maebe

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1. what is the most important thing in preparing the family for nursing school

   maebe replied to butterfly135's topic in General Students

   BabyLady made a great list. I'm just finishing my second semester and, while I don't have kids, my house has suffered anyway -- my man's not much of a cleaner! So get the house work done over the summer, get organized for school and learn to live wit...

2. Questions on random drug testing, specifically marijuana. All countries

   maebe replied to sullivan2's topic in General Students

   I'm still a student here in Canada, so I can't say for sure. However, as a student, we were never drug tested and I have several friends who are nurses who smoke pot. In BC, it's practically legal, so I can't see that it's that big of a deal, as lon...

3. Tattoo Question

   maebe replied to IX2L's topic in International

   I guess it depends on the school. I also have a half sleeve and my facilitator told me that while I'm representing the school in various wards, it's best to keep it covered up. I just wear a 3/4 sleeve t-shirt under my scrubs...no problem! Once you'r...

4. Best Advice for Bad Procrastination??

   maebe replied to NursingRocks1998's topic in General Students

   I agree...it's a hard habit to break! My best advice is to buy a big four month calendar that is laminated so you can mark all the assignments for the semester on it....and put it right at your desk, so that you can watch the deadlines approach and s...

5. First patient death

   maebe replied to sbostonRN's topic in General Students

   I also had my first patient death this week...it was my first patient ever! So I was shocked that it happened so soon in my clinical experience. The way that I look at it is that it was an honor to help her and be with her in her last moments. She di...

6. PLease help! I suck at essays....

   maebe replied to 2bornot2b's topic in International

   Just start with the headings and work from there. From your post, you already have a list of the headings right there: Nursing Diagnoses, Discussion of x Diagnosis, etc. Or start from the marking grid and build the headings from there. After that, ju...

7. Too old to stay in dorms

   maebe replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

   When I lived in dorms, our building had an entire floor dedicated to older students...we called that the geriatric floor Check with your school and see if you they have such a system or whether you can request to stay away from the party dorms or fl...

8. What are you looking forward to doing most, when this semester is over

   maebe replied to Natingale's topic in General Students

   I would have to agree on the sleep part...and the cleaning part... other than that I've got a stack of novels to read, a couple video games to play, dancing with friends and xmas with family! Now back to studying... .. . Thanks for the inspiration! :...

9. [Almost] halfway done with 1st Semester.

   maebe replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

   I am also almost done the first semester. I've heard it gets harder, but I believe that after getting our feet wet, some of the new concepts will fit into what we have already learned. Without prior knowledge, it is difficult to place the concepts....

10. Anatomy

    maebe replied to Viking1201's topic in General Students

    Great links Daytonite! I find it easiest to take a deep breath and imagine where the path the oxygen takes and what's happening to it along the way. It's difficult to trace a path if you don't know where to start, for me the alveoli makes sense. Ta...

11. Any one else not having orientation prior to starting classes?

    maebe replied to dmr71's topic in General Students

    My orientation is also on the first day of classes...I was beginning to think that I was the only one

12. Fetal pig

    maebe replied to twinjeep97's topic in Pre-Nursing

    We just did a fetal pig dissection this week as well...here's a great website for ya http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html cheers