dailybungalow

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1. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

   dailybungalow replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon

   Darn. I was able to get it early off of the bookstore website, the year I started. Looks like that is not possible now. I will say that if I knew then what I know now, I would have gotten the drug book, lab book, medical dictionary, interaction ch...

2. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

   dailybungalow replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon

   Resource: http://www.ocne.org/

3. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

   dailybungalow replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon

   ca336, I am doing the on campus path. That means transferring to OHSU for spring quarter of the second year and then three additional quarters as a senior. I will not get my license this June like my former classmates. I chose this for multiple reaso...

4. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

   dailybungalow replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon

   If anyone has questions about the CCC program or transferring to OHSU for the BSN, I'd be happy to answer them if I can. I'm using public transportation to get to the hill from SE Portland. The first piece of advice I have for those who would be bu...

5. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

   dailybungalow replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon

   I'm curious as to what you mean by "bad reputation all around".

6. Nursing Journal articles for a care plan paper

   dailybungalow replied to semester1kid's topic in Student Assist

   The library at your school or the library at the hospital where you do clinical will have copies of the journals or access to them online. You can also try Google Scholar.

7. Where can I take a Critical Thinking course asap?

   dailybungalow replied to okiedokie123's topic in Student Assist

   Clackamas Community College (Oregon) has a course starting in Jan, done by March. All on line. You may be able to get in state tuition for certain counties in CA, ID, NV, or WA. PHL-103-02 CRITICAL REASONING, 4 CREDITS Good luck, HTH.

8. How long is average wait to get into nursing school?

   dailybungalow replied to gabrianam's topic in Oregon

   Next year PCC is a part of OCNE, so all of the prerequisites are the same as MHCC, Clackamas, and OHSU. Each school has a few discretionary points that it awards for different things like having a CNA. All of them spell out their application process ...

9. Age you will/were graduated?

   dailybungalow replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

   I will be 53 when I graduate. Something I started in 1980.

10. Antimicrobial stethoscope covers

    dailybungalow replied to st4304's topic in Uniform/Gear

    The quoted article is from Am J Infect Control. 2007 May;35(4):263-6.

11. Question about stethoscopes

    dailybungalow replied to Tinker Bell RN's topic in Uniform/Gear

    What I did when I was in Respiratory school was to get a middle of the road stethoscope like a Littmann Classic II. I could hear well enough through it and it didn't break my "starving student" bank. Then when I graduated I asked for a Cardiology III...

12. Clark College

    dailybungalow replied to Tinker Bell RN's topic in Oregon

    Sounds like you have a really good chance of being called up after all the acceptance letters come in. They had already called six of the people on the wait list by the time I went to the orientation at Clackamas. Frustrating not to be able to get st...

13. I have never taken Micriobiology before....

    dailybungalow replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    I found this website to be a great source while I was looking up my pathogens for reports: http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/index.html It's easy to search and find the info that you need for the hard questions. There's a little more there than ...

14. Clackamas Community Program

    dailybungalow replied to Tinker Bell RN's topic in Oregon

    I am in also. I applied to Clark, but really wanted to go to Clackamas. Congrats and see you at orientation!