Cheripk RN

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    ER Nursing notes tips

    Hey everyone! I'm a new ER nurse (new grad) and I was wondering what you all absolutely include in your initial notes when you see someone as a new patient and then your follow-up notes what you like to include, or are sure to include. I think I'm ge...
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    Will I ever be done?!

    I felt like I was in school FOREVERRR doing my pre reqs for the nursing program, and sometimes I wanted to take a semester off but I never did because I honestly just wanted to get it done and over with. Trust me when I say this, once you get into th...
  3. Your situation sounds very difficult, While I don't have experience with a baby when I was in school, it seems like you just need some ways to help you relax or organize your time better, are you in school for those 9hrs a day 5 days a week? How much...
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    ER Tech or CNA while in Nursing School

    ER techs are still CNA's but they actually get trained to do more, I think it will be very beneficial to have ER experience and they may even hire you as a nurse when you are finished. There is also a lot of great learning experiences and things to s...
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    Anyone ever just do KAPLAN QBANK only? Thoughts?

    I used the kaplan qbank for one month and thought it helped so much, it does have practice test too that you take along with all of the rationales for the questions, It prepared me enough for the exam I felt and I ended up passing with 75. Wish you l...
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    TEAS V test

    ATI sells a study book from there website and practice test, The TEAS is very similar to that guide, it's been a long time but thats what I used when I took it and it helped greatly. You can probably find it used as well.
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    How fast does Pearson have seat availability?

    Like you already said it does greatly vary, When I got my ATT I scheduled a test 3 days later (they happened to have a seat available for that day) all the locations near me were full for the time frame I was looking for so I drove an hour away to ge...
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    Kaplan Q bank question

    I had someone ask me that and I have no idea what the q trainers are, I just got the online 1300 question bank, can you tell me what the trainers are?
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    Kaplan Q bank question

    Hey everyone! Im studying for my NCLEX RN and I have been using the kaplan question bank and kaplan book, I was wondering if everyone knows what kind of scores you should be getting on practice test (I create a test at 75 questions from the unused po...
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    Does Anatomy & Physiology help you in nursing?

    Absolutely it helps, some parts more than others, but going into nursing with that knowledge is going to help you.
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    How important is microbiology?

    I personally did not think micro was very hard, and I also enjoyed the class very much, especially the lab portion (it was very interactive). At my school they focus the micro to the medical community in a sense so we learned a lot not only about bac...
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    A&P2--Heart...apps, flashcards??

    I agree with the other posters, I made my own flashcards and it helped so much, also I used youtube for all the videos explaining how things work, that seemed to help me a lot. Good luck!
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    New nursing student advice

    Everyone is different but heres what helped me and what I used for my first semester, My tablet was my life I looked anything and everything up right away and had my powerpoints from the course available at the tip pf my finger. I did not take many ...
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    Applying to CCBC's Spring 2013 RN Program

    So exciting. I am currently in my first semester at the catonsville day program, its been a long journey to this point but it feels good to finally be here. Congrats on applying, when I submitted my app I nearly drove myself crazy waiting for a noti...
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    Start school soon

    Very happy for you, there's a lot of excitement ahead for you. Microbiology was fun I enjoyed that a lot and I learned a lot. Psychology was okay, sometimes it was fun, other times boring but you learn a lot. Good luck to you this semester!