I couldn't find in the book. I haven't tried to cut and paste from their site so I couldn't give any info about that. I think that the most time consuming part of my clinical day is l...

14. Evening or Weekend Classes?

    1andrea1 replied to Rev Elvis's topic in General Students

    I attend CCAC in Pittsburgh and they have both day and evening ADN programs. I go on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 - 8 (every other Tuesday until 10 for lab) and my clinicals are on Saturdays from 6:30am - 2:30pm. I love it and it fits in with my ...

15. Your school's exam review policy

    1andrea1 replied to MollyMel's topic in General Students

    Our instructors have exam review in their offices at posted times for all exams except the final. You are basically given your test to look at and you can ask questions about rationales. It is stressed that no bags, jackets etc are allowed into the o...