tambralyn

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1. Patient Organizational Sheets

   tambralyn replied to hope2-B-RN's topic in New Nurse

   My department prints off a run sheet that has all of my patients for the day listed on it. I sort of make my own columns on that sheet, as follows: Drsg Change/Procedures = Any dressing changes, IV changes, Catheterizations, etc. that I need to get ...

2. Encouraging advice welcomed

   tambralyn replied to coko72's topic in General Students

   Sorry about the acronym... ADN = Associate Degree in Nursing It's tough any time someone decides to make a change like this as an adult, especially as a single mother. I commend you, and all of your hard work. You're fortunate your older kids can and...

3. Encouraging advice welcomed

   tambralyn replied to coko72's topic in General Students

   While I certainly do not mean to discourage you in any way, I want to paint you a realistic portrait of nursing school, given that you are a single mother. I don't know how old your children are, but the truth is that it doesn't really matter: our ki...

4. Whatchya think of my uniform

   tambralyn replied to studentADAM's topic in General Students

   Tres sexy! You look great in your uniform. Mine won't come in until September, but it does look an awful lot like yours. Invest in some white briefs! :wink2:

5. Money, money, money!

   tambralyn replied to shannonFNP's topic in General Students

   I will be paying for everything myself as I go along. Which means that I will have to find a full-time job that works with school hours. I'm freaking out a little right now because I leave my full-time office job at the end of next week and I still d...

6. PDA's being phased out?

   tambralyn replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

   Thanks for your response kriseh. I'm with AT&T too. I stopped by the store today, and they confirmed that you can turn off the phone portion but still use the PDA. In case anyone was wondering, they recommended the Treo or the Samsung PDA for ...

7. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   tambralyn replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Hi all. I've been lurking for a while and thought it was time to register and introduce myself. 33, mother one 8 yo girl, wife to a pilot (that's going to make scheduling fun!). Starting an ADN program in August, with graduation in 2009. I'm hopi...

8. PDA's being phased out?

   tambralyn replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

   I have a question about the cell phone / PDA combos. Is it possible to turn off the phone capability and still access the PDA capability? Cell phones are absolutely not allowed during clinicals in my program, and it would seem that if you can't tur...