Navygirl76

Navygirl76 specializes in LPN in the Navy, completed paramedic crs.

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1. I Got Accepted to Nursing School!!!

   Navygirl76 replied to cutiek184's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Congrats!! Im so happy for you!!

2. Any advice for studying cadavers in anatomy class?

   Navygirl76 replied to Annieh1315's topic in Pre-Nursing

   well my college cant afford a cadaver lol-we get cats next week. I have heard that rubbing some Vicks vapor rub under you nose helps with the smell. I would have loved if my school could have gotten a cadaver.

3. NS Burnout

   Navygirl76 replied to Nicole2010's topic in General Students

   Keep your chin up! You're 1/2 way there-and thats great! i still have 2 classes of prereq's before i can even start NS! lol..

4. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

   Navygirl76 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

   the dinosaur made me laugh. I would love to take the hubby to Niagara Falls. Ive never been there. But, finishing nursing school is a looong ways away for me, I just want to make it into the program and take it day by day first! lol

5. So I took my first nursing exam!

   Navygirl76 replied to JMurse's topic in General Students

   wow! congrats on your first test!! you did great! just take a deep breath and take it all day by day...

6. Doom and Gloom (A & P 1)

   Navygirl76 replied to clamonte79's topic in General Students

   lol this made me laugh-I understand how you feel! i am currently halfway through A&P I and i love it-my professor is great and reviews for the test with us. Its all about memorization. I have taken Micro and a few chem. classes and loved them too...

7. Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

   Navygirl76 replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

   IMO absolutely not. There are so many other people out there who want to be a nurse. I just don't feel that substance abusers should be working with medications or employed as nurses, doctors, etc.

8. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Navygirl76 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   This also bothers me a great deal. I work as an NA on an acute psych ward, and we have a nurse from Germany, and she catches alot of flack from the mentally ill about Nazi's and WWII (I work in a VAMC). All of our psych doctors are foreign, and they ...

9. Angry over lack of proper care by a nurse

   Navygirl76 replied to nurse grace RN's topic in Safety

   Nurse Gracie, I am so sorry for the loss of your mother-I cant imagine what you are going through. Did you ever tell this nurse your feelings? If i were you, I would call her nurse manager.

10. my husband....the jerk......sorry this is a rant :)

    Navygirl76 replied to HeatherTN's topic in General Students

    Heather, it sounds like you have made up your mind and don't plan on staying with him. If I were you, I would just have him move out now-he won't contribute much to your situation (as far as being a helpful partner) and may try to sabotage your effor...

11. Can you Believe THIS???

    Navygirl76 replied to pattymac's topic in General Nursing

    thats just disgusting. i cant believe anyone even remotely trained in health care would do that