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  1. I don't know what your books are like but some have learning objectives at the start of each chapter, read those and look through the chapters until you know those things, they're often the important points. Also, if there are bolded definition words...
  2. I need some advice from Nurses

    I live in Canada, I got a job before I even finished school. Nurses in my region start at 34.50 Canadian, so I'd say the pay and job situation are good. However, that shouldnt make you choose to do it or not. Nursing is something you have to WANT ...
  3. Resume help for new grad

    I will be finished school in a month and a half and am trying to prepare a resume for when the time comes. I will be applying for a grad nurse position, as I don't write the licensing exam until February. I have a few questions. - First, what should ...
  4. 1st 5 weeks- will I always feel this way

    You will ALWAYS feel that way lol. It will get better at times and worse at other times, but nursing school is stressful. HOWEVER, take it from someone who is 5 weeks away from being done, IT IS SO WORTH IT. Get through it, and you won't regret it in...
  5. Tip for Nursing Student: Study whenever you can

    I found I didn't have time to study and work out especially during exam time. I have a Wii with Wii Fit, and theres one work out on there that's called Step Up (stepping up and down on the Wii board) Freestyle, so you could set your pace and just go...
  6. College Roadblock?

    Student loans is not an option for you? I did not have the money to complete a four year degree either, but with student loans I was able to do it. Now when I start paying them back I will hopefully have a good job as an RN and be making enough to p...
  7. Med Surg: What Works For You?

    I had some trouble understanding Med Surg when I just used the power points, and the text book readings were WAY to much to go through it all. I found it made way more sense to me when I did my patho research in clinical, it helped me to put it all ...
  8. Three quick questions

    I have glasses and I often wonder if I should wear my contacts instead. I don't find my contacts comfortable so I think it would bother me, but at the same time I hate when my glasses slip when I'm gloved up, and I hate having to take my glasses off...
  9. Nursing School Realistically

    My comment is off topic in a way, but it has to do with the reality of nursing school. I have a week left of my LAST nursing class EVER, and then 3 months of practicum to finish of my degree, which I am doing overseas. Sounds awesome, right? It wa...
  10. Pulmonary Medicine Experience?

    Definitely will see a lot of COPD, pneumonia, possibly chest tubes but that depends on the type of unit (this is medicine, not surgery so some places will not). Know different chest sounds and what they mean, know interventions for dyspnea, know abo...
  11. Nurses are the unsung heroes of the medical profession.

    When I first decided I wanted to be a nurse, I was too young to know what money even was or how much nurses made. I wanted to be a nurse, I didn't want to make a lot of money. When I told people in high school I was going into nursing, they all aske...
  12. Nursing diagnosis for CHF pt

    in this example, your diagnosis would be excess fluid volume r/t impaired excretion of sodium and water. everything after the exhibited part would be your evidence, which on a concept map would go under your diagnosis but not in it. hope that makes ...
  13. Lab Values HELP!!!!!!!!

    That's how I learned them too, by looking at them in charts and determining (without looking at what the chart says) if they are high, low, or normal on your own.
  14. Difference between Sterile and Aseptic technique?

    In this question, B is more sterile than D is. D doesn't say anything about sterile gloves, it just says gloves in general, which doesn't mean sterile. Scrubbing into the OR is sterile, not aseptic.
  15. Something that has been bothering me