jdd112

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1. A Valuable Lesson

   jdd112 replied to jojo489's topic in Disabilities

   I love how passionate you are, and I'm happy for you that you have found your way back to this population! I saw you commented on my post a while back. This field has a high burn out rate because it can be so demanding and has a lot of non-nursing du...

2. Applied to 2 Residential DD programs

   jdd112 replied to TheSpectator's topic in Disabilities

   Congrats! I hope you find working in this field as rewarding and enjoyable as many of us! I am a member of the Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association, and they have great resources and networking for us DD nurses. Many times nurses in this fie...

3. DDNA Certification

   jdd112 replied to jryanrn's topic in Disabilities

   I recently got certified! :) I bought the book "Core Curriculum for Specializing in Intellectual and Developmental Disability" by Wendy Nehring. It's really great for studying. I don't know what all I am allowed to say, but if I did it all over agai...

4. Newer nurse to DD/MR nursing

   jdd112 replied to HappyNurse09's topic in Disabilities

   I work for an adult day care, and I can honestly say that I absolutely love my job. I do all the admissions, get orders from the doctors, take care of almost all of the paperwork the state requires the facility to do, as well as my nursing paperwork....

5. NCTC LVN Program Info

   jdd112 replied to txtchr's topic in Texas

   I graduated from NCTC Gainesville in December.... 3rd semester clinical for us was very different than the first two. We did about half the semester at hospitals, then the other half we were separated into much smaller groups or even on our own to go...

6. NCTC Campuses change LVN student

   jdd112 replied to rhino77_w6's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I usually go over the chapters in the NCLEX book that go along with what we were learning. A LOT of questions are from the book, only changed slightly. If they give you case studies as a part of notes, go over those and re-write them so that you hav...

7. NCTC Campuses change LVN student

   jdd112 replied to rhino77_w6's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I go to the Gainesville campus, and I know you are not interested in going there, but I just wanted to let you know that MedSurg is like that wherever you go. From what I understand, the syllabi are all the same for every campus. It does get easier t...

8. Tips from a student to a student - how to be productive in nursing school

   jdd112 replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

   My biggest piece of advice is to get a GOOD study group together. There are 5 or 6 of us that go to a coffee shop and study the night before each test.:smilecoffeecup: We all make our own reviews beforehand, then when we get there we go over everythi...

9. Lvn @ Nctc

   jdd112 replied to pwootx's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   yeah... thanks!

10. Lvn @ Nctc

    jdd112 replied to pwootx's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    Thanks for clearing that up for me! I just bought my books, and they were A LOT more expensive than I had anticipated!! Anyone else figuring this out the hard way?

11. Lvn @ Nctc

    jdd112 replied to pwootx's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I have a question for the other people starting the traditional classes on Jan. 20... since it is a Tuesday, thus a "clinical day" we are supposed to wear white, right? I think they said something like that during orientation, but I need some reassur...

12. Lvn @ Nctc

    jdd112 replied to pwootx's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I just got accepted also! I'm so excited to start school... there's something I never thought I would say. I'm glad I'm not the only one looking at nursing sites already!