longlegsintexas

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1. Dear preceptor

   longlegsintexas replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I relate so much to your letter to your preceptor, because I have dealt with these preceptors myself! I hope we all remember the way we felt when we, ourselves, become preceptors for new nurses.

2. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

   longlegsintexas replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   I think we have forgotten that in school, a "C" is considered average, and anything above a "C" is above average. So, it's not as if a nursing student making C's is below par in any way...they still have the adequate knowledge to provide safe, quali...

3. Am I too old to just be starting?

   longlegsintexas replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

   "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. Nursing Program Waiting List?

   longlegsintexas replied to amers_here's topic in Texas

   Sunflowerttu - that will depend on how many people that are offered a position decide not to take it - maybe they choose another college or whatever - but if you're on the waiting list, Dr. Ard will call and offer you a spot when they get to your nam...

5. This was a question on our test today. What do you think the answer is?

   longlegsintexas replied to JDotHamp's topic in General Students

   My first inclination was D. Even if someone is demented, they can appreciate humor.

6. Submitting Declaratory Orders to the Board of Nurses to take NCLEX-RN

   longlegsintexas replied to longlegsintexas's topic in Criminal

   Thanks for responding...my classmates sent theirs in December and have already gotten a response...maybe you should call them...Toni

7. Am I too old to just be starting?

   longlegsintexas replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

   I will be 49 tomorrow and will be graduating with my ADN on May 14th of this year. It's NEVER too late to begin pursuing your dream! I look at it this way...I can either be 49 with or without a degree, but I would rather spend the next 30 years doi...

8. Submitting Declaratory Orders to the Board of Nurses to take NCLEX-RN

   longlegsintexas posted a topic in Criminal

   Please help - I will be graduating from an ADN program in May of this year (2009) and am putting together my Declaratory Order for the Board of Nursing here in Texas so that I will be allowed to take the NCLEX once I graduate without any issues from ...

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

   longlegsintexas replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

   The answer is YES!!! There is also a woman in our class who failed her 2nd semester of theory, so she joined our 2nd semester class last semester - SHE SITS ON HER DESK! She's all the way on the other side of the room, but I still catch a glimpse o...

10. Rocking Camille

    longlegsintexas replied to vernix's topic in General Nursing

    ]I just started my 2nd year of nursing school with the hopes of being a L&D nurse and will be starting my OB rotations this coming week. I dread moments like you described, and yet hope to be able to comfort someone as beautifully as you did. Tha...

11. Nursing Program Waiting List?

    longlegsintexas replied to amers_here's topic in Texas

    I live in Collin County (Dallas suburbs) and am now in my 2nd semester of the ADN program at Collin County Community College. It took me 3 tries to get into the program with their point system. The best you can do is 16 points and I had 14. Pre-re...