mommymandy

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1. Facets of Nursing Excellence Review Center

   mommymandy posted a topic in International

   Hi! Anyone here who's reviewed with this center? I'm about to pay for the fee, but I do want to hear feedback from anyone who's studied with them. Are they really good? The fee is quite pricey at Php25,000 for just a week's review so I want to know i...

2. Laptops: What do you have?

   mommymandy replied to yogagal's topic in General Students

   i have an apple powerbook, i love it love it love it. it's got wi-fi so i can surf the internet on my bed. i've made countless presentations on Keynote (like powerpoint) and everyone gets really impressed with how the presentation looks. it's fast an...

3. So I know this will cause controversy.....

   mommymandy replied to PedsRNBSN's topic in General Students

   i'm still a student myself and still doing clinicals in wards. gosh, they're so lazy and rude. when we're in an area, we hardly bother the nurse in the station except if we need some supplies that we don't have access to. i remember a group of studen...

4. should this girl pass nursing school?

   mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

   point taken. thanks.

5. should this girl pass nursing school?

   mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

   don't get me wrong, but the set up here is different from your country... there are a lot of nursing students in our batch (around 400) and not everyone gets noticed. so if she doesn't flunk out due to grades, big chances are, she'll graduate. if yo...

6. PDA's and laptops

   mommymandy replied to nursewannabe07's topic in General Students

   i got a pda last yearr and it's been such a godsend. people here have not heard of using a pda for nursing at all. now a lot of students have been getting one for themselves. it;s literally a load off my back. i don't have to bring those "pocket" man...

7. should this girl pass nursing school?

   mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

   yes, she can make us laugh (but not in front of her)... a few of us older girls in our group have spoken to her already, but she's still the same. i hope it won't get to that time that she'll get kicked out of a clinical...bec one time she was doing ...

8. should this girl pass nursing school?

   mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

   i have not been ignoring those posts and i have no intention of going straight to the dean or instructor to tell on her. that would be so judgemental of me (of which i am guilty of a bit... ). i have no right to say if she should be a nurse, but as ...

9. should this girl pass nursing school?

   mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

   we all have our little notebook to write notes, patient info, our soapie, and everything. i see her reading all the time, but she just doesn't get it really. she would always say something wrong like an alcoholic will not have a high uric acid--and w...

10. summer prep for Pharm/Patho

    mommymandy replied to RNin2007's topic in General Students

    try to brush up on your ana/phy--esp neurotransmitters (catecholamines), channels (ex: calcium), and there a lot of drugs in the same family that have the same ending ex: ACE inhibitors (elanapril, captopril), Proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole, pant...

11. should this girl pass nursing school?

    mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

    thanks for all your replies... and you are right, it's not really my business, although at the same time, i feel it is bec i have been with her for almost two years and she still doesn't get most points. it's not bec she blanks out--it's bec she has ...

12. should this girl pass nursing school?

    mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

    well, we do have validating/qualifying exams at the end of each schoolyear, but somehow, she passes the exams and the required grade. i have not idea how she does it though... the thing is with her, she doesn't seem to realize that she's not cut out ...

13. should this girl pass nursing school?

    mommymandy replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

    yeah, i should... but i have a feeling she's gonna pass the local boards...maybe not the other licensure exams though...

14. should this girl pass nursing school?

    mommymandy posted a topic in General Students

    i'm in my 4th yr of bs nursing & i will be graduating this may 2006 (woohoo!) now my thread is: i have this classmate who has been passing our nursing subjects not with high grades but not so low grades either. and several instances during our cl...

15. Brainstorming, End of life and Morphine use.

    mommymandy replied to Antikigirl's topic in Hospice

    thanks for the replies earle58 and pickles... your answers sure cleared out the confusion i had regarding those meds. :)