Jess-RN in 2006

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1. Starting nursing school in aug. need advice

   Jess-RN in 2006 replied to tybaby's topic in General Students

   I am currently two weeks away from having my son, and did almost my entire first year of nursing school pregnant. We just finished at the end of June, I was 8 months when we finished. Like others have said, just take it easy with lifting and don't be...

2. Nursing Drug Books.....

   Jess-RN in 2006 posted a topic in General Students

   My classmates and I are looking for a new nursing drug guide...we are currently using Mosby's 2005 edition. For the most part, it works for us, but recently we have had to add geriatric considerations to the medications we have to research(each week ...

3. loan consolidation question...

   Jess-RN in 2006 replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Students

   Can you consolidate while still in school??? I keep getting more and more mail about it, but from what I understand, you cant really do it while you are in school. I still have a year to go in nursing school, and then I am going straight on for my BS...

4. How Many Semesters is your School?

   Jess-RN in 2006 replied to RNSuzq1's topic in General Students

   I'm in a diploma program, we go for two years. Each year is divided into trimesters, 2 16 week trimesters and then one 6 week trimester. We're in our 6 week part right now, which is our gero course. Then we are off for ten weeks for the summer, then ...

5. NSNA Salt Lake City Conference

   Jess-RN in 2006 replied to DecafMom's topic in General Students

   Yes, I'll be there too! Looking forward to the break from classes!

6. lifting pt's while pregnant

   Jess-RN in 2006 replied to eflynnlpn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Well, I'm still in school, but am 18 weeks pregnant. My midwife has me on restrictions to only lift 25lbs, so it limits the weight of pts I can move. My instructors are so anal about it, and most of the time wont even let me move pts when they need m...

7. Trauma question, not sure if this goes here or not...

   Jess-RN in 2006 posted a topic in MICU

   If this doesnt belong here, can someone direct me to where it should be, please? We've got a family situation going on, and as a SN, I'm trying learn as much as I can to help out father-in-law to be.....His wife(boyfriend's stepmom) was in a very ba...

8. Stethoscope covers

   Jess-RN in 2006 posted a topic in General Nursing

   does anyone have a pattern for one? or dimensions? my mom insists that she needs a pattern to make one, but it really cant be that hard, right? I figure just sew a long strip of material that is able to be slipped on the tubing? any help would be app...

9. What skill do you practice on one another...????

   Jess-RN in 2006 replied to ER1010's topic in General Students

   IM,SQ, and ID injections....all in one day, all in a row, lol.... we've practiced vitals on each other, IV sticks and also venipunture......bed positioning, general stuff like that...we dont have 'skills lab' portion of class this semester, so if we ...

10. Do you see good results with doulas?

    Jess-RN in 2006 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    The reason I am asking is I am thinking about using one for my delivery. My mom was my coach through my last pregnancy,which ended with my son being stillborn, and she was the only one who I trusted(baby's dad left before he died).....so here I am ag...

11. Have not heard from school! should I call?

    Jess-RN in 2006 replied to hello_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I lost count of how many times I called my school in regards to getting in...I thought for sure our admissions officer would hate me till I started, but we get along great! It doesnt hurt to call, at least then they know you really are serious about ...

12. Flu shots...just wondering

    Jess-RN in 2006 posted a topic in General Nursing

    we have the opportunity to trade clinical time tomorrow to help with a community flu shot clinic....I've not had many opportunites to give injections, just did my first ones on a pt last week, so of course I'm jumping at the chance...I was wondering ...

13. The nightmare...dealing with fetal demises

    Jess-RN in 2006 replied to Mat-ctr-Rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm also one of those who have been on the side of the parent....ask away, I'll be more than happy to share my situation...all I can say is this...if the doc knows the baby is dead, do not allow him to let the mom lay in the room for hours,waiting, w...

14. your clinical uniforms

    Jess-RN in 2006 replied to Ginyer's topic in General Students

    all white here too...our uniforms all look alike, we have to be fitted at the school's choice of uniform stores(but we do get a discount on anything we buy, so thats nice)...white socks, shoes, underclothes, no open back shoes, two pairs of earrings(...

15. does your school require a dosage caluculations test that has to be above 90%?

    Jess-RN in 2006 replied to sad's topic in General Students

    My school requires an 85% or better...and we have three chances to do so, or we are out.....we just took ours this week,there is a retest on Monday....usually everyone passes it the second time......after reading these posts, I'm shocked our school d...