Virgilio

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1. pin light

   Virgilio replied to sjc11's topic in General Students

   Pen light. Don't they have them at your college bookstore? I think the disposable kind are fine.

2. Too young/ early in life to be in Nursing Program?

   Virgilio replied to futuresctRN's topic in General Students

   OMG, don't listen to these people. There are so many people your same age in pre-med, pre-law and applied physics which are equally academically challenging. There are people your same age who are in the military and working as corpsmen/medics, or ...

3. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

   Virgilio replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

   I can't believe I'm the first person in seven pages /LOLing at all the judgey people!

4. Insider Tips for Debinding Your Precious Textbooks

   Virgilio replied to TheBlackDogWaits's topic in General Students

   I did the same thing just last week. We probably read the same article a few weeks ago. The Kinko's that I went to cut my soft bound books but, like you, couldn't cut my hard bound. Luckily they sent me a few miles up the street to the next Kinko'...

5. Last minute studying for Pre-entrance exam! Help..

   Virgilio replied to HollyIsabelle's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Make sure that you can do all of the math presented in that NLN-PAX book. Skip the vocabulary, none of those words will be on the test. Make sure that you can do the reading comprehension, I mean do a "No-BS" self appraisal. All of the science sec...

6. Has anybody here ever had to repeat a nursing course?

   Virgilio replied to EP10's topic in General Students

   I decided to drop out of my ADN program in the 90's while in the final semester. After 13 years and a reasonably profitable career in another field I'm going back in January. So I'll be repeating three and a half semesters starting next month. Pe...

7. Will I get in trouble ? ? ?

   Virgilio replied to Congababe13's topic in General Students

   I didn't see your post early enough on that Monday, but I thought of you all of that weekend. I'm really glad that everything worked out for you!

8. Several things are making me consider dropping nursing school

   Virgilio replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

   For what it's worth I dropped out of nursing school in the 90's, when I was in my early 20's for many of the same reasons that you are describing. I followed other opportunities and happily earn pay comparable to an RN's. I knew after about two yea...

9. Anyone else feel like you are in that book, the emperors clothes?

   Virgilio replied to mas28's topic in Male Students

   I would get pretty tired of long johns or under armor after two to four years of clinicals, but I think that would work. If you go with the shorter option then anything but white boxers or boxer briefs looks ridiculous. It isn't as bad as you think...

10. Anyone else feel like you are in that book, the emperors clothes?

    Virgilio replied to mas28's topic in Male Students

    I wore white uniforms in the military, white boxers/ white T-shirt did the trick.

11. Will I get in trouble ? ? ?

    Virgilio replied to Congababe13's topic in General Students

    This is upsetting, I hope your school de-colon-ifies their heads. Any conversation about common sense should include your schools lack of it for failing to make it clear to you that this unacceptable before the fact. So many of these posts are scol...

12. Help me with ED progress note.. I`m so lost! -- and diagnosis

    Virgilio replied to Student2001's topic in Student Assist

    Lol, does ED mean Emergency Department? I'm still a pre nursing student and I immediately thought of "male health issues"!

13. Group projects

    Virgilio replied to NICU:)'s topic in General Students

    I'm going to offer a slightly different take on this subject, I've found in life that 20% of the people do 80% of the work. There's also an adage that applies here: "Grant me the strength to change the things that I can, and the grace to accept the...

14. Breaking it to the boss...

    Virgilio replied to Virgilio's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I can't tell you what a relief it is to have that behind me. Of course, a positive response from my boss is not necessarily a guarantee of the reality of the next 2 or so years.

15. Breaking it to the boss...

    Virgilio posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Well the moment has passed that I had been dreading since I got hired, knowing that I was going to pursue nursing school. I've been here for less than a year so timing was everything. I've delayed telling the boss until I've had just one more succe...