luoonacy

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1. Med/Surg Nursing 1 test in the morning. . .

   luoonacy replied to luoonacy's topic in General Students

   [Hey Ari, thanks for your words last night. I think I was "hitting a wall" and did feel a bit like I was drowning... I'm back to normal now! :chuckle I was in the library at 4:00 am this morning when I checked my email on my phone. You gave me hope! ...

2. Med/Surg Nursing 1 test in the morning. . .

   luoonacy posted a topic in General Students

   Hi everyone! I am so stressed out right now. I thought I would take a break from my studying to see what was new with everyone. I have a med/surg test in the morning and although I don't think that it is horrifically hard this will be my 4th test in ...

3. Anyone know of a website with some narrative notes examples???

   luoonacy replied to ctyler98's topic in General Students

   Is that the same as progress notes?

4. One patient for clinicals

   luoonacy replied to girlfromtx's topic in General Students

   I have had 3 clinical days so far, one each week. I have been "assigned" one patient each day that I look up and do all the med cards and care plans but by the end of the day I have had NO JOKE up to eight patients that I am doing everything I know s...

5. Nursing and Social Anxiety Disorder

   luoonacy replied to shape0fmyheart's topic in Career Support

   I'm a tested and proven INTJ and yes I do have a bit of an anxiety problem. I do great when I'm by myself with a pt. but my clinical group tends to be VERY clingy. There are eight of us on a very intense floor and I swear four are attached at the hip...

6. Student loans - How much is too much?

   luoonacy replied to ZootRN's topic in General Students

   I'll be in debt 43,000 when I come out in two years. I also plan on paying that back very soon after by using my sign on bonus and by signing up for the pa nursing loan payback program. Here in pa the state will payback like thousands of dollars of ...

7. Giving Each Other Bed Baths??!!

   luoonacy replied to kcrn2b's topic in General Students

   HI everyone! I remember this very topic as I was in my lab today. Hahaha, i was asking everyone I knew in the class if they had heard anything about giving each other baths. I preceeded to FREAK EVERYONE OUT! :uhoh21: I'm also a very pro~active pers...

8. First Day/First Week of Nursing School. How Did it Go?

   luoonacy replied to NurseBunky's topic in General Students

   I'm very afraid. . .I start on Tuesday.

9. How much do student nurse assistants make in your area?

   luoonacy replied to CaliNurs06's topic in General Students

   Here in Philadelphia, I have been offered already two jobs as a nurse extern as soon as the fall semester is over. They range from 12.00 to 16.00- and thats without shift diff. Our hospitals are so competitve out here but the max is 20 hrs/week while...

10. so, who starts classes or has orientation this week?

    luoonacy replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Students

    Hey everyone! Can you believe Fall 2004 is already here? I just picked up my uniform yesterday. I had to order everything back in July (the man at the store tried to sell me huge, ugly "MC Hammer" pants re: 1993 with a gigantic waist band so I had to...

11. PhD future requirement?

    luoonacy replied to FLCRNA2B's topic in CRNA

    I have a friend in a program offered at Colombia in New York. It's a Dr.N. (don't quote me but its along those lines) It's the clinical doctorate for nursing. She even has a residency and everything. . .

12. What is the name of the college you will be attending?

    luoonacy replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

    Temple University, Philadelphia Pa

13. uniform question

    luoonacy replied to mitchsmom's topic in General Students

    Do you remember MC Hammer pants? Those are the exact pants that my school expects me to wear this fall! Oh, I can't do it. I am 5'3 and those puffy pants with the huge waist band look horrible. I actually called my school and asked them if we had to ...

14. A&P1 vs A&P2

    luoonacy replied to mel82's topic in General Students

    I took both classes last year. I found that I had to do more memorization work for AP I. I studied so hard for the anatomy part because of the amount of information. We were lucky though for the physiology tests. There was at least a 20 pt. curve for...

15. School requires insurance! :(

    luoonacy replied to Deb123j's topic in General Students

    Hey, I go to Temple in Philadelphia and the insurance there is $ 2200 for the whole year! My school even made copies of all of my cards too. For a while I didn't know what to do but I had to have it so I asked the financial aid department for help. T...