smatrang001

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1. Post BSN- DNP

   smatrang001 replied to dreamerachiever's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   Have you thought of doing an ASN program then an RN-BSN program? It's much faster than just going for the traditional BSN program because it takes about 2 1/2 years to finish the ASN program, you take...

2. Help w/pediatric care plan

   smatrang001 replied to delleh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Physical findings: sweating, increased HR, BP, pallor,

3. Number of Hours per Week in RN School

   smatrang001 replied to Manofstone's topic in LPN to RN

   Here's my schedule next semester: tues- lecture 8-10, Wednesday- lecture 8-11, Thursday- clinicals 6am-6pm, Friday- clinicals 6am-6pm. Paperwork for clinicals are due Tuesday. So I spend the weekend...

4. nclex question

   smatrang001 replied to nursek17's topic in General Students

   I'm in the same boat as you. Husband PCSing, different state, etc. I've researched a lot too and from what I gathered, you should apply for a license with the board of nursing in FL, send your...

5. HELP! Last semester of RN school...

   smatrang001 replied to kwrnstudent's topic in General Students

   Exercising helps. Yoga especially before a test helps with the

6. ADN BSN

   smatrang001 replied to TexRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   The whole "pushing for BSN and hospitals no longer hiring ASN" thing has been going on for a long long time. My instructor said she was told that when she was in nursing school 28 years ago. I went...

7. Military Vet to Nurse

   smatrang001 replied to storxusmc's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   First off, thank you for your service. And secondly, I think it's great. My husband is currently active duty army. Well he got terribly injured in 2010. I noticed that he was way more comfortable with...

8. Really struggling in Med-Surg 2/Critical Care..How to study?

   smatrang001 replied to jkim414's topic in General Students

   I agree with the previous post. I had a classmate who is also my good friend, struggling in class too. I decided to help her study and realized that she knew the information, memorizing it. She could...

9. Help with Patient Goals and Interventions

   smatrang001 replied to gordielocks's topic in General Students

   https://evolve.elsevier.com/ sign up and add the resource for a nursing care plan book. I used ackley. I'd say based off the info you gave, pain would be the big diagnosis, goal should be measurable...

10. Teas exam help please!!

    smatrang001 replied to Jennyd82's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    The TEAS is like a standardized test. I scored an 80 on mine which is pretty high. I used mcgraw hills teas 5 book to study and the ATI teas study guide plus I purchased a sample test. The sample test...

11. flu shots

    smatrang001 replied to ChooSoul's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just go to the CDC website. There are certain things that shouldn't be done right after the other, example is a MMR and tb test. Those are recommendations by CDC. She's a pharmacist, they are very...

12. Will I like nursing?

    smatrang001 replied to aldu's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was th opposite. I didn't feel like nursing would be something I would like. I went back to school to get my ADN. Competed against students for a spot, got a spot and still didn't know if I wanted...

13. It Can Be Done!

    smatrang001 replied to ksecatero21's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Absolutely doable. Just takes time management and studying. I took micro, physiology with labs and my first level nursing courses this semester. Call me crazy but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was...

14. dosage & calculations class?

    smatrang001 replied to readyforachangenow's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wouldn't recommend throwing another class in the mix of nursing school especially since it's an online class and in my experience online classes are self taught anyway. Our program doesn't teach...

15. low points for assignments

    smatrang001 replied to its_meee's topic in General Students

    We just have 4 exams with 50 ques and a final. So those who fail one exam have a hard time raising their grades