Trixiebell

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1. Now That the Semester is over....What Will You Do Better Next Semester

   Trixiebell replied to anewday's topic in General Students

   I plan to learn the material week by week rather then in chunks before tests. I will NOT let myself get behind on my reading. I plan to ask the lecturers a whole load more questions. I will find a magic self confidence pill and start having some f...

2. how many externships to apply for?

   Trixiebell replied to Trixiebell's topic in General Students

   That was my plan, but a lot of them want something on their own form or have a questionnaire to be filled in ...

3. a sign of intellegence

   Trixiebell posted a topic in General Students

   We had our last review before final last night and I asked the lecturer if they could give us a suggestion as to what systems we will cover next semester. She asked why and I (very honestly) answered that it has been two years since my A&P class...

4. how many externships to apply for?

   Trixiebell posted a topic in General Students

   I am a first year student and am currently writing my applications for summer externships. I do well in class but feel I could benefit from more hands of experience as I have a hard time organizing myself at clinical - I was just wondering how many...

5. Student Loans

   Trixiebell replied to saskrn's topic in General Nursing

   When I first moved to the US I had a hard time getting loans, I got my husband and in laws to act as cosigners for my first year of school and this year was able to get loans on my own... Talk to a lot of different banks, it took me a while to find s...

6. am i not going to regret being a nurse?

   Trixiebell replied to phyxsius's topic in General Students

   hi i just wanted to let you know that you are not the only one, i'm a med student (3 days left) and am leaving for a variety of reasons..most of them not exactly in my control...and i start nursing school next semester in a grad program and i'm reall...

7. preparing for nursing school

   Trixiebell replied to tiffanycmt's topic in Pre-Nursing

   there are anatomy colouring books avaialble on amazon for a couple of dollars that are really good for learning anatomy...if you can get one that goes with your text book it'll help heaps... just my 2c..no idea if it applies to LNP classes, just how ...

8. Are there any nures/students with another degree

   Trixiebell replied to felesha843's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I have a B in Conservation Biology and got part way thorugh medical school, i start nursing in 6 months (talk about a round about route right?)... i don't think any education is ever wasted, as much as i will never be a conservation biologist i can ...

9. Understanding Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve

   Trixiebell replied to AussieKylie's topic in MICU

   hi basically it comes back to the sturcture of hameoglobin. it is a protein with four heme groups (all containing an iron molecule), each heme group can bind one molecule of oxygen. it has two different states, one is a tense state (T)...in this st...

10. I'm blind in right eye

    Trixiebell replied to rainswhisper,RN's topic in General Nursing

    hi cindy i'm not a nurse but just wanted to offer some encouragment...i've been blind in my left eye most of my life...i work in a busy hospital (med student and cna) and i do bump into people and have a funny habit of walking into door frames...anyb...

11. lots of questions re coming to US

    Trixiebell replied to Trixiebell's topic in International

    thankyou, i wasn't really sure who set the guidlines (them, the state etc etc)... but now that i know who to call i'm onto it! ...thanks all so much for answering innane q's from a confused person...

12. lots of questions re coming to US

    Trixiebell replied to Trixiebell's topic in International

    nope didn't complete med schoo, nowhere near, but i knew the process back to front to immigrate...seeing as i have known since before i started school that i would be immigrating (trouble with decided to marry an american really isn't it?) sorry if t...

13. lots of questions re coming to US

    Trixiebell replied to Trixiebell's topic in International

    where can i find a list of hours needed in various dept by the US? and i can compare with the program here (i havn't strarted so still have time to pull out and switch my application to somewhere else)...or they have grad. diploma programs here in s...

14. lots of questions re coming to US

    Trixiebell replied to Trixiebell's topic in International

    it's not a specialist program, it's general, what they did was cut out all the science courses (ie. anatomy, micro etc) because the only people taking this course are people with biology degrees... this year i do catch up and next yr do two general n...

15. how does one go about finding an internship?

    Trixiebell replied to Trixiebell's topic in NICU

    well that would just be easy wouldn't it? thankyou for explaining what should have been very obvious to me and thankyou for not prefacing it with, look you twit...has it ever occured to you? do you ever feel sometimes you get so close to something...