knittingmonster

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1. Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) current or upcoming students

   knittingmonster replied to kpspunky's topic in Georgia

   I went and looked and I still have my schedule from first semester! Yours will definitely vary because I know there have been changes in skills lab--I don't know what they are though. For an idea, though, here is what we had. The first week, we had...

2. Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) current or upcoming students

   knittingmonster replied to kpspunky's topic in Georgia

   Clinicals: You can list preferences on the clinical sheet for days/times, but it won't necessarily be honored. There is always the option of trading with a classmate for a different time slot. In first semester, I believe you have five weeks of cl...

3. Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) current or upcoming students

   knittingmonster replied to kpspunky's topic in Georgia

   I believe you will have the iTouch. I'm not 100% positive on that though. I can try to answer questions for you about class/clinicals. The only thing predictable about the schedule is that it won't be predictable. Feel free to ask for specifics ...

4. bookstore = constant PAIN

   knittingmonster replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

   Library. It's your friend if you get there first! I have several review books from there. For peds, I also checked out a textbook. It isn't the one we use in class. It's the same authors though and the information is the same. I am very glad th...

5. Ya know what I really hate about NS right now? just a little vent...add yours

   knittingmonster replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

   What I really, really, really hate is all the talking that is going on during class. We have not had this problem so much in the past semesters, but I swear I am going to lose my mind if it doesn't stop. The teacher stopped class at least 10 times ...

6. Do you ever wonder about which posters are your classmates?

   knittingmonster posted a topic in General Students

   I occasionally see posts and wonder if they are from classmates. The situations that are described will sound like my school and then they'll say something like, "I'm in a BSN program." That clues me in that it isn't a classmate! It drives me nuts ...

7. Anyone else feel dirty after Microbiology lab?

   knittingmonster replied to happy2learn's topic in General Students

   I loved micro and it didn't really worry me too much about the germs. Try not to spill and wash hands and life should be okay. Our instructor did talk about a student who had spilled something onto her purse. Apparently some of her make-up was con...

8. Best method for figuring dosage calculations!!!!

   knittingmonster replied to survrgrl08's topic in General Students

   I'm all about the dimensional analysis. I can't remember formulas to save my life and I also can never figure out what number goes on top and bottom. With dim. analysis, I just plug numbers in so that the units cancel out. It hasn't failed me yet!

9. Should you buy new or used books for your program?

   knittingmonster replied to TurtleLittle's topic in General Students

   Used all the way. I was not thrilled to hear that we were getting a new version of a textbook this year because it meant only buying new. I lucked out and found a "used" book for less than list price. It was new--spine wasn't even cracked.

10. Do you have children?

    knittingmonster replied to Wan2BRN's topic in General Students

    I have three children, 7, 5, and almost 2. When I started pre-reqs, I only had two. I was a sahm and took classes at night. My one trick to get in study time was to study with my kids. I would teach them what I was learning on their level. I had...

11. trouble pronoucing some medical words

    knittingmonster replied to aflac381's topic in General Students

    That's not how you say it? I can't figure out how else you would say it.

12. spongebath/contact precaution question

    knittingmonster replied to needsassistance's topic in General Students

    C. diff is spread by contact, not by inhalation. You would have to put your hand to your mouth after contact to become infected. It isn't transmitted through the air.

13. Baby during NS = bad idea?

    knittingmonster replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

    I would not have a baby on purpose during school. We tried during my pre-reqs with the plan to complete them during pregnancy and then apply so that I could go back around the time the baby was one-ish. It did not work out that way because I had di...

14. dumb gpa question...

    knittingmonster replied to ERsn's topic in General Students

    I would say no (simply because nothing is rounded up in nursing school), but it's still a very good GPA. Whole lot better than mine!!

15. A & P II or Microbiology this summer??

    knittingmonster replied to kammel's topic in General Students

    I think A&P 1 and 2 are both important and I'd want both under my belt. I don't think taking them together would have worked for me though. A&P 2 was just a continuation of 1--it finished up all of the body systems. I loved Microbiology t...