nerdette_007

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  1. ATI Fundamentals A and B test

    I just took the proctored ATI Fundamentals test yesterday, actually (though I'm not sure if it was A or B). We had to score above a 67%, but a lot of people failed because there's so much information that wasn't taught. If your test is anything like ...
  2. Getting over the poop smell

    I squirt a big glob of sanitizer on my finger and make a "moustache". It masks smells temporarily.
  3. we cannot have acrylic fingernails

    I'm continually surprised at how often "the nail thing" becomes an issue. And while I occasionally miss painting my nails ridiculous colors, I'm not willing to get an unsafe in clinical to prove a ridiculous vanity point. There's so many studies link...
  4. what kind of nursing specialty do you want and why? :)

    Nurse anesthesiologists make a ton of money...I think it's the highest-paid specialty, actually. But it's a masters program, and very selective.
  5. I am trying to decide which nursing book to buy?

    Carpenito-Moy's Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis, all the way!
  6. what kind of nursing specialty do you want and why? :)

    I could never do peds, I like kids too much. It's hard enough watching my geriatrics get sick and pass...I'd be an emotionally incompetent train wreck around sick kids all the time. I'm gearing for Trauma or Emergency. Maybe Psych. Anything with exc...
  7. To Work or Not to Work that is the Question.

    Nursing assistant/patient care tech/CNA experience will give you a HUGE advantage in clinicals, and will help you get hired after school. I would definitely work, even if it's only for a day or two each week. I'm a nursing assistant in geriatric LTC...
  8. Don't change your career choice based on experiences with your grandmother. It's a lot harder to see pain and suffering in someone you love. I'm just a nursing assistant in my first year of clinicals, but over time I've definitely learned how to cop...