michar

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1. What's your pick for the perfect nurses watch?

   michar replied to MShell's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I had a digital watch with seconds and had to get a new one for our program, it was required to be a face watch with a very visible second hand. If we didn't have an appropriate watch we weren't let onto the clinical site.

2. Student nursing jobs

   michar replied to TJTrina's topic in General Students

   Different hospitals have different things. I wish ours had externships but they don't. A lot of my classmates have different jobs at the hospital but none of them are HUCs

3. How do you study for Pharmacology?!?

   michar replied to ARRR10's topic in General Students

   Don't memorize by the drug, memorize the different categories of drugs and then file away the medications in that file along with information that may be unique to that med seperate from the rest in that category.

4. anyone taking an accelerated BSN course?

   michar replied to mafiamom's topic in General Students

   I kind of am. I know that sounds strange, but it's a 4 semester program but with summers off. If we went through (and I wish we did) we'd be done in 16 months. My biggest piece of advice came from an instructor "never let the things that matter the...

5. Anyone hear from the HRSA nursing scholarship????

   michar replied to circanw's topic in General Students

   You don't need transcripts, but they send you paperwork that the school has to fill out. (it comes every semester too)

6. Were you prepared

   michar replied to dontknowwhen's topic in General Students

   I feel I was prepared with my information base. In all other ways no. I don't know about other programs, but ours is not at all like taking other classes. I also don't think that there is anything I could have done to be more prepared. I jumped in ...

7. how to deal with a difficult classmate

   michar replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Students

   Female bullying. It sucks. Report it to the DON, it's not ok you shouldn't have to deal with it on your own. Someone (DON) needs to be aware of what's going on, especially if things get worse.

8. Book lists

   michar replied to collegebound's topic in General Students

   Our first semester our books were $1200. We had a "package" from Evolve that had a lot of books for future classes as well. Second semester we have one book to buy for $37.

9. Mean Comments vs. Constructive Criticism

   michar replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Students

   critiques are easy to take personal even when they aren't intended that way. I learned the hardway through some art classes, and that lesson is coming back to me now stronger than ever. Without knowing what the comments are, all I'm going to do is s...

10. How early do you need to come to the clinicals?

    michar replied to mmr2's topic in General Students

    Our clinical starts at 6 am, at that time of day it's a 5 minute drive for me and I leave the house the second DH gets home to be with the kids (he leaves the car running for me) which is sometime between 5:30 and 6 am. I am kind of floored by 'is it...

11. NLNAC vs. CCNE Accreditation

    michar replied to zubi14's topic in General Students

    My program is very new (this is it's 3rd year) and they have CCNE accrediation, and according to the director they went with CCNE because they hope to get a masters program in the not too far future and NLN doesn't accredit master's programs.

12. BSN student for LPN Examination

    michar replied to jdeemiky's topic in General Students

    In my program after 2 semesters (out of 4) you can sit for the LPN.

13. Does your school have any traditions or ceremonies?

    michar replied to Aradien's topic in General Students

    We just had our pledge ceremony, but we as a class wrote our own pledge. There is also a pinning ceremony when we finish. We have a MASH BASH in the spring every year for awareness/fundraiser/fun type stuff. Right down to gurney races. Any others...

14. First Clinical research night.

    michar replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Students

    We have a short clinical day 1430-1800 the day before our long day that we get to familiarize ourselves with our patient, and I think with clinicals themselves (we really don't have a lot this semester) If our care plans aren't done at 0600 we don't ...

15. Half way through the semester- how is everyone?

    michar replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    I'm over halfway done with this semester and seriously feeling burned out. We haven't started clinicals yet, and we have a few weeks of clinicals and skills pass offs. I think our class is desperate for some perspective that I know will come from cl...