mcksmom

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1. Cartoon Caption Contest WIN $250! Nurses Week 2018

   mcksmom replied to Brian S.'s topic in Announcements

   Bedbugs!!!

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   mcksmom replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Let's start by saying I don't believe in ghosts, or at least I didn't. I worked in an older hospital and in a totally locked icu unit. I was in the locked Med room getting meds for one of my patients, when I heard my name. Loud enough that I answered...

3. Which pre-nursing classes did you find the most useful?

   mcksmom replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

   i found a psych class useful for learning apa format-most regular englishes classes only teach mla format. i also found spanish very helpful. even just a basic understanding makes you more valuable to a future employer. good luck on your future!

4. Time of the month in light colored scrubs

   mcksmom replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

   it's a perfectly good question to ask. the nursing school i went to required that we wear white pants (gah!!) and if it was "my time of the month" i always doubled things-at the time i was wearing tampons so not only would i wear a tampon but a pad-j...

5. Successful night shift stories...

   mcksmom replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

   I LOVE nights!!!! i have always been a night person so working nights was a natural choice for me-even with a child. Nights are best because you actually get more time with your patient and you get more experience because so much more happens at nigh...

6. tired of hearing it, nursing students PLEASE answer

   mcksmom replied to ChervRN's topic in General Students

   i graduated in dec 2008 and i know my program was hard and sucked! it was maily due to the amount of work, studying time, clinical time, and all the extra practice things they expected you to participate in. i missed a lot of time with my daughter w...

7. I fainted today in the ICU!

   mcksmom replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

   if it makes you feel any better, when i was doing my med-surg rotation in school i almost passed out in the or watching a lumpectomy of the breast. it happens to a lot of people, you are not alone. since then i have become and ICU nurse, it can only ...

8. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

   mcksmom replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   i recently graduated (december 2008) from nursing school and carried a "C" average the whole time. ya know the funny part? i am a much better nurse the girls in my class that were "A" students. they may have been book smart, but when it comes to actu...

9. encouragement needed for nclex!

   mcksmom replied to mcksmom's topic in NCLEX

   i have been comparing 3 different online reviews: ATI, Hurst, and Kaplan-because there are none around me that i can go to. can anyone tell me what they think of any of these programs?

10. encouragement needed for nclex!

    mcksmom posted a topic in NCLEX

    hello all, i am in need of some encouragement. i will be taking the nclex for the 3rd time in 45 days, and i don't know what to do. the first time i just did questions and that didn't work, this time i studies saunders and that didn't work. does any...