thekingandhislady

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1. Become a Nurse without Nursing School

   thekingandhislady replied to Longa's topic in General Nursing

   I had to present my degree to the hospital I work for so be careful not to go off and spend your time doing something that will limit what you can come home and do later with your experience.

2. Counsel me Nurses!!!

   thekingandhislady posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm looking for various avenues you can use your nursing in the case of burn out. I have spent time doing Med/Surg, Outpatient Surgery Clinic and most recently floating through an extensive critical care department in a local large hospital. About ...

3. Passed fourth finals!!

   thekingandhislady posted a topic in General Students

   I am happy to say that I finished AND passed fourth semester finals. I am approachin preceptorship and then pinning in Dec and NCLEX in Jan! Hallaluah! It's been a long road and here I am, the one posting an "I passed" thread on the site! Never tho...

4. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

   thekingandhislady replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

   Ever day??? Occurence? :uhoh21:

5. Grading scale for Nusing school???

   thekingandhislady replied to COLPN's topic in General Students

   100-90 = A 89-80 = B Also for the other post by this user "What is your final worth?" Our finals are worth 30% of our grade.

6. Reward Offered!

   thekingandhislady replied to thekingandhislady's topic in General Students

   Very good point. I am no where near "quitting." But I am so tired. However, I spent most of yesterday (a day off from school) studying and I feel better. I think that not studying is maybe like sleeping too much. The more you do it, the more you ...

7. G to MG to MCG? Is there a easy way to remember?

   thekingandhislady replied to amy0123's topic in NCLEX

   I basically do it the same way. From higher to lower I go right decimals and from lower to higher I go left three decimals. Ex. Higher to lower: 1kg =(left three decimals)1000g Lower to higher: 1000mg= (right three decimals) 1 g and so on. Kg G mg mc...

8. Reward Offered!

   thekingandhislady posted a topic in General Students

   I started taking my prereq's for nursing a little over 4 years ago. Currently I am a 3rd semester (2nd yr) ADN student. I can't for the life of me find the gusto that I have had in the past for studying. I have generally run a high B (80-89 is a B...

9. Do you think this if fair???

   thekingandhislady replied to 4rom2bRN's topic in General Students

   By the time fourth semester gets here...There are FOUR right answers on the tests. Your job? Figure out which one the instructor thinks is correct. Welcome to nursing school. They disguise it under the term "critical thinking." But I have seen t...

10. What kind of grading scale does your program have??

    thekingandhislady replied to peaches023's topic in General Students

    90-100A 80-89 B And thats all folks. B=RN 79=failing

11. Anyone else findnig second year easier?

    thekingandhislady replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    That is a light load??? Its the same thing (except Pharm is integrated into our Nursing classes instead of an individual class) that I am facing this upcoming and final year and I feel overwhelmed. OMG I'm fixing to go into 3rd! Am in awe that I h...

12. Was I being mean-by not handing over all my notes??????

    thekingandhislady replied to missgigius's topic in General Students

    here's my take. do with it what you will. i was averaging an a in the middle of last semester (2nd semester rn). my heart is tender toward my class. it is my desire to see us all pass as a whole. i know that it is not going to happen, but i stil...

13. I'm a third year nursing student and I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore.

    thekingandhislady replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Students

    Here goes, WHAT THE HELL? I find it very hard to understand how anyone could simply quit something that they have put this kind of time into. For me, I've asked my entire family to put their lives on hold, in a manner of speaking, to give me time t...

14. EKG help!

    thekingandhislady posted a topic in General Students

    I need to correlate a normal EKG to the actual happenings within the heart in relation to relaxation and contraction of the atrial and ventricles...eeek. Just the basics tho. Any help would be greatly appriciated!!

15. Hypokalemia And Abcess Help!!!

    thekingandhislady posted a topic in General Students

    Pt presented with a large abcess on neck and hypokalemia. Can anyone think of how these two can be related??? I have searched online and found NIL. HELP!