jazz404

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1. Newbie-sorta, just took NCLEX, here's my take...long

   jazz404 replied to ProudMomof2,now RN!'s topic in NCLEX

   15 med questions - Yikes! Did you recognize the meds? I'm hearing that a lot of people get meds they had never seen before. I think I'm weak on the meds, so this worries me. Any advice on how you studied them? Thanks

2. Is anyone else this nervous??

   jazz404 replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Students

   Yes - being nervous is normal and I agree that it is a good thing. It will keep you on your toes and remind you of the serious nature of your work. That being said, make sure you don't let those nerves get out of control. I've seen a number of classm...

3. Students: Prefer morning or evening clinicals?

   jazz404 replied to ashandjune's topic in General Students

   It really depends on what you want to get out of your clinical experience. As a couple of posters mentioned, the majority of action happens in the AM. You'll experience a lot more with an early clinical.

4. What color should a nurse wear?

   jazz404 replied to PE-RN's topic in Ohio

   Ha! I can't believe anyone would pick a place of employment based on the color of their uniforms. It really sounds like you should take a good look at your priorities and your reasons for becoming a nurse. If every nurse in every facility had to wear...

5. no longer nursing student

   jazz404 replied to Lindalou76's topic in General Students

   my 2 cents - I agree that you have to do what is right for you, but I don't see how quitting nursing school is courageous. In the initial post, the problems seemed to come from stress and poor time management. These are all typical problems, especial...

6. Do you use your TEXT BOOK?

   jazz404 replied to bioniclewoman's topic in General Students

   This is one of the things that really bothers me - I hear a number of people complaining about reading the text or saying that we shouldn't have had to spend all that money on the books, etc. Diane makes a good point - which is especially true in ADN...

7. What do you know about Bryant & Stratton?

   jazz404 replied to mstyd's topic in Ohio

   I'm at Lorain County Community College and fast approaching the half way point of the program. I can believe how fast this is going! Have you started at B&S? How's it going?

8. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

   jazz404 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

   My two cents... 1) I'm paying good money to have the teacher lecture on as much material as possible during a semester. Yes, there are stupid questions and they take away from this lecture time. (99.9% of the stupid questions are answered in the text...

9. When will you stop trying to be a nurse when you are not making progress?

   jazz404 replied to beginning's topic in General Students

   I agree - after reading a lot of your past posts, you might want to consider another area in health care. Just b/c you want to be a nurse doesn't always mean that you can or will be one. With nursing, you need to learn all of the material and be able...

10. Does Ohio have really good nursing schools?

    jazz404 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in Ohio

    I would also suggest checking out the NCLEX pass rates listed on the Ohio BON website. When I was researching schools, I found the ones with good reputations usually had high pass rates as well.

11. What do you know about Bryant & Stratton?

    jazz404 replied to mstyd's topic in Ohio

    Good advice gm - I was accepted to the Parma branch of B&S for last fall. They told me up front that they were accredited - when I continually pressed them, they changed the story and said they were in the process. Does Willoughby Hills getting a...

12. Sex and Nursing School

    jazz404 replied to motyandproudofit's topic in General Students

    I would be more worried about the issue of your husband not wanting to talk about it - or being bothered by the fact that you want to talk about it. It could be nothing, or it could be something serious. But you will really never know unless there is...

13. What do you know about Bryant & Stratton?

    jazz404 replied to mstyd's topic in Ohio

    Where do they have their acccreditation from? I see that the Willoughby Hills campus is on candidate status for NLNAC. Was that the one you were referring to?

14. OB Clinicals

    jazz404 replied to angel1188's topic in General Students

    I'm half way through my L&D clinical and our instructor has been with us on all of our assessments. I was caring for a c-section mom today and I was left alone to do basics - vitals, lung and bowel sounds, peripheral pulses, etc. My instructor wa...

15. Working as a NA while going to NS or a p/t unrelated job?

    jazz404 replied to Hoping4RNin2010's topic in General Students

    I worked in hospital as an NA just until NS school started. The experience really helped me especially in terms of getting hands on experience with patients. I also got a good view of the different areas of nursing within the hospital setting. That b...