thawk28

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1. Memorization aids for drugs/values/other facts

   thawk28 replied to zephyr9's topic in General Students

   on the other hand, if I can include a lab value on a pic I will, like if Im drawing a pic for chemotherapy, I will include blood counts (WBC's, RBC's and platelets) on the pic because these labs are directly affected by chemo.

2. Memorization aids for drugs/values/other facts

   thawk28 replied to zephyr9's topic in General Students

   mainly pictures for drugs, sorry didn't clarify, for lab values I just have to memorize

3. Memorization aids for drugs/values/other facts

   thawk28 replied to zephyr9's topic in General Students

   I use pictures, I either draw them myself or print them from online. I have a photographic memory so the pics help me remember values and medications.

4. Taking first Psych exam, Any Advice?

   thawk28 replied to thawk28's topic in General Students

   thanks, will do

5. Taking first Psych exam, Any Advice?

   thawk28 replied to thawk28's topic in General Students

   THank you very much, this info was very helpful.

6. Taking first Psych exam, Any Advice?

   thawk28 posted a topic in General Students

   Will be taking first psych exam next week, any advice on how to study or what the exams are like, i know everyone take their psych class as a whole course but my school incorporates it between the end of 3rd semester and beginning of 4th. I have only...

7. Nurses see us coming for clinical and RUN away from us. Irritating!

   thawk28 replied to thawk28's topic in General Students

   she is spit between two floors some with ten of us, she must have said something to the charge because i ended up with a nurse, she gave me one of her patients and i did do everything for my patient however the day started out rough and that bothers ...

8. Nurses see us coming for clinical and RUN away from us. Irritating!

   thawk28 replied to thawk28's topic in General Students

   Oh my clinical instructor must have said something, i texted her and told her what was up and she must have talked to charge because finally a nurse took me and I ended up missing report and I really wanted to pick a good patient because i needed to ...

9. Nurses see us coming for clinical and RUN away from us. Irritating!

   thawk28 posted a topic in General Students

   I swear every week when we go to our floor for clinicals the nurses pratically run away from us. The charge nurse on the floor tell us to just get with someone and last week every nurse I went to said they didn't want a student. I ran out of people t...

10. How important is ATI???

    thawk28 replied to FORTHELOVEOF!!!!'s topic in General Students

    I took ATI pharmacology exam today, we had 65 questions and since my entire class was completely overwhelmed, most of us worked the weekend, and we took a cardiac exam 4 days ago, we all did pretty good, i will say that i think most us only had time ...

11. How to do well in Pathophysiology

    thawk28 replied to brbowen9's topic in General Students

    Its good that you did well in A&P because it will benefit you in Patho. Patho is just a more in depth look into A&P, it will take you a bit more of study time than A&P did. If this is your only science class this semester then give it a l...

12. Anyone been in or in the THR/El Centro nursing program

    thawk28 replied to thawk28's topic in Texas

    I will be starting the program in Jan 2011, they have already sent us a schedule of days we will be in class. What do you mean by unorganized, I have heard this comment by many others. the last program I was in, was a BSN program, we had to be at sch...

13. Anyone been in or in the THR/El Centro nursing program

    thawk28 posted a topic in Texas

    Has anyone been in or in the THR/ El centro nursing program? If so, do you have advice for an entering student. I have been to nursing school before, it was a BSN program but I had to withdraw because of financial reasons. So, besides nursing being h...

14. Anyone been in or in the THR/El Centro nursing program

    thawk28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Im curious to know if anyone has been or in the Texas Health resources/ El Centro nursing program here in the DFW area. If so, what advice can you give to a entering student. I have been to nursing school before but had to withdraw due to financial r...

15. Cholecystectomy Dehiscence

    thawk28 replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in General Students

    I currently work at a hospital, i am not a nurse....yet, im a pct on the surgical floor and have seen people dehis. Doctors typically don't allow any of us to mess with the primary dressings that they place, mainly because they want to assess for dra...