Heymickey

Heymickey

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  1. quantitative stethoscope comparisons?

    Can't make a wrong choice when it's a Littmann! I plan on getting a middle-of-the-line Littmann... right now I have a lightweight, and I will be trading up, soon. It's good enough to pick up mitral heart murmurs. I've seen some new models, with...
  2. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    I'm doing better. I still don't understand how you people work three days in a row. My social life slipped away a long time ago, and i'm trying to find my way back into the gym. Today was actually a good day. Thank you all for your words of encou...
  3. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    Forget it, I must be bipolar, because I am feeling a little better. As you can see I am a very impatient person, and a perfectionist. For better or worse, nursing is stuck with me for the time being. I just got off my shift, and I have plenty of e...
  4. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    No... seven day schedule is working 7 days in 2 weeks... sorry, I didn't clarify. No way can anyone work 84 hours a week.
  5. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    Sorry for the late reply... I just woke up. I think I misled everyone into thinking I work in critical care. I work in a regular med-surg. I don't work in any other field because I intend to go back to school ASAP. I don't think I sound over conf...
  6. I got hired at a local hospital February 15th. Passed the boards April 13th, but didn't find out until about June 1st. I got my CCRN cert... I'm not even sure what that is anymore... I don't think it's an add-on, but it's worth 72.0 CEU's. [it say...
  7. I graduated December '04 from Cerritos, got my CCRN, then passed the boards in April. I'm unable to register for any classes at Cerritos (lost priority registration). Same situation with every single city college I applied to. I'm looking into Cal...
  8. review book for nclex-rn

    I agree... I worried about pulling through the first semester. NCLEX study books, even though our school just handed them us, I never considered picking up. It wasn't until I graduated that I loaded myself up with Kaplan. You can't lose with Kapla...
  9. hyper and hypotension question @ client.

    Yeah, I always try to stick with the patient's home schedule. It would be torture to give 40mg Lasix BID and have the second dose at 2100. At my hospital pharm would give you a hard time changing the schedule, so I just pass it on to next shift. A...
  10. IV Protonix

    We used to have a filter. It was always like that. All the sudden, the filter's taken away and we all shrugged and continued on. Probably a few months later, pharm brought IV Protonix up along with 10cc of NS. We were all looking for the 50 or 10...
  11. Taking the Kaplan This Wednesday... Please Read!

    Hi, For anyone who is interested, tomorrow's the day. I've cut my studying time to about 4 hours for the past few days; just taking two tests a day and reviewing them. I've tried to take my mind off of the books by working on my bicycle (my obsessi...
  12. Starting IV's

    Maybe I'm too new at this stuff to be posting, but I don't have too much of a problem with IVs. It's prob my fave nursing procedure! I've put in quite a few IVs and after a while, I got the hang of it. Either way, I'm just trying to help!!! :) W...
  13. Taking the Kaplan This Wednesday... Please Read!

    Well, I tried to relax a little, and I managed to study about 4 hours, also. I feel a little better. I scored a 67% on the Nursing 3000 CD, and I don't feel too bad. 3 days left! Please, everyone, pray for me!!!
  14. Taking the Kaplan This Wednesday... Please Read!

    Cerritos College has an excellent ADN program, and I can not stress that enough! Kaplan is an prep course that claims a 95% passing rate for those who follow their instructions. They teach you a different approach to the NCLEX, with lectures, video...
  15. Hello, I graduated with an ADN from Cerritos College this past December, enrolled in Kaplan, and I just lost access to their online videos an less than an hour ago. I have been studying between 5 to 7 hours a day with an additional hour or and hour ...