Hobbes02

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1. Gifts/cards etc to thank clinical instructor?

   Hobbes02 replied to onlyj's topic in General Students

   I don't think it's wrong to thank them, but I do think it's wrong for the clinical instructor to tell them to bring something in (sounded like more of a command than a suggestion). FWIW I'm in my third rotation and I haven't thought about giving any...

2. Gifts/cards etc to thank clinical instructor?

   Hobbes02 replied to onlyj's topic in General Students

   You clinical instructor told you to bring in something for the floor nurses!? That sounds very unprofessional.. it also seems like a conflict of interest. If you really think they were that awesome then go for it, otherwise I wouldn't do it. If anyth...

3. How long for test grades?

   Hobbes02 replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

   I don't think I've ever gotten an exam grade back on the same day. Most of my teachers will post them in about 3 - 5 days, sometimes it takes a bit longer.. one of my teachers is only at the school one day week so she gets them back from the grader (...

4. Is it worth it? What are your thoughts?

   Hobbes02 replied to UConngirl21's topic in General Students

   If you're in state consider SCSU.. they program has a lot of pre-reqs (11 total whereas UCONN has none as far as I can tell..?) but you would still graduate with a BSN and it's quite a bit cheaper. (UCONN vs SCSU).. Both schools are CCNE accredited a...

5. My Microbiology Teacher told me I can't become a Nurse

   Hobbes02 replied to louis345's topic in General Students

   Wow, that's incredibly unprofessional! After a comment like that I wouldn't put weight in anything she says, no matter what her credentials. I would be much more worried about your schools low pass rate. Personally, I wouldn't have even applied to my...

6. Silly Care Plans - for fun!

   Hobbes02 replied to Staragate's topic in General Students

   Diagnosis: Risk for insanity R/T information overload from excessive studying AEB increasing stress and anxiety. Intervention: SPRING BREAK! Outcome: Sweet, sweet relief!

7. mnemonic for remembering heart sounds?

   Hobbes02 replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

   All People Explain Their Mnemonics lol j/k FWIW, I learned the Ape to man method too, but after seeing physicians earn too much and people eat three meals, I like those better!

8. Backpack for school

   Hobbes02 replied to SkiMama's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have the Wenger/SwissGear Synergy and I love it. It has a really well padded laptop slot, tons of compartments for stuff, and it can hold enough books to make you fall over backwards. Plus it's really comfortable considering how much stuff I put in...

9. Study Guides & GPA's-Do you get any Guides in Nursing Program?

   Hobbes02 replied to proudmommy's topic in General Students

   Almost all of my teachers give study guides because inevitably someone will ask for one. Unfortunately they typically cover every little thing that we learned so they are virtually useless.. I guess they are nice to have so that you make sure you don...

10. Practice question that doesn't seem right.

    Hobbes02 replied to dudette10's topic in General Students

    This. Of my limited studying for the NCLEX, I've learned that the questions can be worded in a very tricky manner where one word or word ending will change the answer. Those key words as Nico has pointed out lead to the most correct answer. That havi...

11. Math Problem help

    Hobbes02 replied to UcStudentNurse's topic in General Students

    Are you sure you copied the question correctly? If you did it's 82kg * 400mg/kg = 32,800mg per dose (assuming 1 dose/day). I would guess that something is missing from this equation though since the patient would probably die from that kind of dose.

12. HESI Tips?

    Hobbes02 replied to pandorasbox's topic in General Students

    Yup, same DVD case with the little green card.

13. HESI Tips?

    Hobbes02 replied to pandorasbox's topic in General Students

    I guess they're not all the same then.. thanks for the info. FWIW, ours also had only 55 questions but was scored to 1350.

14. HESI Tips?

    Hobbes02 replied to pandorasbox's topic in General Students

    Are you sure your exam was only out of 1000? I'm just curious because ours was out of 1350 and I was under the impression that the Fundamentals HESI was the same for everyone; I could be wrong though.

15. nursing pins - yay or nay?

    Hobbes02 replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Students

    I know I'll never wear mine on the job and 99% of the time it will sit on a shelf somewhere.. but as the same time, it's a symbol of accomplishment and all the hard work that I've done. For this reason alone, I'll be buying mine when the time comes. ...