Smith.C74

Smith.C74

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About Smith.C74

enjoy spending time with my kids (16, 14, 12, 10 and 3), looking forward to the challenge of nursing school

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  1. What are your nursing school uniform colors?

    Ditto. I bought a good set that's not see through. We all hate the white. Can't wait until I'm done to be able to wear something else...anything else!
  2. Tips for a young LPN student....please

    It's great that you got A's on your anatomy and physiology classes. I liked being able to review notes before class (my school uses Blackboard). That way, I could get clarification from the text book for what I didn't understand. It also gave me t...
  3. First year student feeling down in the dumps

    I understand your frustration. Last semester at school, the nursing theory classes seemed to be focused on medicine and surgery units. My clinical placement was continuing care so there wasn't a lot of practical application of the theory being taug...
  4. need help in math IV therapy

    (100mL/30 min)=3.33mL/min 3.33mL/min * 15gtt/mL=50 gtt/min
  5. What color is your uniform?

    For our hospital placement, we have to wear white with the school crest on the left sleeve. Only one location for the first semester could wear anything else, including prints (as long as it isn't plain black). We all hate the white, but it makes u...
  6. Having problem with math

    My teacher gave the formula of (D/H)*Q where: D= doctor ordered H= med on Hand Q= quantity available another thing, watch your unit conversions. Grams to Miligrams is moving the decimal 3 places to the right (* by 1000). Therefore: 5g=5000mg D=500...
  7. Help! I'm horrified and grossed out!!

    I'm surprised that there isn't anyone else there with you. I'd be afraid of liability issues if I was the only one there with 4 adult males that all have an altered mental status. If the situation makes you feel uncomfortable, it's likely not a goo...
  8. Calling all pen aficionados...please report here

    I like the retractable pens. My current favourite is the Bic Atlantis. It has a rubber grip and isn't too chunky.
  9. Backstabbing/Gossip in Nursing School

    If there's gossip amongst my classmates, I don't hear it. I read somewhere that the friends you make during nursing school may not necessarily be friends afterwawrds. I study much better by myself. There's only one other person in my class that I ...
  10. Tips for getting organized?

    I would live by getting by books ready the night before. Comes in really handy when you are running late. The way my schedule was laid out, I was able to have a binder for each day. I'd carry only the material with me since the last test. After t...
  11. What do I need for nursing school?

    A calendar that's a decent size to keep you organized. I bought a blank one that was actually a desk pad. I wrote the dates of upcomming assignments, tests and my clinical schedule on it so I could plan my studying accordingly. I found it a huge ...
  12. I've had to wear glasses since I was 5. I remember the pairs that I had with the glass lenses. I was really thankful when plastic lenses were invented! I too need to get my eyes checked and look at getting myself some new glasses.
  13. Issue with nursing classmate

    wow. I don't mind helping people if they're showing the initiative to help themselves, but that's way overboard from the classmate. I agree. A simple statement along the lines of not finding the study group to be effective for you at this time see...
  14. I GRADUATED TODAY!

    Congratulations! Give your self a huge pat on the back. You deserve it.
  15. September 2011 rpn student-need advice !

    Get organized. In picked up a calendar that had blank pages from Staples that was supposed to be used as a desk pad. I put all of the dates for tests, assignments, clinicals, everything on it and put it where I'd see it all of the time. It was onl...