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  1. Deaf Nurses

    I received the cochlear implant at 5 years old and currently use the Nucleus 22 Freedom. I am profoundly deaf in both ears but was only implanted in the right ear. I too, like you, was raised in mainstream schools but had Cued Speech as my back up. I...
  2. Cardionics E-Scope for Cochlear Implants

    I did! =) I start my new graduate RN job at a local hospital on July 14th! yay!
  3. Cardionics E-Scope for Cochlear Implants

    It's been 2 full years and I am happy to say that I have graduated nursing school, sat for my boards yesterday and am awaiting the results for that! Yaaaaaaay. Tortor09, did you make it out alive as well? =)
  4. I hate anatomy and physiology

    I am sorry to hear that you hate the class. It really is the basic foundation of nursing care. I am in my 2nd semester of nursing school and can say that if i hadn't really understood the concepts of A&P 1 and 2, I would be more lost than I am al...
  5. Cardionics E-Scope for Cochlear Implants

    This is very exciting Tor!! I will send you an email right now! Sorry for the delayed response. I've been trying to get into the swing of things with nursing school.
  6. Congratulations on almost finishing the program! You're so close! =) On my unit I have always seen the BSN nurses sporting tags that say *RN,BSN* and the ADN nurses have tags that say Registered Nurse. I don't think I've ever seen *BSN,RN* but I'm su...
  7. Cardionics E-Scope for Cochlear Implants

    Hi iDEAF! Have you spoken with your disabilities advisor and directors of the nursing programs that you want to go into? I think that you can be anything you want to be if you put your mind to it! As far as you not being able to hear anything at all ...
  8. Cardionics E-Scope for Cochlear Implants

    Thank you very much for all of the advice!! I decided to not use the direct plug in for my implant and use special headphones instead. I think the head phones work a lot better and I will be using every open lab I can get! Congratulations to you two ...
  9. I am not in the Navy Nurse Candidate program, but just came from the Camp Lejeune area earlier today (Topsail island). It is a pretty nice area! Congratulations on graduating and good luck on your future endeavors!
  10. Working as a CNA while in nursing school...

    I worked full time as a nurse tech at my local hospital for 6 months before deciding that nursing was exactly what I wanted to do. Fortunately, my directors are supportive and allowed me to go relief so I could focus on my studies in nursing school. ...
  11. Hi all! I absolutely LOVE this site and stalk many threads! :loveya: I start an ADN program in the fall and am very excited! Other then the killer studies and gruesome clinicals, I am worried about listening for lung and gastric sounds on my E-scope....
  12. Guilford Tech Fall 2012 Nursing Program

    MzShay, I'm not sure what the max points for our (2014) class individually but in general the max is 66-80 I believe... 66 is with the main classes that are the bulk of the points and the rest are the extra stuff. Give or take a point. I'm not absolu...
  13. Guilford Tech Fall 2012 Nursing Program

    Pharmaceutical calculations sounds great! I would love to get a head start with you guys but have chemistry and history on tuesdays unfortunately from 9am to 12pm. Is there anyway we can do a study group on other days as well? Have you ladies already...
  14. Guilford Tech Fall 2012 Nursing Program

    Waiting in anticipation for Franchisebaby's update!
  15. Guilford Tech Fall 2012 Nursing Program

    My facebook name is Amber Renee Kimball. Add me! :)