shorty3_31

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1. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

   shorty3_31 replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

   Got my RN 2 months after my 20th birthday. I just turned 21 two weeks ago and everyone in the hospital thought it was the funniest thing that I could pass narcotics, but couldn't buy my own liquour. Haha. Good times!

2. First Year Finished!! Anyone else??

   shorty3_31 replied to graceomalleyRN's topic in General Students

   May 13th can't come fast enough. But I too can't believe we're halfway done...AMAZING FEELING!!!

3. student to be, concerns & questions

   shorty3_31 replied to royaltysucks's topic in General Students

   I started college at 15 and managed to maintain my 4.0 going into the program. And yes, you are right about needing a 4.0 going in. It's really competitive, but don't let that scare you. Use that fear as fuel to do your best in your classes. And like...

4. What's the coolest thing you have done or seen so far?

   shorty3_31 replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Students

   births are amazing. nasty, but so much fun to watch...not going back though until it's actually mine, haha.

5. Nursing care plans...good book?

   shorty3_31 replied to ccac international's topic in General Students

   I love the one I have. It's Sparks and Taylor's Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual. I know it doesn't sound like a care plan book, but it really is. It breaks down the diagnoses by types of patients like pediatric or maternal, and gives every aspect ...

6. bad clinical day

   shorty3_31 replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Students

   I went through exactly the same thing as you. Actually, our whole first semester clinical group did, lol. You can't really change the teacher's attitude I'm sad to say. But, you can change your attitude (just saying in general, not you personally). I...

7. Please help...How many classes should I take in the first semester of nursing school?

   shorty3_31 replied to youcandoit's topic in General Students

   It depends on your ability I think. I made it through Fundamentals while taking both A&P 2 and Developmental Psychology. That was the dumbest thing I've ever done, and I barely squeaked by. This semester I decided to take Micro over the summer an...

8. How old were you when you began nursing school?

   shorty3_31 replied to jpearl119's topic in General Students

   Started pre-reqs at 16, NS at 18, graduation at 20.

9. What mantra is getting you through nursing school?

   shorty3_31 replied to MySimplePlan's topic in General Students

   Holy crap...how have I made it this far?

10. Are there any others who don't 'love' nursing school?

    shorty3_31 replied to Hotdharma2011's topic in General Students

    I think it's really circumstantial. When you have to go pick a pt the day before, get paperwork done for your 6 am clinical the next day, get ready for a cath check-off, study for your l&d test the next week, and still try to get enough sleep to ...

11. again and again

    shorty3_31 replied to psySins's topic in General Students

    How about "bittersweet symphony"? Ha.

12. Metabolic/ respiratory acidosis and alkalosis

    shorty3_31 replied to jennielynn's topic in General Students

    The simplest way to remember is to look at whichever value is the furthest off. For example, you can easily tell the difference between acidosis and alkalosis based off the pH, so let's make it 7.25. The next thing to look at would be PaCO2. Say it's...

13. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    shorty3_31 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    How do you not know where your apical pulse site is? Stop asking me what the instructor said to complete. I seem to have heard her just fine. I may be your floor partner for clinicals, but that doesn't mean we are married and share everything. I have...

14. Best Advice for Bad Procrastination??

    shorty3_31 replied to NursingRocks1998's topic in General Students

    I feel like a part of Procrastinators Anonymous. :-) Ha. I think what finally broke me of the habit was getting such bad grades last semester that it scared me into being on time for assignments. You have to find your niche. We are all hard-wired in...

15. Question about Nursing school

    shorty3_31 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    Like everyone has said, it all depends on the teacher. First semester we were given a list of chapters to read and our "objectives" for the tests, which were basically an outline format of the reading, but really condensed. I learned to read and fill...