mlfp53

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1. Advice on Obnoxious student...

   mlfp53 replied to jschut's topic in General Students

   I also have a woman in her 40's in my class, I'm 50! but she acts like she knows everything because she works in a hospital dong charting. I'm a medical assistant for 15 years! I can also make remarks about some of the subjects because I've been in t...

2. If there are any instructors reading.....

   mlfp53 replied to Nursetob2005's topic in General Students

   Since the first day of lecture we have been told many times that all reading was our responsibility. Every week we have 3 -7 chapters to read before next lecture. But our instructor does not cover every chapter in the lecture, I assume she is just co...

3. Has anyone had problems with the nurses during clinicals?

   mlfp53 replied to mlfp53's topic in General Students

   Thanks everyone for your input! Some of the other nurses there were very sweet to us, unfortunately we weren't really dealing with them. In answer to one of the post, all the students were with their patients most of the time, we even did more than w...

4. Has anyone had problems with the nurses during clinicals?

   mlfp53 posted a topic in General Students

   On our second day of clinicals the nurse on the floor was the nastiest person I have ever met! Our clinical instructor told us if we had any questions or problems and couldn't find her to ask the nurse that she would help us. Well when we first met t...

5. Early Morning Clinicals

   mlfp53 replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Students

   I agree with you, 6:30 am is way too early. I'm in Brooklyn doing clinicals at Lutheran Medical Center. We start at 8:00 am suppose to go till 2:00 but usually leave by 12:30 bc we skip any coffee breaks and lunch. Congragulations on graduating!!!!!

6. Need some inspiriation for a "current nursing issue" assignment paper...

   mlfp53 replied to NewNurse2be's topic in General Students

   HI You could try the American Journal of Nursing website. Each issue usually has an article on nursing issues.

7. Math!!!!

   mlfp53 replied to OBRNinTN's topic in General Students

   Here in NY we don't learn ratios (not needed) they teach us dimensional analysis, much easier. But the first two weeks of class we had to memorize our conversions: if 3 tsp. = 1oz. then 2oz. = 6 tsps. So if you can memorize most of the conversions fo...

8. Anyone working full time and going to school?

   mlfp53 replied to deannak's topic in General Students

   It really can be done, don't get discouraged. I worked full time and did my pre-reqs 5 nights a week. Now that I'm in the nursing program I have cut my working hours back. I took an additional loan to fall back on in case the money from cutting my ho...

9. Welcome, New York Nurses!

   mlfp53 replied to Ted's topic in New York

   Hi everyone, glad I found this site, it will be great talking to other student nurses from NY. Attending CSI nursing program, start on Tuesday! Mary

10. Stop in this thread and say hello!

    mlfp53 replied to nycNurse2b's topic in New York

    Hi everyone, new to this web site. Home: Brooklyn, NY Status: Pre-clinical this Tuesday Age: 51 Kids: 3 grown ones, two grandchildren Current Job: MA for pediatrician, 15 years Wants to be: Pediatric Nurse

11. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    mlfp53 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    MA's that refer to themselves as nurses make me sick! :angryfire I'm an MA for a pediatrician for 15 years. I have never called myself a nurse. Our office has an RN,MA and two receptionist. No one not even the Dr. has called anyone a nurse except for...

12. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

    mlfp53 replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    Hi i am mary, i'm a "new" but "old" student bc i'm 51 years old. I have three grown children. One is married, my daughter is in medical school and my youngest is studying to be a pharmacist. I've been a medical assistant to a pediatrician for 15 year...