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Isotonic: normal saline, lactated ringers, D5W, D51/4NS. Isotonic solutions go into the vascular space and stay there, so it brings BP up. If a person is dehydrated, in shock, fluid vol deficit,...

I graduate my ADN program in a couple weeks. We were required to buy them in the beginning also. We used them for in-class quizzes and practice questions during the first and second semesters, and...

My RN program is known to be one of the more rigorous in our state also, and last year's class had a 100% first time taking NCLEX pass rate. The questions are a lot different than any other test in...

Thanks for all your replies! I think I get it..This may be a dumb question, but would patient tearing when being ambulated to wheelchair not be "objective data that was witnessed by the nurse...

When going over the questions a few days after the test, I forgot to read what the rationale was: Patient is complaining of hip pain. Which event would best validate the patient's complaints to...

Me! Took our first lecture exam this past Monday, 9/12. Will get scores tomorrow, on our first day of clinicals :eek:

Thank you :) I don't remember what the individual scores on Nelson Denny was, but my combined score was 16.3. You need at least a cumulative 2.5 GPA to apply for nursing. I had a 3.56 when I applied....

I took the online blended CNA course at TCC this past spring of 2011. I believe it was 8 or 9 weeks, also. It went from mid-March to May. The first few weeks were 1 day a week in lab, like you said....

I start nursing school next week, and my school's nursing program required that the anatomy & physiology prereqs be taken as two separate, 4-credit hour lab classes. It looks like the majority of...

HMAmara, that's why I said some, not all. Believe it or not, there are people who think CC classes don't "count" or are dumbed down compared to 4 year schools.

I agree! It's crazy. I start my first semester of my ADN program at CC next week and this first semester was about $960 for tuition & fees. I think some people just want the university name with...

Wow! Thanks for all your tips! That sucks it's because of that ONE class. Well, now you'll have a heads up about what they want on exams. Yeah, I got all A's in my prereqs too, school's always just...

Hi, I start level 1 at TCC for the first time this fall. We had scrub fittings and book pick up this past Tuesday, and we got everything except 5 items the bookstore does not have in yet: 1....

April of 2009 I got my first outbreak of cold sores. They spread ALL over my top and bottom lips, it was the grossest thing I'd ever seen and I didn't leave the house for literally a week and a half...

I'm sure it'll vary from teacher to teacher, but the online/blended classes will save you some time. When I was doing prereqs, I took the traditional micro class, with lecture & lab one after the...

You'll be busy, that's for sure. I don't have kids so I can't imagine what that's like. But it's definitely doable though. You do what you have to do. I took physiology & micro together in one...

I'll be starting my 1st semester and I have clinicals on Wednesdays, 7:30 AM - 12 PM. Not too bad. But as I get into the second, third and fourth semesters, they'll be longer shifts and I think on...

I start NS in 3 weeks, and I have worked at a call center part time for the last 3 1/2 years. I received my certification in LTC and HHC in May, and I plan to continue to work part time throughout...

Enjoying my summer off! I worked part time all summer (non-nursing related job), and considering still working part-time thru NS which starts August 22nd! Good luck in school everyone!!

I will be starting semester 1 next month (out of total of 4 semesters). I have all of my prereqs completed so I am scheduled for 8 credit hours for fall 2011. Mon 9AM-9:50AM Nursing Issues &...

Navy blue, with school name & our first name embroidered on the top. I think we get a couple of choices on style of pants/top, though. I start NS next month, scrub fitting is here in a couple weeks!!...

Tulsa Oklahoma! I'm always hearing of these new grads being snapped up quickly, with $10K sign on bonuses.

I start my 2-year RN program next month, August 22nd. I'm excited and terrified! I will be attending Tulsa Community College in Tulsa Oklahoma, where I completed my gen ed requirements & prereqs....

I don't start my nursing classes til next month, but during clinicals for my CNA class, it was my first time ever taking vitals on an actual resident instead of a classmate, and it was an elderly...

I'm newly certified as a Home Health aide and also Long Term Care aide in Tulsa, OK. I've applied at both Hillcrest & Cancer Treatment Center of America in Tulsa. I'm really hoping to get hired on...